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Hans Vriens, will share his views on current geopolitical developments and their impact on Southeast Asia, including the strategic competition between China and the U.S., and the war in Ukraine. Who stands to benefit from the supply diversification out of China? Is this Southeast Asia's moment? What is the role of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)? How is the energy transition unfolding around the region? What is the impact of the relatively new governments in the Philippines and Malaysia, the recent elections in Thailand, and the upcoming elections in Indonesia and Cambodia?


Hans Vriens is the founder and managing partner of Vriens & Partners, the leading government affairs and public policy firm with eight offices around Southeast Asia (Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar and Malaysia and a new office in Washington, DC. The firm has more than 100 full-time staff and 40 senior advisors.


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  • Hans Vriens (Managing Partner, Singapore at Vriens and Partners)

    Hans Vriens

    Managing Partner, Singapore at Vriens and Partners

    Hans is the founder and Managing Partner of Vriens & Partners,
    the leading government affairs, public policy and political risk
    analysis firm around Southeast Asia. It is headquartered in
    Singapore and has more than 90 staff and 30 senior counselors
    around the region.

    The firm has offices in Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, The Philippines, and Cambodia. Hans has lived and worked in Asia since 1990. He is a regular commentator on regional issues.

    Prior to establishing V&P, Hans was Vice Chairman, Asia at APCO Worldwide. He set up and served as Managing Director of the Indonesia practice for six years. Prior to this he worked as a political economist at the Political and Economic Risk Consultancy in Hong Kong. Earlier he practiced law in the M&A practice at Clifford Chance and was the Asia correspondent for a leading Dutch financial and economic daily. In 1995, he was elected president of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club Hong Kong, then the largest in the world.

    Hans serves on the Board of Trustees of the Foundation of UWCSEA. He was a founding member of the Europe ASEAN Business Alliance, Chairman of the Foundation Dutch Education
    at UWCSEA, board member of Eurocham, and founding chairman of DutchCham in SG. Hans graduated from law school in civil and public law at Groningen University in the Netherlands. During his studies, he was a research assistant in European parliamentary
    history and public law. In 1982 he took a year off from his studies when he was elected Senatus Rector of the Student Union (VAP).
    Hans studied at the Bologna Center of the Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of the Johns Hopkins University. He also did stints at the Universities of Grenoble in
    France, and Krakow in Poland.

    His family lived in Batavia, Semarang and on Biak off Papua in the Dutch East Indies for several generations until the handover of Papua in 1962. He is married to Katy le Blanc. They have two sons.

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AmCham Philippines

2/F Corinthian Plaza, 121 Paseo de Roxas cor. Gamboa St.
Makati, Philippines

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