Mr. Mace last worked on U.S.-Singapore relations at the White House in 2017, where he served on the National Security Council staff as the principal Southeast Asia advisor to President Trump. In that role, he prepared the President for his bilateral engagements with Southeast Asian leaders, including President Trump’s first meeting with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. Immediately prior to his arrival in Singapore, Mr. Mace served as the Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. at the U.S. Embassy in Luxembourg from 2019-2022. Earlier in his career, Mr. Mace served as the Deputy Political Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Political Unit Chief in the State Department’s China office, and the Deputy Secretary of State’s Special Assistant for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. Mr. Mace has also served at the American Consulates in Sydney and Guangzhou.

Before joining the State Department, Mr. Mace worked for a consultancy in the Space and Telecom industries. Mr. Mace earned a bachelors degree from Georgetown University, and he has studied Bahasa Indonesia and Mandarin Chinese for his career. He and his wife, Anne, have four children..

James Sullivan is Head of APAC Equity Research, and has held hedge fund management and research roles in Asia since 1998, prior to which he held strategy roles at IBM. He holds an MA in International Relations from Harvard University, an MBA from Duke University, and a BA in Political Science from Marist College. James has / has held fellowships at King's College London, Pacific Forum, the Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies, and is publishing a book with the Irregular Warfare Center.

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