Nontombi Tutu
The challenges of growing up as black and female in apartheid South Africa has led Naomi Tutu to her present as an activist for human rights. Those experiences taught her how much we all lose when any of us is judged purely on physical attributes. In her speeches she...
Catherine DeVrye
Catherine is a best-selling author of 8 non-fiction books and past winner of the Australian Executive Woman of the Year Award. She is an outstanding communicator with proven international management experience in the private and public sectors-speaking globally on customer service, change and turning obstacles to opportunities in our...
Fiona Graham
2007年12月19日、花柳界400年の歴史の中、初の西洋人女性が芸者としてが受け入れられ、紗幸という名でお披露目となりました。 紗幸は社会人類学を専門としています。社会人類学では、研究テーマとしている社会に、研究者自らが入り経験をすることで、そのテーマの理解を深めることが要求されます。 紗幸は、東京で最も古い６つの芸者地区のひとつである浅草の花柳界に、一年間の許可を得て、社会人類学研究のフィールドワークを行う目的で芸者活動を行っていました。彼女はいくつかの芸事の訓練を受けており、横笛を専門としていました。 紗幸は、オックスフォード大学で社会人類学の博士号を取得し、日本社会を専門としています。彼女は、人生の半分を日本ですごし、また、日本で最も古い大学、慶應義塾大学を卒業しました。 紗幸は、世界中の多くの大学で講義を行い、日本文化についての著作の発行し、また、人類学的ドキュメンタリーの制作監督も務めています。 本｢Sayuki: inside the flower and willow world｣は、パンマクミランオーストラリアより、2008年に出版される予定です。ドキュメンタリーは、年間を通して撮影されています。
Mick Cornett
Mick Cornett was the mayor of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, having served in that position since 2004. He was the first mayor in Oklahoma City history to be elected to four terms and was the longest-serving mayor among the 50 largest cities in America. One of Cornett’s most...
Khoo Swee Chiow
Khoo Swee Chiow climbed Mt Everest in 1998. In 1999, he skied to the South Pole, covering a distance of 1,125km in 57 days. In 2000, he completed the Seven Summits and became the 1st South East Asian to achieve this feat. The Seven Summits are the highest mountains...
Angela Lee
Angela Lee is the youngest world champion of the Mixed Martial Art (MMA) when she was crowned as ONE Championship’s Atomweight World Champion in 2016 at the age of 19, earning her comparisons with boxing legend Mike Tyson who won his first world title at the age of 20....
Christine Ha
Christine Ha is the first-ever blind contestant and season 3 winner of the competitive amateur cooking television show, “MasterChef” U.S., on FOX with Gordon Ramsay. She defeated over 30,000 home cooks across America to secure the coveted MasterChef title, a $250,000 cash prize, and a cookbook deal. “The lady...
Jonny Hewlett
Jonny Hewlett is CEO for Diesel, the Italian fashion giant, in Greater China. Hewlett focuses on driving organisational change, integrating different cultures and re-applying proven approaches from other industries to achieve breakthrough results. Transitioning from the corporate FMCG world of Procter & Gamble to the fashion group Diesel has...
Mukesh Kapila
Kapila has extensive experience in the policy and practice of international development, humanitarian affairs, human rights and diplomacy, with particular expertise in tackling crimes against humanity, disaster and conflict management, and in global public health. His memoir Against a Tide of Evil was nominated for the Best Nonfiction Book...
Allon Raiz
Allon Raiz is regarded both locally in South Africa and globally as a pioneer and maverick in the business incubation industry. He is the founder and CEO of Raizcorp, the only privately held, unfunded, profitable business incubator on the African continent, currently supporting in excess of 500 businesses. Raiz...
