Gallup has studied human nature and behavior for more than 70 years. Gallup's reputation for delivering relevant, timely, and visionary research on what people around the world think and feel is the cornerstone of the organization. Gallup Singapore was established in 1996 and achieved IHQ status with EDB in 2003. Gallup Singapore employs 43 professionals and is the hub for Asia Pacific. Gallup has chosen Singapore as a base to customize its consulting offerings and curriculum for Asia, with initiatives such as the Gallup University Asian Campus. Such efforts are expected to help build up a critical mass of Singapore-based talent with international market expertise.

In June 2008, Gallup’s Singapore, HK and South-East Asia Managing Partner Mr Peter Ong, joined by Gallup’s Chairman & CEO Mr Jim Clifton hosted Gallup’s inaugural Global Behavioral Economics Forum in Singapore. This 1-day forum, officiated by DPM and Minister-in-charge of the Civil Service Mr Teo Chee Hean, was well-attended by Singapore’s and the region’s senior leaders. The forum explored how human behavior shapes, influences and plays a pivotal role in growing successful and sustainable organizations, cities & economies. It also touched on how Behavioral Economics can positively impact policy making, city planning, society building, engaged citizenry and brain gain at the national and city level.

The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) is a top-ranked, global provider of executive education that develops better leaders through its exclusive focus on leadership education and research. Founded in 1970 as a nonprofit, educational institution, CCL helps clients worldwide cultivate creative leadership - the capacity to achieve more than imagined by thinking and acting beyond boundaries. CCL is headquartered in the U.S. with 5 campuses globally. It established its first Asian campus in Singapore in 2003 with a dedicated research team, and offers customized leadership programs, assessments, coaching and other services.

Recognizing that Asia is the growth engine for the world, Singapore is the ideal platform for Professional Services companies to create a niche with a pan-Asian focus.  Top human capital consulting firms such as Aon Consulting and Watson Wyatt Worldwide have anchored research functions in Singapore.  In 2008, Aon Consulting launched its inaugural Global Research Centre. Singapore was chosen for its centrality in Asia, a fertile ground for emerging business and management practices. Asia is unique in its diversity, pragmatism, openness to change, and high growth rates.

Aon Consulting is leveraging on these factors and using Singapore as a place for experimentation with innovative management theories and practices that have implications for both the developed and developing economies of the world. Aon Consulting's Global Research Centre specializes in research on human capital issues of concern to the corporate boards and executive management.

Watson Wyatt Worldwide established its first ever Asia Pacific Research and Innovation Centre (ARIC) in Singapore, in 2004. ARIC is part of a global research infrastructure which includes three other research and innovation centres based in U.S., Canada and U.K., and three global research service offices based in China, India and Uruguay. Its research covers issues such as employee engagement, knowledge sharing, multigenerational workforce, strategic rewards, executive and director compensation, governance, benefits and pension risk.