Chatri Sityodtong
Chatri Sityodtong is the Founder and CEO of ONE, Asia’s largest global sports media platform with a worldwide broadcast to 179 countries. According to Nielsen, ONE ranks amongst the world’s top 10 biggest sports media properties (alongside NBA, F1, Champions League, EPL, etc) in terms of viewership and engagement....
Ram Charan
Ram Charan is a sought after business advisor renowned among senior executives for his ability to solve difficult business problems. For more than thirty-five years, Ram has worked behind the scenes with senior executives at some of the world’s most successful companies, including GE, Verizon, Novartis, Dupont, Thomson Corporation,...
Jung Chang
Jung Chang was born in Yibin, Sichuan Province, China, in 1952. During the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) she worked as a peasant, a “barefoot” doctor, a steelworker, and an electrician before becoming an English-language student and, later, an assistant lecturer at Sichuan University. She left China for Britain in 1978...
Joel Neoh
Joel Neoh is currently the Founder of KFit, the largest lifestyle movement that aims to make fitness and lifestyle activities accessible to everyone which presence in over 20 cities in Asia. He also listed as one of Asia’s Top 10 young entrepreneurs. In 2012 he won the Ernst &...
Ha-Joon Chang
Ha-Joon is one of the world’s leading economists specialising in development economics. He lectures in the Economics of Development at Cambridge University and is a regular contributor to The Guardian since the onset of the financial crisis in 2008. He is author of several widely discussed books including “23...
Lim Siong Guan
Lim Siong Guan was appointed Group President of GIC in September 2007. The GIC manages the financial reserves of the Singapore government. He was Chairman of the Singapore Economic Development Board from October 2006 to June 2009. The Board is the Singapore government’s lead agency for planning and executing...
Zhao Xian De
Professor Dr. Zhao Xiande is Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management at China-Europe International Business School. He is also special appointed as “One Thousand Talent Professor” under China’s Global Search of One Thousand Talent Theme and Director of Institute for Supply Chain Integration and Service Innovation of South...
Yukio Hatoyama
He was the first ever Prime Minister from the modern Democratic Party of Japan. In moving towards a more Asia-centered foreign policy, Hatoyama worked towards making relations better with nearby East Asian countries. He also worked to deepen economic integration within the East Asian region, pushing for a free...
Supachai Panitchpakdi
Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi began his four-year term as Secretary-General of UNCTAD on 1 September 2005, following his appointment by the UN General Assembly. He was appointed for a second term in September 2009, and stepped down from his post in August of 2013. Dr. Supachai previously served as Director-General...
Noritaka Tatehana
Noritaka Tatehana is a shoe designer, whose collection pieces are held in admiration in the fashion industry, and also the art world. He is works are widely known to be loved by Lady Gaga and Daphne Guinness. Noritaka was born into a family running a public bathhouse, Kabuki-yu, in...