Dr. Wee Chian Koh joined AMRO in February 2023 and serves as the desk economist for Malaysia and back-up economist for Japan. Before AMRO, he was Senior Researcher and Head of Economics and Finance at Brunei’s Centre for Strategic and Policy Studies, working on economic surveillance and policy research across fiscal issues, diversification, productivity, unemployment, energy, transport, trade, and SME development, and also sat on the Brunei Macroeconomic Development Committee. From 2018 to 2022, he worked with the World Bank on commodity market surveillance and global economic research, publishing over 100 articles, papers, and chapters. Dr. Koh holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the Australian National University, an M.Sc. in Finance and Economics from the London School of Economics, and is a certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM).