Yoong Yoong Lee, Director of the ASEAN Secretariat's Community Affairs Directorate sat down with us on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit last month to share his experience in promoting regional integration and engagement in Southeast Asia. We talked about the differences in attitudes of youth towards ASEAN across the region, the successes of ASEAn so far and the internal workings of ASEAN as an organisation.

Before his current role, Yoong Yoong held various positions in Yamato Asia, the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia Pacific, the Ministry of Home Affairs and Economic Development Board in Singapore, and various other portfolios in ASEAN including as Head of Infrastructure.