Philipp Ivanov is currently Fulbright Scholar in Australian-United States Alliance Studies and Visiting Research Fellow at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. From 2015 to 2023, Ivanov was the Chief Executive Officer of the Asia Society Australia Center. During his term as CEO, the consolidated its position as Australia’s leading business and policy think-tank on Asia. Previously, Ivanov worked on China policy at the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and as a Deputy Director of the Research Institute for Asia and the Pacific at the University of Sydney. His commentary and analysis have appeared in Foreign Policy, The Australian, ABC, Bloomberg News, CNBC, The Australian Financial Review, and Melbourne Asia Review. A fluent Chinese and Russian speaker, Ivanov studied Chinese history and Russia-China relations in Russia and China, and studied, lived, and worked in China for over six years. In May 2023, he will commence as Global Vice-President and Chief Programming Officer at Asia Society in New York.
Last Updated: April 5, 2023
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