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Richard Yetsenga
Chief Economist at ANZRichard Yetsenga is Chief Economist and Head of Research at ANZ, based in Sydney. He leads the Bank's global research team, which focuses on Australia, New Zealand and Asia. Richard joined ANZ in 2011 from HSBC in Hong Kong, where he was Managing Director of Emerging Market Strategy. Prior to his seven years at HSBC, Richard held economics roles with Deutsche Bank and the Australian Government. Richard publishes on issues of broad economic relevance, including climate change, technology, inequality and the benefits of diversity. The ANZ Research team has been recognised with more than 40 top-three rankings in major industry surveys across Australia, New Zealand and Asia in the past six years, alongside numerous industry awards. Richard regularly appears on CNBC, Bloomberg TV and other regional media, his work has been published by the Lowy Interpreter, and he is an editorial contributor in the Australian Financial Review, The Australian newspaper, The Wall Street Journal, the Hong Kong Economic Journal and the Nikkei.
Mercedes Page
CEO of Young Australians in International AffairsMercedes is the founder and CEO of Young Australians in International Affairs, a not-for profit organisation committed to engaging the next generation of Australians in international affairs and building the high calibre leaders necessary to navigate Australia's future in an increasingly complex and contested Indo-Pacific century.
Kanishka Jayasuriya Jayasuriya
Professor of Politics and International studies and Head of Department at Murdoch UniversityKanishka Jayasuriya, is currently Professor of Politics and International studies. Prior to his current appointment in 2016 he was Professor of International politics and Director of Indo-Pacific Governance Research Centre (IPGRC) and Professor of International Politics. He is a graduate in political science from the University of Western Australia. He obtained his Ph.D. from the Australian National University (ANU) and served as a post doctoral Fellow at Griffith University. He has held teaching and research appointments in several Australian and overseas universities including the ANU, the University of Sydney, Murdoch University, National University of Singapore, and City University of Hong Kong.
His main areas of research interests and special expertise lie mainly in the areas of international and comparative political economy. He has worked extensively on issues of regulation, rule of law and regional governance with reference to Asia . His research agenda is focused on the relationship between globalisation and the transformation of state structures including in the areas of social policy and higher education. He is also working on the dynamics of capitalist crisis and democracy with particular reference to Asia.