Jomo Kwame Sundram

Jomo Kwame Sundaram was Assistant Director General and Coordinator for Economic and Social Development (ADG-ES), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations from August 2012 until December 2015. He was Assistant Secretary General for Economic Development in the United Nations' Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) from January 2005 until June 2012.

In 2007, he was awarded the Wassily Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought. He has authored and edited over a hundred books and translated ten volumes besides writing many academic papers and articles for the media.

Jomo held the Tun Hussein Onn Chair in International Studies at the Institute of Strategic and International Studies, Malaysia, during 2016-2017, was Professor in the Applied Economics Department, Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya until November 2004, and Founder Director (1978-2004) of the Institute of Social Analysis (INSAN).

During 2010-2012, he was G20 sherpa to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. During 2008-2009, Jomo served as adviser to Father Miguel d'Escoto, the President of the 63rd United Nations General Assembly, and as a member of the Stiglitz Commission of Experts on Reforms of the International Monetary and Financial System.

Still active with his work, Jomo Kwame Sundaram is currently the Visiting Senior Fellow at Khazanah Research Institute, Visiting Fellow at the Initiative for Policy Dialogue, Columbia University, and Adjunct Professor at the International Islamic University in Malaysia.