Jiaming Ju

Raised in Dandong, on the border of Northeastern China and North Korea, Jiaming has lived and worked in 4 continents over the past 13 years. Apart from being a native speaker in Chinese and fluent in English, she speaks Korean and has beginner knowledge of Spanish. Jiaming is passionate about linking businesses and academia across cultures through a shared goal, helping them realize their potential and grow together. Her work experience includes founding a cross-border external relations division for small-scale strawberry farmers in Northeastern China in order to link Chinese farmers directly with their American counterpart in California to increase sales; working as the only foreign female parliamentary correspondent in Ghana; and serving as a researcher and strategist for the Sino-North Korean satellite city project in Dandong, China, to help local government raise International media attention and increase investment potential. She was also a self-employed portrait photographer, Chinese language teacher and a serious tea connoisseur. Jiaming finished her Master's degree in Public Administration in Columbia University in May 2012 and lived in New York for five years leading Nobel Prize Winner, Joseph Stiglitz's think tank while freelancing for The Economist Intelligence Unit. Jiaming recently relocated to Singapore. She is now the Associate Director (Programs) at a new economic policy center on Ageing at Singapore Management University.