Varun Agarwal
Varun Agarwal is an Indian first-generation entrepreneur, film maker and author. Born on December 6, 1987, in Bangalore, India, he did his schooling from Bishop Cotton Boys’ School and started engineering in CMR Institute of Technology Bangalore, Karnataka. He decided to drop out of college because he lacked interest...
Anil Gupta
Dr Anil K. Gupta is widely recognised as one of the world’s leading experts on strategy and globalisation. He is the Michael D. Dingman Chair in Strategy & Entrepreneurship at the Smith School of Business, The University of Maryland and a Visiting Professor of Strategy at INSEAD, where he...
Ho Kwon Ping
Ho Kwon Ping is Executive Chairman of Banyan Tree Holdings, which owns both listed and private companies engaged in the development, ownership and operation of hotels, resorts, spas, residential homes, retail galleries and other lifestyle activities around the world. Born in 1952, Ho Kwon Ping was educated in Tunghai...
Andy Xie
Andy Xie is a renowned independent economist based in Shanghai, specialising in China and Asia. He is the former Morgan Stanley Star Chief Asia-Pacific economist, and currently Director of Rosetta Stone Advisors, and Director of China Boqi Environmental Science and Technology. In 2013 he was named ‘one of the...
Chan Kim
W. Chan Kim is The Boston Consulting Group Bruce D. Henderson Chair Professor of Strategy and International Management at INSEAD, France (the world’s second largest business school). Prior to joining INSEAD, he was a professor at the University of Michigan Business School, USA. He has served as a board...
Yashwant Sinha
Yashwant Sinha is India’s former Finance Minister 1990-91 and 1998-2002, and former Minister of External Affairs 2002-04. He is credited by many with transforming the Indian economy. Sinha is well respected nationally and internationally for his insights into India’s economy, and India’s foreign affairs. He is the buoyant voice...
Wang YiZhou
Dr. Wang Yizhou is now the Deputy Director and senior research fellow at the Institute of World Economics and Politics (IWEP) and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). Known mainly as an expert and professor of international relations, Dr. Wang is also the editor in chief, World Economics and...
Heizo Takenaka
Professor Heizo Takenaka joined Prime Minister Koizumi’s Government in 2001. During this time, he became Minister for Economic and Fiscal Policy, and then the Minister for Financial Services. He also became the Minister for Privatisation of the Postal Services and the Minister for both Internal Affairs and Communication. He...
Long Yongtu
Long has taken a key role in integrating China into multilateral and global trading arrangements and is an active player in promoting regional economic cooperation. He dedicated over 10 years to bringing China into the global trading system as Chinese Vice Minister of Trade responsible for trade negotiations, multilateral...
Shuji Nakamura
Shuji Nakamura is renowned as the inventor of blue LED, a major breakthrough in lighting technology. Together with Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano, he was one of the three recipients of the 2014 Nobel Prize for Physics “for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes, which has enabled bright...
