Michael Peng
Mike is the Chief Creative Officer at Moon Creative Lab. Moon Creative Lab is a design-led innovation hub that powers the creation of new businesses for Mitsui & Co, one of Japan’s largest trading companies. Moon Creative Lab was created to help unlock the creativity of Mitsui & Co.’s...
Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
A successful technocrat of global standing, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw heads India’s leading Biotechnology enterprise, Biocon. She is highly respected in the corporate world and has been named among TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world. Recently, Economic Times placed her at India Inc’s top 10 most powerful women...
Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor
Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, (born July 27, 1972, Kuala Lumpur, Malay.), Malaysian orthopedic surgeon who became the first Malaysian to go into space. Dr. Sheikh was selected from 11,435 candidates at the beginning of 2006 for the Malaysian Angkasawan spaceflight program. He came on-board the International Space Station via a...
Anita Yusof
Hailed from Batu Pahat, Johor in Malaysia – 53 year-old Anita Yusof is the first Muslim woman to ride around the world and the first Malaysian ever to be inducted into the Asia Book of Records for the longest bike solo ride. In less than two years of riding...
Suk-Young Kim
Suk-Young Kim’s research interests cover a wide range of academic disciplines, such as East Asian Performance and Visual Culture, Gender and Nationalism, Korean Cultural Studies, Russian Literature and Slavic Folklore. Her publications have appeared in English, German, Korean, Polish and Russian while her research has been acknowledged by the...
Andreas Vogiatzakis
A catalyst for positive change, Andreas was the recent Group CEO of Star Media Group Malaysia, the first ever non-Malaysian CEO appointed at the helm of the most influential Media Group in the country, tasked to drive its digital transformation and lay down the foundation for its future success....
John Tsang
Born and raised in Hong Kong, John emigrated to the United States when he was a Form II student at La Salle College. He continued his education at Stuyvesant High School in New York City, and studied architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He went on to complete...
Abhisit Vejjajiva
Abhisit Vejjajiva was Thailand’s 27th Prime Minister at the age of 44. Born in Newcastle, United Kingdom, the Oxford-educated politician had an academic career teaching at Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy before joining politics. Abhisit held the office of Prime Minister from 2008-2011 with a platform revolving around “Putting People...
Jason Lai
Jason Lai is the Principal Conductor at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory, and former Associate Conductor of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and Hong Kong Sinfonietta. He’s been a prominent figure in Singapore’s musical life since his arrival in 2010, but also active internationally giving masterclasses in Europe and China....
Jayant Sinha
Mr. Jayant Sinha is the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of India’s National Parliament from Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. He won his seat by a wide margin of about 160,000 votes in May 2014 and represents a constituency of 2.5 million people. He has been nominated by the BJP to serve...