Philip Forrest is an Australian who has lived in the ASEAN region since 1982, and in Singapore since 1991. He is in his eighth year on the Governing Council of the Singapore Institute of Directors, is a member of the exco, and is chair of the International Relations committee. Philip is a non-executive director of several (mostly Australia-linked) companies in the region, and sits on the advisory boards of James Cook University Singapore Campus and Australian Alumni Singapore. He has also served on the Council of the Singapore Business Federation, the Boards of the Australian Chamber of Commerce (former president) and the British Chamber of Commerce, and the Council of the Association of Banks in Singapore. He was previously Asia Head for ANZ Bank with responsibility for 11 countries from Japan to Indonesia, and spent 15 years with Citibank in Australia, USA, the Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand.