Mr. Bhaskaran is also Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies in Singapore where his main interests are in analyzing macroeconomic policy frameworks in Singapore.
Prior to Centennial, Mr. Bhaskaran held senior positions at Société Générale’s Asian investment banking division where he supervised Asian economic and investment strategy analysis and was a member of the Executive Committee, in charge of Asian equity research. In 12 years with the firm, Mr. Bhaskaran helped to establish its business presence in Southeast Asia and in South Asia, while also helping to develop the firm’s highly-rated equity and economic research. Prior to that, Mr. Bhaskaran worked for the Singapore government, supervising a team that prepared strategic political and economic assessments of Asia for senior Singapore government officials.
In terms of public service, Mr. Bhaskaran has served as Chairman of a high-level government committee reviewing the regulation of moneylenders in Singapore in 2014–2015. He also served as a Member of the Competition Appeals Board, Singapore for several years until August 2023. In addition, he is Council Member of both the Economic Society of Singapore and the Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA); and an advisor to the Asia Foundation.
Mr. Bhaskaran also serves on the boards of several companies whose businesses span the ASEAN region including SembCorp Industries, Japfa Ltd and NIKS Professional (which are listed in Singapore) as well as Luminor Capital.
Mr. Bhaskaran was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge University where he earned an MA (Cantab) and at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University where he obtained a Masters in Public Administration. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst.
Bhaskaran还是新加坡政策研究所的兼职高级研究员，其主要研究方向为新加坡宏观经济政策框架的分析。
在加入Centennial之前，Bhaskaran曾在法国兴业银行的亚洲投资银行部门担任高级职务，负责监督亚洲经济和投资策略分析，并担任执行委员会成员，主管亚洲股票研究。在该公司工作的12年间，他帮助建立了其在东南亚和南亚的业务，同时协助开发了该公司备受赞誉的股票和经济研究服务。在此之前，Bhaskaran曾为新加坡政府工作，领导一个团队为新加坡政府高级官员提供关于亚洲的战略政治和经济评估报告。
在公共服务方面，Bhaskaran曾于2014年至2015年担任新加坡政府高级委员会主席，负责审查放贷机构的监管政策。他还曾担任新加坡竞争上诉委员会的成员，任期至2023年8月。此外，他是新加坡经济学会和新加坡国际事务研究所（SIIA）的理事会成员，并担任亚洲基金会的顾问。
Bhaskaran还担任多家业务覆盖东盟地区的公司董事，包括在新加坡上市的胜科工业（SembCorp Industries）、佳发集团（Japfa Ltd）和NIKS Professional，以及Luminor Capital。
Bhaskaran曾就读于剑桥大学莫德林学院，获得文学硕士学位（MA Cantab），并在哈佛大学肯尼迪政府学院获得公共管理硕士学位。他还是一名特许金融分析师（CFA）。