Nguyễn Phương Lam retired as Co-founder and Co-head of the Private Equity business of Capital Group, and CEO of Capital International’s Singapore branch. In that position, he travelled to over 130 countries spanning the globe, which taught him the value of diversity and the importance of seeing life from the viewpoint of other people.
A native of Vietnam, Lam graduated from high school in Brasil, university in France, and received an MBA from the Stanford Business School. Lam is involved (as an advocate, donor, or mentor) with numerous local civil society organisations and global NGO’s, including Acumen.org, Ashoka.org, Endeavor.org, and TeachForAll.org. The service activities of Lam’s family aim primarily at promoting Inner Transformation for Systems Change.