Simon SC Tay LL.B Hons (National University of Singapore) LL.M (Harvard) teaches international law at the National University of Singapore. He is concurrently chairman of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs, a non-governmental think tank, that represents Singapore in the influential ASEANISIS network of regional think tanks. Since July 2002, he has been chairman of the National Environment Agency, the country’s major agency for environmental protection and public health. In Fall 2003, he was a visiting professor, teaching at the Harvard Law School and Fletcher School of International Law and Diplomacy. He was selected for three terms as a Nominated Member of the Singapore Parliament (1997 – 2001) and has served to lead public consultations on Singapore in the 21st century, the national concept plan, and the Singapore Green Plan 2012. He was a Fulbright scholar (1993-94) at Harvard Law School, where he won the Laylin prize for the best thesis in international law. In Jan 2000, the World Economic Forum (Davos) named him a “global leader of tomorrow”. In 2002, he was awarded an Eisenhower Fellowship, one of Singapore’s first non-governmental recipients of this award. His work on international law and policy focuses on sustainable development, peace and governance, especially in Asia and ASEAN. His scholarly publications include, Pacific Asia 2022 (2005); The Enemy Within: Combating Corruption in Asia (2003); Reinventing ASEAN (2001); Southeast Asian Fires: The Challenge for International Law and Development (1999); Preventive Diplomacy and the ASEAN Regional Forum: Principles and Possibilities (1999); Towards a Singaporean Civil Society (1998); Asian Dragons & Green Trade (1996); and Human Rights, Culture and the Singapore Example (1996). He serves on a number of international and regional expert and eminent person panels, including the ASEAN Regional Forum register of eminent persons and experts; the APEC peer review process on trade; and the Eminent Persons Group on the ASEAN-Japan Centre. In 1999-2000, he co-chaired a review of Japan-ASEAN relations and also served to study and negotiate a free trade agreement between Japan and Singapore. As SIIA chairman, he helps coordinate ASEAN think-tank discussions with China and, with Taiwan, and has also led bilateral dialogues with Indonesia and with Malaysia. In 1999, he was an adviser to the Singapore delegation to the WTO Ministerial meeting. In 2002, he attended the World Summit on Sustainable Development as a senior member of the Singapore delegation to the High Level session. Other international appointments relating to the environment include the China International Council on Environment and Development, and the Asia Pacific Forum on Environment and Development. He has spoken to a number of business meetings, including the APEC, PBEC and ASEAN Business Leaders Summits and the World Economic. His comments have featured in various international and regional media, including the BBC World Service, CNN and Newsweek. Simon previously practised law at large commercial practice, before coordinating the Singapore Volunteers Overseas, sending teachers, doctors, and others to Asia and Africa. As an undergraduate at the National University of Singapore, he was president of the Students’ Union for three terms, and led a petition against government policy. He is also a writer of stories and poems, with five published works. In 1995, he was named Singapore Young Artist of the Year.