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...
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...
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...
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...
