Jomo Kwame Sundaram
Research Adviser at the Khazanah Research Institute
Jomo Kwame Sundaram is Research Adviser at the Khazanah Research Institute, a Fellow of the Academy of Science, Malaysia, and Emeritus Professor, University of Malaya. He was previously UN Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, Assistant Director General at the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Founder-Chair of International Development Economics Associates (IDEAs) and President of the Malaysian Social Science Association. He received the 2007 Wassily Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought and the World Academy of Sciences Award in Social Sciences for 2026.
