William H. Overholt

Who is William H. Overholt?

Dr. William H. Overholt is President of Fung Global Institute and an expert on Asia and US-Asia relations. He is Senior Research Fellow at John F. Kennedy School of Government's Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, at Harvard University, and is Principal of AsiaStrat LLC, a consulting firm.

Overholt has a long history of analyzing Asia for both the public and private sectors. He has served as political advisor to several of Asia's major political figures and has done consulting projects for Korea Development Institute, The Nuclear Threat Initiative, the Philippine Department of Agrarian Reform, and Thailand's Ministry of Universities. His consulting experience ranges from strategic planning to foreign affairs to the Conference Board, U.S. Army Strategic Studies Institute, the Foreign Service Institute, Dean Witter Reynolds, A.G. Becker & Co., MacMillan Bloedel, Honda Motor Company, Tong Yang Securities, 13-D Research, Matterhorn Palmyra Fund, and numerous other corporations.

He is the author of six books, including Asia, America and the Transformation of Geopolitics.