Shattered Hopes

About The Author

An international correspondent with over twenty-two years of reporting experience in the region, Romen Bose heads a crisis management and political communications consultancy. He is a close confidant to many Malaysian decision makers and the upper echelon of the country’s political elite after having worked as a Political Communications Consultant for former Malaysian Premier Najib Razak for six years. Before setting up his own consultancy, Romen was head of Asian social media intelligence at IHS Markit and worked as a senior foreign correspondent with international news agency AFP based in Kuala Lumpur. He was the founding president of the Foreign Correspondents Club of Malaysia and a senior producer with the English service of Al Jazeera International when it opened its regional base in Malaysia. Prior to this, Romen was the Indochina Bureau Chief for Channel News Asia, Assistant Director for the north-west India region at the Singapore Tourism Board and also consulted for the United Nations. Romen has also researched and written extensively on the second world war and its impact on Southeast Asia.