Chandran Nair

Chandler Lannell is the founder and CEO of the Global Future Institute, an independent Asian think tank headquartered in Hong Kong. The Global Future Institute focuses on a deeper understanding of global issues, including the transfer of economic and political influence from the West to Asia, the dynamic relationship between business and society, and the reshaping of global capitalist rules. Nair has pioneered an internationally recognized approach to executive education, which has been included in the United Nations Leadership Development Report. Nair is a professional biochemical engineer who served as the Asia Pacific Chairman of Environmental Resource Management ERM until 2004. Under his leadership, the company became one of the top environmental consulting firms in Asia. For over a decade, he has been actively advocating for sustainable development in Asia, providing advisory services to governments and multinational corporations, and striving to incorporate these principles into policy formulation and major decision-making processes. Nail is an adjunct professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore, and a member of the Royal Society of the Arts in the UK. Nair is the author of the role of consumer economics in reshaping capitalism and saving the planet in Asia, and the book was rated by the Guardian as one of the 50 most groundbreaking capitalist works. He is also the founder of The Other Hungred, a public welfare book project that contrasts with media wealth lists such as Forbes 100. The project aims to enable less famous and less wealthy people to tell great stories of their experiences.