Vishakha N. Desai - Vishakha N. Desai is the sixth president of the Asia Society, assuming the position in July 2004. As chief executive officer, she is responsible for managing an international organization with offices throughout the U.S. and Asia.
She sets the direction for the Society's programs in the diverse fields of arts, culture, policy, business and education, overseeing a budget of $22 million.
Chrystia Freeland - US Managing Editor, Financial Times
A Canadian national, Ms. Freeland has held a number of senior positions at the Financial Times, including Weekend FT Editor, and Editor of FT.com.
She was also Deputy Editor of The Globe and Mail, Toronto, and from 1994 to 1999 she worked at the FT as UK News Editor, Moscow Bureau Chief and Eastern Europe Correspondent.
Edward Luce - Edward Luce is the Washington Bureau Chief of the Financial Times since July 2006, writing on the US economy, politics and foreign affairs, and managing a team of ten DC-based reporters.
His previous appointments at the Financial Times include New Delhi-based South Asia bureau chief, London-based capital markets editor and Philippines correspondent.
Between December 1999 and January 2001, he was the speechwriter to Larry Summers, Treasury Secretary in the Clinton administration. He is the author of In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India.
Business Writers Series featuring Edward Luce, author of In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India
Edward Luce, a journalist who lived in and covered India and South Asia for the Financial Times from 2001-2006, weaves his own keen reporting with the opinions and perceptions of Indians from all walks of life.