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Desi Anwar

Desi Anwar is Senior Anchor of CNN Indonesia. She hosts a daily talkshow ‘Insight with Desi Anwar’ featuring in-dept...

Zeti Akhtar Aziz

Co-chair of the Board of Governors, Asia School of Business
former Governor, Bank Negara, Malaysia

Zeti Akthar Aziz is Co-chair of the Board of Governors of Asia School of Business, established in collaboration with MIT...

Bicky Bhangu

President, SE Asia, Pacific & South Korea
Rolls-Royce, UK

Bicky Bhangu is the President, SE Asia, Pacific & South Korea, at Rolls-Royce. He is also the President of the Briti...

Paolo Borzatta

Senior Partner
The European House - Ambrosetti, Italy

Paolo Borzatta is Senior Partner of The European House – Ambrosetti and Managing Director of Ambrosetti Group Limi...

Massimo Carboniero

President
UCIMU, Italy

Massimo Carboniero is the President of UCIMU – Sistemi per produrre. He is also CEO and co-owner of OMERA, leader in t...

Gu Yoon Chung

Head of Business Development for Asia Pacific
Enel Green Power, Italy

Gu-Yoon Chung is the Head of Business Development of the Asia Pacific region for Enel Green Power. With Enel focusing it...

Massimo Claudio Comparini

CEO
e-GEOS

Massimo Claudio Comparini is Chief Executive Officer of e-GEOS, an ASI 20% / Telespazio 80% Joint Venture company. In 2...

Maurizio Coratella

Chief Operating Officer, Onshore E&C Division
Saipem, Italy

Maurizio Coratella has been SAIPEM Chief Operating Officer of the on-shore Engineering and Construction Division since M...

Valerio De Molli

Managing Partner & CEO
The European House - Ambrosetti, Italy

Valerio De Molli has been Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer of The European House – Ambrosetti since 20...

Benedetto Della Vedova

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Italy

Benedetto Della Vedova is Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy since February 2014,...

Benjamin Diokno

Secretary of Budget and Management, Philippines

Benjamin E. Diokno is the current Secretary of the Department of Budget and Management of the Philippines. He intends to...

Michele Ferrario

CEO
Stashaway, Italy

Michele is the Co-Founder and CEO of StashAway. Until recently, he was the Group CEO of ZALORA where he was responsible ...

Douglas Foo

President
Singapore Manufacturing Federation

Douglas Foo is President of Singapore Manufacturing Federation since 2014. He is Chairman and Founder of Sakae Holdings ...

Robert Fox

Chairman, Digital Economy and ICT Group for Joint Foreign Chambers of Commerce, Thailand
Chairman, European Association for Business and Commerce, Thailand

Robert Fox is Chairman Digital Economy / ICT group for Joint Foreign Chambers of Commerce in Thailand, Chairman of the E...

Rachel Freeman

Advisory Manager
Financial Institutions Group, Asia Pacific, International Finance Corporation

Rachel Freeman is the Financial Institutions Advisory Manager for Asia. In her role, she leads IFC’s advisory program ...

Fabio Gallia

CEO
Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, Italy

Fabio Gallia has been Chief Executive Officer and General Director of Cassa Depositi e Prestiti since 2015. He is also M...

Frederik Geertman

Chief Commercial Officer
UBI Banca, Italy

Frederik Geertman has been Deputy General Manager and Chief Commercial Officer of UBI Banca Group since August 2016. He ...

Chng Kai Fong

Managing Director
Singapore Economic Development Board

Chng Kai Fong is Managing Director of the Singapore Economic Development Board. From September 2014 to September 2017, h...

Enrico Letta

President, Associazione Italia-ASEAN, Italy
Dean, Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences Po

Enrico Letta is President of the Italy-ASEAN Association. He is Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs, Scien...

Joseph Liow Chin Yong

Dean, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University
Professor of Comparative and International Politics, Singapore

Joseph Chin Yong Liow is Dean and Professor of Comparative and International Politics at the S. Rajaratnam School of Int...

Licia Mattioli

Vice President for Internationalization, General Confederation of Italian Industry
CEO, Mattioli Gioielli, Italy

Licia Mattioli is Chief Executive Officer of Mattioli S.p.A. She is Vice President of Confindustria for Internationaliza...

Charon Mokhzani

Executive Director
Khazanah Nasional Berhad, Malaysia

Dato’ Charon Mokhzani has been the Executive Director in the Managing Director’s Office of Khazanah Nasional Berhad ...

Riccardo Maria Monti

Chairman
Italferr, Italy

Riccardo Maria Monti has been Chairman of Italferr, the engineering Company of Gruppo Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, sin...

Romolo Nati

Executive Chairman and CEO
Italpinas Development Corporation, Philippines

Romolo V. Nati is the Executive Chairman and CEO of IDC (Italpinas Development Corporation), a publicly listed a real es...

Romeo Orlandi

Vice President
Associazione Italia-ASEAN, Italy

Romeo Orlandi is Vice President of the Association Italy-ASEAN. An economist and sinologist, he is Professor of Globaliz...

Tumbur Parlindungan

CEO
Saka Energi, Indonesia

Tumbur Parlindungan has been Chief Executive Officer of Saka Energi since July 2016. His career in Saka started in 2012 ...

Michelangelo Pipan

Vice President
Associazione Italia-ASEAN, Italy

Executive Vice President of the Italia-ASEAN Association since its inception, whose creation he was instrumental to, Mic...

Melvyn Pun Chi Tung

CEO and Executive Director
Yoma Strategic Holdings - Myanmar

Melvyn Pun is the Chief Executive Officer of Yoma Strategic, a Myanmar based conglomerate engaging in real estate develo...

Arham Abdul Rahman

Deputy CEO
Malaysian Investment Development Authority

Arham Abdul Rahman is Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA), based in ...

Alberto Sangiovanni Vincentelli

Edgar L. and Harold H. Buttner Chair of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
University of California, Berkeley

Researcher, entrepreneur and consultant – Alberto Sangiovanni Vincentelli holds the Edgar L. and Harold H. Buttner...

Michele Scannavini

President
Italian Trade Agency

Michele Scannavini has been President of the Italian Trade Agency since June 2016. He has managed business and organizat...

Tharman Shanmugaratnam

Deputy Prime Minister, Singapore

Tharman Shanmugaratnam has been Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore since May 2011. He also serves as Chairman of the Mon...

Sim Ann

Senior Minister of State for Trade & Industry, Singapore

Sim Ann is the Senior Minister of State for the Ministry of Trade and Industry & the Ministry of Culture, Community...

Soh Thian Lai

Chairman, Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers
Executive Chairman and Group Managing Director, Starshine Holdings BHD, Malaysia

Dato’ Soh Thian Lai is the President of the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers. He is also Vice President of the Na...

Megane S.C.Soo

President
SME International Trade Association of Malaysia

Megane S.C. Soo is the National President of SMITA Malaysia and the CEO of Southeast Asia Region of Opto Screen Group. O...

Subra Suresh

President
Nanyang Technological University of Singapore

Subra Suresh has been President of Nanyang Technological University since January 2018. From 2013 to 2017, he has been P...

Maurizio Tamagnini

Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board
STMicroelectronics, Italy

Since July 2017 Maurizio Tamagnini has been Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of STMicroelectronics N.V., one of th...

Mai Huu Tin

Chairman and CEO
U&I Investment Corporation, Vietnam

Mai Huu Tin is Chairman, CEO and Founder of U&I Investment Corporation (Unigroup), with 52 subsidiaries and affilia...

Ken Tun

CEO
Parami Energy, Myanmar

Ken Tun is Chairman and CEO of Parami Energy with interest in O&G Exploration, LPG, Mini-Grid and Renewables. The g...