Drago & Scott are stirring the pot - with Vasuki Shastry, author of Has Asia Lost It? Dynamic Past, Turbulent Future.  
He starts his career in journalism with Business India and India Today in Mumbai, then works with the Business Times in Jakarta and Singapore. After that Vasuki is in the press centre of the IMF, acting as their Asia Pacific spokesperson during the Asia financial crisis.  Vasuki then becomes Head of Public Affairs for the IMF and Standard Chartered Bank in London. Today, he’s an Associate Asia Pacific Fellow at Chatham House, a think tank, and is based in Washington DC and London. 

Tune in for this delicious feast that is part 1 of our convo:

• The need to rethink the 'Asia' label: the 'dysutopia' of Asia
• What keeps Vasuki up at night, thinking about the future of Asia: the geopolitical, demographic and cultural challenges facing the region
• The role of consumption in future growth
• The limitations to social mobility here and the resulting social challenges in the future
• The role of the marketing and marketing research community in the region in helping to understand the 'consumer' in a more granular way: data and insight that are missing at the moment

Dropping parts 2 and 3 later this week – stay tuned!