Pascal Coppens
Pascal Coppens is a leading China expert, trend watcher, and authority on innovation, technology, and emerging business trends. Since 1996, he has spent two decades in China and Silicon Valley, building high-tech ventures and working alongside hundreds of Chinese engineers and innovators. Combining the perspective of a sinologist with...
Juvena Huang
Juvena Huang, widely known by her digital moniker The Wandering Wasp, is a celebrated Singaporean adventurer, storyteller, and keynote speaker who has redefined the boundaries of solo female travel. Driven by a deep curiosity about the world and a pivotal life event, the sudden passing of a close friend,...
Hyunjin Kim
Dr. Hyunjin Kim is Professor of Strategy at INSEAD and one of the leading academic voices on digital transformation, artificial intelligence, innovation, and the future of competition. Her research examines how emerging technologies reshape industries, redefine competitive advantage, and influence the strategic choices organizations must make in an increasingly...
Dr. Zubin Daruwalla
With over two decades of experience across health, Zubin’s career in healthcare provision from a surgeon's standpoint has spanned both the public and private sectors across continents — taking in cities such as Dublin, Oxford and Singapore. This breadth of global experience informs the insights he brings to clients...
David Thomas
David Thomas is one of the few Western strategists genuinely embedded in emerging Asia not flying in with a briefing pack, but living and working on the ground in the Philippines, with over 30 years of experience spanning Hong Kong, London, Sydney and across the ASEAN region. He travels...
Ben Ibrahim
Ben Ibrahim is a Malaysian TV presenter, master of ceremonies, communications advisor, academic lecturer, and public speaking and leadership trainer with two decades of experience across broadcast and live events. He grew up in Kuala Lumpur but was educated at international schools around the world due to his father’s...
David R. Hardoon
David Hardoon is a leading voice on data, AI, and responsible innovation, with over 23 years of experience spanning senior management, government, academia, and the boardroom. He brings a rare combination of technical depth and real-world leadership, having shaped national AI strategy, run global data functions, and served as...
Tan Sri Dr. Mazlan Othman
Dr. Mazlan Othman is Malaysia’s first astrophysicist with a remarkable career spanning academia, government, and international organizations. She earned her Ph.D. in Astrophysics from the University of Otago, New Zealand, in 1981 and began her career as a lecturer at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). Throughout the 1990s, she played...
Pita Limjaroenrat
Pita Limjaroenrat is a Thai politician, business leader and democracy advocate who became one of Asia’s most prominent political figures after leading the Move Forward Party to victory in Thailand’s 2023 general election. Winning more than 14 million votes and the largest share of seats in parliament, he emerged...
Klaus Dodds
Klaus has worked for many years in higher education, initially at the University of Edinburgh and more recently Royal Holloway University of London. He has held two visiting fellowships at Oxford. For much of that time, he has been in demand as an expert adviser to UK government departments,...
