Paradigm Infinitum General Manager invited to participate in Asia Pacific Roundtable

Shona Leppanen-Gibson, General Manager and Senior Consultant with Paradigm Infinitum, has been selected by the Australian Government to attend the Asia Pacific Roundtable, to be held in Kuala Lumpur in late May and early June. Shona will attend the Asia Pacific Roundtable as part of the Emerging Leaders Programme.

The 25 th Asia Pacific Roundtable will be presented by the ASEAN Institutes of Strategic and International Study (ASEAN-ISIS) and ISIS Malaysia. The event, held in Kuala Lumpur, will attract security specialists, scholars and policy-makers to discuss and exchange views on the region’s security issues and challenges, as well as to commemorate the silver anniversary of the Roundtable. Some of the keynote speakers include the Hon Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak, Prime Minister of Malaysia; international security specialist Dr Robert Kaplan; Admiral Robert F. Willard, Commander of the US Pacific Command; HRH Prince Samdech Norodom Sirivudh; the foreign ministers of Malaysia, Australia and Indonesia; the Governor of Bangkok; and numerous other leaders, specialists, academics and policy makers from around the Asia Pacific region including Japan, the US, North Korea, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, Vietnam, China, India, the Philippines, New Zealand and Canada.

“I am greatly honoured and humbled by this opportunity. It will be an amazing event, and I am very privileged to be invited by the Australian government and the organisers to attend in this capacity,” said Shona.