Martin Khor Biography

Martin Khor (born 1951 in Penang, Malaysia) is the Executive Director of the South Centre (an intergovernmental organisation of developing countries based in Geneva, Switzerland) since 1 March 2009. He replaced Dr. Yash Tandon who was the Executive Director of the South Centre from 2005 to 2009. Mr. Khor is also a journalist, economist and the former Director of the Third World Network which is based in Penang, Malaysia.