Benjamin Brink joined DEG – Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH in 2010. As Regional Director South East Asia, based in Thailand, he is responsible for originating DEG’s business across Energy & Infrastructure, Financial Institutions, Industries & Services, as well as Private Equity and Venture Capital.

His regional coverage includes Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, with a portfolio of more than 100 companies and total exposure of EUR 1.3 billion across debt, mezzanine, and equity transactions. He leads an international team of investment professionals based in Thailand, Vietnam, Bangladesh, and China, and serves as a non-executive director on the boards of DEG investee companies.

Until July 2023, Benjamin served as DEG’s Director Portfolio Management in Bangkok, where he was responsible for the existing debt portfolio of the Industries & Services Asia department in the region. From 2013 to 2016, he managed DEG’s South Asia portfolio, including India, while based in New Delhi.

Before joining DEG, Benjamin worked in Corporate & Investment Banking at BNP Paribas in Frankfurt, covering blue-chip clients in Germany and across Europe. Earlier in his career, he served as a risk officer at a public-sector bank in Germany.

Henning Glaser is a scholar, attorney, mediator, and strategic advisor working at the intersection of governance, law, public policy, and geopolitical risk. He has been based in Thailand since 2007 as a member of the Faculty of Law at Thammasat University and has served since 2009 as founding director of the German-Southeast Asian Center of Excellence for Public Policy and Good Governance (CPG), an autonomous academic institute and regional think tank jointly formed by the University of Münster, Goethe University Frankfurt, and Thammasat University in the context of the German Federal Government’s Excellence Initiative.

For nearly two decades, he has advised and briefed governments, diplomatic missions, international organizations, development institutions, and corporate actors on political, institutional, regulatory, and geopolitical developments across Asia. His work connects political and institutional analysis with practical questions of governance, compliance, sustainability, risk exposure, and strategic decision-making.

Before establishing his long-term professional base in Asia, Henning worked in Germany in academic research, private legal practice, and business advisory, including as managing director of a trading and consultancy boutique and through his own law office.

Henning is also Editor-in-Chief of Asia in Review and serves as Executive Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Asian Governance Foundation (AGF). He is a registered attorney in Germany, a qualified mediator under German law and International Mediation Institute (IMI) standards, and a member of the German Institute for Compliance (DICO), where he contributes to the working groups “ESG and Corporate Governance” and “Human Rights.”

Lucas Meier is an advisor and analyst specializing in geopolitical and political risk, strategic foresight, corporate governance, compliance, and sustainability-related ESG developments. He serves as Program Manager at the German–Southeast Asian Center of Excellence for Public Policy and Good Governance (CPG), an academic institute and think tank based at the Faculty of Law of Thammasat University in Thailand.

He is also Deputy Editor-in-Chief and Regional Editor for South Asia of CPG’s weekly newsletter Asia in Review, where he contributes analysis of domestic, regional, and geopolitical developments for an international audience of decision-makers.

In parallel, he serves on the Board of Advisors of Dynamic Minds, CPG’s corporate advisory arm, contributing to mandates on corporate governance, compliance, sustainability, and ESG. His work focuses in particular on European regulatory developments and their implications for Asian companies engaging with European markets, supply chains, investors, and business partners, as well as for European companies operating in Asia.

In addition, Lucas is active in dispute resolution as a mediator, focusing on cross-border commercial disputes and intercultural mediation in organizational settings. He is qualified under German law in line with International Mediation Institute (IMI) standards.

He is a member of the German Institute for Compliance (DICO), where he contributes to the working groups “ESG Corporate Governance” and “Human Rights.” He is also a Fellow at the Nepal Institute for International Cooperation and Engagement (NIICE) and Treasurer of the Asian Governance Foundation (AGF).