Prior to joining SMU, Gordon obtained a PhD through the University of Sydney identifying the factors that cause Multinationals to sustain successful engagement in Asia. However, the greatest part of his career of 30 years has been as a Global Partner with Deloitte Consulting followed by being an entrepreneurial consultant/advisory for his own firm, Managing Across Asia. As illustrated below in the word cloud of his relative country experiences, the greater proportion of his working life has been serving over 40 of the world’s largest multinational clients, for most, across their operations in Asia. AIA, Allianz, Commonweath Bank of Australia, Daimler Fuso, HSBC, ING, Manulife, MetLife, Prudential plc, Samsung, Scotiabank, and Telesat are representative of the clients he has served over his career.