Richard Martin Keynote Speaker
- Managing Director, IMA Asia
- Former Director, Southeast Asia, Economist Intelligence Unit
- Renowned expert on China’s inter-relations with the Asia Pacific region
Richard Martin's Biography
Richard Martin is the Managing Director of IMA Asia, a leading market research group based in Sydney, Australia. He has over two decades of experience in analysis, research, publishing, and consulting in the Asia Pacific region.
Prior to establishing IMA Asia, Richard served as the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Director for Southeast Asia based in Singapore, having joined the unit’s Asian operations in Hong Kong in 1980. During his time as Director, Richard set up the regional office in the city and built briefing programmes with associates in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
From 1982 to 1985, Richard was Director of Asia Pacific Consulting & Research based in Hong Kong. From 1998 to 2000, Richard was one of the lead speakers for Investment 2000, the investment arm of the Sydney Olympic Games, speaking at more than 40 conferences in 22 countries. From 1994 to 1997, he contributed to the national debate on industry and investment policy in Australia with a series of reports, including Make or Break (1997) and Australia’s Foreign Investment Challenge (1996).
Richard is the editor of the monthly Asia Pacific Executive Brief (Asia Brief), and most other IMA Asia publications. Richard presents to boards of multinationals on a regular basis and speaks at numerous forums each year, presenting the regional outlook and the implications for corporate strategy.
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