Franklin Leo Lavin

Franklin Leo Lavin is the founder and currently holds the position of Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Export Now, Inc. which was founded in 2010.
He is also currently the Chairman-Public Affairs Practice at Daniel J.
Edelman, Inc. since 2009, Chairman-International Council at NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Director at United Overseas Bank Ltd. (Korea), and Director at Advanced Medtech Holdings Pte Ltd. In his former positions, Mr. Lavin served as an Independent Non-Executive Director at United Overseas Bank Ltd. (Singapore) from 2010 to 2019.
He was also an Independent Director at Globe Specialty Metals, Inc. from 2008 to 2015, a Non-Executive Director at AFL Technologies Pte Ltd. from 2011 to 2013, and held various directorial roles at Far Eastern Bank Ltd. and Utex Industries, Inc. He was the Chief Operating Officer & Managing Director at Cushman & Wakefield Investors (Finance) Ltd. in 2009.
Additionally, Mr. Lavin served as the Director of Political Affairs at The White House from 1987 to 1989 and as the Deputy Secretary at President's National Security Council.
Mr. Lavin's education includes a graduate degree from The Johns Hopkins University in 1992, an undergraduate degree from Georgetown University in 1985, an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1996, and an undergraduate degree from Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service.