EDWARD APARIS

Asia-Pacific Government Affairs | Climate & Infrastructure | International Regulatory Strategy

I navigate the intersection of government, technology, and international policy, in environments where the relationships are harder to build than the product itself.

I completed my MPA at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore, then spent two years at Esri Singapore facilitating government technology exchanges between U.S. and Southeast Asian institutions. Back in the United States, I lead stakeholder engagement and government affairs at PG&E, one of the most complex regulated infrastructure environments in the country.

I hold dual U.S.-Philippine citizenship with active networks across the Philippines, larger ASEAN, and South Asia. I'm a FYLPRO alumnus, the Filipino Young Leaders Program, rooted in the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs and now a U.S. nonprofit that has partnered with the U.S. State Department and was named in the official record of the 2023 U.S.-Philippines 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue.

I occasionally take on advisory and consulting engagements in international government affairs, Asia-Pacific market entry, and regulatory strategy for climate and infrastructure technology companies.

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Gardens by the Bay

Central Region, Singapore

Department of Transportation

Los Angeles, California USA

Singaporean Exchange in California

San Diego, California USA

Gardens by the Bay

Central Region, Singapore

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About Me

I think in systems but I've always communicated in stories. That combination has shaped everything I've done professionally, the policy analyst and the performer are not separate people.

I came up through community advocacy in San Diego, doing the kind of civic work that doesn't make headlines but determines outcomes: coalition building, redistricting campaigns, cultural representation in local government. That work taught me that the most important conversations rarely happen in formal settings and that trust, once lost, takes years to rebuild.

That same instinct carries into everything I do at the international level. Reading a room, knowing when to speak and when to listen, understanding what someone actually needs versus what they say they need, these are as important in a government ministry in Southeast Asia as they are in a city council chamber in Southern California.