Thiri Thant Mon is the CEO of the Myanmar Institute of Directors and the Managing Partner of Pegu Partners. She has over 20 years of experience in the US, UK and Myanmar, including as an investment banker with Morgan Stanley in London and the member of the senior management team at Yoma Strategic Holdings in Myanmar.  She is a board member of Dawn Microfinance Myanmar and a trustee for Turquoise Mountain Foundation, Yangon Heritage Trust and Doh Eain. She holds a BA in Economics from William & Mary and an MBA from the London Business School.

Dato’ Dr Zaha has more than 25 years experience in the financial, commodities and securities industr, and the development of the Malaysian Capital Market. She is currently the Chairman of Manulife Holdings Bhd and a Member of its Nominating/Remuneration Committee. She is a Board Member of Hong Leong Industries Bhd, Tanah Makmur Berhad and several private limited companies. She is also a member of Market Participants Committee (MPC) of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad, and the director of The Kuala Lumpur Business Club.

Mr. Ferdinand (‘Ferry’) de Bakker is an adjunct lecturer at Nanyang Technology University’s Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information in Singapore. He is chairman of Cognac Grosperrin in France; and managing director of La Croisette, a boutique consulting firm in Singapore. He serves on boards and committees of multiple non-profits in Singapore, and is a council member at the Singapore Institute of Directors.

Sir John Tusa is a British arts administrator, author, journalist, and former presenter of BBC’s Newsnight. He is the co-chairman of the European Union Youth Orchestra and was formerly the managing director of the BBC World Service and the Barbican Arts Centre. As Managing Director of the BBC External Services, he set up BBC World Service Television. He is also a writer whose books include Pain in the Arts and Making a Noise: Getting it Right, Getting it Wrong in Life, the Arts and Broadcasting.

Randall T. (Randy) Black has spent his 44-year career in many private sector roles and industries in Canada. He has held positions of Senior Manager, Managing Director, Director, and VP. He has also held Board Director positions in national and international not-for-profit organisations as a non-executive director.

Erika Lucas is the Co-Founder of StitchCrew, an organisation focused on building a more equitable economy through entrepreneurship. In collaboration with NBA Team the Oklahoma City Thunder, she runs an accelerator programme to support entrepreneurs in the middle of the country. Erika also founded VEST, a curated network of C-suite women working together to expedite the pipeline of more women in power.