Sugata Mitra
TED Prize winner Sugata Mitra is at the forefront of a new approach to education which challenges how we teach today’s children in a technological age. He is Professor of Educational Technology at Newcastle University, UK and previously a Visiting Professor at MIT in the US. Sugata is currently working...
Ann Osman
Ann Osman, also known by her fight name Athena is Malaysia’s 1st Female Mixed Martial Artist to be signed and to fight for one of the world’s biggest Martial Art promotion, ONE Championship. She has also garnered attention as the 1st Muslim female MMA athlete to be competing in a Mixed martial...
Nazir Razak
Nazir Razak graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Economics and Politics, University of Bristol and obtained a Master of Philosophy in Development Economics from the University of Cambridge. He was a Chevening Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies in 2010 and a Transformational Leadership Fellow...
David Back
David Back is the co-founder of Zoomcar, the first car rental company in India to focus on “western-style” rentals with no chauffeur. Zoomcar launched in February 2013 with 7 cars in Bangalore. By the time Back left at the end of May 2015, it had grown to over 1,500...
Narayana Murthy
Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy, better known as N. R. Narayana Murthy, is an Indian industrialist and software engineer. He is the Founder of Infosys Limited, a global software consulting company headquartered in Bangalore, India. He founded Infosys in 1981, served as the CEO during 1981-2002, and as the Chairman...
Sonu Shivdasani
Sonu Shivdasani is Founder and Chief Executive of Six Senses Resorts & Spas, a super-luxury resort and spa group with properties in 6 countries. In less than two decades Sonu has created a whole new take on high-end hospitality by establishing the Six Senses group. In 1995, together with...
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (known as SBY) was the 6th President of Indonesia and the first directly elected President in the current democratic era. During his two terms in office, Yudhoyono delivered what the World Economic Forum called “Indonesia’s golden decade”, a period between 2004-14 that was marked by democratic...
Koichi Hamada
He has had a distinguished career as an internationally renowned economics professor, an economic adviser to the Japanese government and as an economic consultant to the IMF and WTO. He is currently Special Economic Adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Tuntex Professor of Economics at Yale University and...
Atiur Rahman
Dr. Atiur Rahman is a Professor of Department of Development Studies, University of Dhaka. Dr. Rahman served as the Governor of Central Bank of Bangladesh during the period of May 2009-March 2016. Dr. Rahman popularly known as the ‘Poor Peoples’ Economist’ and a Green Governor is a many times...
David Lim
David Lim is best known in Singapore for leading the 1st Singapore Mt Everest Expedition in 1998 (as well as the second in 2001) which succeeded in placing two members on the summit. The climb captured the imagination of the entire country and helped reset the parameters of what...