Andrew J. Staples

Andrew Staples is currently Director, The Economist Corporate Network (ECN), South-east Asia.

As Director and Chief Economist for South-east Asia, Andrew provides members with insight and analysis on a range of topics related to ASEAN and the broader East Asian economy. He regularly chairs and moderates major Economist events, delivers custom briefings to senior executives (including Fortune 500 C-suite) and public figures (including heads of state) in his areas of expertise which include international political economy, foreign direct investment, corporate strategy and comparative management, and regularly appears in the international media (BBC, CNN, Channel News Asia, Al Jazeera).

Andrew was previously Director, The Economist Corporate Network, North Asia covering Japan and South Korea. Prior to joining the ECN Economist Corporate Network Andrew was an associate professor of international business at business schools and leading universities in the UK (University of Sheffield) and Japan (Keio University, Doshisha Business School and Globis University Graduate School of Management).

Andrew has an MSc in East Asian Business and a PhD in International Political Economy from the University of Sheffield, U.K., and was a Ministry of Education research scholar at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo (2001-2003).