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Tarisa Watanagase

Tarisa Watanagase joined the Bank of Thailand in 1975 and became Governor in 2006 until 2010. Her 35-year career at the Bank encompassed responsibilities in all major central bank functions. She was instrumental in the 1997 Thai crisis resolution and the ensuing supervisory and financial sector reforms, the modernization...

Mohamed Aqief

Naelofar is a Malaysian grown fashion brand founded by prominent Malaysian celebrity and entrepreneur, Neelofa in 2014. Through its mission to provide accessible prices with premium quality options, Naelofar has reached the hearts of fashion lovers worldwide, namely Singapore, Indonesia, Dubai, Germany, UK, the US and many more. Aqief...

Farhanna Farid

Farhanna Farid is a Singaporean powerlifter who is a member of Powerlifting Singapore (National Federation). In her competitive career of 4 years (52kg Open category), she has claimed the title of National Champion 4 times, Southeast Asian Champion once and Asian Champion twice. She has broken 5 Asian Records,...

Nadiah Wan

Ms Nadiah Wan was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Thomson Hospital Kota Damansara in 2017 at age 32 and also serves as Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer of TMC Life Sciences Berhad since February 2019. She was appointed as a Director of the Institute of Corporate Directors...

Chef Wan

Datuk Redzuawan Ismail, commonly known as Chef Wan, is one of the most famous television chefs in Malaysia and the region, recognised for his tireless dedication to promoting Malaysian and Asian cuisine to the world. The multi-award-winning celebrity chef, TV host, restaurateur and author first captured the hearts of...

Kyra Poh

Kyra Poh is a Singaporean gold medal-winning skydiving champion who’s flying high on the indoor and formation scenes. Kyra Poh is one of the stars of the nascent sport of indoor skydiving. Her first big achievement came in 2016, when she won the junior freestyle category of the Indoor...

Tan Sri Jemilah Mahmood

Dr. Mahmood is a medical professional with more than two decades experience managing crises in health, disasters and conflict settings. She is currently Professor and Executive Director of the newly established Sunway Centre for Planetary Health at Sunway University in Malaysia. She is a member of the Malaysian Climate...

Soh Wai Ching

Soh Wai Ching is a Malaysian medal-winning and World’s number 1 tower runner. He entered the international circuit in 2017 and as of October 2022 he has won 37 out of 69 competitions, with 23 New Course Records. Encouraged by his older sister who was a distance runner, he...

Erika Cheung

Erika Cheung was one of the key whistleblowers in the Theranos scandal that stopped the company from processing thousands of patients’ samples with faulty technology. The story has been covered in the book “Bad Blood” by John Carreyrou, 60 minutes, ABC news, and recently the HBO documentary “The Inventor:...

Isabel Wijsen

Isabel Wijsen is a 19 year old changemaker and co-founder of the successful NGO Bye Bye Plastic Bags, which she started with her sister Melati at the age of 10 and 12. As of June 23 2019, they championed, with many like minded organisations, the ban of plastic bags,...

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