Speaker – Ambassador Brian D McFeeters
Ambassador Brian D. McFeeters
Senior Vice President and Regional Managing Director
US-ASEAN Business Council
Biography
Ambassador Brian D. McFeeters (ret.) joined the US-ASEAN Business Council on October 1, 2023, as the Senior Vice President and Regional Managing Director. From Singapore, he will support the Council’s 175 members and supervise Council matters in the ASEAN region namely Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. During his extensive government and private sector career, McFeeters has made valuable contributions to diplomatic missions worldwide, serving in critical positions in countries including Indonesia, South Korea, Malaysia, and the European Union. His expertise in economic, research, and business affairs fostered productive commercial relationships and promoted economic cooperation between countries.
Spending more than half his career in Asia, Ambassador McFeeters most recently served as the U.S. envoy to Malaysia from February 2021 to August 2023. Some diplomatic roles he held include serving as Senior Advisor to the Counselor of the Department of State, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Deputy Chief of Mission for the U.S. Embassy in Iraq.
Ambassador McFeeters holds an M.A. in International Affairs from SAIS Johns Hopkins, an M.S. in Chemistry from the University of New Mexico, a B.S. in Chemistry, and a B.A. in English from the University of Notre Dame.