Professional Activities

Global

Chair, International Steering Committee on Global Mapping - ISCGM (a global institution with secretariat at Japan Geospatial Information Authority). (2013-2016)

Chairmanship and memberships in many international committees, including Chair of International Technical Advisory Board on Iraq and Afghanistan Censuses. (2004- )

Member, Global Agenda Council, World Economic Forum. (2008-2009)

Member, Statistical Advisory Committee, United Nations Human Development Report. (2002-04)

President. International Association for Official Statistics. (IAOS) (2001-03)

Member, PARIS21 Consortium Steering Committee-Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century. (2001-03)

Chairman, UN ESCAP Committee on Statistics. (1998-2000)

Member, Human Dimensions for Global Environmental Change Programme (HDP) Steering Committee, Switzerland. (1994-96)

Member, Scientific Advisory Committee of the Sustainable Biosphere Project, Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE), Paris, France. (1993)

Member, Committee on Global Land Use. International Geosphere/Biosphere Program and International Social Science Council, New York. (1991-96)

WHO Consultant to Program for Research on Aging. (1990-91)

Regional

Chairman, Asia-Pacific Governing Board, Asian Development Bank International Comparison Programme (ICP). (2003)

Chairman, Statistical Institute of Asia and Pacific (SIAP) Governing Board. (2002-04)

International Advisory Committee, Asian Urban Information Center of Kobe (AUICK), Japan. (2000-04)

Singapore

Board Member, Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore (MINDS) (2017- )

Consultant, Singapore Prison Service, Singapore (2014- )

Fellow, Centre for Liveable Cities, Urban Redevelopment Authority, Singapore (2014- )

Chair, Steering Committee, Social Service Research Centre, National University of Singapore, Singapore (2014- )

Fellow, Civil Service College, Singapore (2013-2016 )

Research Advisor, Digital Planning Lab, Urban Redevelopment Authority, Singapore (2013- )

Research Advisor, Ministry of Social and Family Development, Singapore (2013- )

Research Advisor, National Population and Talent Division, Prime Minister's Office, Singapore (2013-2015 )

Abu Dhabi

Member, International Advisory Committee, Abu Dhabi Statistics Center, Abu Dhabi Emirate (2013- 6)

Cambodia

Senior Adviser, Cambodia National Statistical System, Ministry of Planning, Government of Cambodia (2013- )

China

Senior Adviser, National Bureau of Statistics, China (2009- 2015)

Member, National Statistics Expert Advisory Committee, China (2017 - 2020)

Japan

Visiting Professor, Juntendo University, Japan (2019- )

Myanmar

Statistics Advisor to Myanmar Government, funded by World Bank (2013- )

Co-Chair, International Technical Advisory Board for Myanmar 2014 Population and Housing Census

(2012- ) (Census Prep Gets Thumbs Up, Myanmar Times, 26 January 2014)

Oman

Senior Advisor, National Center for Statistics and Information, Sultanate of Oman (2013- )

Principal Advisor, Oman Vision 2040 Project, Supreme Council of Planning, Sultanate of Oman (2014- )

Taiwan

Advisor, Chung Hwa Data Mining Society, Taiwan (2013-16)

Consultant, Directorate General of Budget, Accounting & Statistics, Taiwan (1999-2004)

Corporations and Institutions

Member, Advisory Committee on Future Directions of Institute of Social Research, University of Michigan, U.S.A. (2012-16 )

Member, Technical Computing Executive Advisory Council, Microsoft Corporation (2009-2011 )

Member, Advisory Board, Asia-Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies, Lingnan University, Hong Kong (2002-05)

Member, Board of Advisers, The Encyclopedia of Aging, Second Edition, Springer Publishing Company (1994)