Authors

Dominic Barton is Chair of Rio Tinto and the Chair of LeapFrog Investments, an impact-investment firm focused on emerging markets. He is also the Chancellor of the University of Waterloo.

Denea Bascombe is a Junior Research Fellow at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. She is a graduate of the Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs program at the University of British Columbia, and a Juris Doctor candidate at the University of Sydney.

Leyland F. Pitt is Professor of Marketing and the Dennis F. Culver EMBA Alumni Chair of Business, Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University, and affiliate Professor of Marketing at the Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. He has also taught on executive and MBA programs at major international business schools internatonally. The focus of Leyland's research is the interface between marketing and technology, with particular emphasis on technology's role in shaping and creating customers.

Stephanie Fraser is a Junior Research Fellow with the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, working on APF Canada’s Investment Monitor project, which tracks two-way investment between Canada and the Asia Pacific. She completed her bachelor's degree at Queen's University and is a recent graduate of the Masters of Immigration and Settlement Studies program at Ryerson University.

Joseph Caron is a former ambassador to China and Japan and High Commissioner to India, and is currently a Distinguished Fellow with the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. He is on the Board of Directors of Manulife Financial Corporation, Vancouver International Airport, and Westport Innovations.

Jonathan Wilkinson is a Junior Research Fellow at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, where he is working on the Canada Asia Investment Monitor. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto (BA ’16), where he studied international relations.

Eva is Vice-President, Research and Programs at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.

Ka Po Kong is a former junior research fellow with the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. She is currently a student of Sociology at the University of B.C.

Paul Thoppil joined Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada in 2014 as the Chief Financial Officer, and took on an expanded mandate, including departmental business planning and reporting on results.

Prior to joining INAC, Paul worked for the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada where he held the position of Commercial Minister at the Canadian Embassy to Japan in Tokyo since 2009. While in Tokyo, Paul advanced free-trade negotiations with Japan on behalf of the Government of Canada.

Previously, Paul served several successive Director General positions responsible for such functions as Innovation and Partnerships, Corporate Finance, Corporate Planning (International Trade), and Global Business Opportunities.

Pitman B. Potter is a Distinguished Fellow Emeritus with APF Canada, Emeritus Professor with Allard School of Law at the University of B.C., and a Member of the Order of Canada.