Dr. Frederick Kliem owns Service 08 — Executive Research — at Mahat Advisory. He heads the Economist Corporate Network in Southeast Asia, The Economist Group's advisory and networking service for C-suite executives and heads of government agencies, where he supports Asia's most senior leaders with strategic insight on the political economy of ASEAN and the wider APAC.
His research authority is institutional and academic. He holds a PhD in International Relations awarded Summa Cum Laude, is an Adjunct Fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, and spent years as a Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow specialising in the international political economy of the Indo-Pacific and Europe — teaching at Master's and PhD level and producing primary policy research.
Contact Mahat Advisory to discuss Service 08 executive research and intelligence mandates. Dr. Kliem's involvement is confirmed where the mandate requires primary ASEAN/APAC political-economy research.