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David I. Adelman
David Isaac Adelman (born May 24, 1964) is an American businessman, lawyer and diplomat. He was the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore from April 2010 to September 2013. Adelman is the Managing Director and General Counsel of asset manager Krane Funds Advisors in New York. He is a Trustee of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Adelman teaches international relations as an adjunct professor at New York University. His official papers are part of the collection at the Richard B. Russell Library at the University of Georgia. In 2016, in recognition of his public service the State of Georgia dedicated a bridge as the Ambassador David Adelman Bridge on State Highway 42. Adelman is a member of the Advisory Council of the Israel-Asia Center.
Adelman was born in New York City on May 24, 1964. He attended The Lovett School in Atlanta, Georgia. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Georgia in 1986, a Juris Doctor from Emory University in 1989 and a masters degree from Georgia State University in 1995. He was recognized with a Henry Grady Fellowship by the University of Georgia Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. He received the Emory Medal which is the highest award given by Emory University.
For three years Adelman taught in the Honors Program in the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia. He currently is an adjunct professor at New York University in the Program in International Relations where he teaches graduate level courses on the Asia-Pacific region. Georgia State University honored Adelman with its Distinguished Alumni Award. He was the commencement speaker at the University of Georgia in 2010. Adelman served as a member of the Board of Visitors of Emory University. He served as a member of the Board of Visitors of the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia. Adelman was a member of the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies' Dean's Council. He was a member of the Advisory Board of the Southeast Asia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies a Washington, DC–based think tank.
After graduating from the Emory University School of Law in 1989, Adelman served for two years as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Georgia. In 1993, Adelman joined the law firm of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan where he became one of the firm's youngest partners.
Adelman was appointed by the Georgia Supreme Court to the Georgia Commission on Children, Marriage and Family. He served on numerous State Bar of Georgia Committees and was a leader in the effort to provide pro bono services to disabled veterans through the National Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program. For many years he represented indigent veterans before the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
In 2000, Adelman was appointed to serve as a Trustee of the Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority where he oversaw Georgia's largest hospital, Grady Memorial Hospital, and Hughes Spalding Children's Hospital. Adelman was part of a small team of attorneys led by Harvard Law School Professor Laurence Tribe who represented Vice President Al Gore and Senator Joseph Lieberman before the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals and U.S. Supreme Court in the litigation arising from the 2000 presidential election. In 2017, Emory's School of Law named Adelman to the "Emory Law 100" which recognized the top 100 graduates and faculty members during the school's first century for their contributions to advancing the rule of law and the legal profession.
Adelman was an Independent Non-Executive Director of Noble Group Holdings for approximately three years after the company's 2018 restructuring. He was a senior advisor to Israel-focused indexing firm BlueStar Indexes prior to its sale to Van Eck in 2020. Adelman was a Managing Director of Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong for several years during which he served in the firm's Executive Office. He is an Advisor to private equity firm Olympus Capital and formerly was a Senior Advisor to venture capital firm Ion Pacific. He is a member of the Advisory Board of Climate Finance Partners. Before joining Krane Funds Advisors, for six years he was a partner in the law firm Reed Smith LLP Archived 2015-02-28 at the Wayback Machine where he worked from the firm's New York and Hong Kong offices. In 2013, Adelman was appointed by the Singapore government to the Monetary Authority of Singapore's Capital Markets Committee which is an advisory group and by the Hong Kong government to the Executive Board of the Treasury Markets Association. Adelman was also a member of the Board of Governors of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
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David I. Adelman
David Isaac Adelman (born May 24, 1964) is an American businessman, lawyer and diplomat. He was the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore from April 2010 to September 2013. Adelman is the Managing Director and General Counsel of asset manager Krane Funds Advisors in New York. He is a Trustee of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Adelman teaches international relations as an adjunct professor at New York University. His official papers are part of the collection at the Richard B. Russell Library at the University of Georgia. In 2016, in recognition of his public service the State of Georgia dedicated a bridge as the Ambassador David Adelman Bridge on State Highway 42. Adelman is a member of the Advisory Council of the Israel-Asia Center.
Adelman was born in New York City on May 24, 1964. He attended The Lovett School in Atlanta, Georgia. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Georgia in 1986, a Juris Doctor from Emory University in 1989 and a masters degree from Georgia State University in 1995. He was recognized with a Henry Grady Fellowship by the University of Georgia Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. He received the Emory Medal which is the highest award given by Emory University.
For three years Adelman taught in the Honors Program in the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia. He currently is an adjunct professor at New York University in the Program in International Relations where he teaches graduate level courses on the Asia-Pacific region. Georgia State University honored Adelman with its Distinguished Alumni Award. He was the commencement speaker at the University of Georgia in 2010. Adelman served as a member of the Board of Visitors of Emory University. He served as a member of the Board of Visitors of the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia. Adelman was a member of the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies' Dean's Council. He was a member of the Advisory Board of the Southeast Asia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies a Washington, DC–based think tank.
After graduating from the Emory University School of Law in 1989, Adelman served for two years as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Georgia. In 1993, Adelman joined the law firm of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan where he became one of the firm's youngest partners.
Adelman was appointed by the Georgia Supreme Court to the Georgia Commission on Children, Marriage and Family. He served on numerous State Bar of Georgia Committees and was a leader in the effort to provide pro bono services to disabled veterans through the National Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program. For many years he represented indigent veterans before the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
In 2000, Adelman was appointed to serve as a Trustee of the Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority where he oversaw Georgia's largest hospital, Grady Memorial Hospital, and Hughes Spalding Children's Hospital. Adelman was part of a small team of attorneys led by Harvard Law School Professor Laurence Tribe who represented Vice President Al Gore and Senator Joseph Lieberman before the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals and U.S. Supreme Court in the litigation arising from the 2000 presidential election. In 2017, Emory's School of Law named Adelman to the "Emory Law 100" which recognized the top 100 graduates and faculty members during the school's first century for their contributions to advancing the rule of law and the legal profession.
Adelman was an Independent Non-Executive Director of Noble Group Holdings for approximately three years after the company's 2018 restructuring. He was a senior advisor to Israel-focused indexing firm BlueStar Indexes prior to its sale to Van Eck in 2020. Adelman was a Managing Director of Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong for several years during which he served in the firm's Executive Office. He is an Advisor to private equity firm Olympus Capital and formerly was a Senior Advisor to venture capital firm Ion Pacific. He is a member of the Advisory Board of Climate Finance Partners. Before joining Krane Funds Advisors, for six years he was a partner in the law firm Reed Smith LLP Archived 2015-02-28 at the Wayback Machine where he worked from the firm's New York and Hong Kong offices. In 2013, Adelman was appointed by the Singapore government to the Monetary Authority of Singapore's Capital Markets Committee which is an advisory group and by the Hong Kong government to the Executive Board of the Treasury Markets Association. Adelman was also a member of the Board of Governors of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
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