Jomo K S (Jomo Kwame Sundaram) was Professor in the Applied Economics Department, Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, until August 2004.

He was a Founder Director of INSAN, the Institute of Social Analysis (www.insan.us), also based in Malaysia. Jomo was Founder Chair of IDEAs, or International Development Economics Associates (www.networkideas.org) and was on the Board of UNRISD, the United Nations Research Institute on Social Development, Geneva (www.unrisd.org).

He is married to Noelle Rodriguez, and has three children, Nadia (born 1987), Emil (born 1989) and Leal (born 1990).