Franklin L. Lavin

Franklin L. Lavin is currently the Managing Director & Chief Operating Officer of Cushman & Wakefield Investors Asia. He headed the International Trade Administration for the United States Department of Commerce from 2005 until 2007.

Mr. Lavin served as the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore from 2001 to 2005 and as Deputy Executive Secretary in Reagan National Security Council Staff under National Security Advisers Carlucci and Powell. Mr Lavin held a variety of senior policy and management positions in the Reagan and George H. W. Bush administrations.

Mr. Lavin was a banker and venture capitalist in Hong Kong and Singapore. He served in senior banking and management positions primarily within the multinational corporate group of Citibank and Bank of America.

Educated at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, Lavin earned a B.Sc.F.S. He went on to earn an M.Sc. in Chinese Language and History from Georgetown, an M.A. in International Relations and International Economics from the School of Advanced International Relations at the Johns Hopkins University and an M.B.A. in Finance at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

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