Dr. Raj Panjabi
Raj Panjabi was nine years old when civil war broke out in his native country of Liberia. His family fled, eventually resettling in High Point, North Carolina. As a medical student in 2005, he returned to Liberia. He was shocked to find a health care system in total devastation....
Klaus Toepfer
Klaus Töpfer has earned enormous respect, both as a German government minister, handling portfolios such as environmental protection, town planning and construction, and in the international arena as the Executive Director of UNEP, the United Nations Environmental Programme. After studying economics at the Universities of Mainz, Frankfurt and Munster,...
Julian Caldecott
Dr Julian Caldecott is a world renowned ecologist and conservationist. He has spent more than 20 years promoting biodiversity conservation and environmental sustainability around the world. He has contributed to major conservation programmes in Indonesia (protected areas in Siberut, Flores and Central Sulawesi), Malaysia (the Maliau Basin Conservation Area...
Louis-Philippe Loncke
Louis-Philippe Loncke is a versatile explorer and adventurer. He has completed world first expeditions on diverse terrain. As an engineer and management consultant, he plans meticulously the solutions which have allowed him to succeed in extreme unsupported expeditions that no one else has attempted before him. During his 11...
David Hashim
David Mizan Hashim is the founding Principal of VERITAS Design Group, one of the leading architectural and design practices in South-East Asia, having established the firm in 1987 soon after his graduation. Based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, VERITAS has won numerous local and international accolades for its planning, architectural,...
Durreen Shahnaz
Durreen Shahnaz is the founder of Impact investment Exchange (IIX) and IIX Foundation. IIX is the home of the world’s first social stock exchange, and the largest impact investment private placement platform. IIX is also a leader in impact assessment methodology and innovate financial structures. IIX bridges the gap...
Reinhold Messner
Climber, writer, photographer and Member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2004, Reinhold Messner started climbing mountains at the age of five and has been one of the world’s most outstanding mountaineers for thirty years. In over three thousand climbs he has achieved over a hundred first ascents...
Jon Jandai
Jon Jandai is probably the happiest man in Thailand. The self proclaimed ‘happiness’ farmer from the northern part of Thailand lives a carefree life in the village while many of his contemporary compatriots are heavily burdened with debts and expectations. Jon is from Yasothorn Province Thailand and has been...
Jason Ma
As a leading mentor, rainmaker, and speaker, Jason Ma helps shape both next-generation leaders and the G20 private sector. Based in innovative Silicon Valley, Ma is Founder, CEO, and Chief Mentor of ThreeEQ, a premier global business, career, education, and personal success advisory firm that helps client companies, institutions,...
Geoffrey Lean
Geoffrey Lean is Britain’s longest-serving environmental correspondent, having pioneered reporting on the subject some 45 years ago. Lean is currently Contributing Editor at the Daily Telegraph where he has written a half page column for six years. He has specialised in the field for over 45 years, writing for...
