The United States welcomes the appointment of Ginger Lew, CEO of Three Oaks Investments LLC, to the Business Advisory Council (ABAC) of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).
Ms. Lew and her ABAC counterparts from other APEC economies will advise APEC leaders on issues affecting the continued growth of the region’s economy. In this role, Ms. Lew will provide recommendations that reflect the perspective of US stakeholders. ABAC, created in 1995, is comprised of up to three business representatives from each APEC economy and is a key component of APEC’s multi-stakeholder approach to trade and economic policies. ABAC meets throughout the year to discuss policy recommendations, undertakes activities to promote trade and investment, as well as sustainable and inclusive growth, and reports annually to APEC leaders.
Ms. Lew is a senior policy advisor to I Squared Capital, a $ 34 billion global infrastructure fund based in Miami, Florida. Ms. Lew is also an entrepreneur and was one of the co-founders and CEO of Cube Hydro Partners, a US clean energy company headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland. He led the company through a long acquisition period and conducted critical regulatory and financial negotiations throughout the company’s lifecycle. In October 2019, Cube Hydro was sold to Eagle Creek Renewable Energy. He is currently CEO of Three Oaks Investments, which provides advisory services to US and international companies.
Previously, Ms. Lew held various roles in the United States government, including most recently as Senior Counselor of the National Economic Council of the White House, where she led work on small business, financial reform and procurement policies, innovation and marketing policies. Ms. Lew also served as deputy administrator and chief operating officer at the US Small Business Administration, general counsel to the United States Department of Commerce, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs at the US Department of State. United States. Ms. Lew has also served on numerous corporate and nonprofit boards, including the Meyer Foundation, the Smithsonian Institute, Asian Americans for Advancing Justice, and the East West Center. Ms. Lew served on the NASDAQ Listing and Hearing Review Council for ten years as a member and co-chair. She is co-founder of the Association of Asian American Investment Managers, a commercial organization that promotes diversity and inclusion in the investment industry.
For over 30 years, APEC has been the premier economic platform for the United States to engage our regional partners on structural issues to foster an economic and trade architecture that opens markets, promotes high standards, and promotes sustainable and inclusive growth.
For more information, contact the US APEC team at DOSAPEC@state.gov.
