Curtis S. Chin

Curtis S. Chin, the Chair, Asia Fellows, and Senior Advisor, Global Markets of the Milken Institute and previously Chair of the Milken Institute Asia Center, has served as a trustee of World Education Services of New York and is a former US ambassador to the Asian Development Bank (ADB). As a member of the ADB board, he pushed for strengthened governance, risk management, and development efforts focused on people, planet, and partnership, particularly on infrastructure projects in Asia's least-developed nations. Through his advisory firm RiverPeak Group LLC, Chin now advises a range of startup firms and impact investors in Asia, including Equator Pure Nature, a leading ASEAN-based, natural consumer products company and cleantech pioneer, and the Dolma Impact Fund, the first international equity fund focused on Nepal. Chin previously was a senior executive with Burson-Marsteller in the US, Switzerland, and Asia, where he oversaw Beijing and Hong Kong operations. He has provided counsel to a wide range of governments and businesses on stakeholder engagement, public affairs, corporate responsibility, crisis management and market entry.