Sudhir Thomas Vadaketh produces and edits industry and management-related research papers in Asia. He presents Economist Intelligence Unit analysis on industry and management trends to a variety of corporate audiences. Prior to this, he worked with the Economist Corporate Network, advising multinational corporations on economic, political and market developments affecting business in the Asia Pacific region. Sudhir has written for a variety of Economist Group publications, including The Economist and Viewswire. Prior to joining the Economist Group, Sudhir served as a policy consultant to The Executive Office of The Government of Dubai. He has done extensive field research in Malaysia and is currently working on a book about Malaysia and Singapore. Sudhir holds a masters degree in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School and degrees in business administration and south & southeast asian studies from the University of California at Berkeley.