FORBES ASIA CEO WEBINAR - Key Persons
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- CEO, New World Development, Founder, K11 Group
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- Group CEO of Indorama Ventures PCL
- Group CEO, Indorama Ventures
Aloke Lohia is the Group CEO of Indorama Ventures PCL (IVL). He has lived in Thailand for over 30 years, during which time he has built the company into one of the world's petrochemical leaders. IVL is a global chemical company and the world's largest manufacturer of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) as well as a leading producer of high value-added products, including fiber products to the automotive and hygiene branded consumer goods industries. With over 24,000 employees and 120 operating sites in 33 countries across the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia Pacific. In 2019, the company's and consolidated revenue recorded US$ 11.4 billion.
He is a member of the International Advisory Council of the Singapore Management University and a governor of the Steering Committee for Chemistry and Advanced Materials at the World Economic Forum.
He graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Delhi and holds an Honorary Doctoral Degree of Business Administration from Rajamangala University of Technology Krungthep in Thailand. He is married to Suchitra and has three children.
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- Co - Founder and Executive Chairman of TAP Group
- Cofounder and Executive Chairman, TAP Group
Arif Patrick Rachmat is the Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of TAP Group. He oversees a group of palm oil and rubber with about 40,000 employees and 20,000 smallholders partnerships. As a Board of Director of Triputra Group, he supervises a private holding company with significant investment in various publicly-listed companies such as Adaro Energy, DSN (palm oil and wood), Kirana Megatara (rubber), Assa (mobility and logistic), as well as privately-held groups such as Daya Group
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- Founder and Chief Executive Officer of India
Byju Raveendran is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of India's largest ed-tech company and the creator of India's most loved school learning app - BYJU'S, that is reinventing how students learn. An entrepreneur by chance and a teacher by choice, he started BYJU'S with the vision to help students fall in love with learning and change the way India learns.
Born to teacher parents in Azhikode, Kerala, India, Byju is an avid sportsperson (expert in six games) and believes that children can learn a lot outside the classrooms by playing multiple games. Byju has built the brand BYJU'S purely on passion and the drive to create self-initiated and life-long learners.
He started BYJU'S classes in 2008 which became a household brand due to his unique teaching style and focus on learning. With the aim of reimagining learning from its roots, Byju harnessed the power of technology to reach out to the K-12 segment of students across the country. In 2011, the company was incorporated (Think and Learn Pvt Ltd) with focus on the school (K-12) space.
The real breakthrough however, was in 2015 with the launch of the BYJU'S - The Learning App which has seen a phenomenal engagement - with 80 million registered users and reach of over 1700 cities and towns in the country so far. The learning app makes use of original content, watch-and-learn videos, rich animations and interactive simulations that make learning contextual and visual. The app also adapts to the unique learning style of each student, inviting them to explore different concepts.
He is the recipient of Forbes Entrepreneur of the year (2020-21), Bloomberg Businessweek 50 List (2020), Fortune 40 under 40 List (2020), Manorama Newsmaker of the Year Award (2020, 2019), IMPACT Person of the year (2019), the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the year award-Startup (2018), Fortune 40 under 40 Award (2018), CNBC Young Turk of the Year (2017) and Express IT Newsmaker of the Year (2017).
Originally from Kerala- Byju lives with his family in Bangalore now. Apart from being a passionate teacher, Byju likes travelling and experiencing new things. A big follower of football leagues, he is a hardcore FC Barcelona fan.
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- Co - Chairman and Co - Chief Investment Officer of Value Partners
- Co - Chairman and Co - CIO, Value Partners Group
Dato' Seri CHEAH Cheng Hye is Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Investment Officer of Value Partners Group. He has more than 30 years of investment experience, and is considered one of the leading practitioners of value-investing in Asia and beyond. Value Partners and he personally have received a total of more than 220 professional awards and prizes since the firm's inception.
Dato' Seri CHEAH has been in charge of Value Partners since he co-founded the firm in February 1993. He led Value Partners to a successful listing on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2007. The firm became the first asset management company listed in Hong Kong.
Daniel Yergin is a highly respected authority on energy, international politics, and economics, and a Pulitzer Prize winner. He is Vice Chairman of IHS Markit, one of the leading information and advisory firms in the world.
Time Magazine said, "If there is one man whose opinion matters more than any other on global energy markets, it's Daniel Yergin." Fortune said that he is "one of the planet's foremost thinkers about energy and its implications."
Dr. Yergin's new book The New Map: Energy, Climate and the Clash of Nations is described by the London Sunday Times as a "wonderful book". He is the author of the bestseller The Quest described by the New York Times as "necessary reading for C.E.O.'s, conservationists, lawmakers, generals, spies, tech geeks, thriller writers," among many others.
Dr. Yergin is known around the world for his book The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil Money and Power, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and a number one best seller. His other books include Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy.
Dr. Yergin has served on the U.S. Secretary of Energy Advisory Board under Presidents Clinton, Bush, Obama and Trump. He is a director of the Council on Foreign Relations and a trustee of the Brookings Institution. He is a member of Singapore's International Energy Advisory Panel.
Dr. Yergin holds a BA from Yale University and a Ph.D. from Cambridge University, where he was a Marshall Scholar.
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- CEO and CIO of Dymon Asia Capital
Danny Yong is the CEO and CIO of Dymon Asia Capital. He is CIO of the firm's flagship Multi-Strategy Investment Fund (MSIF) and sits on the investment committee of Dymon Asia Private Equity. Before founding Dymon Asia in 2008, Danny was a founding partner and CIO of Abax Global Capital, a hedge fund based in Hong Kong. Previously a Managing Director at Citadel Investment Asia, Danny established and ran the Asia Macro trading business from 2005 to 2007. Prior to Citadel, he was Head of Trading for South East Asian FX and Derivatives at Goldman Sachs, where he spent almost six years in its Hong Kong and Tokyo offices. Danny started his trading career at JP Morgan in 1997 as a FX currency and interest rate derivatives trader. He is Chairman of The Majurity Trust, a philanthropic organization that works with donors and charities to build a thriving and sustainable community for all in Singapore.
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- Founder and CEO, Green Monday Group
David Yeung is the Founder & CEO of Green Monday Group, a multi-faceted social venture with the mission to take on the world's most pressing crises of climate change, food insecurity and public health. With the global sustainability movement initiated by Green Monday Foundation, the revolutionary food technology innovation in OmniFoods and OmniPork, the market-transforming plant-based retail, dining and distribution network in Green Common, and the impact investment arm in Green Monday Ventures, Mr. Yeung has pioneered a one-of-a-kind integrated platform that engages and empowers millions of people, along with public and private sectors, towards green awareness, action and economy. His work earns him the award of "Social Entrepreneur of the Year" by the World Economic Forum and Schwab Foundation. Other honors and recognitions include Fortune's 2020 "Change the World" Company, "Roddenberry Prize", "Cathay ChangeMakers 2020", "Company of the Year 2019" by PETA Asia, "Ten Outstanding Young Persons Hong Kong" and "50 Most Innovative Companies" by Fast Company.
As a noted environmentalist and entrepreneur, Mr. Yeung has spoken at the World Economic Forum, Milken Institute Summit, TEDx, as well as financial and academic institutions such as UBS and UCLA. International media coverage of Green Monday and Mr. Yeung includes BBC, Bloomberg, CNBC, CNN, Nikkei Asian Review and Reuters.
Mr. Yeung is a graduate of Columbia University, an Ashoka Fellow and the author of a number of best-selling books on Zen wisdom and mindfulness.
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- Chairman and President, International Container Terminal Services, Inc
- Chairman of the Board and President of International Container Terminal Services, Inc
- Member of the Management Association of the Philippines
Enrique K. Razon Jr. is Chairman of the Board and President of International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI), a Philippine-based company involved in the management and operation of 32 ports and terminals in 19 countries. He is also Chairman of Bloomberry Resorts Corp. (BRC), owner of Solaire Resort and Casino, an integrated resort complex in the Philippines' Entertainment City. ICTSI and BRC are both listed in the Philippine Stock Exchange.
Mr. Razon belongs to the third generation of a family involved in the business of marine cargo handling. The Razon Group has a long-standing reputation of being pioneers and innovators in the management and development of ports, terminals and related facilities. The group's proven track record stems from over 90 years' experience in integrated cargo handling, stevedoring and other port services in the Philippines and abroad.
In 1987, the Razon Group and the Soriano Group incorporated ICTSI, initially to bid for the Manila International Container Terminal (MICT) in the Philippines. After winning the MICT contract 1988, Mr. Razon spearheaded the MICT's development program. The MICT today is the country's premier international gateway. ICTSI also operates seven other terminals in the Philippines.
Mr. Razon is a member of the Management Association of the Philippines, the US Philippines Society, the ASEAN Business Club and Philippines, Inc.
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- Founder and Managing Principal of Gaw Capital Partners
- Managing Principal and Chairman, Gaw Capital Partners
- Member of ULI 's Global Board
Goodwin is the Founder and Managing Principal of Gaw Capital Partners, a uniquely positioned real estate private equity fund management company that focuses on markets in Greater China and other high barrier to entry markets globally. The firm manages value-add/opportunistic funds in Vietnam and the US, a Pan-Asia hospitality fund, a European hospitality fund and provides services for separate account direct investments globally. Gaw Capital Partners has raised equity in excess of USD$15.6 billion as of 2020 Q2 and currently commands assets of over USD$26.7 billion under management encompassing residential developments, retails centers, hotels, commercial, IDC and logistic properties.
Goodwin is currently a member of ULI's Global Board, Citi's Asia Pacific Advisory Board, an active member of Young Presidents' Organization (YPO) in Hong Kong Chapter and Intercontinental Chapter. He is also the member of the Board of Overseers of the School of Engineering and Applied Science in the University of Pennsylvania and a board member of Lawrenceville School.
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- Group CEO, Star Energy Geothermal Group
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- Founder and Executive Chairman of Banyan Tree Holdings
HO Kwon Ping is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Banyan Tree Holdings and Laguna Resorts and Hotels, and Executive Chairman of Thai Wah Public Company.
He is also the founding and current Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Singapore Management University and Chairman of The Singapore Summit.
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- Chief Executive Officer of Trip.Com
- Chief Executive Officer, Trip.Com Group
Jane Sun is the Chief Executive Officer of Trip.com Group. Founded in 1999 with the mission of bringing the best travel experience to travelers, the company effectively adapted to the rise of mobile Internet, growing from a small tech company into a one-stop-shop for travel services for 400 million users worldwide. Ms. Sun led Trip.com Group's expansion of its global presence by investing in the British travel search company, Skyscanner as well as launching the Group's own international brand Trip.com to serve customers from all over the world. As the only female CEO in China's high-tech industry, Ms. Sun proactively advocates gender equality, and has made it her mission to empower women to achieve balance and success in both their career and family lives. For example, Trip.com Group is the first company in China to offer egg-freezing as an employee benefit. Other female friendly policies include birth gifts and commuter benefits for pregnant workers. At Trip.com Group, female employees represent over half of the total workforce and a third of senior management. Forbes named her one of the Emergent 25 Asia's Latest Star Businesswomen. She was also one of Fortune's Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Business, and one of FastCompany's Most Creative People in Business.
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- Global Chief Economist, HSBC
- HSBC 's Global Chief Economist
Janet Henry was appointed as HSBC's Global Chief Economist in August 2015. She was previously HSBC's Chief European Economist and is a member of Handelsblatt's Shadow ECB Council. Much of her research focused on globalisation - including the global determinants of local inflation - and the political and economic challenges of the post global financial crisis era, notably labour market disruption and other structural drivers of low inflation but also the implications of income and wealth inequality within major advanced economies. Since the COVID-19 outbreak her work has focused on the labour market implications and policy challenges of the unprecedented recession.
Janet has given evidence to financial committees of the EU Parliament on China and UK House of Lords on Europe. Janet joined HSBC in 1996 in Hong Kong where she worked as an Asian economist in the run-up to, and aftermath of, the Asian crisis.
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- Chief Executive and Founding Partner of Baring Private Equity Asia
Jean Eric Salata is the Chief Executive and Founding Partner of Baring Private Equity Asia (or "BPEA"). Mr. Salata oversees all investment and divestment decisions made at the Firm, as well as its strategic direction. Mr. Salata has been responsible for the investment activity of the Firm since 1997 when he started the regional Asian private equity investment program for UK-based Baring Private Equity Partners Ltd. Mr. Salata later led the management buyout of this program in 2000 to establish BPEA as an independent firm.
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- Founding Partner of INCE Capital
JP Gan is a Founding Partner of INCE Capital. With over 20 years of experience in venture capital, Mr. Gan has been ranked a top venture capitalist worldwide by the Forbes Midas List for five consecutive years and was No.5 on the global list in 2019. He has been named a top venture capitalist in Asia and China by multiple media and institutions including CB Insights / New York Times, Fortune Magazine, AVCJ, Zero2IPO, ChinaVenture, and 36Kr.
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- President and CEO of Publicly Listed JG Summit Holdings, Inc
Lance Y. Gokongwei is President and CEO of publicly listed JG Summit Holdings, Inc., (JGS) a leading Filipino conglomerate engaged primarily in businesses that serve a growing middle class with rising disposable incomes in the Philippines, Southeast Asia, and Australasia.
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- Independent Non - Executive Director of HSBC Holdings Plc
- Member of the Executive Council of the Government of Hong Kong
Mrs Cha is a member of the Executive Council of the Government of Hong Kong, Chairman of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd and a member of the Financial Leaders Forum.
Mrs Cha is an Independent Non-Executive Director of HSBC Holdings plc, and the Non-Executive Chairman of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the Asia Pacific subsidiary of HSBC Holdings plc. She is a Non-Executive Director of Unilever plc; a Senior International Advisor of Foundation Assets Management Sweden AB; and a member of Sotheby's International Advisory Board. In addition, Mrs Cha is also Vice Chairman of the International Advisory Council of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, and a Director of the World Federation of Exchanges.
Mrs Cha was Chairman of the University Grants Committee in Hong Kong from 2007 to 2011 and Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Corruption of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) in Hong Kong from 2007 to 2012. She was also Chairman of The Financial Services Development Council of Hong Kong from January 2013 to July 2018. She was a member of the Global Agenda Council on the Global Financial System at the World Economic Forum from 2010 to 2013.
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- Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director of Mainboard
- COO and Executive Director, GSH Corporation
Mr Kenneth Goi is the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director of Mainboard-listed regional property developer, GSH Corporation Limited, and Executive Director of Acelink Logistics Pte Ltd, a supply chain company with distribution networks in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong and China.
He is also Director of Tee Yih Jia Group, a global food and beverage group with operations in Singapore, Malaysia, USA, Europe, Japan and China, and Non-Executive Director of three other Mainboard-listed companies in Singapore - namely, Hanwell Holdings Limited, Serial System Ltd, and Union Steel Holdings Limited.
Mr Goi is active in community service and was awarded the Public Service Medal (PBM) in 2018 for his involvement as a member of the Community Development District Council, South East Region, and Patron of Braddell Heights Community Club. He also received Enterprise Asia's "Entrepreneur of the Year Award" in 2019.
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- Director of PT Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk
- Director of PT Indolakto
- Executive Director, Salim Group
- Global Co - Chair of Scaling Up Nutrition ( SUN ) Business Advisory Group
Mr. Axton Salim is a Director of PT Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk (Indofood), a leading Indonesian food company with operations spanning from the production of raw materials and their processing, to consumer products in the market. He is also a Director of Indofood's Consumer Branded Products business group, PT Indofood CBP Sukses Makmur Tbk (ICBP), which manufactures and markets a diverse range of consumer products including noodles, dairy, snack foods, food seasonings, nutrition and special foods, and beverages. He also heads the Dairy Division as well as Corporate Marketing Division.
Mr. Axton Salim is also a Vice President Director of PT Indolakto, Director of Pacsari Pte Ltd, Director of Codigo Pte Ltd, a Non-Executive Director of Indofood Agri Resources Ltd and Gallant Venture Ltd, as well as Commissioner of PT Perusahaan Perkebunan London Sumatra Indonesia Tbk, and PT Salim Ivomas Pratama Tbk. Previously, he started his career in Indofood Group as a Brand Manager of the Snack Division, PT Indofood Fritolay Makmur. He is also involved in various Salim Group ventures, among which are Salim Group's partnership with NUS Enterprise for Block71 in Indonesia which taps the synergies from the experience of NUS Enterprise and the entrepreneurial track record and passion of the Salim Group to create a community centre for tech startups, as well as Accelerice, an Indonesian-based food accelerator that empowers and scales up small medium businesses.
Mr. Axton Salim serves as Global Co-Chair of Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Business Advisory Group since 2014 - present. He served as Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) council member from May 2012 to May 2014. As a member of the inaugural cohort of the Obama Foundation's Leaders: Asia-Pacific Program, he is committed to values-based leadership and community engagement.
Mr. Axton Salim is a graduate of the University of Colorado with a B.S. in Business Administration.
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- Executive Chairman of the Tecity Group
- Lawyer
Ms Chew Gek Khim is a lawyer by training. She has been Chairman of The Straits Trading Company Limited since 24 April 2008.
Ms Chew is also Executive Chairman of the Tecity Group. She is Chairman of Malaysia Smelting Corporation Berhad and ARA Trust Management (Suntec) Limited, and sits on the Boards of ARA Asset Management Holdings Pte. Ltd. and Singapore Exchange Limited.
She is a Member of the Board of Governors of S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies and sits on the NUS Board of Trustees.
Ms Chew graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1984. She was awarded the Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite in 2010, the Singapore Businessman of the Year 2014 in 2015, and the Meritorious Service Medal at the National Day Awards in 2016.
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- Executive Chairperson, Biocon
Ms Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is a pioneering biotech entrepreneur, a healthcare visionary, a global influencer and a passionate philanthropist. She is a pioneer of India's biotech industry and founder of Biocon.
Ms. Mazumdar-Shaw is the proud recipient of two of India's highest civilian honours, the Padma Shri (1989) and the Padma Bhushan (2005). She was also honoured with the Order of Australia, Australia's Highest Civilian Honour in January 2020. In 2016, she was conferred with the highest French distinction - Knight of the Legion of Honour.
She has recently been named as the winner of EY World Entrepreneur of the Year™ 2020 Award, which is a testimony to her entrepreneurial journey of over four decades. She has been ranked as one of the world's top 20 inspirational leaders in the field of biopharmaceuticals by The Medicine Maker Power List 2020.
She holds key positions in various industry, educational, government and professional bodies globally. She has been elected as a full-term member of the Board of Trustees of The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA. She has been elected as a member of the prestigious USA based National Academy of Engineering (NAE).
She also serves on the Board of Infosys Ltd, Narayana Hrudayalaya Ltd and PureTech Health PLC.
Ms Mazumdar-Shaw holds a bachelor's degree in science (Zoology Hons.) from Bangalore University and has earned a master's degree in malting and brewing from Ballarat College, Melbourne University. She has been awarded with several honorary degrees from the Universities of repute globally.
Ms Mazumdar-Shaw believes in compassionate capitalism and is the first woman business leader from India to sign the Giving Pledge, an initiative of the Gates Foundation, committing to give the majority of her wealth to philanthropic causes.
She is very passionate about innovation and mentors many science-based start-ups.
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- Chairman of the PT Bank Mandiri Tbk
- Member of the World Bank Advisory
Dr Basri is a Chairman of the PT Bank Mandiri Tbk and Chairman of the PT XL-Axiata Tbk. He teaches at the Department of Economics University of Indonesia and Co-founded CReco Research Institute, a Jakarta based economic consulting firm in 2010.
Dr Basri is a member of the World Bank Advisory Council on Gender and Development.
MX Kuok - CEO, Founder
MX Kuok is the Founder & Managing Partner of K3 Ventures, a Singapore-based venture capital firm. He has spent the last eight years working with visionary founders across the world to drive innovation. K3 Ventures has a portfolio of 70 companies including ByteDance, Grab, Palantir, Planet, Perfect Day, Aspiration, Genki Forest, SpaceX, Airbnb and Next Gen Foods.
MX currently serves on the board of Next Gen Foods, SoCash, Logivan, and the Anglo-Chinese Schools Foundation. He is also a Senior Advisor to private equity firm TPG Capital and an active member of the Young Presidents' Organization (YPO) Singapore Chapter. Besides investing, he is passionate about aviation and maintains an FAA Commercial Pilot license. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University.
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- Managing Partner of Qiming Venture Partners
Nisa Leung is a Managing Partner of Qiming Venture Partners and leading its health care investments. Qiming Venture Partners is a leading investment firm in China which currently manages over USD 5.9 billion in assets and investment in over 380 companies.
She currently sits on the board of Gan & Lee Pharmaceuticals (SSE:603087), Zai Lab (NASDAQ:ZLAB; HKSE:9688), Venus MedTech (HKSE:2500), dMed, CanSino Biologics (SSE:688185; HKSE:6185), New Horizon Health, Berry Oncology, Broncus, Insilico Medicine among others. Her other investments include Aeonmed Medical, Berry Genomics (SZSE:000710), CITIC Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Shanghai Pharmaceutical HKSE: 2607), Crown Bioscience (acquired by JSR Life Sciences), Kira Pharmaceutical, LIH, Novast Pharmaceuticals, Nurotron, Origene Technologies (acquired by VCAN Bio SSE:600645), Richen, VR Medical, Wuxi Leiming, Chain Medical Labs, MEDx, Cure Genetics, SinoCell Tech (SSE:688520), Apollomics, Sino United, Schrödinger (NASDAQ:SDGR) and Jacobio (SEHK:1167) among others.
Nisa has been recognized by the Forbes Global 100 VC Midas List in 2019 and 2020 and named Top 3 Best Female Venture Capitalist in China by Forbes in 2018.
Nisa earned her MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BS from Cornell University. She is currently visiting lecturer at Harvard Law School, member of Stanford Graduate School of Business Advisory Council, board member of the Hong Kong Airport Authority and Hong Kong Palace Museum.
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- Doctor of Science
- Executive Vice Chairperson of the Apollo Hospital
Preetha Reddy is the Executive Vice Chairperson of the Apollo Hospitals Group, Asia's foremost integrated healthcare provider. She is widely recognized for her contributions in making high quality healthcare accessible to millions across the country.
Preetha works closely with the Apollo's 9000 clinicians in introducing contemporary protocols to continuously enhance clinical outcomes. She leads the thrust on quality improvement processes to achieve the highest standards of patient satisfaction. She is the Managing Trustee of the Apollo Hospitals Educational Trust, a principal body steering the educational endeavours of the group.
She was a Founding Member of the Quality Council of India and is now President of NATHEALTH for the year, 2020-2021.
Committed to service, Preetha Reddy provides leadership and direction to several social projects like SACHi (Save a Child's Heart Initiative) which supports diagnostics and treatment of underprivileged children ailing with congenital heart diseases.
In recognition of Apollo delivering outstanding medical care during the COVID-19 outbreak, Preetha Reddy was awarded the Economic Times Businesswoman of the Year award. She was also conferred with the ‘Healthcare Personality of the Year Award' by FICCI for her notable contributions to the fields of healthcare and social science. She was conferred the ‘ABLF Award for Business Courage' by the Asian Business Leaders Forum She received the Lifetime Achievement award for distinguished service in the field of Social Science from the Loyola Forum for Historical Research.
Preetha Reddy was conferred the degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) by The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University.
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- Shareholder
- Family Shareholder, Damen Shipyards Group, Managing Director, Damen Yachting
Rose Damen is a shareholder at the family-owned Damen Shipyards Group. The group is the world leader in specialist shipbuilding including superyachts as well as advanced naval ships, high-speed craft for coast guards, and complex offshore construction vessels. The group comprises 50 companies in 28 countries, including 35 shipyards, and with 12,000 employees. Damen delivers over 200 ships annually. In 1927 the Damen brothers founded their first shipyard in the Netherlands.
Part of the third generation of Damen family ownerships, Rose heads Damen's yachting division - which includes Amels, Damen Yacht Support and SeaXplorer. Damen owns the largest superyacht facility in the Netherlands and is world-renowned for the very highest quality superyachts above 50 metres in length. The yard has delivered more than 60 Amels superyachts, including its Limited Editions range up to 83 metres in length, and also operates a busy Refit division.
Before joining Damen Shipyards full-time in 2014, Rose earned an MBA from INSEAD, with a focus on entrepreneurial management. This followed five years' experience in fund management at Intrinsic Value Investors (IVI), a London-based institutional investor. Before joining IVI, Rose worked for a non-governmental organisation in Sri Lanka, and completed an internship at ABN AMRO Jakarta. Besides living and working in Asia, Rose also has Asian family roots.
Rose holds a degree from Erasmus University in the Netherlands and has also passed all three CFA exams. She is a founding trustee of the Dutch Masters Foundation and a member of the development board of the National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam. Rose enjoys outdoor sports and has sailed around the world.
Together with her sister Annelies Damen, Rose was winner of the 2017 Enterprising Women of the Year Award for the category over $100 million in annual revenues.
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- CEO
- Executive Director
- Executive Director and CEO, HCL Corporation, Chairperson, HCL Technologies
- Member of the Dean
- Trustee of the Shiv Nadar Foundation
Roshni Nadar Malhotra is the CEO and Executive Director of the $9.9 billion HCL Corporation is also the Chairperson of HCL Technologies, a leading global technology organization with a market capitalization of $32 billion.
Roshni is a Trustee of the Shiv Nadar Foundation, which is committed to the process of nation building by driving transformational leadership through education. She is the Chairperson and driving force behind VidyaGyan, a leadership academy for the economically underprivileged, meritorious, rural students of Uttar Pradesh.
Roshni is a member of the Dean's Advisory Council at the MIT School of Engineering, USA. She also serves as an independent director on the Board of HDFC Asset Management Company, one of India's largest and most profitable mutual fund managers.
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- Chief Executive Officer of Rosewood Hotel Group, Lea
Sonia Cheng is the Chief Executive Officer of Rosewood Hotel Group, leading a team of seasoned industry professionals to spearhead the Group's regional and international expansion. The company comprises of ultra-luxury Rosewood Hotels & Resorts®, deluxe New World Hotels & Resorts, and KHOS™, a dynamic global business hotel brand. Ms. Cheng is also the executive director of New World Development Company Limited and New World China Land, and the non-executive director of Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group, which comprise one of the largest conglomerates in Hong Kong.
She is also a member of the Hong Kong Tourism Board, an Independent Non-executive Director of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, a member of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited's Risk Committee, an Independent Director of Primavera Capital Acquisition Corporation, and the Chairman of the advisory committees of the School of Hotel and Tourism Management at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Before joining Rosewood Hotel Group, Ms. Cheng worked with a major international investment bank and a global American private equity firm, specialising in real estate investments. Ms. Cheng holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Applied Mathematics with a concentration in Economics from Harvard University.
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- Chairman and Editor - in - Chief of Forbes Media
Steve's newest project is the podcast "What's Ahead," where he engages the world's top newsmakers, politicians and pioneers in business and economics in honest conversations meant to challenge traditional conventions as well as featuring Steve's signature views on the intersection of society, economic and policy.
Steve helped create the recently released and highly acclaimed public television documentary, In Money We Trust?, which was produced under the auspices of Maryland Public television. The film was inspired by the book he co-authored, Money: How the Destruction of the Dollar Threatens the Global Economy - and What We Can Do About It.
Steve's latest book is Reviving America: How Repealing Obamacare, Replacing the Tax Code and Reforming The Fed will Restore Hope and Prosperity co-authored by Elizabeth Ames (McGraw-Hill Professional).
Steve writes editorials for each issue of Forbes under the heading of "Fact and Comment." A widely respected economic prognosticator, he is the only writer to have won the highly prestigious Crystal Owl Award four times. The prize was formerly given by U.S. Steel Corporation to the financial journalist whose economic forecasts for the coming year proved most accurate.
In both 1996 and 2000, Steve campaigned vigorously for the Republican nomination for the Presidency. Key to his platform were a flat tax, medical savings accounts, a new Social Security system for working Americans, parental choice of schools for their children, term limits and a strong national defense. Steve continues to energetically promote this agenda.
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- Chief Executive Officer, AirAsia Group