Martin Khor Kok Peng (November 9, 1951 – 1 April 2020)[2][1][3] was the executive director of the South Centre, an intergovernmental organisation of developing countries based in Geneva, from 1 March 2009 to 2018.
He replaced Dr. Yash Tandon who was the executive director of the South Centre from 2005 to 2009.
Khor was also a journalist, economist and the former Director of the Third World Network, which is based in Penang, Malaysia.
[4] He was also, from 1997, a member of the UN Secretary-General's Task Force on Environment and Human Settlements, and a member of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry's National Committee on Multilateral Trade Issues in Malaysia.
[7] Khor sat on the board of directors of the International Forum on Globalization.