is a visiting fellow at Penang Institute and associate fellow at the ERCCT, University of Tübingen, Germany. He was co-founder of the European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS) in Brussels and political adviser for Asia in the European Parliament.

was a visiting fellow at Penang Institute (2015-2016) specialising in higher education management. He was deputy vice chancellor at Universiti Tun Abdul Razak and professor in the Graduate School of Business. He is founder and director of his own education company, the Academy of Responsible Management, and is a member of the Board of Studies, Faculty of Industrial Management, Universiti Malaysia Pahang. He is currently a professor in the ELM Graduate School at HELP University.