Sonny Lim

Executive Director for East Asia & Pacific, The College Board

Sonny Lim is responsible for College Board initiatives to help students and educators in Asia-Pacific gain access to higher education in the US, as well as many other regions of the world. He and his team aspire to help teachers, administrators, students, and stakeholders succeed by planning and providing academic assessments, training & development, data, and global credentials, including the SAT and Advanced Placement curriculum framework.

Sonny has worked and lived in Asia-Pacific for more than twenty years, gaining progressive experience in higher education and research, academic mobility, merchant banking and securities law. He has served in academic administration for 14 years, as Director of International Relations for Nanyang Technological University and Director of Public Affairs for Yale NUS College, both in Singapore, and as Special Assistant to President David Leebron of Rice University in Houston. Prior to joining international education and academic administration, he practiced capital markets and finance law in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong, and also produced documentaries for public broadcast.

Sonny is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Academic Society, and has attended the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business and completed a JD degree from the UCLA School of Law.

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