Larissa Tan
Being one of the few female leaders in the technology and automotive industry, Larissa Tan heads up Singapore’s first electric vehicle company, Vanda Electrics. Under her leadership, Vanda Electrics recently launched the Dendrobium, Singapore’s first hyper car and also the world’s first fully electric hyper car with the technical...
Tom Purves
Tom Purves was CEO at Rolls-Royce Motor Cars from 2008 to 2010. Previously, he served as the Chairman and CEO of BMW for North America from 1999 to 2008. He was also Chairman and Regional Manager for the Americas. Tom’s extensive sales background, which includes successfully leading multi country...
Yasmin Al Bulushi
Dr. Yasmin Al Bulushi has spent her lifetime acquiring practical experience in both academia and training with the main purpose of further enhancing the development of Omani society. She has 20 years knowledge in education and passionately believes in creating positive changes in the lives of people around her...
Simon Fraser
Simon Fraser recently completed five years as Permanent Secretary at the UK Foreign Office (FCO) and Head of the UK Diplomatic Service. This crowned a public service career in which he also served as Permanent Secretary at the UK Business Department and in Brussels as Chief of Staff to...
Isabelle Autissier
During a decade of competitive marathon sailing, Isabelle Autissier demonstrated nearly supernatural sailing prowess and unmitigated bad luck. She is the first woman to sail around the world alone and she piloted a yacht from New York to San Francisco by way of Cape Horn in world-record time. She...
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...
Simon Anholt
Simon Anholt is the founder of the Good Country movement and the Good Country Index: the first ever study of what each country on earth contributes to the common good of humanity, and what it takes away, relative to its size (www.good.country). As one of the world’s leading thinkers...
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...
Klaus Wowereit
Klaus Wowereit was the Governing Mayor of Berlin from 2001-14. He was the face of the German capital for more than 13 years and is credited with giving it a “poor, but sexy” brand internationally. Wowereit was born in Berlin in 1953 and studied law at the Free University...
Anna Bance
Anna Bance is the founder of Europe’s leading online rental website, GirlMeetsDress.com, that gives millions of women the ability to hire designer dresses and accessories for a fraction of the price. Girl Meets Dress started out whilst Anna was working for Hermes as Head of UK PR when she...
