Ravi Velloor is Associate Editor, Leader Writer and Speaking of Asia columnist with The Straits Times, the flagship of Singapore Press Holdings, Southeast Asia's No. 1 media group. A 38-year veteran of the trade, he was formerly with Bloomberg News, Time Warner Inc. magazines, and Agence France-Presse. Mr Velloor is a Media Leader at the World Economic Forum, and a frequent moderator and panelist at WEF, Jeju Forum, and other international meetings. His interests span global diplomacy, macroeconomics, and Asian transition issues.