Ernie Bower
Ernie Bower is President & CEO at BowerGroupAsia, a strategic advisory firm specializing in Indo-Pacific with +200 experts based across +30 markets in Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia, South Asia, The Pacific, Africa and the United States. He has helped to build some of the most important organizations and vehicles for linking Asia and the U.S. and served as a Co-Chair & Founder at AkarAsia, President at US- ASEAN Business Council, Chairman of the Advisory Board for Southeast Asia at Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), Board member at American Australian Council (AAC), and Advisory Board member at the US Indonesia Society. Ernie is recognized as one of the leading experts on the region and is currently serving on the board of directors of the US ASEAN Business Council, US India Business Council, and Special Olympics Asia.