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Zhang Jiawei 张家卫

Influencer and Founder of Canada Behavioral Economics Research Fund

加拿大小众行为学研究基金创始人

Professor Zhang Jiawei is the founder of Research Fund For Niche Behavioral Economics . He has served as a visiting scholar at Simon Fraser University in Canada, Sofia University in the United States, Cambridge University in the United Kingdom, and the University of Toronto in Canada. His research direction is strategic planning, organizational strategy management, business model research, and logistics supply chain management. He is currently mainly engaged in the study of business models in the field of Sino-Canada, Sino-US economic fields and niche behavior.

张家卫教授是“小众行为经济研究基金”的创始人。他曾在加拿大西蒙弗雷泽大学、美国索菲亚大学、英国剑桥大学以及加拿大多伦多大学担任访问学者。他的研究方向包括战略规划、组织战略管理、商业模型研究以及物流供应链管理。他目前主要从事中加、中美经济领域和小众行为领域的商业模型研究。

Wong Poh Kam

Professor

Strategy & Policy, NUS Business School, National University of Singapore

Wong Poh Kam is concurrently a Professor at the School of Business, as well as Director for NUS Entrepreneurship Centre. He has published in numerous international refereed journals on innovation policy, industrial and competitiveness policy and technology entrepreneurship, and has consulted international agencies including World Bank, Asian Development Bank, government agencies in Singapore such as A*STAR, EDB and IDA, and many high-tech firms in Asia.

An entrepreneur who co-founded three companies prior to joining academia, he has been an active angel investor in more than a dozen tech start-ups in Silicon Valley, Singapore, China and India. He was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at U.C. Berkeley, visiting scholar at Stanford University, senior visiting scholar at Oxford University, and Pacific Leadership Fellow at UCSD. He received a Public Administration Medal (Silver) from Singapore Government in 2013, and “Entrepreneur for the World” Award (Educator Category) from the World Entrepreneurship Forum in 2015.

Dawn Tan

Head, Philanthropy Advisory, Credit Suisse APAC Private Banking Division, Deputy CEO, SymAsia Foundation

Dawn leads the Philanthropy Advisory team in Credit Suisse’s APAC Private Banking Division, supporting clients in their charitable giving and long-term plans for social impact. She works closely with individuals, families and corporates to understand their philanthropic aspirations, and guides them towards achieving their goals.

Dawn is also Deputy CEO of Credit Suisse’s SymAsia Foundation, which provides a donor-advised fund structure for clients. Through SymAsia, the team has supported close to 70 business families and corporations in running their foundations, enabling them to do good in a hassle-free, structured and sustainable manner.

Dawn brings to the team years of experience in the non-profit sector. In her previous role at Temasek Foundation, she worked alongside charities and government agencies to develop pilot programs to uplift vulnerable populations in Singapore. When completed, these evidence-based pilots were scaled up nationwide to benefit the wider community. During her time at Temasek, Dawn developed a wide variety of programs ranging from early childhood to end-of-life.

Christine Williams

Deputy Global Head of Family Office

Invest Hong Kong

Ms. Christine Williams has over 15 years of proven working experience in Private Banking/ Wealth Management.   She has been working directly with entrepreneurs, family offices and private equity funds from Asia to Europe with the focus in Greater China. 

Christine worked in top tier banks, including UBS, JP Morgan, HSBC, DBS and BNP Paribas in Zurich and Hong Kong.  Recently she held various positions where she led, developed, and managed family office business.  She was Managing Director of Odyssey Group, Executive Director of BNP Paribas Private Bank, and Senior Director of DBS Private Bank.

Christine started her career as a portfolio manager.  She later became clients’ trusted adviser and managed their overall banking matters.   Starting from 2015, Christine started to work with family offices to set up and run business in Hong Kong.    Thanks to all the roles she was offered, Christine gained extensive knowledge of investments, trust, tax, legal and regulations, and accumulated valuable resources and network.  With clients’ interest in mind and armed with the knowledge, experience, and resources she has, Christine has the goal to help entrepreneurs, family offices and private equity funds to connect the dots and find holistic solutions.

Christine holds a Master degree in Finance.  She speaks native Chinese and English.

Melissa Kwee

CEO of National Volunteer And Philanthropy Centre

 Melissa Kwee is the third Chief Executive Officer of the National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre (NVPC). 

Her career has involved her bridging the public, private and community sectors as anthropologist, researcher, programme designer, social innovator and as a catalyst in the private sector. She has founded, run and served on the boards several nonprofit organisations and ground-up initiatives relating to youth, women, the arts, the prisons, community development, healthcare and education. She is also Chairman of MHPL, a Pontiac Land company. 

She received the Singapore Youth Award in 2007 and Asean Youth Award 2008 for her leadership and service and was appointed as a Justice of the Peace in 2018. 

Melissa was educated at Harvard College and graduated magna cum laude in Social Anthropology. She also received a Fulbright Scholarship to study ethnic-based community leadership in Nepal. 

She believes that genuine friendships are the purpose of life and is passionate about building a culture of giving and other-centeredness where people give their best for others. She enjoys family time, learning from children, peers, elders and strangers, and discovering new stories in the #cityofgood. 

Benjamin Fok

Director of the Fok Ying Tung Foundation

Mr. Fok Chun Yue Benjamin (‘Mr. Fok’) was born in 1954. He is of Panyu, Guangzhou Decent. His nationality is HKSAR China. Mr. Fok graduated from the University of British Columbia in Canada, majored in Mathematics and Computer. After returning to Hong Kong in 1980, Mr. Fok served as a Director in Fok Ying Tung Group and committed his time in managing his family business in Hong Kong. Since the early 1980s, Mr. Fok followed his father, Dr. Henry Fok, into Nansha China where he focused his efforts in the comprehensive development of about ten square kilometers of land. The developments included a hotel, a golf course, the building of high-speed ferries, a science park, a school, real estates’ development, a shopping mall, container terminals, a ship yard and other industrial and cultural productions. Mr. Fok is also active in social services and has previously served as the Vice Chairman of All-China Youth Federation (全國青聯) and the Vice Chairman of the Beijing Youth Federation (北京市青聯). Mr. Fok currently serves as the Permanent Governor of Fok Ying Tung Foundation Limited, Fok Ying Tung Panyu Development Foundation Limited, Fok Ying Tung Macau Foundation Limited and the twentieth committee member of the CPPCC Benjing Committee.

Eric Ng

CEO, Happiness Capital

SVP, LKK Health Products Group

Eric leads Happiness Capital, the “do well and do good” global venture capital arm of LKK Health Products Group (a Lee Kum Kee company) with the mission to create global impacts and make the world a happier place. Happiness Capital’s current investment portfolio covers US, Europe, Israel and China. The major impact goals focus on food, health, trust, climate change and reduced inequalities. Prior to joining LKKHPG, Eric co-founded AGENDA in 2000 and grew it to the largest independent digital advertising agency in Asia, which was acquired by WPP in 2008. Stayed with WPP after the acquisition as the Chief Client Officer (Asia Pacific) of the WPP Wunderman network. Eric’s first venture was an AI cancer diagnostic and treatment planning startup in the UK and US in 1994, which was acquired. He joined Cap Gemini US, a global consulting group, as Director of e-Business in 1997 to help Fortune 500 companies on digital innovations and transformation. Eric was an AI research scientist and university lecturer in the UK in the early 90s.

Kyungsun Chung

Co-Founder and Managing Partner at The Sylvan Group

Kyungsun Chung has been a Co-Founder and Managing Partner at The Sylvan Group, an independent private investment management firm with an integrated ESG Impact Program since 2019. Being in charge of both corporate strategy and the impact investment process, he leads the firm’s effort in the analysis and due diligence of the potential investee companies’ ESG compliance and socio-economic impact activities. Prior to founding The Sylvan Group, Kyungsun was a Founder and CEO of Root Impact, a non-profit that focuses on building capacity for the social innovation sector in Korea. Furthermore, Kyungsun founded HG Initiative(HGI), an impact investment company that invests in social ventures in Korea. He also sits on the board of Rockerfeller philanthropy advisors(RPA).

William B. Eimicke

Professor of Professional Practice in International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

William B. Eimicke is a Professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). He is the founding director of the Picker Center for Executive Education. Eimicke teaches management, cross-sector partnerships, applied policy analysis, and innovation. He also teaches at Peking University and the Universidad Externado de Colombia, and has directed training programs for leading public and private bodies such as Hong Kong Civil Service, UNDP, and private firms across the US and China. He has served as the NY State “housing czar” where he led the creation, rehabilitation, or preservation of over 220,000 affordable housing units. He has also advised VP Al Gore on federal housing policy and administration as well as served as deputy fire/emergency medical service commissioner under NYC mayor Mike Bloomberg. He has authored or co-authored 11 books in addition to dozens of journal articles and reports on management, strategy, and performance measurement.

Howard W. Buffett

Adjunct Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs

Columbia University

Howard W. Buffett is a professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), an author, and a member of several corporate boards where he focuses on ESG and sustainability strategies. Previously, he oversaw economic development and stabilization programs for the U.S. Department of Defense in Afghanistan and Iraq, and he was a policy advisor for the White House Domestic Policy Council. He has also held roles at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the United Nations Office for Partnerships. Buffet’s educational background includes degrees from Northwestern University and Columbia University, and executive education certificates from Harvard Business School.

Desmond Tan

Minister of State

Ministry of Home Affairs & Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment

Desmond is the Minister of State for Home Affairs and Sustainability and the Environment. He is the Member of Parliament for Pasir Ris-Punggol Group Representation Constituency (Pasir Ris Central) since July 2020. 

Prior to joining politics, Desmond spent over thirty years in the public service. He was the Chief Executive Director (CED) of the People’s Association (PA) where he led the community support effort during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Desmond spent 28 years in the military and held various key appointments in the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) and the Singapore Armed Forces. These included Chief of Staff (General Staff), Director of Joint Operations, Chief Guards Officer and Director Public Affairs. As Chief Guards Officer, Mr Tan was the Chairman of the Singapore National Day Parade 2012 Executive Committee. Desmond also participated in the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan as Singapore’s first National Contingent Commander, and was awarded the SAF Overseas Medal (Enhanced) and the NATO (ISAF) Medal. 

Desmond graduated from the University of Manchester, U.K. with a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Aeronautical Engineering and holds a Masters in Business Administration from the Nanyang Business School. He enjoys sports, and loves spending time with his family. He is married with 3 children. 

Winnie Qian PENG

Director

Tanoto Center for Asian Family Business and Entrepreneurship Studies, HKUST

Professor Winnie Qian Peng is Director of Tanoto Center for Asian Family Business and Entrepreneurship Studies, Director of Thompson Center for Business Case Studies, and Adjunct Associate Professor of Finance at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). She is also Board Member of International Family Enterprise Research Academy (IFERA, the largest membership association of family business scholars in the world), Director of Education for Hong Kong Family Office Association, and Founding Committee Member of the Case Center of Association of Asia-Pacific Business Schools. Her research and teaching interests include family business, family office, family philanthropy, entrepreneurship, private equity and venture capital, etc.

Cherine Fok

Director
Sustainability Services,
KPMG IMPACT
KPMG in Singapore

Cherine Fok is the practice lead for Sustainability Services in Singapore and drives the local efforts for KPMG IMPACT, KPMG’s global initiative on ESG expertise building for a more sustainable and resilient future. She has more than 15 years of experience in a wide range of consultancy projects, specialising in ESG strategies and frameworks, social and economic development, sustainable finance, climate change and ESG measurement, reporting and assurance. By championing cross-functional collaboration and expertise, she helps corporate and public sector clients to address complex ESG and decarbonisation topics.

Cherine has led numerous sustainability advisory engagements across diverse industries. These engagements cover end-to-end client delivery from green economy strategies, decarbonisation roadmaps, climate risk disclosures to impact measurement, sustainable finance framework development and ESG due diligence. For example, she has assisted a leading global real estate company in issuing Singapore’s first green bond.

Currently, Cherine is a Council Member of the Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore, a Member of the EuroCham Sustainability Committee, and a Member of the British Chamber of Commerce’s Sustainability Committee. She is part of Green Finance Working Group of the Monetary Authority of Singapore. She is also a non-practising member and Corporate Reporting Committee Member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA).

Cherine takes a special interest in market building efforts related to sustainable development and is a regular contributor to industry thought forums and media content. Her contributions include speaking engagements and insight publications with the G7 Global Summit, the UK-ASEAN Business Council, the US-ASEAN Business Council, the Singapore Exchange, the Monetary Association of Singapore, Singapore Green Building Council, the REIT Association of Singapore, the Singapore Institute of Directors, the Singapore Institute of International Affairs, the Singapore Environment Council, the CPA Australia (Public Sector ESG Roundtable), the Asia Financial Forum, the European Chamber of Commerce, the Institute of Internal Auditors, the Straits Times, the Business Times, LianHe ZaoBao and Channel News Asia, amongst others.

Qualifications
Bachelor of Accountancy (Honours), Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)​
Non-practising member and Corporate Reporting Committee Member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA)

Willie Cheng

Author

WILLIE CHENG is a former managing partner of Accenture. Since his retirement in 2003, he has stayed involved with the business community through his directorships of listed and private companies, including Far East Hospitality Trust, GXS Bank, Integrated Health Information Systems, NOL, NTUC FairPrice, NTUC Health, SingHealth, Singapore Press Holdings and UOB Bank.

However, he spends the greater part of his time volunteering with nonprofit organisations, with an interest in governance. His nonprofit boards include apVentures, Caritas Singapore, Catholic Foundation, CHARIS, Council for Third Age, Lien Centre for Social Innovation, National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre.

He writes extensively on corporate governance and nonprofit issues. His nonprofit books include Doing Good Well: What Does (and Does Not) Make Sense in the Nonprofit World; Doing Good Great: Thirteen Asian Heroes and their Causes; and The World that Changes the World: How Philanthropy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship are Transforming the Social Ecosystem

Virginia Tan

Founding Partner

Teja Ventures

Virginia Tan is the founding partner of Teja Ventures, the first gender lens VC fund for emerging Asia. She also founded She Loves Tech – world’s largest startup competition for women and technology. Virginia also founded Lean In China, a leading nonprofit platform for women with over 100,000 members across over 25 cities and 100 universities in China,

Previously, Virginia worked across global offices for Clifford Chance and Allen and Overy and covered more than $30 billion transactions.

In 2020, Virginia was selected by Rockefeller Foundation among 8 Next Generation Leaders for Beijing25+ Summit and made Singapore’s 100 Women in Tech inaugural list. She was named by Fast Company as one of 100 most innovative business people in China and by Prestige as Singapore’s 40 under 40 in 2019. Her work has been featured by leading media such as Forbes, Bloomberg, Financial Times, BBC, China Daily, CCTV, Straits Times, VICE

Usha Menon

Executive Chairman

Usha Menon Management Consultancy (UM-MC Asia)

Usha Menon is Executive Chairman of UM-MC, an international training and consultancy service, working exclusively with the non-profit sectors across Asia, specialising in strategy, management, fundraising and leadership development.

Usha brings a wealth of multi-country experience in the nonprofit sector for the past 25 years. She has trained individual, corporate and institutional donors as well as Board, management, staff of charities, associations, foundations, government departments and developmental organisations in APAC and beyond; and her multi-country client list includes INGOs, NGOs, Govt think-tanks, UN entities. She has held leadership positions at the National Council of Social Services in Singapore/Community Chest and most recently with Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI) as the Asia-Pacific Director for Regional Programs and Resource Development covering 26 countries.

Una Osili

Associate Dean for Research and International Programs

Efroymson Chair in Philanthropy

Dean’s Fellow, Mays Family Institute on Diverse Philanthropy

A global expert on philanthropy and social innovation, Dr. Osili has more than two decades of experience in leadership, economic policy and research across the public and private sectors. She holds the Efroymson Chair in Philanthropy and she serves as the associate dean for research and international programs and Dean’s Fellow for the Mays Family Institute on Diverse Philanthropy at Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, the world’s first school on philanthropy. 

Dr. Osili is the founder of Generosity for Life, a digital platform that provides new data tools in the area of philanthropy and social impact.

Sutat Chew

Chairman

Shan De Advisors Pte Ltd

Chairman

Caregivers Alliance

Mr Chew Sutat retired from his Senior Managing Director position at Singapore Exchange (SGX) in July 2021. He was a member of SGX’s executive management team for 14 years. On his watch the exchange transformed from an Asian Gateway to a global multi asset exchange. As Head of Global Sales and Origination, he led SGX’s equity and debt capital market teams in developing private-to-public capital raising solutions for companies. He was responsible for SGX’s international offices and oversaw specialist sales teams in 10 cities, serving all client segments with the full spectrum of SGX products and services. He also chaired SGX’s Bull Charge CSR initiatives for the last decade.

He founded Shan De Advisors (a family business) with his wife in Sept 21, and serves as a non-exec board member of ADDX, a Fintech start-up backed by Temasek and SGX. He is a Fellow of Singapore Institute of Directors and the Institute of Banking and Finance Singapore (IBF), and was just awarded Global Investor Asia Capital Markets Lifetime Achievement Award.

In the social arena, he serves in various National Council of Social Service (NCSS) Committees including Community Chest as Vice-Chair and is a Member of NCSS Member Services Committee and Leadership Selection Panel as well as the 4ST Review committee (2021). Mr Chew also chairs Caregivers Alliance Limited which was awarded MCCY 2019 top Corporate Governance and Transparency awards for mid-size charities, and is Immediate Past Chairman of Kaki Bukit Citizens’ Consultative Committee with initial grassroots experience in 1996.

Stanley Sia

Managing Director

Co-Head Asia Digital Channels and Data Analytics, Standard Chartered Bank

Chairman

SATA CommHealth

Stanley Sia is the Managing Director, Co-Head Asia Digital Channels and Data Analytics, Standard Chartered Bank. SATA CommHealth was conferred top honours by the Charity Council for achieving the highest standards of governance in the large charity category in 2018. In recognition of his experience in the finance industry, Mr. Sia was awarded Fellow of CPA Australia in 2014.

Stanley was appointed a director of SATA CommHealth in June 2012 and Chairman in June 2020. He has chaired the Fund-raising & Advocacy Committee from June 2020 to June 2021. Prior to this, he chaired the Investment & Finance and Governance & Nominating Committee. SATA was conferred top honours by the Charity Council for achieving the highest standards of governance in the large charity category in 2018.

Stanley served on the Singapore Divisional Council for CPA Australia, and as Chairman of its banking & finance workgroup. He also served as member of Government Parliamentary Committee Trade & Industry Resource Panel.

S. Mona Singha

Board Chair

Women Moving Millions

S. Mona Sinha is an advocate for gender equality in business and society. She has parlayed a career in finance (Morgan Stanley), marketing (Unilever) and restructuring (Elizabeth Arden/Unilever) to work at the intersection of social justice and women’s leadership. Mona uses business tools to build organizational capacities for sustainability that unlock the economic potential of women/girls across different sectors.

She is currently the Board Chair of Women Moving Millions, ERA Coalition Fund for Women’s Equality

Mona is a financial investor in women-led businesses and mentors several hundred young people. She serves on several non-profit boards including Breakthrough USA, Center for High Impact Philanthropy – University of Pennsylvania, Apne Aap, Museum of Natural History, Columbia Business School Tamer Center Social Enterprise Program. She also co-led the $486 million Women for the World capital campaign, the largest to-date for women’s education.

Women’s eNews names her among 21 Leaders for the 21st Century.

Ruth A. Shapiro

Co-Founder and Chief Executive

Dr. Ruth A. Shapiro is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive of the Centre for Asian Philanthropy and Society (CAPS). CAPS is a research and advisory non-profit organization based in Hong Kong and working throughout Asia. CAPS is committed to producing world-class, evidence-based research to help philanthropists, governments and social delivery organizations maximize the positive impact of private social investment.

Dr. Shapiro is the primary author of Pragmatic Philanthropy: Asian Charity Explained, published by Palgrave Macmillan in January 2018. She is the editor of The Real Problem Solvers, a book about social entrepreneurship in America. She also co-authored the book, Building Energy Efficiency: Why Green Buildings are Key to Asia’s Future. She has published articles in the Nikkei Economic Review, the South China Morning Post and Philanthropy Impact and is a regular speaker on issues related to private social investment in Asia.

Dr. Shapiro founded the Asia Business Council and served as its Executive Director since its inception in 1997 until May 2007. She spent the early part of her professional career in the field of international development. Within this field, she held management positions and built new program areas at the Academy for Educational Development, the Harvard Institute of International Development and Global Outlook. She holds a doctorate from Stanford University and Master’s Degrees from Harvard University and George Washington University. She completed her undergraduate work at the University of Michigan.

Robert Cheung

CEO

Assured Asset Management

Robert has over 15 years of financial industry experience. Most recently, he was Partner and COO at Redwood Peak.

Previously, he served as Head of Asia Prime Services Risk at Barclays where he spent 10 years across Europe, North America, and APAC regions. Prior to this, he worked at PwC in the Investment Funds Group. He received a Master of Engineering degree from Imperial College London specialising in Aerospace Materials Engineering and an Executive M.B.A. from Kellogg-HKUST.

Amy Zhang

Director, Private Wealth

Amy joined Vistra Singapore in January 2021 as Director, Private Wealth focusing on providing wealth planning solutions to High Net-Worth individuals and families.

Amy has over 15 years of experience working in wealth management and wealth planning, servicing High Net-Worth clients from South East Asia and Greater China region. She has worked with many prestigious Asian families on their succession planning and prominent Chinese families on their cross-border wealth planning. Amy is familiar with many trust jurisdictions including Hong Kong, Singapore, BVI and Jersey, as well as Singapore Family Office set up and Singapore and HK Charitable Trust set up.

Before joining Vistra, Amy was working in the trust industry as a section head of a Trust Business in a Bank Trustee in Hong Kong and a relationship manager for trust services. Prior to her experience in wealth planning, she has worked as a private banker in Barclays Wealth London, Pictet & Cie London and UBS HK. 

Amy has in-depth experience on trust structuring including pre-IPO trust, Reserved Power Trust, Foreign Grantor Trust, Granny Trust, Employee Benefit Trust, Insurance Trust and Asset Protection Trust etc. In addition, she also has experience in offshore fund set up and company incorporation for her clients. 

Amy graduated from King’s College London (BSc)  and later obtained her Masters Degree in Law (LLM). She is a full member ‘TEP’ of STEP (Society of Estate and Trust Practitioners). Amy also recently obtained a certificate of Wealth and Philanthropy Advisor by China Global Philanthropy Institute partnered with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisor. She is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese both in speaking and writing.

Lilian Wang

Research Director responsible for Impact and Engagement, Arisaig Partners

Lilian joined Arisaig Partners in May 2020 in London as a Research Director responsible for Impact and Engagement. Her role is to oversee Arisaig’s approach to impact measurement and management, as well as the firm’s approach to engagement and wider stewardship. Prior to joining Arisaig, she was with PwC in London for 13 years, including 10 years in the Sustainability & Climate Change team where she specialised in advising clients on impact measurement and management. She is a Chartered Accountant, has a BA in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge and a MSc from LSE in Environmental Economics & Climate Change.

Rajeev Peshawaria

CEO

Stewardship Asia Centre (SAC)

Rajeev Peshawaria is an out-of-the-box thought leader on leadership, management and corporate governance, with extensive global experience in leadership development and organizational consulting, as well as developing and delivering business strategy.

Prior to joining SAC, Rajeev was the CEO of the Iclif Leadership & Governance Centre. With diverse experience across banking, financial services and FMCG, Rajeev has held executive roles including Chief Learning Officer at Coca-Cola and Morgan Stanley, and senior positions at American Express, HSBC and Goldman Sachs. At Goldman, Rajeev helped found Pine Street – the firm’s acclaimed leadership academy – and headed Pine Street for Europe and Asia. 

Rajeev is the author of WST and Amazon best sellers Open Source Leadership, Too Many Bosses, Too Few Leaders, and co-author of Be the Change. Rajeev was twice named among Top 100 Global Thought Leaders for Trustworthy Business by ‘Trust Across America’. Rajeev holds an MBA from Webster University.

Maya Soetoro-Ng
吴玛雅

Advisor of Obama Foundation and Sister to Barack Obama

奥巴马基金会顾问、美国前总统贝拉克·奥巴马之妹

Dr. Maya Soetoro-Ng is a Consultant at the Obama Foundation, helping to develop programming in the Asia-Pacific region. Prior to her work at the Obama Foundation, she was the Director of the Matsunaga Institute for Peace at the University of Hawaii where, in addition to leading outreach and development initiatives, she also taught Leadership for Social Change, Peace Movements, Peace Education, and Conflict Management. For many years, she worked at the University of Hawaii College of Education where she taught Multicultural Education, Social Studies Methods, and Peace Education at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.

Maya sits on several voluntary boards and is the Co-Founder of the non-profit Ceeds of Peace as well as the Institute for Climate and Peace.

She is the sister to Barack Obama.

Zhang Fan
张帆

Managing Partner of AXONE Capital, Co-Founding Managing Partner of Sequoia Capital China

Axone资本管理合伙人，红杉中国创始管理合伙人

Zhang Fan is Managing Partner of AXONE Capital and Co-founder of Sequoia Capital China. He was formerly a Director at DFJ ePlanet Ventures. Fan was a pioneer in the venture capital industry and had been deeply involved in the early investment of some of the landmark tech startup successes coming out of China in the past two decades.
Fan was selected as one of the top winners of the “Midas List – Top Venture Capitalists in China” for four consecutive years by Forbes magazine.

Fan holds an MBA and a BA (with Distinction) from Stanford University.

Justin Chen
陈俊

Founder and Managing Partner of ALC Capital, Board of Director of Singpost

ALC Capital创始人、执行合伙人，新加坡邮政董事会成员

Mr. Chen is the Founder and Managing Partner of ALC Capital and Board of Director of Singpost. He was a senior vice president of Alibaba Group Strategic Advisory Department. Previously, he was in charge of strategic investments by Alibaba Group in various types of companies, including high-growth private companies and public companies listed in the PRC and overseas. He has more than 20 years of experience in investment, strategy management, strategic market development, and business and financial advisory services.

Chen received an EMBA degree from INSEAD.

Steve Melhuish
史蒂夫·梅尔休伊什

Co-Founder and Board Director of PropertyGuru

房地产门户网站PropertyGuru联合创始人、董事会成员

Steve Melhuish has over 25 years of expertise in leading global businesses. He co-founded PropertyGuru, and in 10 years, the company has grown into Southeast Asia’s leading online property group, being used by over 25 million buyers monthly in 5 countries. Steve leads M&A projects across the region and has raised over $400 million in investments for PropertyGuru.

Before PropertyGuru, Steve was the CEO of an Asian social network company. In addition, he was an advisor to digital media, venture capital and start-up companies across Asia and Europe. He has advised Skype, AOL, Virgin Media, Vodafone, Extreme Media, iPass, and Ariadne Capital.

Liang Xinjun
梁信军

Co-founder of Fosun Group

复星集团联合创始人、原副董事长兼首席执行官

梁信军是复星集团创始人之一、集团原公司副董事长兼首席执行官 ，2017年3月28日因身体原因从复星辞职。梁信军1968年出生于浙江省台州市，复旦大学学士，长江商学院工商管理硕士。任上海市政协第十一届委员会委员、中国青年企业家协会副会长、上海台州商会会长及上海复旦大学校友会执行会长等。
2019年8月，获《2019福布斯全球亿万富豪榜》第916名。2019年10月，获《2019年胡润百富榜》第320名。2019年11月7日，2019福布斯中国400富豪榜公布，梁信军以170.4亿元财富值排名第135位。2020年2月26日，以120亿元人民币财富名列《2020世茂深港国际中心·胡润全球富豪榜》第1692位。

Eileen Rockefeller
艾琳·洛克菲勒

The Rockefeller family

Eileen Rockefeller is an author, public speaker, venture philanthropist, and a member of the Rockefeller family.

Eileen is a visionary catalyst in the fields of mind/body health, social and emotional learning, and innovative philanthropy for clean energy. As founder of the Institute for the Advancement of Health in 1981, she pioneered broad acceptance of mind/body interactions in health and disease. She foresaw the related need for social and emotional learning (SEL) as an integral part of education, prompting Daniel Goleman’s bestseller, Emotional Intelligence, and the co-founding of CASEL (Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning) in 1994. She and her husband, Paul, founded the Growald Climate Fund in 2007 to help reduce climate change by transitioning the energy sector to clean alternatives.

She received her BA from Middlebury College in 1974 and her MA from Lesley College in 1976.

Omar Shokur
奥马尔·索科尔

Chief Executive Officer Asia at Crédit Agricole – Indosuez Wealth Management

法国农业信贷银行与印度苏伊士财富管理部门亚洲区行政总裁

Omar Shokur is Chief Executive Officer Asia at CA Indosuez (Switzerland) SA. Omar joined the Organisation team at Crédit Agricole Private Banking Services in 2001 (which became Azqore in June 2018), in charge of strategic and operational projects to support the bank’s development. In 2007, Omar joined Crédit Agricole CIB in London where he focused on the structuring and sales of commodity derivatives. Since 2017, he has been Head of Markets, Investment & Structuring teams for Indosuez in Switzerland and Asia and member of the Executive Committee of CA Indosuez (Switzerland) SA.

Omar holds a master’s in mathematics from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). He also holds an MBA from the IMD business school in Lausanne (2006).

Chang Hwee Nee
章慧霓

Chief Executive of the National Heritage Board (NHB) and Chairman of Stroke Support Station (S3)

国家文物局局长、S3中风援助中心主席

Ms. Chang Hwee Nee is Chairman of Stroke Support Station (S3), a ground initiative started by volunteers to support stroke survivors and caregivers in their stroke journey in Singapore. She is also Chief Executive of the National Heritage Board (NHB). Since joining NHB in May 2017, she has worked on the long-term sustainability and development of the museums and the national heritage cause; growth of the heritage and cultural ecosystem as well as the people-private-public partnerships to drive national unity and well-being. Prior to joining the NHB, Ms. Chang Hwee Nee held senior positions in the Ministries of National Development, Education, Health and Finance of Singapore. Ms. Chang graduated with a MA in Economics from Cambridge University, United Kingdom. She also holds a Master of Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

Benjamin Fok Chun-yue
霍震宇

Director of the Fok Ying Tung Foundation

霍英东集团董事会董事，霍英东基金会理事

Mr. Benjamin Fok Chun-yue was born in 1954 and graduated from the University of British Columbia in Canada, majored in Mathematics and Computer. After returning to Hong Kong in 1980, Mr. Fok served as a Director in Fok Ying Tung Group and committed his time in managing his family business in Hong Kong. Since the early 1980s, Mr. Fok followed his father, Dr. Henry Fok, into Nansha China where he focused his efforts in the comprehensive development of about ten square kilometers of land. Mr. Fok is also active in social services and has previously served as the Vice Chairman of All-China Youth Federation (全國青聯) and the Vice Chairman of the Beijing Youth Federation (北京市青聯). Mr. Fok currently serves as the Permanent Governor of Fok Ying Tung Foundation Limited, Fok Ying Tung Panyu Development Foundation Limited, Fok Ying Tung Macau Foundation Limited and the twentieth committee member of the CPPCC Benjing Committee.

Akira Wangwan

Asia Medical Grp, Co Founder and CEO

Asia Medical Grp联合创始人，首席执行官

Founding Partner – Built Integrative healthcare solution conglomerate with supporting financial and agriculture business units 

Spearheaded Thai market – company setup, acquiring licenses, team building, market development and  partnerships 

Also a HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE AND ADVISOR TO MINISTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH Assistant/Advisor 

Carry out research into national and international issues as required, and ensure the politician is made aware of  any relevant matter to support the political agenda 

Lead and assist in multiple social projects as requested by the politician including liaise with members of  government, international delegates, the media, and private organizations etc.  

QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON 

Master of Science in Management – with Distinction 

2008-2012 CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY 

B.Eng. in Nano Engineering – Delegate attendant for the 68th United for Economic and Social Commission for Asia  and the Pacific (ESCAP) (1 in 16 student candidates chosen throughout Thailand). Member of Liaison unit for the  Asia Pacific International Model United Nations (APMUN) 

Asia-Pacific Emerging Leader of Obama Foundation, Advisor to the committee of regulation review for controlled  narcotic plants, Ambassador of MoreWIP Program (more women in politics- women empowering program)

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Amit Kumar Pandey

Ph.D., Co-founder, Chief Technology Officer, Chief Science Officer

beingAI Limted

Amit is the co-founder, Chief Technology Officer, and Chief Science Officer of beingAI Limted. He was the ex-Head Principal Scientist at Softbank Robotics Europe, ex-President, CTO, and Chief Science Officer at Hanson Robotics. Ph.D. in AI/robotics, recipient of numerous research awards in science, technology, and education related to robotics and AI. Experience in bringing technology and science together for innovation, by combining cross-disciplinary aspects of psychology, social science, human-agent interaction within unified architecture and computational framework.

David Lanning

Partner at Arisaig Partners

David is a London-based partner at Arisaig Partners, an investment management firm established in Singapore in 1996. He has been with the firm since 2010, working in Singapore, Brazil and the UK. David has been leading the firm’s development of an impact investment practice since 2018, culminating in the launch of a new impact fund in 2020.

Sloan C. Sainas

Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA)

Sloan C. Sainas is a young professional studying at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). His studies include Social Value Investing taught by the other speakers, Professor Buffett and Professor Eimicke. Sloan has worked for the UNDP, APEC, the University of Hong Kong, and most recently, a hedge fund in Hong Kong. His past roles pertain to public-private partnerships, organizational strategy, and financial analysis. He holds a B.A. Honors in Economics and International Development from Queen’s University in Canada and is pursuing the chartered financial analyst designation.

Stephen Banfield

Partner, Real Estate and Asset Management, Tax and Head of Family Office & Private Client, KPMG in Singapore

Stephen joined KPMG Singapore as a Tax Partner in 2021. He has over 18 years of tax advisory
experience and has spent more than half of his career in Singapore. Stephen began his career with a leading Australian law firm where he principally assisted on financial services clients. This includes financing transactions such as sale and leasebacks, structured finance and capital raisings. He has worked in the United Kingdom for a Magic Circle law firm and also in Papua New Guinea during the implementation of the PNG LNG project. The diversity of Stephen’s experience means that he has advised across a range of industries and has a deep appreciation of principles of international taxation.

He has developed particular expertise in the asset management and private client space which has been the focus of his practice in Singapore. Stephen joined KPMG Singapore from an international private client law firm where he was a Partner with the Private Client and Tax team of their Singapore office. In this former role, Stephen advised UHNW clients on the design and implementation of wealth planning structures including the use of single family offices. Stephen advised on almost all aspects of these structures including Singapore tax and regulatory matters. He was also regularly engaged by institutional asset managers to provide Singapore tax advice on fund formation and investment structuring projects.

Greg Limb

Global Head of Family Office and Private Client, KPMG International and UK Head of Family Office & Private Client, KPMG LLP (UK)

Greg has been a Partner in the UK firm since 2008 and acts as the Global Lead for Family Office & Private Client and is also Head of Family Office & Private Client in the UK. Greg has over 30 years of practical tax experience and specialises in advising ultra‐high net worth individuals, Family Offices and entrepreneurs on their domestic and international tax affairs. Greg also advises a wide range of international trusts and their beneficiaries on their UK and global tax affairs and has been instrumental in the creation of many of these trusts (and similar structures). Greg has extensive firsthand knowledge of creating, maintaining and advising on Family Office structures both for UK based families and for non‐UK based families. Greg has also received multiple industry accolades and has been named in EPrivateClient’s 50 most influential and in the top ten of Spears 500.

Jacqui Hocking

CEO & Storyteller, VS Story B Corp Movement Ambassador

Jacqui began her career sailing around the world to collect global solutions for climate change with a UNEP Global Climate Expedition.

She moved to Singapore in 2010 when she realised that the best solutions to protect the environment already existed, but needed more visibility to scale. Hence, she created a B Corp certified Storytelling and Strategy company to work with multinational clients, Impact Investors and visionary enterprises to help scale solutions for sustainability: from Maasai warriors in Tanzania, carbon offset projects in the Amazon rainforest, to FMCG supply chains all the way from Mexico to Mount Everest.

She firmly believes that if we want companies to change, we need change-makers within companies, which is why she is supporting to build the B Corp Movement into Asia; to use the power of business as a force for good.

Frances Kang

Investment Portfolio Curator at Horizons Ventures

Frances Kang is an Investment Portfolio Curator at Horizons Ventures, an investment firm that invests in leading global disruptive technology companies such as Zoom, Spotify and DeepMind etc. Since joining in 2012, Frances has been leading its Fintech investments globally with the aim of using technology to make financial services more inclusive, accessible, and transparent. Many of her investments have become unicorns that redefine financial products and services, such as Hippo (NYSE: HIPO), Doma (NYSE: DOMA), Bakkt (NYSE: BKKT), N26, WeFox, Blockstream, Ajaib and Airwallex. Her investment thesis speaks to her belief that access to finance changes lives; and technology creates endless possibilities for a more equitable world.

In addition, Frances is also working to expand Horizons’ investment footprint into South East Asia in recent years. She is energized by the pace of innovation and creativity embodied by young entrepreneurs and their ambition to build a more inclusive society via technology solutions.

Frances graduated from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Victor Koo

Chairman, Heyi Holdings and Co-Founder Tianren Culture (Founder of Youku, China’s Youtube 古永锵 优酷创始人)

Victor Koo founded Heyi Holdings in 2005, which incubated Youku in 2006. Victor led Youku as Chairman and CEO to become a leading multi-screen media and entertainment company in China. Youku was listed on the NYSE in 2010, completed its privatization and was acquired by Alibaba in 2016. Victor retired from his position as Chairman and CEO and served as Chairman of Alibaba Entertainment Strategy and Investment Committee for a year in 2017. Victor continues to serve as Chairman of Heyi Holdings, which currently focuses on disruptive innovation and social impact investments in areas such as health, genomics and new protein. He is also a senior advisor of Texas Pacific Group and business advisor of DeCheng Capital.

Victor also co-founded Tianren Culture, a next-generation social platform that serves as a catalyst and enabler of social innovation with the mission to foster positive global values and lifestyles. Tianren Culture’s core strategic focus is to promote “OneHealth, One Wellness” by promoting healthy and sustainable lifestyles and “Being One with Nature”, especially those with roots in Eastern cultures and philosophies which believe that the body and mind health of human beings are interconnected with the health of the broader environment and ecosystem.

Tianren Culture works with funding, NGO and business partners to put in place high impact, effective social innovation initiatives to improve physical health and reduce factory-farmed animal protein consumption and production by promoting flexitarian diets and food innovation based on plant-based, fermentation and cell-based technologies and to support scientific research and promote meditation and breath work practices to improve mental and emotional wellness. He is also on the advisory board of Global Wellness Institute and Good Food Fund. Tianren Culture is a strategic partner of Global Wellness Institute on the Wellness Moonshot in China as part of a growing network to eradicate preventable, chronic disease worldwide.

From 1999 to 2005, Victor served as President, COO, and CFO at Sohu, China’s NASDAQ-listed leading internet portal. Prior to joining Sohu, Victor worked as vice president at the venture capital firm Richina Capital Partners, where he led venture capital investments in media and entertainment. Previously, Victor worked at Bain & Co. in San Francisco from 1989 to 1992.

Victor received his MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business where he currently serves on the Advisory Council. He was also a Regent’s Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, where he received a BS degree.

Jin Teik Oon

Chairman of Board and Non-Executive Director of Approved Technology Solutions

Tan Kah Kee family member

As a former Olympian (1984 Los Angeles) and Asian Games medalist, Jin Teik’s illustrious 30-year professional career spanned both private and public sectors in multiple industries, with residence in USA, China, and Singapore. He is a trusted, people-centric senior executive who specializes in business turnaround, mega project ideation-startup-operations, place making in mixed use developments, and complex stakeholder management (including public-private-people partnerships). 

Having served as CEO at American Ethane Capital, Singapore Sports Hub, Hyflux China, Singapore Sports Council, and other senior leadership roles in National Starch (Ingredion) and DuPont Company, Jin Teik is now running his own business in consultancy, namely (1) board advisory (turnaround, M&A, growth, startup, fundraising, human capital, governance strategy); (2) integrated mixed use development projects (thematic positioning, place making, portfolio of content development, creative & profitable revenue generation); (3) business partnership with advisory (fundraising, M&A debt restructuring, project financing/refinancing, private equity/VC fundraising & structuring.) 

He is also Chairman & Non-Executive Director (Approved Technology Solutions, UK), Senior Advisor (Xctuality and eSports Players League), and Board Member (Beyond Sport and Republic Polytechnic). 

Jin Teik has an MBA & BSc Chemical Engineering from Brigham Young University, USA and attended Executive Education classes at Wharton Business School (University of Pennsylvania, USA) and Kellogg Business School (Northwestern University, USA). 

Yogesh Parte

Assistant Vice President and incubation and innovation head

CitiusTech Healthcare Technologies Limited

Yogesh is the Assistant Vice President and incubation and innovation head of CitiusTech Healthcare Technologies Limited. He has more than 18 years’ experience as a research and innovation engineer using machine learning and AI solutions to solve complex business problems in aerospace, building industry, nutri-analytics, healthcare, as well as worked for innovative startups and Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). He has a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from the Institute de Mathématiques de Toulouse (IMT), France, and a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

Rebekah Lin

Director

Jia Foundation

Rebekah is Co-Founder of The Social Co., the team that initiated the 50 For 50 project that brought together more than 80 young people under the age of 35, and 70 corporations to raise awareness of and funds for lesser-known causes such as mental health, suicide prevention; and charities that serve those with physical and mental disabilities.

Over 2 phases of the 50 For 50 movement, 38 sustainable projects were created and S$4.5 million was raised for 58 local charities. One of the campaigns that The Social Co. is currently championing is Pledge it Forward, an initiative supporting 51 charities that contribute significantly to building a more inclusive and resilient community in Singapore.

Rebekah is also the Co-Founder of Chloros Solutions, a SPRING-seeded green consultancy boutique firm that provides a complete suite of solutions for Environmental Sustainability Design. She has also been running her family foundation, Jia Foundation since 2013.

Pascal De Petrini

Chairman

Danone Asia

Pascal De Petrini has been SVP Chairman Asia at Danone since October 2017 and has been working in senior management positions in F&B industry for over 30 years.

Pascal joined Danone in 1984 in France and became GM of Danone’s Biscuits in China in 1998. From 2002-2011, he had general management responsibilities at country level and regional level in Waters & Early Life Nutrition categories.

After a period as CEO of F&B at Fraser and Neave, he joined Fonterra Co-Operative Group Ltd as MD APAC & MEA in 2013. In 2015, Pascal returned to Danone as EVP of Strategic Resource Cycles until moving to his current role.

He has been in the Boards of various listed (APB, Vinamilk, Yakult Honsha, Mengniu Dairy) & non-listed companies in Asia. He was Chairman of Danone Ecosystem Fund & on the Board of Livelihood Fund for Family Farming – Danone’s two important social innovation funds.

Wu Jihan
吴忌寒

Founder of Matrixport and BitDeer

比特小鹿集团董事长、比特大陆联合创办人

吴忌寒出生于重庆，毕业于北京大学，企业家、比特大陆联合创始人，现任比特小鹿集团董事长。2011年，吴忌寒翻译了中本聪的论文《比特币：一种点对点的电子现金系统》，此举让他成为首位将比特币白皮书翻译成中文的人，也因此获得了“比特币布道者”“中本聪信徒”等身份标签。2013年，他与詹克团（Micree Zhan）共同创办比特大陆。2017年，被Coindesk选为十个对区块链最有影响力的人物之一。2021年，将从比特大陆拆分出来的云算力业务单独成立为比特小鹿集团并担任董事长。

Eric M. Rice

Head of Impact Investing, BlackRock

Eric Rice is BlackRock’s Head of Impact Investing and the architect of Global Impact, the world’s first diversified public-markets impact investing strategy. He is an evangelist for scaling impact investing and he collaborates with other investors at BlackRock to help germinate additional impact and sustainable investing strategies. Eric joined BlackRock from Wellington Management in 2019, where he had been an investor for over 20 years. Previously, he worked as a World Bank country economist and a diplomat in Rwanda with the US Department of State. Eric earned a PhD in economics from Harvard University and a AB degree in economics from the University of California at Berkeley. He lives in San Francisco.

Catherine Loh

CEO of Community Foundation of Singapore

Catherine joined the Community Foundation of Singapore (CFS) after having spent more than 20 years in the financial industry where she held various leadership positions in Nomura, Lehman Brothers and Goldman Sachs.  Catherine started her career at the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation.

Since 2012, Catherine has led CFS on a strategic growth path by increasing the number of donor funds and volume of donations, as well as raising social impact through effective grant making. She works in close partnership with the Board to ensure that the organization fulfills its vision of inspiring giving and create strategies for its future success. In the last 3 years, she built a strong management team comprising of professionals from the financial, media and social sectors to develop collaborations with leading financial institutions, legal firms and government bodies to enable philanthropy. 

Catherine started volunteering in 2004 and currently serves on various committees in Assisi Hospice, Metta Welfare Association and Telok Kurau Primary School. She joined the Temasek Polytechnic Board of Governors in 2020 and recently joined the investment committee at the Institute of Wealth Management.

Catherine holds a CFA and graduated with an Honours Degree in Economics and Statistics from the National University of Singapore. 

Basma Alzamil

 General Manager

Corporate Human Resources of Zamil Group Holding 

 A General Manager in Corporate Human Resources of Zamil Group Holding, Basma is one of the first females to join Zamil group. She first joined as Human Resources Program Specialist, through her first four years, she has been employing more females throughout Zamil companies, Basma therefore works daily with various responsibilities and addresses concerns and opportunities for women in Saudi Arabia. 

She worked as Family Office Manager for two years, as her role was to develop and prepare younger generations of Zamil Family to be better corporate citizens, to lead and expand the family business to new heights. She still works on preparing the family members to create the best future for them and designing a comprehensive plan for a smooth transition of leadership, ownership and governance. 

After receiving her B.A. in English Literature from Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University in Dammam, she worked for four years at the University as a Student Affairs Coordinator. v 

Basma has a Master’s degree in Adult and Community Education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, United States. After graduating, she worked for Michael Baker International, a leading provider of engineering, development, intelligence and technology solutions with global reach and mobility in the United States, in their Human Resources Department. 

Now, in addition to her primary professional position, she holds a doctorate degree in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from Nova Southeastern University, United States. The dissertation studies: Conflict Dynamics and Opportunities for Second-Generation Family Business women in Saudi Arabia, her study was to understand the lived experiences of second-generation Saudi Arabian females working in their family businesses, in order to reach conclusions and make recommendations to improve the dynamics and outcomes of conflict experienced now and in the future. 

Basma is also a member of Businesswomen Executive Council in Asharqia Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Saudi Arabia and Member Board of Trustees in Royal University of Women, Bahrain. In addition, a member of Gulf Region Organization for Women (GROW). 

Asha Curran

CEO, Giving Tuesday

Asha Curran is CEO of GivingTuesday, the global generosity movement. She was formerly Chief Innovation Officer and director of the Belfer Center for Innovation & Social Impact at 92nd Street Y, where GivingTuesday was founded. She is the recipient of the 2015 Social Capital Hero Award, and was named a 2016 Woman of Influence by New York Business Journals and a 40 Over 40 Women to Watch honoree.

Asha serves as Chair of the board of directors of Guardian.org, a nonprofit dedicated to advancing civil discourse and issues-driven journalism at The Guardian and elsewhere; and on the board of directors of the Scout Film Festival, which amplifies the work of teen filmmakers. She is a Fellow at Stanford University’s Digital Civil Society Lab within the Center for Philanthropy and Civil Society. She was named to the Nonprofit Times’ Top Fifty Power and Influence list in 2019.   

Arun Kant

CEO of Leonie Hill Capita

Arun is an entrepreneur, investor and technologist. He has been instrumental in leading the funding of many transformational companies, including PayPal, SpaceX and Tesla, Tencent, Alibaba and Baidu. He is passionate about projects focused on innovation and sustainability in infrastructure, energy and healthcare.

With more than 26 years of operational experience launching and growing companies, Arun has participated in several successful IPOs and led companies in the U.S., Europe, Asia and the Middle East. He has a diverse background in building enterprise-focused startups with extensive operational experience expanding companies in Asia and emerging markets.

Arun is dedicated to social entrepreneurship and has taken a special interest in micro-finance as a poverty alleviation tool. He is a supporter of many micro-finance organizations in India, Africa and the Middle East, and is actively building software companies to help them manage and grow in these regions.

Alfredo De Massis

Professor of Entrepreneurship & Family Business, Free University of Bolzano

Alfredo is Professor of Entrepreneurship & Family Business and Director of the Centre for Family Business Management at the Free University of Bolzano. He co-directs family business research projects at Lancaster University Management School, UK.

In 2015, Family Capital ranked him among World’s top 25 star professors for family business.

He serves as Associate Editor of Family Business Review and on the Editorial Boards of Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal and Journal of Family Business Strategy. His research has been published in leading academic and professional journals including AMJ, JBV, JMS, ETP, JPIM, AMP, FBR, GSJ, JBE, CMR.

Quek Siu Rui

Co-founder of Carousell

Quek Siu Rui is a co-founder of Carousell, which launched in May 2012, and now oversees product and marketing. Carousell is one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing community marketplaces, with over 26 million listings and a presence in 12 major cities around the world.Quek Siu Rui is a co-founder of Carousell, which launched in May 2012, and now oversees product and marketing. Carousell is one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing community marketplaces, with over 26 million listings and a presence in 12 major cities around the world.

Chen Jun

Senior vice president of Alibaba Group Holding Limited

陈俊先生，现为阿里巴巴集团参谋部资深副总裁。陈先生之前负责阿里巴巴集团于各类公司的战略投资，投资逾百家公司，交易总额数百亿美元，包括高速增长的私人公司及于中国及海外上市的公众公司。他管理的投资组合公司的产业范围广泛，包括：电商、新零售、云和高科技、物流、本地生活、健康、文娱、创新投资及基金。
陈先生在战略管理、战略市场开发及业务及财务顾问服务方面拥有逾20年经验。于二零一一年加入阿里巴巴集团前，陈先生于一九九九年至二零一一年间任职于财富500强高科技软件公司SAP，担任CEO办公室战略顾问及行业总监等职。自一九九五年至一九九八年，他于Arthur Andersen Consulting Co. Ltd担任审计师。陈先生获欧洲工商管理学院颁发高级工商管理硕士学位。

Mr. Jun Chen currently serves as a senior vice president of Alibaba Group Strategic Advisory Department. Previously, he was in charge of strategic investments by Alibaba Group in various types of companies, including high-growth private companies and public companies listed in the PRC and overseas. The portfolio companies he manages cover a wide spectrum of industries in the Alibaba ecosystem including ecommerce, new retail, cloud/hi-tech, logistics, local life, healthcare, entertainment, innovation and funds.
He has more than 20 years of experience in investment, strategy management, strategic market development, and business and financial advisory services. Prior to joining Alibaba Group in 2011, Mr. Chen worked for SAP, a Fortune 500 high-tech software company from 1999 to 2011, taking roles including strategic adviser in the office of CEO and industry director. From 1995 to 1998, he worked as an auditor for Arthur Andersen Consulting Co. Ltd. Mr. Chen received an EMBA degree from INSEAD.

Jixun Foo

Managing Partner at GGV Capital

Jixun Foo is a Managing Partner at GGV Capital and joined the firm in 2006. He is consistently recognized among the top VCs in China and counts 18 of his investments as mega-unicorns or unicorns, including Baidu, Boss Zhipin, Didi, Grab, Hello, Kuadian, Kujiale, Keya Yiliao, Manbang, Meicai, Qunar/Ctrip, SmartMi, Tujia, UCWeb, Udaan, Youku Tudou, Xpeng Motors and Zuiyou.

Jixun has spent the last 20 years working with entrepreneurs in the travel and transportation, social media and commerce, and enterprise services sectors in China. He led GGV’s investments in Didi, Grab, Mogujie/Meilishuo, MediaV, Qunar (NASDAQ: QUNR), UCWeb, Youku-Tudou (Acq: Alibaba), Manbang (fka Yunmanman), and currently serves on the boards of Baidu, Boss Zhipin, Hello, Kujiale, Qingzhu, Ruangguru, Tujia, Xiangwushuo, XPeng Motors and Zuiyou. Jixun played critical roles in many key strategic mergers and acquisitions, such as those of Youku-Tudou (first ever multi-billion-dollar tech merger in China), Baidu/Qunar, Ctrip/Qunar, Mogujie/Meilishuo (NYSE: MOGU) and Manbang (Yunmanman/Huachebang).

Jixun was previously a Director at Draper Fisher Jurvetson ePlanet Ventures, where he led investment efforts in Asian companies such as Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU). Prior to DFJ ePlanet, Jixun headed up the Investment Group under the Finance & Investment Division of the National Science & Technology Board of Singapore (NSTB) and was previously an R&D project group leader at Hewlett Packard. Jixun graduated from the National University of Singapore with a First-Class Honors degree in Engineering, and received an M.Sc. in Management of Technology from the university’s Graduate School of Business.

Jixun has been recognized by Forbes China as one of the “Best Venture Capitalists” every year since 2006. He was also named as one of the Top 10 Venture Capitalists by Zero2IPO as well as “VC Professional of the Year” by the Asia Venture Capital Journal. He has been named to the global Forbes Midas list since 2019, and was also recognized among the Top 100 Venture Capitalists by The New York Times/CBInsights in 2019.

H.S.H. Prince Hubertus Von Und Zu Liechtenstein

Member of the Board of Directors of LGT Bank Ltd., Liechtenstein and Switzerland

Member of the Foundation Board of the Liechtenstein Academy

H.S.H. Prince Hubertus von und zu Liechtenstein is Member of the Board of Directors of LGT Bank Ltd., Liechtenstein and Switzerland and Member of the Foundation Board of the Liechtenstein Academy. 

Prior to this, he was Co-Founder and CEO of Triagonal a company specializing in e-learning. He studied law and business administration at the University of Zurich and holds a Master degree in e-business development from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in Barcelona. He has been working in the educational industry for numerous years, including an international role with Laureate International Universities and Sommet Education as Marketing and Sales Director DACH, Netherlands and Scandinavia.

Alexis Deladerrière

CFA, Managing Director, Head of International Developed Markets, New York, Goldman Sachs Asset Management

Alexis is the Head of International Developed Markets for Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s Fundamental Equity team, overseeing portfolio management and investment research for the firm’s global and international equity strategies. He is the lead portfolio manager of GSAM’s Global Equity Partners ESG, International Equity ESG and Environmental Impact Equity strategies. Alexis has been leading the ESG and Impact effort in Fundamental Equity, driving enhancements to the research process via data usage and systematization. Alexis joined the Fundamental Equity team in 2002 in London as a research analyst, then became a portfolio manager of European and international equity strategies, before relocating to New York in 2017. He was named managing director in 2015. Alexis earned a Masters in Finance, Economics and General Management from École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP) in 2003 and was awarded the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation in 2006.

Christopher Marquis

Samuel C. Johnson Professor in Sustainable Global Enterprise and Professor of Management, Cornell University Johnson College of Business

Marquis’ research focuses on the two areas: Social innovation & change and Doing business in China. He examines entrepreneurship in China, the triple-bottom line and building sustainable businesses globally. These projects build on Marquis’ earlier research on how business can have a positive impact on society and how historical and geographical processes have shaped firms’ and entrepreneurs’ social and environmental strategies. His latest book, Better Business: How the B Corp Movement Is Remaking Capitalism, focuses on the potential for stakeholder governance models to reform capitalism.

He worked 10 years at Harvard Business School and has held visiting positions at Harvard Kennedy School, HKUST, Peking University, Fudan University, and Shanghai Jiaotong University.

Marquis’s research has won a number of national and international awards, including Aspen Institute Faculty Pioneer Award. Marquis has published across many journals including Academy of Management Journal, Harvard Business Review, Stanford Social Innovation Review.

Dean Danny Quah

Professor for Economics and Dean

Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS

Professor Quah’s work on world order takes an economic approach to international systems, studying the supply and demand of world order: what international system do the world’s superpowers wish to provide; what world order does the global community need?

Quah is a Commissioner on the Spence-Stiglitz Commission on Global Economic Transformation and serves on the Executive Committee, International Economic Association; the Advisory Board, LSE IDEAS; the Eminent Advisory Council of the UNDP Bureau for Asia-Pacific; and the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council for Geopolitics.

He is the author of “The Global Economy’s Shifting Centre of Gravity”.

Xiang Bing

Founding Dean

Professor of China Business and Globalization at CKGSB

Dr. Xiang Bing is the Founding Dean and Professor of China Business and Globalization at Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business. CKGSB has headquarters in Beijing, campuses in Shanghai, Shenzhen and offices in Hong Kong, London and New York.

He has served as an independent board member of a number of companies (including Fortune 500 companies), the International Advisory Council of Fundação Dom Cabral, the Global Advisory Board of Yonsei School of Business, and the Advisory Board of Asia House in London. 

He has participated in prominent conferences, including Ditchley Foundation Annual Forum, Yale CEO Summit, Rome Roundtable, World Economic Forum, Bo’ao Forum for Asia and Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum

Dr. Xiang was named the “China Philanthropist of the Year” in 2018 and 2020 by China Philanthropy Times. He was awarded the “Vanguard for Social Responsibilities” in 2020 by Southern Weekly.

Anita Fam Siu Ping

President

National Council of Social Service

Ms Anita Fam is the President of the National Council of Social Service. A former lawyer, she is a full-time volunteer who has been involved in the social service sector for more than 20 years, in the areas of disability, palliative care, healthcare and mental health.

She is also the Chairman of Assisi Hospice and also headed the Enabling Masterplan 3 Steering Committee for Singapore’s 5-year strategic blueprint for disability services from 2017 to 2021. In addition, she sits on various boards and committees including the Board of Visiting Justices & Board of Inspection, Institute of Mental Health Institutional Committee, Lien Foundation, SAS Foundation Ltd and SG Cares Steering Committee.

Also a Justice of the Peace, Anita was conferred the Public Service Star (BBM) in 2014 and the Public Service Medal (PBM) in 2008 for her work in the community. 

Kelly Tallman Clements

United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees

Kelly T. Clements joined UNHCR as Deputy High Commissioner on 6 July 2015.

Clements has been closely involved with refugee and displacement issues throughout her three decade career.

Before joining UNHCR, Clements was a member of the Senior Executive Service, serving as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) where she was responsible for humanitarian issues in Asia and the Middle East and global policy and budget.  In 2014, she was Acting Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon.

From 1993 to 1996, Clements served at the U.S. Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland on a Foreign Service appointment. She was Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs in 1997-1998. Clements served as a Senior Emergency Officer for Europe, the Newly Independent States, and the Americas, and later as Balkans Assistance Coordinator; she was deployed to Albania in 1999. She worked for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in Bangladesh in 1992.

Clements holds a B.A. in International Studies and an M.A. in Urban Affairs from Virginia Tech, USA. She is a national of the United States of America.

Mary Ann Tsao

Chairperson of the Tsao Ng Yu Shun Foundation

 Mary Ann Tsao is the Chairperson and Founding Director of the Tsao Ng Yu Shun Foundation, a Singapore-based, but regionally oriented, non-profit foundation dedicated to aged care and ageing issues. Previously, she was also its CEO and President. 

Established by her grandmother, Madam Tsao Ng Yu Shun, the Foundation aims to address issues of longevity and population ageing as well as to promote successful ageing and wellbeing of older people at policy and practice levels by catalysing constructive change. It is an operational foundation that pilots and operates its own programs. 

Dr Tsao serves on numerous boards and committees of government and non-profit organisations in Singapore as well as internationally. For her ageing, she received the Public Service Medal (PBM) in 2000, Public Service Star (BBM) in 2004, and Public Service Star (Bar) in 2015 from the government of Singapore. Dr Tsao has also worked with numerous multilateral agencies, such as WHO’s Geneva office and UN agencies, such as UNESCAP (United Nations Economic and Social Commission for the Asia Pacific) and is currently the Co-President of ILC-Global Alliance, a coalition of sixteen gerontology centres around the world. 

A member of the family council that stewards the Tsao Family Office, Dr Tsao serves on the board that provides oversight for the family office’s investment policies, operating businesses and its philanthropic activities that are in addition to her grandmother’s foundation. 

Dr Tsao is also involved with Family Business Network Asia (FBNA) and was a member of its board from 2008 to 2020. Today, Dr Tsao remains a member of its Ambassador Circle and continues to advocate for family businesses to put purpose in profit and be a force for good. 

Born and raised in Hong Kong, Dr Tsao is a US trained physician with a public health background, specialising in community and primary care planning and social medicine. She has extensive experience working with disadvantaged communities in the US and Singapore. 

Chew Gek Hiang

Council Member of the Tan Chin Tuan Foundation

The Tan Chin Tuan Foundation (TCTF) was established on 10 April 1976 by the late banker and philanthropist Tan Sri (Dr) Tan Chin Tuan with the objective of sharing with society the rewards of a highly illustrious career. He did so by providing assistance to the deserving and services that help build a sustainable society both personally and through The Tan Chin Tuan Foundation.

 The type of assistance provided reflects the founder’s philosophy of how money should be utilised for social good.

 Ms Chew is also President of Noah’s Ark CARES (Companion Animal Rescue and Education Society), a non-profit animal welfare society which champions responsible pet ownership and active sterilisation and micro chipping of stray dogs and cats in Singapore. The Society is a registered charity under the Charities Act and recognised as an Institution of a Public Character by the Commissioner of Charities since 8 August 2016.

 As Executive Director and Head of Finance, Ms Chew is actively involved in the investment activities of the Tecity Group and is responsible for its securities trading portfolio.  She also oversees the human resource and administrative functions in the Tecity Group.

 An accountant by training, Ms Chew graduated from National University of Singapore in 1986 and joined Ernst and Whinney in Singapore. She joined Ernst & Young (London) in 1987 to pursue her chartered accountancy and was admitted to the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales in October 1990.  She has been with the Tecity Group since 1991.

Wendy Kopp

CEO & Co-Founder

Teach For All

 Wendy Kopp is CEO and Co-founder of Teach For All, a global network of independent organizations working to develop collective leadership to ensure all children have the opportunity to fulfill their potential. 

Prior to launching Teach For All in 2007, Wendy founded and led Teach For America—which has proven to be an unparalleled source of long-term leadership for expanding opportunity for children in the United States— for 24 years. Wendy led the development of Teach For All to be responsive to the initiative of social entrepreneurs around the world who were determined to adapt this approach in their own countries. 

Wendy is the author of A Chance to Make History: What Works and What Doesn’t in Providing an Excellent Education for All (2011) and One Day, All Children: The Unlikely Triumph of Teach For America and What I Learned Along the Way (2000). She holds honorary doctorate degrees from 15 universities and is the recipient of numerous awards including the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship (2008) and the Schwab Foundation’s Outstanding Social Entrepreneur Award (2003). 

Wendy holds a bachelor’s degree from Princeton University and resides in New York City with her husband and their four children. 

Camilla Rockefeller

Board Chair

David Rockefeller Fund

Camilla Rockefeller is a 5th generation member of the Rockefeller family and the current board chair of the David Rockefeller Fund. She also sits on the board of the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation.

Lukas Haynes

Chief Executive Officer

David Rockefeller Fund

Lukas Haynes is Chief Executive Officer of the David Rockefeller Fund, a private, non-profit grantmaking foundation in the United States, where he oversees all investment and grants programs, including efforts focused on climate change solutions. His work includes overseeing Board Investment Committee targets for mission-aligned investing as an institutional member of the UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance.

Previously, Haynes was vice president of the Mertz Gilmore Foundation, New York director for the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and a fellow at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. From 2000-01, he served as a speechwriter for Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. In the late 1990’s, Haynes held positions at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the International Crisis Group and Oxfam UK/Ireland. He earned a master’s degree in International Relations at Oxford University and an undergraduate degree at the College of William and Mary.

Mr. Haynes is a governing board director of the Clara Lionel Foundation, Just Detention International and Independent Diplomat, all U.S. charities. He serves on the advisory board of the Council on Strategic Risks’ Center for Climate and Security and he is a trustee of Lulu’s Fund, devoted to preschool financial aid in memory of his late daughter. He is a passionate skier and avid traveler.

Chandran Nair

Founder and chief executive

Global Institute for Tomorrow

Global Institute For Tomorrow (GIFT) is an organisation based in Asia focused on the relationship of Asian society and values with those of the rest of the world.

Chandran was previously chairman of Environmental Resources Management Asia Pacific. He established the company as Asia’s leader in environmental consulting.

Mr. Nair has strongly advocated a more sustainable approach to development in Asia, and has helped the governments of Taiwan and Hong Kong instil these principles into their decision-making processes. He continues to advise the Hong Kong government, devising new approaches that give the public a bigger role in policy making.

Clare Woodcraft

Executive Director

Centre for Strategic Philanthropy, University of Cambridge, Judge Business School

Clare has over 25 years’ experience in socio-economic development and philanthropy in emerging markets. She is former CEO of Emirates Foundation, where she led the organisation’s transition from traditional grant-making to the model of Venture Philanthropy. She was also Arab Foundations Forum’s Chair, where she helped promote the model of strategic philanthropy.

Clare served as Deputy Director of Shell Foundation. She was also Regional Director of Communications across MENA, overseeing company’s social investments across 14 countries. Clare headed Visa public affairs arm, working with governments in over 90 markets, deploying deploy social investment with focus on financial systems and electronic payments.

Ong Pei Yeing

Director General

Guangdong JSY Foundation

Ms Ong has 20 years of PE investment track record and experience of fund management, direct investment and portfolio monitoring across China and SEA. She is an expert of managing sustainable investment with ESG and Impact lens since 2014 and with deep China knowledge and experience through her practice on the ground.

Pei Yeing was Senior director of Asia Impact Investment Fund (AIIF) – an impact fund managed by UOB Venture Management, Credit Suisse. She was responsible for sourcing deals in all regions of China and portfolio management

Pei Yeing also undertook the consulting assignment by Asian Development Bank to research and analyze over 200 companies in China with inclusive, sustainable business models, leading to the publication of “Inclusive Business Market Scoping Study in the People’s Republic of China” in June 2018.

Pei Yeing previously served EDB Investments as investment manager in Singapore, and The Boston Consulting Group in Malaysia.

Kimmis Pun

Managing Director, Head of Relationship Management – Greater China

Standard Chartered Private Bank

Kimmis Pun, a veteran banker of more than 30 years, is appointed Managing Director, Market Head Greater China, Standard Chartered Private Bank since December 2015. In her capacity, she strategises for business expansion, manages resources and nurtures aspiring bankers to achieve excellence.

Kimmis has a MBA from Manchester Business School, University of Manchester and a few professional qualifications including CFP, ChFC, CWMA, AIF, AEPP and IBFA.

Kimmis was conferred the IBF Fellow award in 2017 which amplifies her pursuit of betterment in the financial industry.

She is the Director of Financial Planning Standard Board USA, Immediate Past President of Financial Planning Association of Singapore, President of Federation of Business and Professional Women (Singapore), Past President of Rotary Club of Suntec City and Council Member of Kowloon Club.

A strong believer in philanthrophy, life-long learning and sharing her personal experiences, Kimmis frequently speaks at seminars and lectures in regional universities.

Nick Cooney

Founder & Managing Director

Lever VC

Nick founded Lever VC in 2019, a VC fund investing in early-stage companies in the alternative protein segment, including plant-based and cultivated dairy, egg, and meat companies. Lever VC functions internationally, with offices and staff across US, Hong Kong, Israel, and Europe. Nick has been working in the alternative protein segment for more than fifteen years.

Nick’s earlier investments in this alternative protein segment comprise Miyoko’s Kitchen, Beyond Meat, Good Catch Foods, and Sunfed Meats. His investments in clean meat companies include Avant Meats, Memphis Meats, and Aleph Farms. Nick has invested in numerous dozen alternative protein organizations internationally, with a net mutual value of more than $7 billion.

Nick functions as Board Member for several portfolio organizations. He is also a Board member and founder of the Lever Foundation, a 501(c) 3 non-profit establishment that nurtures the alternative protein segment and public demand for alternative protein products in Asia.

Navin Amarasuriya

Director of Singapore
Contentment Foundation

Non-Executive Director 
B.P. de Silva Group 
EtonHouse Community Fund 

Navin is Director of Singapore and supports global operations at the Contentment Foundation. Through his work helping map the landscape of well-being curriculums around the world in EtonHouse International, he discovered the Contentment Foundation and was given the opportunity to connect the dots of these two wonderful organisations.

He represents the fifth-generation ownership at the B.P. de Silva Group, established in Singapore in 1872. After 7 years of running operations for the luxury brand Risis and working on group strategy for the conglomerate, he finally realised that true luxury is cultivating acting from a place of profound contentment.

Marina Feffer Oelsner

Co-founder & Pledger

Marina’s priorities have always been human development and social impact. She is part of the 4th generation in a UHNW family business and has a special interest in social impact. She understands the importance of navigating family systems, governance, and the different opportunities available when looking at the whole family enterprise. She is guided by the interest in finding how individual and familial purpose can work in service of social good.

Marina is an active member of her family’s governance structures, is at the Arymax Foundation’s board (her family’s philanthropic endeavour), the Family board and Suzano Group’s Shareholder board.

Maria Ahlström-Bondestam

Co-Founder & Chair of the Board, Eva Ahlström Foundation

Maria represents the 5th generation of the Ahlström family consisting of 400 members. The Ahlström company, founded in 1851, has 15.000 employees in 32 countries with products in innovative fiber-based materials, industrial technology and forestry.

Maria strongly believes that family businesses have a unique possibility to influence society and that being able to contribute is foremost a privilege.

Together with her female cousins Maria co-founded The Eva Ahlström Foundation and has since actively developed the operations of the family foundation which continues the work for underprivileged women and children that her great grandmother started in the late 19th century.

Mahira Khan

National Goodwill Ambassador, UNHCR

Renowned television and film actress Mahira Khan was appointed National Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency in November 2019.

Mahira skilfully leverages her influence to support social causes. In 2018, Mahira advocated for the plight of 1.4 million Afghan refugees in Pakistan. She has participated in field missions, visiting UNHCR’s Voluntary Repatriation Centre in Nowshera and a refugee settlement in Karachi. She has also accompanied the High Commissioner during one such visit.

She was moved by the stories of resilience and hope of returning refugee families, school-aged refugee children and refugees learning livelihood skills. In particular, she noted that refugee children have aspirations and emphasized the vital role of education in their lives.

Mahira has spoken on many platforms, including Global Teacher’s Prize Ceremony hosted by Varkey Foundation in Dubai, the Aga Khan University Special Lecture Series in Karachi and TEDxLahore. She also supported UNHCR’s Everyone Counts Campaign.

LI Haitao

Dean’s Distinguished Chair Professor of Finance

Associate Dean for Integrated MBA, Associate Dean for Alumni Affairs and the Development Foundation, Director of the Family Business Research Center

Dr. Li Haitao is the Dean’s Distinguished Chair Professor of Finance, Associate Dean for Integrated MBA and Associate Dean for Alumni Affairs and the Development Foundation at CKGSB. Previously, he was the Jack D. Sparks Whirlpool Corporation Research Professor in the Finance Department of the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. He also served on the faculty of the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. Dr. Li serves on the editorial boards of Management Science (the Department of Finance) and the International Review of Finance. Dr. Li holds a Ph.D. in Finance from Yale University.

Leong Cheung

Executive Director, Charities & Community

The Hong Kong Jockey Club

Mr. Leong Cheung is the Executive Director of Charities & Community at The Hong Kong Jockey Club. He is also the co-chair of the Hong Kong Chapter of the UN’s Sustainable Development Solutions Network.

Prior to joining the club, Mr. Cheung had been the Operating Partner with Bain Capital, Managing Director (Global Sourcing & Supply Chain) at Esquel Group, Founder and CEO of an education-focused Internet venture, and a senior consultant at Boston Consulting Group. Mr. Cheung also co-founded an innovative social enterprise, RunOurCity.

Mr. Cheung is active in the community and currently serves as chairperson of the HKSAR’s Committee on Reduction of Salt and Sugar in Food.  He is a director of the Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited and is an adjunct professor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Mr. Cheung has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BBA from The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Latanya Mapp Frett

President and CEO of Global Fund for Women

Latanya Mapp Frett is President and CEO of Global Fund for Women and serves on the Board of Directors for Global Fund for Women and Global Fund for Women UK.

Previously, she was the Executive Director of Planned Parenthood Global. She quadrupled the size of the program in four years to become one of the most innovative and sustainable global health organizations in the field.

Ms. Frett worked as a human rights officer for the UNICEF and for 10 years with the USAID.

 

Au King-lun, MH

Executive Director
Board Member
Financial Services Development Council

Dr Au is Executive Director of Financial Services Development Council (FSDC). Prior to joining the FSDC, he was President of Value Partners Group Limited. Dr Au also served as CEO of Eastspring Investments (Hong Kong) Limited and CEO of BOCHK Asset Management Limited. He also held various senior management positions at other financial institutions including Baring, GMO and HSBC Global Asset Management.

Dr Au was named CEO of the Year in Hong Kong by Asia Asset Management in 2012 and 2014. He was awarded the Medal of Honor by the HKSAR Government in 2008 for his valuable contributions to the securities and asset management industry. He was also the Chairman of the Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute (HKSI) from 2006 to 2008 and the Chairman of the Hong Kong Investment Funds Association in 2004/2005.

Dr Au is currently serving as a Council member of the Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Public Accountants, an Index Advisory Committee member of China Securities Index Co., Limited and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Hong Kong among other public services.

Dr Au is a CFA Charterholder and a Senior Fellow of HKSI. He received his BA in Physics from the University of Oxford and PhD in Theoretical Particle Physics from the University of Durham.

Khong Yuen Foong

Vice Dean (R&D) and Li Ka Shing Profesor in Political Science

Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

Professor Khong was formerly Professor of International Relations, and a Professorial Fellow of Oxford University. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1987 and was Assistant/Associate Professor at Harvard University’s Government Department from 1987-1994. His Ph.D. dissertation was awarded Harvard’s Sumner Prize for the best dissertation on war and peace in 1988. His book, Analogies at War: Korea, Munich, Dien Bien Phu, and the Vietnam Decisions of 1965 was co-winner of the American Political Science Associations Political Psychology Book Award (1994). He received the Erik Erikson Award for distinguished early career contribution to political psychology in 1996.

A former VP of the International Studies Association, he also served on the Social Science Research Council-MacArthur Foundation Committee on International Peace and Security. His research interests include US foreign policy, international relations of APAC. Recent publications include “Power as Prestige in World Politics,” and “The United States Response to China’s Rise,”.

Eileen Heisman

President & CEO, President & CEO, National Philanthropic Trust (NPT)

Eileen R. Heisman, is a nationally recognized expert on charitable and planned giving. Ms. Heisman has been interviewed about philanthropy and donor-advised funds on CNBC, PBS, NPR, CNN International and Bloomberg TV, and by nearly every national newspaper and major trade publication, including the WST, NY Times, Washington Post, Bloomberg, CBS MarketWatch, Financial Advisor and Investment News. She has been named 8 times by NonProfit Times as one of their Power and Influence Top 50. She is currently one of 100 top influencers in philanthropy. At the invitation of the Chinese government, Ms. Heisman spoke to their emerging nonprofit sector about American philanthropy. She was the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP)’s 2014 Outstanding Fundraising Professional, the highest award granted by AFP to recognize effective, creative and stimulating leadership, and the practice and promotion of ethical fundraising. She was among the first fundraising professionals to earn the distinguished ACFRE certification.

John Canady

CEO, UK, National Philanthropic Trust (NPT)

Mr. Canady brings 25 years of experience working across business, nonprofit and government sectors. He specializes in creating and managing philanthropic funds for donors and family offices around the world who wish to base their philanthropy from the UK. He is a trusted advisor to preeminent philanthropists, family offices and wealth managers. He was awarded the Philanthropy Advisor of the Year at the Spear’s Wealth Management Awards in 2018. He is a frequent commentator on global philanthropy and donor-advised funds (DAFs) and has appeared in the Financial Times, CNN Money, and Harvard Business Review.

Mr. Canady was previously the Director of Philanthropy at Charities Aid Foundation in London where he led the team providing DAFs to individuals and CSR solutions to FTSE 100 companies. Mr. Canady earned an MPA from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, an MBA in International Business from University of South Carolina.

John Brothers

President,

T. Rowe Price Foundation

John Brothers is president of the T. Rowe Price Foundation and president of the T. Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving. Mr. Brothers comes to T. Rowe Price from Quidoo, an international consulting firm he started and led for more than a decade.

Mr. Brothers served as a management and social policy professor for more than a decade at New York University and Rutgers University. He also served as a Visiting Fellow at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Harvard University and is currently serving as an International Advisor to CO3, an organization serving Northern Ireland and working with the China Global Philanthropy Institute in Beijing.

Mr. Brothers holds an M.P.A. in nonprofit management from New York University, an M.B.A. from American Public University, and a doctorate in law and policy from Northeastern University.

Jim Pitofsky

Managing Director – Strategic Alliances

John Templeton Foundation

Mr. Pitofsky plays a vital role in the creation and management of new strategies for connecting and engaging with entrepreneurial philanthropic and business leaders around the world. He has worked closely with CEOs, foundation executives, philanthropists, celebrities, policy-makers, and nonprofit leaders to advance philanthropy, education reform, leadership development, social entrepreneurship, community service, and racial and economic equity.

Previously, Jim was Chief Strategy Officer at the $500M+ Arizona Community Foundation (ACF) and ACF’s Center for Business Philanthropy. He also served as the ACF’s Director of Education where he advised HNW donors on their education grantmaking.

Jim was also VP & Acting President of the Echoing Green Foundation, supporting hundreds of social entrepreneurs around the world; Deputy Director of the National Youth Leadership Council, and Executive Director for Hands on Bay Area.

He has spoken at the WEF (Davos), FORTUNE Magazine CEO Forum, White House Conference on Philanthropy.

 

Jeannie Infante Sager

Director, Women’s Philanthropy Institute
Lilly Family School of Philanthropy

Indiana University

Jeannie Sager is a seasoned nonprofit executive with 25 years’ experience in health care, higher education, and independent school leadership. She was the director of philanthropy with the recently established IU Health Foundation in Indianapolis serving the adult hospitals of the IU Health Academic Health Center (Methodist, University and IU Health Simon Cancer Center). She has served as director of advancement at University High School in Carmel, Indiana, as director for the IU School of Medicine Dean’s Council and special programs, and as a development director with the IU Foundation in Indianapolis.

Jeanne Lim

Co-founder and CEO

beingAI Limited

Jeanne is the Co-founder and CEO of beingAI, the world’s first transmedia AI company creating AI beings™ that build long-term engagement and trust with digital-native consumers anywhere, anytime, across devices and media platforms. The company aims to bring humanness into digital experiences to promote positivity and social good—to help us thrive.

Jeanne has over 25 years of experience in business management and technology marketing. She is the former CEO and Chief Marketing Officer of Hanson Robotics, the creator of Sophia the Robot, and held marketing leadership roles at Dell, Cisco, Danaher, and Apple, where she was the product and business manager responsible for launching Apple’s most groundbreaking products in the region. She started her career as a Group Management Trainee at John Swire & Sons.

Jeanne is a Founder and Director of Nama Institute, a not-for-profit organization creating solutions to gamify the learning of wisdom. She is also a Volunteer and Director of Himalayan Consensus Institute, an NGO involved in social enterprise development and climate protection.  She is also an angel investor and advisor of several startups.

Jeanne has a Ph.D. degree in integrated and holistic health, an MBA degree from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and a BA degree in Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley.  She is a certified yoga instructor and a life-long student of yoga philosophy, having completed Georg Feuerstein’s five-year Traditional Yoga Studies course.

Isabel Sim

Managing Director at Nonprofit Innovation

Dr. Isabel Sim is Managing Director at Nonprofit Innovation Pte Ltd, where she provides training and consultancy to non-profit organisations on board evaluation, charity governance, financial management (focus on full cost recovery, reserves and investment management), strategy and volunteerism.

She was formerly Senior Research Fellow, Department of Social Work, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore as well as Director (Projects), Centre for Social Development (Asia). Before her transition to Dept of Social Work, she was Head of Corporate Governance Practice, Centre for Governance, Institutions and Organizations (CGIO) and Senior Lecturer, Department of Strategy and Policy, NUS Business School. She has published extensively on the accountability of non-profit organizations, sustainability and corporate governance of listed companies.

In addition, Dr. Sim has more than 20 years of university teaching experience in Australia, China, Northern Europe and Singapore, teaching mostly in Masters, MBA and EMBA programmes in Accounting, Finance, Economics, and Corporate Governance and Strategic Management subjects. She is qualified with a Bachelor degree in Social Work (NUS), Master in Business Administration, Master in Applied Finance and PhD in Finance (University of Western Australia).

Ho Ren Hua

Chief Executive Officer

Thai Wah Public Company Ltd

Mr. Ho is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Thai Wah Public Company Ltd, responsible for developing the company’s vision to create innovation and sustainability from Farm to Shelf as a leading Agri-Food company in Southeast Asia. Since its founding in 1947, Thai Wah has been a leading pioneer in the tapioca starch and food industry, now expanding its footprint to 15 operations in Thailand, China, Vietnam, Indonesia and Cambodia. From 2010 – 2015, Mr Ho was the Executive Director and Country Head, China for Banyan Tee Holdings Ltd, helping to position the group as the leading luxury brand in China. Earlier in his career, Mr. Ho worked with the global consultancy Bain & Company Inc. in their New York, Hong Kong and China offices.

Mr. Ho currently serves on the board for Banyan Tree Holdings Ltd, as well as the advisory board for the Asia Pacific Agri-Innovation Summit and the International Advisory Council for Singapore Management University. He has also previously served on the boards of UN Women as well as Wharton Global Forum.

In 2017, in recognition of Thai Wah Group’s sustainability and community efforts across the region, Mr Ho was awarded the “Outstanding Leader in Asia” award at the 4th Asia Corporate Excellence and Sustainability Awards and Thai Wah was also recognized for Corporate Excellence at the 2021 Asia Pacific Enterprise Asia Awards as a pioneer and leader in the agriculture industry.

Mr. Ho has a BSC in Economics (Honors) from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and graduated with distinction from the AMP program of China Europe International Business School. In 2018, he was nominated to be a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader Class of 2018.

He is married with a young son and a daughter and currently lives in Bangkok with his wife, Teh Su Ching.

Girish P. Ramachandran

President – Asia-Pacific

Tata Consultancy Services

Girish is responsible for business operations in Australia, NZ, ASEAN, Greater China and Korea.

From TCS Headquarters in Singapore, Girsh oversees over 35,000 employees in the region.

He joined TCS in 1994 and has held international positions, across Europe, Middle East, Africa and the Mediterranean region, rolling out several global strategic initiatives.

He is a Member of the Board, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and a pioneer in global sustainability reporting. He’s been named a Business Champion, New Colombo Plan, an Australia Government’s initiative on regional cooperation.

Girish is also Chairman, Benelux chapter, Confederation of Indian Industry. Member, CII International Council.

Fermin Diez

Deputy CEO

National Council of Social Service

Dr Fermin Diez is the Deputy CEO and Group Director, Human Capital and Organisation Development Group of National Council of Social Service. Dr Diez has rich experience in Human Resources, and has held consulting, corporate and academic roles in organisations worldwide. He chairs the Assessment Committee of the Institute for Human Resource Professionals, serves as adjunct faculty at Singapore Management University and has co-authored two books on Strategic Human Resources.

Esther Choy

Adjunct Lecturer of Family Enterprise in the John L. Ward Center for Family Enterprises

Esther Choy is an Adjunct Lecturer of Family Enterprise in the John L. Ward Center for Family Enterprises. She is the President and Chief Story Facilitator at Leadership Story Lab, where she applies design thinking and science to help her clients articulate and assert who they are, ultimately connecting with audiences in meaningful ways.

Esther is the author of the book Let the Story Do the Work: The Art of Storytelling for Business Success and her work can be seen on Forbes.com, Virgin.com, Entrepreneur.com and AMA.org.

Esther and her team have served clients such as Allstate, PayNet/Equifax, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group, Roosevelt University, Brookfield Investment Management, US Cellular, Kraft, SC Johnson, Tyson Foods and United Airlines.

Liu Yang
刘央

Chairman of Atlantis Investment Management, Asia’s 50 Power Businesswomen by Forbes

西京投资管理公司（香港）主席，福布斯亚洲商界50名权势女性之一

刘央现任西京投资管理公司（香港）主席及投资总监, 拥有近三十年大中华区域的资产管理经验。作为中国第一代基金经理，刘央是业界公认的投资中国的先锋人物。她是罕有的具备中国本土教育背景和国企管理经验，并拥有西方金融专业系统培训及市场实践经验的基金投资管理人。刘央于2001年加入首域投资管理有限(香港)公司担任中国投资总监。在此之前, 刘央于1992年至2001年, 派驻中信在澳大利亚联邦银行的合资机构 – 信瀚中国投资担任投资总监，管理在悉尼证券交易所上市的全球首家封闭式中国基金近十年之久。 刘央的职业生涯起始于1988年中信集团北京总部，她于同年毕业于中央财经大学金融系国际金融专业并获经济学学士学位, 又于1998年获得澳洲证券学院（现为澳新金融服务业协会，简称FINSIA）应用投资学研究生毕业。

Michael Wu
迈克尔 吴

Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Amber Group

琥珀集团Amber Group创始人

Michael Wu is the founder and CEO of financial services company Amber Group, which offers trading and hedging of complex cryptocurrency products. The company, which pivoted from quantitative trading to crypto in 2017, serves both institutional and individual investors; although it makes most of its money from the former, it still has more than 100,000 individual customers.

Before establishing the company, Wu worked in finance—as a trader for investment bank Morgan Stanley and as a portfolio manager for private equity firm Arete Capital Partners.

David Gerald 大卫杰了

President & CEO, SIAS

总裁兼首席执行官，新家坡证券投资者协会

David Gerald, has been at the helm as Founder, President and CEO of Securities Investors Association (Singapore) or “SIAS”. He founded SIAS in 1999 to successfully contest the freezing of shares of 172,000 Singapore investors in Malaysian listed companies by the Malaysian government. Mr. Gerald has had a legal career spanning over 30 years.

Mr. Gerald received the Special Achievement Award by Singapore Exchange (SGX) in 2009 for championing individual investors’ interests, advocating good corporate governance and investor education.

David Gerald一直担任新加坡证券投资者协会（SIAS）的创始人、总裁和首席执行官。他于1999年创立了SIAS，以成功争取马来西亚政府冻结了172,000名新加坡投资者在马来西亚上市公司股票的决定。Gerald先生的法律职业涵盖了超过30年。 Gerald先生因倡导个体投资者利益、倡导良好公司治理和投资者教育而于2009年获得新加坡交易所（SGX）颁发的特别成就奖。

Li Zhenhua 李振华

Independent Curator

国际著名独立策展人

Li Zhenhua is an independent curator. He has been active since 1996. His practice mainly concerns curation, artistic practice, and project management. Since 2010 he has been the nominator for the Summer Academy at the Zentrum Paul Klee Bern (Switzerland), The Prix Pictet (Switzerland), The Sovereign Asian Art Prize (Hong Kong), and Future Generation Art Prize (Ukraine). He is a member of the international advisory board for the exhibition “Digital Revolution” at the Barbican Centre in the UK in 2014.

李振华是国际著名独立策展人。他自1996年以来一直活跃在艺术领域。他的工作主要涉及策展、艺术实践和项目管理。自2010年以来，他一直是Zentrum Paul Klee Bern（瑞士）夏季学院、Prix Pictet（瑞士）、Sovereign Asian Art Prize（香港）和Future Generation Art Prize（乌克兰）的提名者。他还是国际咨询委员会的成员，为英国巴比肯中心2014年的“数字革命”展览提供建议。

Lawrence Chu

Co-Founder & Chairman of Venture Smart Financial Holdings Limited

VSFG创始人

Lawrence Chu is the Co-Founder and Chairman of Venture Smart Financial Holdings Limited (VSFG), a wealth management and institutional digital asset management platform with a presence in Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai, and Tokyo. VSFG is dedicated to making financial access available for all and preparing for the future. The company strives to merge traditional wealth management with the future of finance, serving both individual clients and institutions. Notably, VSFG is the first virtual asset manager in Hong Kong approved by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), launching a Bitcoin Tracker vehicle and a cryptocurrency hedge fund.

In addition, Lawrence is the Founder of BlackPine, a private investment office, and the Co-Founder of Kenetic, focusing on early-stage investments in blockchain and crypto technology since 2016..

He is also an active member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) and contributes significantly to the arts community. His involvement includes serving the Smart Museum in Chicago, Afield fellowships in Paris, the NFT Art Advisory Board at Ledger in Paris, and the Tate Asia Pacific Acquisitions Committee in London.

Lawrence Chu 是Venture Smart Financial Holdings Limited（VSFG）的联合创始人和董事长。VSFG是一家位于香港的财富管理和机构数字资产管理平台，在新加坡、迪拜和东京均有业务。VSFG旨在为所有人提供金融机会并为未来做好准备，致力于将传统财富管理与未来金融相结合，服务于个人客户和机构。VSFG是香港首个由证券及期货事务监察委员会（SFC）批准的虚拟资产管理公司，在这一领域推出了比特币追踪工具和加密货币对冲基金。

此外，Lawrence还是私人投资办公室BlackPine的创始人以及自2016年起专注于区块链和加密技术早期投资的Kenetic的联合创始人。

他还是青年总裁组织（YPO）的成员，并积极参与艺术界活动，包括在芝加哥的Smart博物馆、巴黎的Afield奖学金、巴黎Ledger的NFT艺术咨询委员会以及伦敦的泰特亚太收购委员会的工作。

Prakash Kannan

Chief Economist of GIC

GIC首席经济学家

Prakash Kannan is Chief Economist and Director of the Economics & Investment Strategy department of Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC). He is responsible for developing the top-down view on the investment environment as well as the asset allocation strategy for the firm. Prakash joined GIC in 2012. Prior to joining GIC, he worked with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Central Bank of Malaysia (Bank Negara Malaysia), and GTE’s Pension Fund. Prakash holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from MIT and a doctorate in Economics from Stanford University.

Prakash Kannan是新加坡政府投资公司（GIC）经济与投资策略部门的首席经济学家兼主任。他负责制定公司的顶层投资环境观点以及资产配置策略。Prakash于2012年加入GIC。在加入GIC之前，他曾在国际货币基金组织（IMF）、马来西亚中央银行（马来西亚国家银行）以及GTE养老基金工作。Prakash拥有麻省理工学院的经济学学士学位，以及斯坦福大学的经济学博士学位。

Russ Altman

Professor, Associate Director of Stanford University Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence

斯坦福大学教授，HAI副主任

Russ Altman holds the esteemed position of Professor and serves as the Associate Director at Stanford University’s Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Institute (HAI). With a strong commitment to advancing AI in a manner that prioritizes human impact and benefits, he plays a pivotal role in directing research and innovation within the interdisciplinary field at Stanford. His work is instrumental in guiding the development of AI technologies that are designed to enhance human capabilities and improve societal outcomes.

Russ Altman 教授在斯坦福大学担任教授，并且是人本人工智能研究所（HAI）的副主任。他致力于推进以人为中心的人工智能发展，优先考虑AI的人文影响和益处，在斯坦福跨学科领域的研究和创新指导中扮演着关键角色。Altman 教授的工作对于指导旨在增强人类能力和改善社会成果的AI技术发展至关重要。

Justin Chen 陈俊

Founder and Managing Partner of ALC Capital

ALC 资本创始人

Mr. Justin Chen, with over two decades of experience in the realm of investment and strategic management, stands at the helm of ALC Capital as its Founder and Managing Partner. He also serves on the Board of Directors for Singpost. His illustrious career includes a significant tenure as the Senior Vice President of Alibaba Group’s Strategic Advisory Department, where he oversaw strategic investments in a variety of enterprises, from high-growth private firms to public companies in both the PRC and abroad. Chen’s expertise spans across strategic market development and business and financial advisory services. An alumnus of INSEAD, he brings his extensive knowledge and EMBA education to the forefront of business strategy and investment.

陈俊先生是ALC 资本的创始人及管理合伙人，并且担任新加坡邮政的董事会成员。他曾任职于阿里巴巴集团战略咨询部门的高级副总裁，负责管理阿里巴巴集团在各类企业中的战略投资，这些企业包括在中国和海外上市的高增长私营公司和公众公司。陈先生在投资、战略管理、战略市场发展以及商业和财务咨询服务方面拥有超过20年的经验。

陈先生毕业于欧洲工商管理学院（INSEAD），获得了EMBA学位。

Jennifer Chayes

Dean of the College of Computing, Data Science, and Society, UC Berkeley

加州大学伯克利分校计算、数据科学与社会学院院长

Jennifer Chayes is Dean of the College of Computing, Data Science, and Society. She is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, Mathematics, Statistics, and Information. Before joining Berkeley, she was a Technical Fellow at Microsoft, where she led research programs for over 20 years and was founder and managing director of three interdisciplinary labs: Microsoft Research New England, New York City, and Montreal.

Before joining Microsoft, Chayes was a Professor of Mathematics at UCLA, where she received the UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award. During her time at Microsoft, she was an Affiliate Professor of Mathematics and Physics at the University of Washington. She is an author of about 150 scientific papers and the inventor on more than 25 patents. She earned her Ph.D. in mathematical physics at Princeton University and has been awarded honorary doctorates from Bard College in New York and Leiden University in the Netherlands.

Chayes has received numerous awards for both leadership and scientific contributions, including the Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Leadership Award, the John von Neumann Award of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Association for Computing Machinery, and the American Mathematical Society.

Jennifer Chayes是计算、数据科学和社会学院的院长。她同时担任电气工程与计算机科学、数学、统计学和信息学教授。在加入伯克利之前，她曾担任微软的技术专家，领导研究项目超过20年，创立并担任三个跨学科实验室的创始人和董事总经理：微软研究新英格兰、纽约市和蒙特利尔。

在加入微软之前，Chayes曾担任加州大学洛杉矶分校的数学教授，并曾获得加州大学洛杉矶分校杰出教学奖。在微软工作期间，她还是华盛顿大学的数学和物理联合教授。她是大约150篇科学论文的作者，拥有超过25项专利。她在普林斯顿大学获得了数学物理博士学位，并曾获得纽约的巴德学院和荷兰莱顿大学的荣誉博士学位。

Chayes因在领导和科学贡献方面多次获得奖项，包括Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision领导奖和Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics的约翰·冯·诺伊曼奖。她是美国艺术与科学院和美国国家科学院的成员，也是美国科学促进协会、计算机协会和美国数学协会的会士。

Prof Tan Tai Yong 陈大荣教授

President & Professor, Singapore University of Social Sciences

新加坡社會科學大学校长

Tan Tai Yong is the second President of the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS). Before he joined SUSS, Tan was President of Yale-NUS College. Prior to this, he held various academic and leadership appointments in the National University of Singapore (NUS): Vice Provost (Student Life), Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, and Head of the History Department. He is a member of the National Library Board (NLB) and the National Heritage Board (NHB), where he is also Honorary Chairman of the National Museum, co-chair of the Founders’ Memorial Committee, and Chair of the National Collection Advisory Panel.

陈大荣是新加坡社会科学大学（Singapore University of Social Sciences，SUSS）的第二任校长。在加入SUSS之前，陈大荣曾担任耶鲁-国立大学新加坡学院（Yale-NUS College）的校长。在此之前，他曾在新加坡国立大学（National University of Singapore，NUS）担任多个学术和领导职务，包括副校长（学生事务）、艺术与社会科学学院院长以及历史系主任。他是新加坡国家图书馆董事会（National Library Board，NLB）和国家文化遗产局（National Heritage Board，NHB）的成员，同时还是国家博物馆的名誉主席、创始人纪念委员会的联合主席，以及国家馆藏咨询小组的主席。

Prof Miao Chun Yan 苗春燕教授

Chair, School of Computer Science and Engineering, President’s Chair in Computer Science, Professor, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University

南洋理工大学计算机科学与工程学院院长，计算机科学主席，计算机科学与工程学院教授

Dr. Chunyan Miao is a President’s Chair Professor and Chair of the School of Computer Science and Engineering at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. Dr. Miao is an expert on Human-Centered AI and is well-known for her impactful AI research in health, aging, education, and digital industry. She has received over 20 Best Paper and AI awards including the NRF Investigatorship Award 2019, the Innovative Applications of AI Award, also AAAI 2018 and 2020. She has been elevated as IEEE Fellow in 2022, was recognized as “Professional of the Year” at the IT Leaders Awards 2021, and was named in the “Singapore 100 Women in Tech” list by IMDA/SCS/CNA in 2020.

苗春燕博士是新加坡南洋理工大学（NTU）计算机科学与工程学院的校长讲座教授，以人工智能（AI）领域的研究闻名，尤其擅长人本AI，并在健康、老龄化、教育和数字产业等领域做出了有影响力的AI研究。她获得了20多项最佳论文和AI奖项，包括2019年的国家研究基金（NRF）研究员奖、创新应用人工智能奖，以及2018年和2020年的AAAI奖。她于2022年当选为IEEE院士，并在2021年获得IT领袖奖“年度专业人士”称号，并入选2020年由IMDA/SCS/CNA评选的“新加坡百名科技女性”名单。

Prof Dacheng Tao 陶大程教授

Professor of Computer Science
Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science and the Academia Europaea

悉尼大学计算机科学教授
欧洲科学院外籍院士
澳大利亚科学院院士

Dacheng Tao is Professor of Computer Science and ARC Laureate Fellow in the School of Computer Science and the Faculty of Engineering, and the Inaugural Director of the UBTECH Sydney Artificial Intelligence Centre, at The University of Sydney. His research results in Artificial Intelligence have expounded in one monograph and 200+ publications at prestigious journals and prominent conferences, such as IEEE TPAMI, IJCV, AIJ, with several best paper awards. He received the 2018 IEEE ICDM Research Contributions Award and the 2015 Australian Museum Scopus-Eureka prize.

陶大程是悉尼大学计算机科学学院和工程学院的教授，也是澳大利亚研究委员会杰出学者（ARC Laureate Fellow），并且是悉尼人工智能中心（UBTECH Sydney Artificial Intelligence Centre）的首任主任。他的人工智能研究成果已经在一本专著和200多篇发表在重要期刊和知名会议上，如IEEE TPAMI、IJCV、AIJ等的论文中得以详细阐述，并获得了数个最佳论文奖。他曾获得2018年IEEE ICDM研究贡献奖以及2015年澳大利亚博物馆Scopus-Eureka奖。

Prof Tan Eng Chye 陈永财

President of the National University of Singapore

新加坡国立大学校长

Tan Eng Chye was appointed President of the National University of Singapore (NUS) on 1 January 2018. He is the University’s 5th president, and the 23rd leader to head Singapore’s oldest higher education institution. Tan, who attended Raffles Institution (1974 to 1979), obtained his Bachelor in Mathematics (First Class Honours, 1985) at NUS and his PhD (1989) at Yale University. He joined NUS as a faculty member in the Department of Mathematics in 1985 as a Senior Tutor and has held visiting positions at various universities overseas.

陈永财于2018年1月1日被任命为新加坡国立大学（National University of Singapore，NUS）的校长。他是该大学的第五任校长，也是领导新加坡最古老高等教育机构的第23位领导者。谭荣枝在1974年至1979年就读于莱佛士初级学院（Raffles Institution），于新加坡国立大学获得数学学士学位（1985年，一等荣誉），并于耶鲁大学获得博士学位（1989年）。他于1985年加入新加坡国立大学，成为数学系的高级导师，并曾在海外的多个大学担任访问职位。

Hou Yameng 侯亚孟

The second generation of the Hou family, Proya Cosmetics

珀莱雅集团二代

Hou Yameng is the second generation of the Hou family who owns Proya Cosmetics. Since 2014, he has been working in the e-commerce department of Proya Cosmetics. He also serves as a supervisor at Hangzhou Yishan Design Co., Ltd. He is the son of Hou Juncheng and Fang Aiqin, the controlling shareholder and actual controller of the company.

侯亚孟是珀莱雅化妆品公司的侯家第二代。自2014年以来，他一直在珀莱雅化妆品公司的电子商务部门工作。侯亚孟先生系公司控股股东、实际控制人侯军呈先生、方爱琴女士的儿子。他还担任杭州易山设计有限公司的监事。

Daniel Teo 张东孝

Chairman of Hong How Group, Philanthropist, Collector and Founder of the Private Museum

煌孝集团（Hong How Group）主席，慈善家、收藏家及私人博物馆创始人

Daniel Teo is the chairman and managing director of Hong How Group, and a director of Tong Eng Group. Both firms are involved in various enterprises, ranging from investments to property development, in markets such as Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, the US, the UK, Sweden and Spain.

As a University of Melbourne alumnus with a Bachelor of Architecture (Honours) degree, Teo is a well-known figure in Singapore’s real estate and property circles. His leadership positions within the industry include president of the Real Estate Developers Association of Singapore, as well as world president of the International Real Estate Federation. He was also appointed honorary chairman of the Securities Investors Association Singapore in 2018.

Daniel Teo是Hong How Group的主席兼总经理，也是Tong Eng Group的董事。这两家公司涉足各种企业，从投资到房地产开发，在新加坡、马来西亚、澳大利亚、美国、英国、瑞典和西班牙等市场都有业务。

作为墨尔本大学校友，拥有建筑学学士（荣誉）学位，德奥在新加坡的房地产领域是知名人物。他在行业内的领导职务包括新加坡房地产开发商协会主席以及国际房地产联合会的世界主席。此外，他还在2018年被任命为新加坡证券投资者协会的荣誉主席。

Paulie Chu 朱梓宁

Chairman of Teng Lou Kim Fong Pharmaceutical Technology Group. The second generation of the Zhu family, Hopson Development

邓老金方药业科技集团董事长 合生创展朱家二代

Zhu Zining is the second generation of the Zhu family who owns Hopson Development. Hopson Development is one of the top five real estate developers in Guangdong Province, China. It was founded by the entrepreneur Zhu Mengyi in 1992 and was listed on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 1998. It is a large real estate group primarily focused on developing high-end and large-scale residential properties. Its main businesses include investment holding, property development, property investment, and property management.

朱梓宁是拥有广东和顺发展（Hopson Development）的朱家第二代。广东合生创展是中国广东省前五大房地产开发商之一，由企业家朱孟依于1992年创立，于1998年在香港联合交易所主板上市。它是一家主要专注于高端和大规模住宅房地产开发的大型房地产集团。其主要业务包括投资控股、房地产开发、房地产投资和房地产管理。

Shan Songxi 单颂曦

Founder of Allied Crown Technology Limited and Chairman of the China Young Entrepreneurs Alliance for Innovative Future

Allied Crown Technology Limited始创人，中国创变未来青年企业家联盟理事长

Born in Hong Kong, China in 1974, graduated from the University of Auckland, New Zealand in 1995, and obtained a master’s degree from Peking University in 2006. A member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Australia and New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants.

With 27 years of experience in investment, management, and operations, he has held positions in accounting firms, research enterprises, real estate companies, and investment enterprises. Since 2016, he has been involved in investment and management in the field of immersive entertainment. He is currently the founder of Allied Crown Technology Limited and also serves as the Chairman of the China Young Entrepreneurs Alliance for Innovation and Future.

During his tenure at the family company, Road King Infrastructure Limited (1098.HK) from 2006 to 2021, he led the acquisition of Shun Chi Property, which was the largest real estate M&A project in China at that time. He also led the acquisition of Holovis International Limited in the UK.

1974年于中国香港出生。1995年大学毕业于新西兰奥克兰大学，2006年硕士毕业于北京大学。

香港会计师公会、澳纽会计师公会成员。

27年投资、管理、运营经验，曾在会计师事务所、科研企业、房地产企业、投资企业任职，自2016年起参与实景娱乐的投资与管理。目前是Allied Crown Technology Limited始创人，也是中国创变未来青年企业家联盟现任的理事长。

于家族企业，路劲基建有限公司（1098.HK）工作期间（2006-2021），曾主导路劲基建收购顺驰地产，该收购为其时国内最大宗房地产并购项目。同时也主导收购英国Holovis  International Limited。

Basma Alzamil

Al Zamil family of Saudi Arabia

沙特阿拉伯Al Zamil家族成员

Basma Alzamil is a member of the Zamil family of Saudi Arabia. She is General Manager Human Resources at Zamil Group Holding Company. Her main role is to develop younger generations of the Zamil Family and to lead and expand the family business by designing a comprehensive plan for a smooth transition of leadership, ownership, and governance. In addition, she serves on the boards and committees of several organizations and presented at more than ten conferences and forums on Family Business Governance.

Basma Alzamil是沙特阿拉伯Zamil家族的成员，她担任Zamil集团控股公司的人力资源总经理。她的主要职责是培养Zamil家族的年轻一代，并通过设计全面的计划，确保领导、所有权和治理的平稳过渡，从而领导和扩展家族企业。此外，她还在多个组织的董事会和委员会任职，并在十多个家族企业治理相关的会议和论坛上发表演讲。

Laurence Lien 连宗诚

Co-founder and founding CEO of the Asia Philanthropy Circle

亚洲慈善协会（Asia Philanthropy Circle）联合创始人、创始CEO

Laurence Lien is the Co-founder and founding CEO of the Asia Philanthropy Circle. He is also the Chairman of Lien Foundation, a family foundation established in 1980, that has become well-regarded for its forward-thinking and radical approach in the fields of education, eldercare and the environment, as well as the Chairman of Lien AID, the foundation’s humanitarian arm.

Laurence Lien是亚洲慈善圈（Asia Philanthropy Circle）的联合创始人和首席执行官。他还是Lien Foundation的主席，这是一家成立于1980年的家族基金会，以其在教育、老年护理和环境领域的前瞻性和激进方法而闻名，同时也是该基金会人道主义部门Lien AID的主席。

Abdulla Al Gurg

Executive Chairman, Abdulla Al Gurg Global Investments, UAE

Abdulla Al Gurg 阿联酋Abdulla Al Gurg Global Investments公司执行主席

Abdulla Al Gurg is an accomplished business leader with over two decades of experience, chairs of Abdulla Al Gurg Global Investments (AGGI) in Dubai, UAE, and serves as CEO of Easa Saleh Al Gurg Private Investments. He is also a Board Member at the National Bank of Fujairah. Coming from a prominent UAE business family, Abdulla pursued his interest in entrepreneurship from a young age. After obtaining a master’s degree in business management, he began his career at Dubai Holding. In 2020, he founded AGGI, which has since seen substantial growth in diverse sectors globally. In 2022, he established The Omère Foundation and The Omère Institute, focusing on cutting-edge medical research. Besides his business ventures, Abdulla is an avid painter and collector of fine art, and he is renowned for his philanthropic efforts. His strategic acumen and extensive experience make him a formidable presence in the business world.

Abdulla Al Gurg是一位经验丰富的商业领袖，拥有超过两十年的经验。他是阿联酋迪拜的阿卜杜拉·阿尔古尔格全球投资公司（AGGI）的主席，同时担任伊萨·赛赫·阿尔古尔格私人投资公司的首席执行官。他还是富贾伊拉国立银行（National Bank of Fujairah）的董事会成员。作为一个来自杰出的阿联酋商业家庭的成员，阿卜杜拉从年轻时就追求创业兴趣。在获得工商管理硕士学位后，他开始了自己的职业生涯，最初在迪拜控股（Dubai Holding）工作。在2020年，他创立了AGGI，该公司在全球各个领域取得了显著的增长。在2022年，他成立了Omère基金会（The Omère Foundation）和Omère研究院（The Omère Institute），专注于前沿医学研究。除了他的商业投资，阿卜杜拉是一位热衷于绘画和收藏艺术品的人，他以慈善事业而闻名。他的战略智慧和丰富的经验使他成为商界中的杰出人物。

Merle A Hinrich

Founder and Executive Chairman of Global Sources, the Chairman of the Hinrich Foundation.

Merle A Hinrich Global Sources创始人兼执行主席，Hinrich基金会主席

Merle A. Hinrich is Founder and Executive Chairman of Global Sources, Asia’s leading business-to-business media company focused on global trade. He founded the company in 1970 with the firm conviction that free and mutually beneficial trade between East and West would help drive global economic prosperity, and ultimately, world peace. Extending his lifetime work with Global Sources, Mr. Hinrich founded the Hinrich Foundation, an independent philanthropic organization established for the charitable purpose of promoting sustainable global trade. The Foundation aims to encourage the private sector and governments to drive innovation and competitiveness in trade-related activities undertaken by individuals, companies, industries and countries by focusing on three programmatic areas: international trade policy research, trade related education & training and export led job creation.

Merle A. Hinrich是Global Sources的创始人兼执行主席，这是亚洲领先的以全球贸易为焦点的企业对企业媒体公司。他于1970年创立了这家公司，并坚信东西方之间的自由和互利贸易将有助于推动全球经济繁荣，最终实现世界和平。除了他在Global Sources的终身工作，Hinrich先生创立了Hinrich Foundation，这是一个独立的慈善组织，旨在促进可持续的全球贸易。该基金会旨在鼓励私营部门和政府通过专注于三个项目领域：国际贸易政策研究、与贸易相关的教育与培训，以及出口导向的就业创造，来推动个人、公司、产业和国家的贸易相关活动的创新和竞争力。

Drayton McLane Jr.

Chairman of McLane Group

McLane Group董事长

Drayton McLane Jr. is an American billionaire businessman. He is Chairman of McLane Group, a holding company with a portfolio of various diverse enterprises. He was, until 1990, the CEO of the McLane Company, a grocery and food service warehouse, supply, and logistics firm, and was, from 1993 until 2011, the chairman and CEO of Major League Baseball’s Houston Astros. As of October 2021, his net worth was estimated at US $2.9 billion.

Drayton McLane Jr.是美国亿万富翁商人。他是McLane Group的董事长，该公司拥有多样化企业组合。直到1990年，他担任McLane Company的首席执行官，这是一家提供杂货和食品服务的仓储、供应和物流公司。从1993年到2011年，他还担任美国职业棒球大联盟休斯顿太空人队的主席兼首席执行官。截至2021年10月，他的净资产估计为29亿美元。

Berry Liberman

Co-founder and Creative Director of Small Giants, Liberman Family representative of Australia.

Berry Liberman, Small Giants的联合创始人及创意总监，澳大利亚Liberman家族代表

Berry Liberman is a pioneering impact investor, businesswoman, philanthropist, storyteller and filmmaker. With one of the most recognisable family names in Australian business circles, Berry is using her financial capital to make a positive impact in the world. She does this in service to future generations. Her family office, Small Giants, is one of only a small handful across the globe whose sole interest is 100% impact investing. The family’s investments span all sectors and prove that impact investing can achieve both profit and purpose, creating meaningful change on a global scale. Berry is an accomplished speaker, thought-leader and creative spirit whose curiosity and intelligence is as sharp as her heart is big. She has interviewed hundreds of the world’s most influential thinkers, business leaders and change makers.

Berry Liberman是一位开创性的影响投资者、女商人、慈善家、叙事者和电影制片人。在澳大利亚商界拥有最为知名的家族姓氏之一，贝瑞正在利用她的财务资本来对世界产生积极影响。她这样做是为了服务未来的世代。她的家族办公室Small Giants是全球仅有极少数以100%影响投资为唯一兴趣的家族办公室。家族的投资跨足各个领域，证明了影响投资可以实现利润和目的的双赢，从而在全球范围内创造有意义的变革。贝瑞是一位杰出的演讲者、思想领袖和富有创造力的灵魂，她的好奇心和智慧与她的仁爱一样深刻。她曾采访了数百位世界上最具影响力的思想家、商业领袖和变革者。

Stefan Messer

Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Messer Group

梅塞尔集团监事会主席

Stefan Messer is the dynamic leader of Messer Group, a global industrial gas company with a legacy spanning over 120 years. As the third-generation owner, he has steered the company towards innovation and sustainability, solidifying its position as a market leader in the industrial gasses sector. Mr. Messer had been appointed as CEO of Messer Group from 2004-2023. He stepped out as CEO and now works as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Messer Group. Stefan’s visionary approach has led to the expansion of Messer’s operations across continents, fostering partnerships with diverse industries. Beyond the boardroom, Stefan is recognized for his commitment to corporate social responsibility, actively contributing to communities through various philanthropic initiatives.

Stefan Messer是Messer集团的领导者，这是一家拥有超过120年历史的全球工业气体公司。作为第三代业主，他引领公司朝着创新和可持续发展的方向发展，巩固了其在工业气体领域的市场领先地位。Mr. Messer曾在2004年至2023年期间担任Messer集团的首席执行官。他后来辞去了首席执行官职务，现在担任Messer集团监事会主席。Stefan的远见卓识的方法促使了Messer在不同洲际扩展业务，促进了与各种行业的合作伙伴关系。除了在董事会内的工作，Stefan因他对企业社会责任的承诺而备受认可，通过各种慈善倡议积极为社区做出贡献。

Nikki Kemp

Independent Chair, Zagga ESG Advisory Committee, Former Lead of World Economic Forum’s ‘Sustainable Development Investment Partnership’ in ASEAN

Zagga ESG 咨询委员会独立主席，世界经济论坛东盟 “可持续发展投资伙伴关系”前负责人

Currently leading the World Economic Forum’s Sustainable Development Investment Partnership in ASEAN, Nikki engages public and private sector actors to engage and act on creating the conditions for capital to flow to sustainable development.

This transformative impact agenda draws on Nikki’s decades of experience across corporate and institutional banking in Australia, UK and Asia Pacific with HSBC and ANZ, independent sustainable finance consultancy in Asia Pacific, and having co-founded an energy efficiency fintech.

Nikki has also served on various Not-For-Profit boards and committees for sustainability and social development agendas for children and youth.

目前，Nikki正领导着世界经济论坛在东南亚地区的可持续发展投资合作伙伴关系，她积极促使公共和私营部门参与，采取行动，创造资本流向可持续发展的条件。

这一具有变革性影响的议程依托尼基在澳大利亚、英国和亚太地区的汇丰银行和澳新银行的企业和机构银行业务经验，以及在亚太地区的可持续金融咨询工作，还有共同创立一家能源效率金融科技公司的经验。

Nikki还曾在多个非营利组织董事会和委员会上工作，致力于儿童和青年的可持续发展议程。

Alister Punton

Founder and CEO of Storylines

Storylines 创始人兼首席执行官

Alister is Founder and CEO of Storylines. He has two decades of experience in the property, construction and technology sectors, developing businesses and solutions for global markets. He has developed a fully integrated SaaS property product, as well as run an international construction import business in China. Alister is a founding board member for Prepared For Life: a driver and road safety charity for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Alister Punton是Storylines的创始人兼首席执行官。他在房地产、建筑和技术领域拥有20年的经验，为全球市场开发业务和解决方案。他开发了一款全面集成的SaaS房地产产品，并经营过在中国的国际建筑进口业务。Alister还是“Prepared For Life”的创始董事会成员，该组织是一个为来自不利背景的年轻人提供驾驶和道路安全支持的慈善机构。

Lee Kai-Fu 李开复

Chairman & CEO of Sinovation Ventures, Chairman & CEO of 01.ai

创新工场, 01.ai董事长兼首席执行官

Dr. Kai-Fu Lee is a globally renowned pioneer and leader in the field of artificial intelligence. His illustrious career began at Apple, SGI, and Microsoft, and in 2005, he joined Google to establish Google China. In 2009, he founded Sinovation Ventures, focusing on nurturing China’s tech startups. As Chairman & CEO of Sinovation Ventures, Dr. Lee is heavily invested in cutting-edge technology fields such as AI, cultivating the next generation of innovators and leaders. He also serves as the Chairman & CEO of 01.ai, continuing to advance the progress and application of AI in the industry.

李开复博士是一位在全球科技界享有盛誉的人工智能先锋和领导者。他的职业生涯始于苹果、SGI和微软，并在2005年加入谷歌，成立谷歌中国。2009年，他创立了创新工场，专注于推动中国初创科技企业的发展。作为创新工场董事长兼首席执行官，李博士积极投资于人工智能等前沿技术领域，致力于培育下一代创新者和领导者。他还担任01.ai的董事长兼首席执行官，继续在人工智能行业中推动技术进步与应用。

Shirley Pan 潘江雪

Founder and Chairman of Adream Foundation

真爱梦想基金会创始人，主席

Shirley Pan is the Founder and Chairwoman of Adream Foundation. She is also a member of the 13th Shanghai Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). Shirley received her Master’s Degree from the Central University of Finance and Economics. She served as a senior executive at various financial institutions and corporate institutions in China. In 2007 Shirley founded Adream to realize equal access to quality education and facilitate social progress. She adopted business management methods and tools to improve the efficiency of the foundation. Under her leadership, Adream Foundation has become a major actor in China’s education and charity sector.

潘江雪是梦想基金会的创始人兼主席。她还是第十三届上海市政协委员。潘江雪毕业于中央财经大学，获得硕士学位。她曾在中国的各种金融机构和企业机构担任高级管理职务。2007年，潘江雪创办了上海真爱梦想公益基金，旨在实现平等获得高质量教育，并推动社会进步。她采用了商业管理方法和工具，以提高基金会的效率。在她的领导下，上海真爱梦想公益基金已成为中国教育和慈善领域的主要参与者。

Matthew Song

Executive Director, SGX

新加坡交易所全球业务发起和拓展部资本市场主管

Executive Director, Capital Markets Head, Global Business Origination and Development, Singapore Exchange (SGX)

Matthew Song serves as the Executive Director at the Singapore Exchange (SGX), where he plays a key role in capital markets. His responsibilities include leading the capital market sector, focusing on global business origination and development. In this role, Song is instrumental in shaping strategies that drive the growth and expansion of SGX in the global market, ensuring its prominence and competitiveness in the international financial landscape.

宋明达担任新加坡交易所（SGX）的执行董事，主要负责资本市场领域。他的工作重点是领导资本市场部门，专注于全球业务的发起和拓展。在这一角色中，宋明达在制定推动新加坡交易所在全球市场增长和扩张的战略方面发挥着重要作用，确保其在国际金融领域的突出性和竞争力。

Kevin K.M.Ho

CEO of Century City Holdings Limited

香港鹰君集团家办CEO

KELVIN K.M. Ho is the CEO of Century City Holdings Limited, a distinguished company with a significant presence in the corporate world. As CEO, Ho is renowned for his strategic leadership and innovative approach to business, guiding Century City Holdings through various ventures and expansions. His role involves overseeing the company’s overall operations, financial performance, and strategic direction, ensuring sustained growth and success in their business endeavors.

KELVIN K.M. Ho 是香港鹰君集团家办的首席执行官，该集团是企业界中一个杰出的公司。作为首席执行官，Kevin以其战略领导力和创新的商业方法而闻名，引导鹰君集团家办通过各种投资和扩张。他的角色包括监督公司的整体运营、财务表现和战略方向，确保其商业努力的持续增长和成功。

Gibran Huzaifah Amsi El Farizy

Founder and CEO of eFishery

eFishery的创始人和首席执行官

Gibran Huzaifah Amsi El Farizy is the founder and CEO of eFishery, which builds solutions such as an automatic feeder to help local seafood farmers improve their yields and productivity. As a fish farmer-turned-agriculture tech entrepreneur, he is revolutionizing the relatively untapped $9.4 billion-valued Indonesian aquaculture market. Huzaifah believes disruption in the agriculture sector through technology will play a massive part in addressing what is set to be one of the 21st century’s biggest challenges: famine. He was listed as 30 Under 30 – Asia – Industry, Manufacturing & Energy in 2017.

Gibran Huzaifah Amsi El Farizy是eFishery的创始人兼首席执行官，该公司提供解决方案，如自动饲料器，帮助当地水产养殖户提高产量和生产力。作为一名从事养鱼业转型为农业科技企业家，他正在革新印尼价值94亿美元的饲养业市场，这个市场迄今相对未被充分开发。Huzaifah相信，通过技术在农业领域引发的颠覆性变革将在解决21世纪最大挑战之一：饥荒方面发挥重要作用。他曾入选2017年《福布斯》“亚洲30位30岁以下杰出青年 – 工业、制造与能源”榜单。

Adrian Chui 徐伟贤

CEO of ESR-Logos Reits

首席執行官兼執行董事，ESR乐高房地产投资信托

Mr. Chui joined the Manager in March 2017 as CEO and Executive Director. He reports to the Board and is responsible for achieving ESR-LOGOS REIT’s fiduciary duties to Unitholders as well as managing major stakeholder relationships. His key responsibilities include setting the strategic objectives for ESR-LOGOS REIT alongside the Board as well as driving the overall business plan execution with the support of the management team.

Mr. Chui has more than 20 years of extensive real estate experience, across property investments and divestments, funds management and structuring, capital markets, acquisition financing, mergers and acquisitions, and fundraising (across debt, equity-linked and equity). He was the pioneer in leading and structuring Singapore’s first ever REIT merger in 2018.

Mr. Chui于2017年3月加入ESR-LOGOS REIT管理公司，担任首席执行官和执行董事。他向董事会汇报，并负责履行ESR-LOGOS REIT对持有人的信托责任，以及管理主要持有人关系。他的主要职责包括与董事会一起制定ESR-LOGOS REIT的战略目标，以及在管理团队的支持下推动整体业务计划的执行。Chui先生拥有超过20年的广泛房地产经验，涵盖房地产投资和出售、基金管理和结构化、资本市场、收购融资和并购，以及筹资（包括债务、股权关联和股权方面）。他是2018年领导并结构新加坡首次REIT合并的先锋。

Louis Lim 林儒毅

CEO of Real Estate, Keppel

吉宝企业城市发展首席执行官

Mr Lim was previously Director of Group Strategy & Development at Keppel Corporation, where he was responsible for Keppel’s corporate strategy and worked with Keppel’s business units on their strategic priorities. He was concurrently Managing Director of Keppel Technology and Innovation, a change agent and innovation catalyst for the Keppel Group which aims to transform how Keppel harnesses technology and innovation to create value for stakeholders.

Prior to joining the Keppel Group in 2016, Mr Lim was a Partner with Bain & Company where he led the firm’s Consumer Products & Retail as well as Organisation practices in Southeast Asia. He began his career with the firm in 1997, working across Bain’s Southeast Asia, as well as Melbourne, San Francisco and Tokyo offices, on projects that spanned from Papua New Guinea to Nigeria. Mr Lim’s leadership roles at Bain included heading Human Resources and Recruiting for Southeast Asia.

Lim先生此前担任凯宝集团战略与发展董事总经理，负责制定凯宝的企业战略，并与凯宝各业务部门合作，推动其战略重点。他还同时担任凯宝技术与创新的董事总经理，该部门旨在成为凯宝集团的变革和创新催化剂，旨在通过技术和创新为利益相关方创造价值。 在2016年加入凯宝集团之前，Lim先生曾是贝恩公司的合伙人，负责东南亚的消费品和零售业务，以及组织实践。他在1997年开始了在该公司的职业生涯，在跨足从巴布亚新几内亚到尼日利亚的项目的贝恩的东南亚、墨尔本、旧金山和东京办公室工作。Lim先生在贝恩公司的领导职务包括领导东南亚地区的人力资源和招聘。

Eric Poon

Alliance For Good Consultant, Executive Vice Chairman of Asia Family Office Association

星岛善萌顾问 亚洲家族办公室协会常务副主席

Eric Poon serves as a consultant for Alliance For Good, where he applies his expertise to advise and guide philanthropic endeavors. He also holds the significant position of Executive Vice Chairman at the Asia Family Office Association, an organization dedicated to supporting the interests and operations of family offices across Asia. His role involves shaping strategies and policies that enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of family offices, fostering a network that supports wealth management, succession planning, and philanthropic activities in the region.

Eric Poon作为星岛善萌的顾问，运用他的专业知识为慈善事业提供咨询和指导。他还担任亚洲家族办公室协会的常务副主席，这是一个致力于支持亚洲家族办公室利益和运营的组织。他的角色包括制定策略和政策，以提高家族办公室的效率和效果，促进一个支持财富管理、继承规划和区域内慈善活动的网络。

Vishal Harishchandra Kewalramani

Founder of Ocean Fintech

Ocean Fintech 创始人

Vishal Harishchandra Kewalramani is the founder of Ocean Fintech, a company at the forefront of financial technology innovation. His vision and entrepreneurial spirit have been key in establishing Ocean Fintech as a leading player in the fintech space, driving advancements in digital finance and offering cutting-edge solutions to modern financial challenges. His expertise in technology and finance has enabled him to create a platform that not only innovates but also simplifies and secures financial transactions for users globally.

Vishal Harishchandra Kewalramani 是Ocean Fintech的创始人，该公司是金融技术创新的前沿力量。他的愿景和创业精神在将Ocean Fintech建立为金融科技领域的领先者方面起到了关键作用，推动数字金融的进步，并为现代金融挑战提供尖端解决方案。他在技术和金融领域的专长使他能够创建一个不仅创新，而且简化和保护全球用户金融交易的平台。

Ankur Mehrotra

Group President of JULO

JULO 集团总裁

Ankur has over 16 years of experience in the finance and banking industries. He started his career at the IMF in Washington D.C. in 2002, and moved to Asia in 2008 with Standard Chartered Bank where he worked in the Origination, Structured Finance & Structured Product sales teams. In 2012, he launched his own start-up, which was based in Singapore and later expanded to Indonesia.

Ankur在金融和银行业拥有超过16年的经验。他于2002年在华盛顿特区的国际货币基金组织（IMF）开始职业生涯，然后于2008年加入渣打银行，担任结构融资和结构化产品销售团队的职务。2012年，他创立了自己的初创公司，总部位于新加坡，后来扩展到印度尼西亚。

Elizabeth Rossiello

CEO and founder of global payments and FX fintech AZA Finance in South Africa

南非全球支付和外汇金融科技公司 AZA Finance 的首席执行官和创始人

Elizabeth is the CEO and founder of AZA, an established provider of currency trading solutions which accelerate global access to frontier markets through an innovative infrastructure. By leveraging cutting edge technology in our flagship products, TransferZero and BFX, AZA is able to significantly lower the cost and increase the speed of business payments to and from frontier markets. AZA is now a market-maker in every major African currency and facilitates payments into G20 currencies directly.

Elizabeth是AZA的首席执行官和创始人，该公司提供加速全球进入新兴市场的货币交易解决方案。通过利用旗舰产品TransferZero和BFX中的尖端技术，AZA能够显着降低向新兴市场的业务付款和来自新兴市场的业务付款的成本，提高速度。AZA现在是每个主要非洲货币的市场制造商，直接促进了对G20货币的支付。

Jessie Wang 王乐茵

CEO of Yihai

怡海教育集团理事长

Jessie Wang is the Chief Executive Officer of Yihai, a group known for its influential role in the educational sector. As CEO, Wang steers the organization with a focus on delivering high-quality educational services and nurturing the development of students. Under her leadership, Yihai has committed to fostering an environment where learning thrives, and students are empowered to reach their full potential.

王乐茵女士是怡海教育集团的理事长，该集团在教育领域扮演着重要角色。作为理事长，王女士致力于提供高质量的教育服务，促进学生的全面发展。在她的领导下，怡海教育集团致力于营造一个学习蓬勃发展的环境，并赋予学生实现他们全部潜能的力量。

Suzanne Heywood

COO of Exor and Executive Chair of CNHi and IVECO

Exor（意大利阿涅利家族办公室）首席运营官，CNHi和IVECO的执行董事会主席

Suzanne Heywood serves as the Chief Operating Officer at Exor, the investment arm of Italy’s esteemed Agnelli family. Her role is pivotal in steering the company’s global investments and operations. In addition, she holds the position of Executive Chair of CNHi (Case New Holland Industrial), one of the world’s largest capital goods companies, and IVECO, a leader in the manufacturing of commercial vehicles. Her leadership is marked by a strategic vision that drives innovation and growth within these industrial giants.

Suzanne Heywood女士是Exor的首席运营官，Exor是意大利著名的阿涅利家族的投资公司。她在引领公司全球投资和运营方面扮演着核心角色。同时，她也是世界上最大的资本货物公司之一CNHi（Case New Holland Industrial）和商用车制造领导者IVECO的执行董事会主席。她以战略视野为标志，推动这些工业巨头的创新和增长。

Geoffrey Yu

Founding Board Advisor to Alliance for Good, Former Deputy Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization.

星岛善萌创始董事顾问，前世界知识产权组织副总干事

Founding Board Advisor to Alliance for Good, Former Deputy Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization

Geoffrey Yu is recognized for his pivotal role as the Founding Board Advisor to Alliance for Good, where he applies his vast experience to guide philanthropic initiatives. His distinguished career also includes serving as the Former Deputy Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), where he was instrumental in shaping global policies on intellectual property. His expertise in international law and intellectual property rights has contributed to the advancement of global IP standards and practices.

Geoffrey Yu 作为星岛善萌的创始董事顾问，凭借其丰富的经验指导慈善事业的发展。他的杰出职业生涯还包括担任前世界知识产权组织（WIPO）副总干事，在塑造全球知识产权政策方面发挥了重要作用。他在国际法和知识产权领域的专业知识，推动了全球知识产权标准和实践的进步。

Ms Lynette Pang 冯素玲

Deputy Chief Executive. National Arts Council

国家艺术理事会副理事长

Lynette Pang is the Deputy CEO at the National Arts Council, which champions the arts in Singapore by nurturing creative excellence, industry development and audience engagement & growth. Prior to NAC, Lynette was Assistant Chief Executive, Marketing Group at the Singapore Tourism Board, where she was responsible for building the Singapore destination brand globally. She helmed international marketing efforts, oversaw corporate communications and global strategic marketing partnerships. Her career at STB included helming the arts, entertainment, sports and F1 portfolios. Before joining the public sector, Lynette was in the commercial world coming from the media, arts and entertainment industries.

Lynette Pang是新加坡国家艺术理事会的副首席执行官，该理事会致力于培养创意卓越、发展行业和吸引观众，促进新加坡的艺术事业。在加入NAC之前，Lynette曾担任新加坡旅游局的市场部副首席执行官，负责在全球范围内建立新加坡的目的地品牌。她领导了国际市场营销工作，监督了企业传播和全球战略市场合作伙伴关系。她在STB的职业生涯还包括负责艺术、娱乐、体育和F1项目。在加入公共部门之前，Lynette来自媒体、艺术和娱乐行业的商业领域。

Willa Dong 董炜

Founder of “Highlight Art” / Independent Curator/ Producer of Documentary

“海莱艺术”创始人/独立策展人/影视制片人

Mrs. Willa has been working in the field of modern and contemporary art for more than 20 years and is the most senior first-generation art market consultant in China.

She has successively established and operated physical galleries in Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen and Singapore;

Accumulated a wide range of resources among artists, collectors and industry colleagues;

Have rich and outstanding academic achievements and art collection experience;

Currently living in Singapore, Shanghai, and Los Angeles.

Willa女士在现当代艺术领域从业20余年，是中国最资深的第一代艺术市场顾问专家。

先后在上海、北京、深圳、新加坡创建并经营实体画廊；

积累了广泛的艺术家、收藏家与业界同仁资源；

有丰富卓越的学术建树与艺术品收藏经验；

现居住在新加坡、上海、洛杉矶。

Chris Zheng 郑炜霖

Director Intl. Market Development, Director of Qinghai Spring Medical Resources Technology

青海春天药用资源科技股份有限公司海外拓展部总监

Chris Zheng serves as the Director of International Market Development at Qinghai Spring Medical Resources Technology, a company specializing in the development and application of medical resources. In his role, Chris Zheng is responsible for leading the company’s expansion and strategic partnerships internationally, bringing their innovative healthcare solutions to global markets. His expertise in navigating diverse markets and forging strategic alliances underpins the company’s efforts to broaden its international reach and impact in the healthcare sector.

郑炜霖担任青海春天药用资源科技股份有限公司海外拓展部总监，该公司专注于医药资源的开发与应用。在他的领导下，郑炜霖负责带领公司在国际市场的扩张和战略合作伙伴关系的建立，将他们的创新医疗解决方案推向全球市场。他在不同市场的导航能力和建立战略联盟的专长是公司拓宽国际影响力和在医疗行业中影响力的基石。

Joie Lim 林静仪

Head of Great Eastern Affluent & HNW Business Management Department

大东方富裕及高净值业务管理部负责人

Head of Great Eastern Affluent & HNW Business Management Department

Joie Lim leads the Affluent & High Net Worth (HNW) Business Management Department at Great Eastern, a prominent insurance and wealth management company in Asia. In her role, she oversees the strategic direction and growth of services tailored for affluent and high-net-worth individuals, ensuring that the company’s offerings align with the unique needs and aspirations of this client segment. Her expertise in wealth management and client relations positions her at the forefront of driving excellence in service and innovative financial solutions.

林静仪女士是大东方保险及财富管理公司富裕及高净值(HNW)业务管理部的负责人，该公司是亚洲知名的保险和财富管理公司。在她的领导下，该部门负责为富裕和高净值个人定制的服务的战略方向和增长，确保公司的产品和服务能够满足这一客户群的独特需求和期望。她在财富管理和客户关系方面的专业知识使她成为推动服务卓越和创新金融解决方案的先锋。

Jonathan Siddharth

CEO and Co-Founder of Turing

图灵首席执行官兼联合创始人

Jonathan Siddharth is the CEO and Co-Founder of Turing, the world’s first AI-powered tech services company. Under his leadership, Turing introduced the Talent Cloud in 2018, connecting clients with highly vetted developers worldwide. The company now boasts over two million developers across 150 countries, serving 400+ clients, including Disney, Pepsi, and Volvo. Turing recently completed a private fundraising round, valuing the company at $1.1 billion. Siddharth is also an investor and advisor at StartX, a Stanford-affiliated startup accelerator. Prior to Turing, he was an Entrepreneur in Residence at Foundation Capital, served as CEO and Co-Founder of Rover, and sat on Quora’s board. Siddharth holds a master’s degree in computer science from Stanford University, focusing on applying Machine Learning to Web Search.

乔纳森·西达斯是图灵的首席执行官兼联合创始人这是全球首家人工智能技术服务公司。在他的领导下，Turing于2018年推出了Talent Cloud，将客户与全球范围内经过严格审核的开发人员联系在一起。该公司如今拥有来自150个国家的超过两百万名开发人员，为包括迪士尼、百事可乐和沃尔沃在内的400多名客户提供服务。Turing最近完成了一轮私募融资，公司估值达到了11亿美元。西达斯还是StartX的投资人和顾问，这是与斯坦福大学相关的初创企业加速器。在加入Turing之前，他曾担任Foundation Capital的创业者驻地，曾担任Rover的首席执行官和联合创始人，并担任Quora的董事。西达斯持有斯坦福大学计算机科学硕士学位，研究重点是将机器学习应用于网络搜索。

Ravindran Ramasamy

Partner of CNPLaw and a former Member of Parliament of Singapore

CNPLaw 合伙人，新加坡前国会议员

Ravi has 37 years of legal experience. He is in the firm’s Dispute Resolution team and handles both civil and criminal work. He specializes in corporate advisory and corporate and criminal litigation work. He provides legal advice to directors and CEOs on laws and rules relating to directors’ duties and corporate governance. He has a wealth of experience in advising local and regional companies on investment agreements, joint ventures, and corporate structures. He also advises many companies on fraud and due diligence measures to adopt in investments and overseas business development.

Ravi was a former Member of Parliament and has held appointments such as the Chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Defence and Foreign Affairs and Deputy Chairman of GPC for Home Affairs and Law.

Ravi拥有37年的法律经验。他在该公司的争议解决团队工作，处理民事和刑事案件。他专门从事企业咨询和公司以及刑事诉讼工作。他为董事和首席执行官提供有关董事职责和公司治理的法律建议。他在为本地和区域公司提供有关投资协议、合资企业和公司结构的建议方面拥有丰富的经验。他还为许多公司提供有关投资和海外业务发展中应采取的欺诈和尽职调查措施的建议。

Ravi曾担任国会议员，并曾担任国防和外交事务政府议会委员会主席以及内政和法律政府议会委员会副主席等职务。

Ambassador Ong Keng Yong 王景莱大使

Executive Deputy Chairman of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) at het Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, 11th secretary-general of ASEAN

新加坡南洋理工大学 拉惹勒南国际关系学院常务副主席，东盟第11任秘书长

Ong Keng Yong is a Singaporean diplomat who served as the 11th secretary-general of ASEAN between 2003 and 2007. He is currently the Executive Deputy Chairman of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) at the Nanyang Technological University. He is concurrently Director of the Institute of Defense and Strategic Studies (IDSS) and Head of International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research (ICPVTR) at RSIS.

王景莱是新加坡外交家，曾在2003年至2007年担任东盟第11届秘书长。他目前担任新加坡南洋理工大学拉惹勒南国际研究学院（RSIS）的执行副主席。他同时还是国际防务与战略研究学院（IDSS）的主任，以及RSIS的国际政治暴力与恐怖主义研究中心（ICPVTR）的负责人。

Han Chung Heng

Senior Vice President, Oracle Asia Pacific and Japan

甲骨文亚太及日本高级副总裁

Han is Senior Vice-President for Oracle Asia Pacific and Japan, responsible for the hardware and engineered systems business, which includes, systems, storage, and appliances. Most recently, Han’s role has been expanded to cover the Alliances, Channels, and ISV organization. He is a veteran of the IT industry with more than 28 years of experience.

As an innovative thought leader, Han is constantly finding new ideas and ways for his business to be future-ready for growth. He is passionate about transformational technologies such as AI, machine learning, and blockchain; sustainable development and green IT; and the future of work and digital transformation.

Prior to joining Oracle, Han was Vice President of the IBM server solution group for Asia Pacific. In this role, he was responsible for sales management, driving revenue, profit, and loss for IBM’s high-end server portfolio including its Power Systems and mainframe offerings.

Han是甲骨文亚太和日本地区的高级副总裁，负责硬件和工程系统业务，其中包括系统、存储和设备。最近，Han的职责已扩展到包括联盟、渠道和独立软件供应商组织。他是IT行业的资深人士，拥有超过28年的经验。

作为创新的思想领袖，Han不断寻找新的思路和方法，使他的业务能够迎接未来的增长机遇。他热衷于变革性技术，如人工智能、机器学习和区块链；可持续发展和绿色信息技术；以及未来工作和数字化转型。

在加入甲骨文之前，Han曾担任IBM亚太地区服务器解决方案部门的副总裁。在这个职务中，他负责销售管理，推动IBM高端服务器产品组合的收入、利润和亏损，包括Power Systems和大型机产品。

Michael Lim 林俊龙

CEO, Royal Healthcare, Former Member of Parliament

皇家医疗集团首席执行官，前新加坡国会议员

Dr. Michael Lim is an internationally renowned Interventional cardiologist with extensive experience in computerized tomography (CT) imaging of the heart and is also one of the pioneers of using magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of heart arteries in place of invasive tests. He graduated from National University of Singapore in 1984 and went on to complete his Masters in Medicine in Singapore and his membership exams for the Royal College of Physicians in United Kingdom (UK). He was in the pioneer group of doctors who formed the Cardiac department in National University Hospital when it was first established in 1989. He was the first cardiologist in Singapore to be sent for a fellowship in interventional radiology/cardiology in the USA.

林俊龙是国际知名的介入心脏病专家，拥有丰富的心脏计算机断层扫描（CT）成像经验，也是磁共振（MR）心脏动脉成像的先驱之一，用于替代侵入性检查。他于1984年毕业于新加坡国立大学，随后在新加坡完成了医学硕士学位，并通过了英国皇家内科医师学院的会员考试。1989年，他是第一批在新加坡国立大学医院成立时组建心脏科的医生之一。他也是新加坡第一位被派往美国进行介入性放射学/心脏病学专业进修的心脏病专家。

Tirelo Molotlegi

Her Majesty the Princess of the Royal Bafokeng Nation

Tirelo Molotlegi Royal Bafokeng Nation 公主

Her Majesty the Princess Tirelo Molotlegi is the princess of the Royal Family of South Africa. She is the youngest child of Kgosi Edward Patrick Lebone II and Queen Mother Semane Bonolo Molotlegi. Princess Tirelo has over 15 years’ experience in both the hospitality industry (spanning the Michelangelo, Hyatt International, private functions to mention a few) and project management, leading large teams and providing strategic counsel on major projects.

Tirelo Molotlegi是南非王室家族的亲王夫人。她是Kgosi Edward Patrick Lebone II和女王母亲Semane Bonolo Molotlegi的幼子。Tirelo亲王夫人在酒店业（包括米开朗基罗酒店、凯悦国际等）、私人活动等领域以及项目管理方面拥有超过15年的经验，领导大型团队并在重大项目上提供战略建议。

Ben Zhou
周峰

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Bybit

Bybit联合创始人兼首席执行官

Ben Zhou is the Co-Founder and CEO of Bybit, a cryptocurrency derivatives exchange headquartered in Singapore.

After having spent his teenage years in New Zealand and going to university in the United States, Zhou returned to China and was the general manager for the Greater China region for Forex brokers XM for seven years, before co-founding Bybit in early 2018. With the motto “we listen, we care, we improve”, Bybit was founded with the goal of raising the bar for crypto derivative exchanges and providing the best possible trading experience. Offering perpetual contracts, the platform is equipped with the capacity of handling 100,000 TPS, which equates to one match taking 10 microseconds. With platform updates applied through hot patch and grey release, Bybit also has no server downtime. In addition, Bybit offers 24/7 live chat customer support, available in English, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.

Vishal Doshi

AUM Biosciences, Founder and CEO

AUM Biosciences创始人，首席执行官

Vishal Doshi is the Founder of AUM Biosciences, the Award-winning oncology focused biotech company. He also serves as the Chairman of AUM’s Board of Directors. Under Vishal’s leadership, AUM has become a clinical stage company, and developed a portfolio of transformative cancer medicines within 12 months of inception and awarded the 2019 Asia-Pacific Biotech Entrepreneurial Company of The Year by world renowned Frost and Sullivan. A pharmacist by training, Vishal is an experienced senior management with extensive experience in commercial deal structuring over a USD$3 Billion including JV, Licensing, M&A and Long-term strategic partnerships. His strong scientific background in Medicinal Chemistry comes from breast cancer research in Aromatase inhibitors in the UK. He also brings a strong track record of working on a global virtual pharma model: A $145M PE deal with Eisai in the including 3 major blockbusters, such as Lenvima (Peak sales ~$3B/Y), Eribulin (Peak Sales ~$500M/Y), and ONTAK (Peak sales ~$100M/Y). He is also a Key Opinion Leader with the Korean Health Industry Development Institute which is part of the Ministry of Health and Welfare initiative in Korea. He has graduated as a pharmacist from University of Mumbai and a Master degree in Pharmaceutical sciences from Kingston University. Recently, he has been nominated as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.

Prof Qi Zeng

Intra-Immun SG  Founder

Intra-Immun SG创始人

Professor Qi Zeng is a Research Director at A*STAR’s Institute of Molecular Cell Biology (IMCB)  and an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Biochemistry of the National University of  Singapore (NUS). Zeng carried out her undergraduate at Xiamen University, China, and her  PhD training at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (RPMI, US) and IMCB (A*STAR,  Singapore) and was conferred her PhD degree of National University of Singapore. She discovered PRL-3 phosphatase and uncovered the mechanisms of PRL-3. in driving cancer hallmarks. Her lab demonstrated that PRL1 and PRL3 monoclonal antibodies could  inhibit experimental metastasis of cancer cells expressing these antigens, and accordingly  proposed and pioneered an unconventional approach of immunotherapy targeting  intracellular oncoproteins for inhibiting tumor growth in mouse models of cancer followed by  preclinical studies. The intellectual properties (IPs) were licensed to Intra-ImmunSG Pte Ltd  (IISG), an A*STAR spinoff. IISG has been sponsoring clinical trials of PRL3-zumab (a humanized  monoclonal antibody against PRL-3) in solid cancers. PRL3-zumab has been approved for  clinical Phase 2 trial by HSA (Singapore), FDA (USA), and NMPA (China), MREC (Malaysia, Phase  2/3), since 2017 First in Man trial, PRL3-zumab has showed its drug excellent safety and early  efficacies.  

Eric Miao

Elevoc Technology, Co Founder, CEO

Elevoc Technology联合创始人

Elevoc is committed to providing world-leading AI speech enhancement and voice interaction solutions covering smartphones, PCs, wearable devices, new energy vehicle, hearing buds and other fields. The company completed its Series B financing in 2021 and is establishing a sub-brand—Elehear. The Elehear will focus on AI hearing health, and launch a new generation of AI noise-cancellation hearing aids with excellent noise reduction technology and access to online contactless telemedicine services.

Founder of Spark Technology Inc (Canada)

MSc in Software Engineering from UBC

BA in Communication Engineering from Xi’an Jiaotong

Adhay Saboo

Co Learn Founder

Co Learn创始人

Adhay Saboo is co-founder of CoLearn, one of SE Asia’s fastest growing ed-tech companies based in Southeast Asia with a mission to make Indonesia’s youth competitive on the global stage.  CoLearn currently serves close to  million Indonesian students monthly through a combination of AI powered Mathematics and Science Homework Help & Cohort Based Live Classes. Prior to CoLearn, he worked as Tech Consultant at Accenture focusing on  mission-critical technologies running public services in Canada and US. Returning to Indonesia in 2015, he was training and coaching professionals across industries increasing productivity through people development while on the weekend taught coding for young students. Marc holds two degrees in Computer Science & Genetics from the University of British Columbia, Canada.

Dr. Julian Hosp

Cake Defi Founder

Cake Defi创始人

Dr. Julian Hosp is the CEO and Co-Founder of Cake DeFi. Cake DeFi is the most transparent way to generate cash flow from your cryptocurrencies, making DeFi accessible to anyone and everyone. It is a platform that empowers users to take control of their finances by creating cash flow and harnessing the potential of decentralized finance. 

Julian was also one of the original Co-Founders of DeFiChain, the world’s first native DeFi blockchain for the Bitcoin network devoted to decentralized monetary applications and services..

Julian is widely regarded as a leading influencer in the crypto space, with over one million followers across all his channels globally.

As well as being credited as a leading authority in the crypto and blockchain space, and active speaker for the Washington Speaker’s Bureau, an advisor for the EU’s blockchain groups and managing multiple businesses in the vertical, he is also thebest-selling author of Cryptocurrencies Simply Explained and Blockchain 2.0 — Far More Than Just Bitcoin. His vision is to bring blockchain awareness and understanding to a billion more people by 2025. 

Roland Wee

RWDC, Executive Chairman & Co Founder

RWDC联合创始人，执行主席

Roland is a professional engineer who built his company, MEI Project Engineers, into one of the largest in the world, with a ranking in the top 225 global design and build engineering firms.

He spent four decades working with companies like DuPont, Dow, Procter & Gamble and other multinational corporations, and he is responsible for pioneering design and construction projects for complex process facilities.

Roland’s extensive experience working to the stringent requirements of these sophisticated customers has created a world-class expertise in cost-effective and efficient-production processes.

Dave Friedman

Venti Tech

Venti Tech首席财务官

Dave Friedman currently serves as board member and acting CFO of Venti Technologies.  Dave is an experienced executive and entrepreneur, having served as CEO and Chairman of Ayla Networks, an Internet of Things platform company that he founded in 2010.  In that role, Dave raised more than $120M and grew Ayla to be a global leader in the market, with operations in the US, Greater China, and India.

Sean Kim

MVL Labs, Group COO

MVL Labs集团首席运营官

Sean, Group COO of MVLLABS and CEO of TADA, is a serial entrepreneur who takes delight in building businesses. Since his first internet start-up in the dot-com era in Korea and the U.S., he has experienced to start and scale up multiple internet technology-driven businesses over the past 20 over years through full cycles of start-up journey. During his career, he has done 2 successful exits including a cloud-based HR SaaS company which he had managed to grow in 15 countries across Asia Pacific region for 10 years right before MVL.

Sean graduated from Seoul National University in Korea and has his MBA degree from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University in the U.S. He has been one of the big supporters to MVL’s ideas for years before joining MVL and is currently enjoying the ride at TADA and ONiON.

Budi Handoko

Shipper Co Founder

Shipper联合创始人

Budi Handoko is the Co-Founder & COO of Shipper, an innovative logistics start-up that transforms Indonesian shipping and fulfillment experience to be easier and more convenient. Prior to founding Shipper back in 2017, Budi has founded several tech start-ups. In 2011, he created OCash, a virtual currency system in Australia to help the payment system for Australian gamers. OCash’s outstanding business performance was very attractive to bigger businesses that it’s finally acquired by MOL Malaysia. Budi led this acquisition process and acted as MOL Australia Director afterwards. 

Prashant Rai

Metaplex Studio COO

Metaplex Studio首席运营官

Prashant Rai is the Chief Operating Officer of Metaplex Studios, having previously held the roles of Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel.  Metaplex Studios provides development support to the Metaplex Protocol, the NFT infrastructure layer on the Solana blockchain.  99.9% of NFTs minted on Solana use Metaplex’s technology.  Since its inception just over one year ago, Metaplex has driven over $3.5 billion in digital commerce.  Prior to assuming his role at Metaplex, Prashant served as an investor and researcher in the private equity and hedge fund spaces.  And before his career in corporate strategy and finance, Prashant practiced corporate law at two major international law firms.  Prashant holds degrees from Columbia University and UCLA.

Kelvin Teo

Funding Societies, Co Founder

Funding Societies 联合创始人

Kelvin Teo is the co-founder of Funding Societies | Modalku. He has been a key member of the Singapore FinTech Association’s Digital Finance Subcomm since 2018 and recently named by the Association as among the Top 12 Fintech Leaders in Singapore in 2020. As one of the Top 200 FinTech Influencers in Asia, Kelvin has spoken at major conferences such as LendIt Shanghai, Boao Hainan and Money20/20. He has also been featured on Bloomberg, BBC and Business Times. Prior to this, Kelvin served as a consulting professional at KKR, McKinsey and Accenture. Kelvin graduated from Harvard Business School and National University of Singapore, and is a certified Chartered Accountant. 

Hugh Yao

LingoAce, Founder

LingoAce创始人

Hugh Yao is the founder and CEO of the leading online language learning platform, LingoAce. LingoAce strives to reimagine language learning with immersive experiences to nurture confident, future global citizens, starting with Chinese. Hugh received his Master’s degree in Management and Bachelor’s degree in Engineering Physics from Tsinghua University. He has over 15 years of experience in the technology sector and was previously in leadership roles with IBM, Oracle and Salesforce across the Asia Pacific region.  

Hugh founded LingoAce to help his son learn Chinese. He found most traditional teaching unsuitable for today’s digital youth and aims to instil a passion for learning Chinese in students through innovative technology. To date, he has built a tech-enabled, immersive and interactive language platform that is enjoyed by learners from over 100 countries.  Through its proprietary platform, Hugh has brought together curriculum experts, certified teachers, and creators of world-class multimedia, animation and gamification technology. 

LingoAce now has a select pool of over 4,600 teachers with international CTCSOL accreditation and trained in interdisciplinary teaching. 

LingoAce is headquartered in Singapore with regional offices in Beijing,Chengdu, Bangkok, Jakarta and San Mateo, California.It also has an educational research centre in Wuhan. To date, LingoAce has received the LinkedIn Top Start-ups 2022, GSV 150 recognition, and the SME100 Award 2019 for Fast Moving Companies. 

Naga Tan

ErudiFi, Co-Founder and CEO

ErudiFi 联合创始人，首席执行官

Naga Tan is the CEO & Co-Founder of ErudiFi, a FinTech startup on a mission to make education affordable in Southeast Asia. Before founding ErudiFi, Naga worked as a fixed income trader at Morgan Stanley and at the Hedge Fund Strategies Group at Goldman Sachs in London. Naga holds an MBA from The Wharton School, an MA in International Studies from the Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania, and a first-class honors degree from the London School of Economics (LSE).

Max Rye

Turtle Tree, Co Founder and Chief Strategist

Turtle Tree联合创始人，首席战略官

Max Rye is the Co-Founder and Chief Strategist at TurtleTree, a global biotech company that utilizes modern cell-based technology to create sustainable food products. A former Silicon Valley business owner, Max is a seasoned technopreneur with more than 15 years of experience in managing and developing tech businesses.

Tony Ling

NFT Go, Co Founder

NFT Go联合创始人

Ling Ziang （Tony Ling） is Co-founder of NFTGo, partner of Bizantine Capital, and co-founder of Zhejiang University Blockchain Association. He has 7 years of research and professional experience in the blockchain and digital currency industry. As a senior blockchain scholar, he is a guest lecturer at Zhejiang University and has taught nearly 100 lessons. As an expert in token economy and blockchain technology, he is one of the earliest researchers involved in Bitcoin pricing. He has authored several related papers and books “Unlocking New Passwords – From Blockchain to Digital Currency.”So far, hehas invested in more than 100 blockchain projects. In addition to purchasing BTCandETH in 2016, he also participated in the early investment of FTX and Yearn Finance. And successfully co-founded NFTGo, which is now one of the earliest and largest web3and NFT data aggregation platforms in the world.

Dr. Peng Xiao Ming
彭晓明

Lion TCR CEO

来恩首席执行官

Xiaoming PENG PhD, MBA Chief Executive Officer Dr Peng obtained his PhD degree from National University of Singapore (NUS) and holds Adjunct Associate Professor at NUS, he has over 18 years working experience at A*STAR holding senior positions including Head of Division & Senior Scientist, Deputy Director of the Strategic Planning for China. ​With over two decades of experience in R&D and team management, he has accumulated tens of millions research grants and funding from industry partners. 

Sam Xu

dPrism.ai, Founder and CEO

dPrism.ai创始人，首席执行官

Sam Xu Founder and CEO ,a  serial entrepreneur, the latest project was to build the first Direct to Consumer Clear Aligner brand in China;  It is the first and only brand that have accumulated >10,000 posts on social platforms such posts on the Red and Tiktok.

Previously work as investment banker and investor in NYC. Directed numerous cross-boarder M&A deals, built and led the post-investment operating management team.

Forbes 30Under30, Oil & Gas Investor 30Under40, Petroleum Economist Future Leader Award.

MBA from Harvard Business School.

Zhang Lu
张璐

Founder and Managing Partner of Fusion Fund

Fusion Fund创始合伙人、管理合伙人

Zhang Lu is Founder and Managing Partner of Fusion Fund, a renowned Silicon Valley based investor, a serial entrepreneur. Lu is a World Economic Forum (Davos) Young Global Leader and was recently selected as a Best 25 Female Investor by Business Insider. She has also garnered other accolades including the Featured Honoree in VC of Forbes 30 Under 30, Silicon Valley Women of Influence, and Town & Country 50 Modern Swans – Entrepreneurship Influencer. Lu is also on the Jury Board of Cartier Young Leader Award. Prior to starting Fusion Fund, she was the Founder and CEO of a medical device company focused on non-invasive technology for the early diagnosis of Type II diabetes (acq. 2013).

She received her M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from Stanford University.

Kai Hoo Quek

Chief Investment Officer of A*STAR’

新加坡科技研究局首席投资官

Mr. Kai Hoo Quek currently holds the title of Chief Investment Officer within the Venture Creation & Growth team in A*STAR’s Enterprise Division. He is responsible for the A*STAR spinoff portfolio, supporting them through investor and partner introductions, as well as connecting them to resources within the startup ecosystem. He also manages the portfolio equity and supports spinoffs through venture co-creation. Before joining A*STAR in 2016, Kai Hoo has more than 15 years of investment experience through executing numerous deals across growth and venture capital, private equity fund-of-funds and real estate with sovereign fund (Temasek), family office (Kestrel) and listed companies (Unisteel and Rowsley).

Wen Yonggang
文勇刚

Associate Dean (Research), College of Engineering, NTU

南洋理工大学工程学院研究副院长、计算机科学与工程学院教授

Dr. Wen Yonggang is the Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Nanyang Technological University (NTU). He has also served as the Associate Dean (Research) at College of Engineering at NTU Singapore since 2018. He served as the Acting Director of Nanyang Technopreneurship Centre (NTC) at NTU from 2017 to 2019, and the Assistant Chair (Innovation) of School of Computer Science and Engineering (SCSE) at NTU from 2016 to 2018. He received his PhD degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (minor in Western Literature) from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2008.

Mao Shixing
毛世行（神鱼）

Founder of Cobo

Cobo联合创始人

毛世行，圈内又名神鱼，Cobo联合创始人兼CEO，负责公司战略、产品以及市场运营。 他是中国最早的数字货币先行者和布道者。早在2011年，神鱼就开始在中国推广数字货币以及挖矿，之后他创立了中国第一个数字货币挖矿矿池——鱼池；鱼池现在仍是全球最大的综合性矿池之一，为以太坊和莱特币贡献了全球最大算力。2014年，他还主导了基于 TSMC 55纳米工艺的银鱼莱特币矿机项目。神鱼也是中国最早的比特币媒体——壹比特的创始人之一。

Dr. Jeff Xu

Lead Medical, Founder

Lead Medical创始人

Dr. Jeff Xu is the founder and CEO of Lead Medical, an enabler of digital therapy and China’s leading provider of intelligent integrated clinical solutions for complex chronic diseases using big data and artificial intelligence improving the lives of doctors and patients alike. 

A recipient of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Dr. Xu is a young multi-disciplinary individual with 20 years of work and entrepreneurial experience in combining clinical practice, artificial intelligence, finance, big data, scientific research, informatization and other fields at home and abroad. He has published dozens of peer-reviewed scientific articles, including an ongoing series on mobile health in China. He is also a member of the Professional Committee on Cardiac Health and Management of the China Association of Recovery, Health Technology Transformation and Promotion (CARTTP).

After medical school, Dr. Xu forayed into integrating technology into healthcare. With experience in 2 previous start-ups and holding multiple patents to his name, he has been recognized by the industry for his innovativeness and potential. He has received multiple academic and industry awards, including the Peking University Young CEO Value Orientation Award (2019), Lie Yun Wang’s TOP 20 Entrepreneurial Stars (2020), the Future Healthcare Top 100 (VB100) award (2022), and the 36Kr | X-36 under 36 – Young Entrepreneurial Stars (2022), among others.

In 2015, Dr. Xu founded Lead Medical, which improves efficiency across medical workflows in approximately 100 top public Level 3A hospitals it serves across 22 provinces around Mainland China and is currently expanding internationally.

Dr. Li Han Zhou
周砺寒

MiRXES, Co- Founder and CEO

MiRXES联合创始人，首席执行官

Lihan co-founded and serves as CEO of MiRXES, a Singapore headquartered, RNA centric  biotechnology company with the mission to improve and save lives through early, actionable and  personalized diagnosis. Lihan oversees MiRXES group’s overall strategy and global operations in  Singapore, USA, China and Japan with a team of 360 staff.  

Under Lihan’s leadership, MIRXES was named Singapore’s Most Promising Start-up in 2016 and  Singapore’s Fastest Growing Companies in 2018, 2019 and 2020. MiRXES has successfully raised  USD $130 million venture funding since 2016, which is among the highest raised by an Asia based  genomics companies.  

Lihan was recognized by the MIT Technology Review as a member of the Innovators Under 35 (2015).  He was also awarded the A*STAR Scientist-Entrepreneur Award together with his co-founders in 2017,  the NUS Outstanding Young Alumni Award and the EY Entrepreneur of The Year™ Singapore awards  (Overall Winner & Biotechnology category) in 2021. Lihan has been serving on the Board of Enterprise  Singapore since April 2022. 

Lihan obtained his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of  Singapore. He has authored and co-authored more than 25 peer-reviewed publications and several  patent applications.  

Benjamin Fok Chun-yue
霍震宇

Director of the Fok Ying Tung Foundation

霍英东集团董事会董事，霍英东基金会理事

Mr. Benjamin Fok Chun-yue was born in 1954 and graduated from the University of British Columbia in Canada, majored in Mathematics and Computer. After returning to Hong Kong in 1980, Mr. Fok served as a Director in Fok Ying Tung Group and committed his time in managing his family business in Hong Kong. Beginning in the early 1980s, Mr. Fok followed his father, Dr. Henry Fok, into Nansha China where he focused his efforts in the comprehensive development of about ten square kilometers of land. Mr. Fok is also active in social services and has previously served as the Vice Chairman of All-China Youth Federation (全國青聯) and the Vice Chairman of the Beijing Youth Federation (北京市青聯). Mr. Fok currently serves as the Permanent Governor of Fok Ying Tung Foundation Limited, Fok Ying Tung Panyu Development Foundation Limited, Fok Ying Tung Macau Foundation Limited and the twentieth committee member of the CPPCC Beijing Committee.

霍震宇先生生于1954年，毕业于加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚大学，主修数学和计算机专业。1980年回到香港后，霍先生在霍英东集团担任董事，致力于管理家族企业在香港的事务。自20世纪80年代初开始，霍先生跟随父亲霍英东博士进入中国南沙，致力于综合开发约十平方公里的土地。霍先生还积极参与社会服务，并曾担任全国青年联合会副主席和北京市青年联合会副主席。霍先生目前担任霍英东基金会有限公司、霍英东番禺发展基金会有限公司、霍英东澳门基金会有限公司的永久理事以及中国人民政治协商会议北京市委员会第二十届委员会委员。

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Chen YU fan   “Derivative – Remaining Scenery”

陈彧凡 (b. 1973 ) 《 衍生物-剩余的风景 》 ｜布上丙烯｜

80 x 80cm｜Acrylic on Canvas｜2022

Bids start from /起拍价：SGD 40,000

The artwork achieves subtle spatial changes through the flow of acrylic paints in different directions. The slight curling at the four corners is filled with conflict, resistance, and restless drama. It alters the traditional way of viewing flat works, transforming it from a conventional painting on canvas to an “object”. The repetitive “flow” represents the practice emphasized in Zen Buddhism, which is a particularly Eastern way of thinking, yet presented in a Western form.

作品通过不同方向的丙烯颜料的流淌以达到空间上的微妙变化。四个角的微翘充满了冲突、反抗、不安分的戏剧性。改变了传统平面作品的观看方式，它已经不是传统意义上的架上绘画而是一件“物”。反复的“流淌”也就是禅宗强调的修炼过程，这是一个特别东方的思维方式而呈现的形态却是西方的。

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Dennis Wang

“fresh flower”

王中军 (b. 1960)

《鲜花》

42 x 60cm｜2022

Bids start from /起拍价： SGD 50,000

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Emi Avora

“Forest Dance”

《森林之舞》｜布面丙烯

215x270cm ｜Acrylic on canvas ｜2023

Bids start from /起拍价：SGD 8,000

Emi Avora- writeup for ‘Deep in Thought’ and ‘Forest Dance’

In both paintings an amalgamation of personal observations and universal symbols drawn from the everyday and mythology are used to create compositions that touch on the main themes I am currently concerned about: our sense of identity, our environment and how we come across in existing within it, cultural crossroads of east and west, past and present as well as visions of the future. Rather than offering specific narratives, the unorthodox compositions, dreamy use of color and the combination of figuration and abstraction create open propositions for an immersion in spaces for dreaming.

‘Deep in thought’ is based on an image of a boy deeply focused on an activity while surrounded by tropical nature, a large image of a Cycladic Venus statue as well as a form of a monkey in the background. All of those could be read as guardians as well as potential threats. Creating a dreamy world that could potentially be disturbed or put out of balance, I come to ponder on the fragility of motherhood as well as the fragility of our systems and their power to protect us.

In ‘Forest Dance’ I come to utilize the ancient idea of a world where nature, myths and people coexisted in the same space. Nature and particularly the forest were considered spaces inhabited by vegetation, animals, spirits, and people in mutual respect. An encounter of a symbol of Artemis, the ancient Greek Goddess of Nature with a forest hunter does not represent a fight as it might seem but more of a ritual dance. The setting of the tropical forest and the strong light act as a portal for the viewer into these possibilities of co-existence.

艾米·阿沃拉（Emi Avora）-《深思》（Deep in Thought）和《森林之舞》（Forest Dance）的创作说明在这两幅画中，我结合了个人的观察和从日常生活和神话中汲取的普遍符号，创造了一些构图，触及了我目前关注的主要主题：我们的身份认同、我们的环境以及我们在其中存在的方式、东西方的文化交汇、过去和现在以及未来的愿景。这些画并没有提供具体的叙事，而是通过非正统的构图、梦幻般的色彩运用以及具象和抽象的结合，为观者提供了一种沉浸在梦境空间的可能性。

《深思》是基于一个男孩的形象，他正专注地进行着某种活动，周围是热带自然，背景中还有一个巨大的西克拉迪斯维纳斯雕像（Cycladic Venus statue）和一只猴子的形态。这些都可以被理解为守护者或潜在的威胁。我创造了一个梦幻的世界，它可能会被打破或失去平衡，我开始思考母性的脆弱性以及我们的系统保护我们的能力和力量。

在《森林之舞》中，我利用了一个古老的观念，即自然、神话和人类共存于同一空间。自然，尤其是森林，被认为是植物、动物、精灵和人类相互尊重地居住的空间。一位阿尔忒弥斯（Artemis）的象征与一位森林猎人相遇，并不代表一场战斗，而更像是一场仪式舞蹈。阿尔忒弥斯是古希腊自然女神。热带森林和强烈的光线为观者创造了一个通往这些共存可能性的入口。

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Emi Avora

“Deep in Thought”

《沉思》｜布面丙烯

215x270cm ｜Acrylic on canvas ｜2023

Bids start from /起拍价：SGD 8,000

Emi Avora- writeup for ‘Deep in Thought’ and ‘Forest Dance’

In both paintings an amalgamation of personal observations and universal symbols drawn from the everyday and mythology are used to create compositions that touch on the main themes I am currently concerned about: our sense of identity, our environment and how we come across in existing within it, cultural crossroads of east and west, past and present as well as visions of the future. Rather than offering specific narratives, the unorthodox compositions, dreamy use of color and the combination of figuration and abstraction create open propositions for an immersion in spaces for dreaming.

‘Deep in thought’ is based on an image of a boy deeply focused on an activity while surrounded by tropical nature, a large image of a Cycladic Venus statue as well as a form of a monkey in the background. All of those could be read as guardians as well as potential threats. Creating a dreamy world that could potentially be disturbed or put out of balance, I come to ponder on the fragility of motherhood as well as the fragility of our systems and their power to protect us.

In ‘Forest Dance’ I come to utilize the ancient idea of a world where nature, myths and people coexisted in the same space. Nature and particularly the forest were considered spaces inhabited by vegetation, animals, spirits, and people in mutual respect. An encounter of a symbol of Artemis, the ancient Greek Goddess of Nature with a forest hunter does not represent a fight as it might seem but more of a ritual dance. The setting of the tropical forest and the strong light act as a portal for the viewer into these possibilities of co-existence.

艾米·阿沃拉（Emi Avora）-《深思》（Deep in Thought）和《森林之舞》（Forest Dance）的创作说明