Governance & Structure
Organisation.
NorthRiverAsia is governed by an independent Board of Trustees and led day-to-day by a President and an Executive Committee. Research is delivered through three departments and a network of cross-cutting units.
Organisational Chart
Governance & research architecture.
Board of Trustees
Independent Governance
President & CEO
Sir Alistair Whitmore
Executive Committee
Strategy & Operations
Advisory Council
External Counsel
Audit & Ethics
Compliance
Research Departments
East Asian Politics & Security
Japan Programme
Cross-Strait Unit
Korean Peninsula Watch
International Political Economy & Supply Chains
Technology Statecraft Unit
Sanctions Architecture Lab
Asia-Pacific Finance Group
Strategic Intelligence & Risk Assessment
Indo-Pacific Risk Desk
Open-Source Intelligence Cell
Scenario Planning Group
Liaison Offices & Cross-cutting Units
Tokyo Office
Liaison
Washington Office
Liaison
Asia-Pacific Strategy Unit
Cross-cutting
Communications
Publications
Development
Partnerships
Departmental Detail
Who leads what.
Department
East Asian Politics & Security
Director
Dr. Margaret Holloway
Focus
Sino-Japanese relations · Taiwan Strait · Northeast Asian security
Department
International Political Economy & Supply Chains
Director
Prof. Hideki Tanaka
Focus
Semiconductors · Trade & sanctions · Currency & finance
Department
Strategic Intelligence & Risk Assessment
Director
Dr. Eleanor Ashford
Focus
Intelligence analysis · Scenario forecasting · Geopolitical risk