Jeff Paine is a Singapore-based professional with more than 25 years’ experience at leading multinational corporations including Visa, Microsoft, Reuters and the Royal Bank of Canada. In 2014, he established PS-engage, his own government relations consulting firm. PS-engage works with leading IT, e-commerce, finance and payment companies to provide guidance on constructive engagement with governments and to assist with regulatory and policy work. He is also currently the Managing Director of the Asia Internet Coalition (AIC), a leading industry body that promotes smart regulatory reforms for the digital economy. Mr Paine is also a Co-Chair of the Financial Services Committee at the American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore and a member of the Tax Feedback Panel at the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS).
Mr Paine has a BA in Economics from the University of Western Ontario in Canada and an MBA in Finance from Rutgers University in the United States. He also attended the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University where he has completed a diploma program on Innovations in Governance.
