Ganesh Sahathevan investigated financial mismanagement in Malaysia prior to the financial crisis in the 1990s. He continues to research and report from Sydney, Australia with a focus on South East Asian business, economic and politics. This work has led him into research of structures that support terrorist and jihadist activities in the region,and their links to similar structures in other parts of the world. He obtained the degrees Bachelor of Economics (majoring in Accounting), and LLB from Monash University, and LLM from the University of Sydney.