Yuen Pau WOO is Vice President and Chief Economist for the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, a think tank on Asia Pacific issues and Canada-Asia relations. He is also Director of the APEC Study Centre in Canada, Chair of the Canadian Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation, and a member of the Standing Committee of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council. He is an Adjunct Professor and lecturer at the University of British Columbia's Institute of Asian Research and on the Board of the Standards Council of Canada.

Mr Woo is an External Advisor for the University of Victoria's Centre for Asia Pacific Initiatives and on the Management Board of the Centre for Excellence on Immigration Research at Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia. He is also a Senior Advisor to the Shanghai WTO Affairs Consultation Centre and on the editorial board of Pacific Affairs.

Mr Woo has previously worked as a consultant on international marine issues, and as an economist for the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation.

Mr Woo was born in Malaysia and grew up in Singapore. He was educated at Lester B. Pearson College, Wheaton College, Cambridge University and the University of London.