BCG Senior Advisor Best selling author of Dont Quit Your Day Job , dubbed a “kick-ass woman slaying the world of tech” Aliza built and led APAC businesses for three of the world’s top technology firms—Google, Twitter and Cloudflare. Named APAC IT Woman of The Year, she spent decades as a global finance and consulting executive. As a non-executive board director and Forbes columnist, she shares her passion and lessons learned with the next generation of business leaders.

Founder at Narrative: The Business of Stories. Anjali is the founder of Narrative, a multinational story practice, working with brands such as Meta, LinkedIn, Airbnb, Bytedance TikTok, Microsoft & Shell. The practice focuses on helping individuals and organizations find, curate and tell their story. Anjali has spoken on Strategic Storytelling in New York, Russia, India, Singapore, Japan, Australia, and many other Southeast Asian countries. She is the best-selling co-author of “Unleash Your Voice” and “Success Mindsets Anthology” (Wall Street Journal and a USA Today Bestseller). Her new book, “Strategic Storytelling: Why Some Stories Drive Your Success at Work and Other’s Don’t” is launching in 2024 published by Hachette Book Group, a leading US trade publisher and a division of the third largest trade and educational book publisher in the world, Hachette Livre.

Leadership Coach, Facilitator and Speaker Beatrix works with organizations and individuals across the world to thrive in a complex and constantly evolving world and tap into the Collective Intelligence of diverse groups. Beatrix has lived and worked in six countries, spending 17 years in Asia. Fluent in five languages and holding dual nationalities, she has navigated diverse cultural landscapes and complex business environments with competing demands. For the past 18 years, she has embraced the richness of an intercultural marriage while raising two children, giving her deep insight into balancing multiple perspectives and priorities.

Founder of Shahda Yoga Eranur is a dedicated instructor known for her transformative approach to sustainable yoga practice. With a deep passion for anatomy and philosophy, she empowers women and men by raising awareness of the natural design of the body through asana practice. Her sessions cultivate strength, alignment, and a deeper connection to movement. She has guided people worldwide, sharing her expertise in holistic wellbeing.

Professional speaker Jacqui Cooper represented Australia in the sport of aerial skiing for over 20 years. With a detailed plan in place and unwavering commitment she became a World Champion 10 years later. In a long and decorated career, Jacqui been selected to five Winter Olympic teams, the first Australian Woman in history to have enjoyed this honour. And with a record five world titles, 39 World Cup medals, 24 World Cup wins and three major World Championship medals, Jacqui Cooper is indisputably the greatest aerial skier of all time. Jacqui is an author, business owner, global speaker, TV personality, wife, and mother of 3.

Founder & CEO of Meiro & She Loves Data. Jana Marle-Zizkova is the Founder & CEO of Meiro, a Singapore-based Customer Data Platform (CDP), and Co-Founder of She Loves Data, a global non-profit empowering women in tech. With extensive leadership experience at Estee Lauder, Sybase, SAS, and Socialbakers, Jana combines enterprise expertise with entrepreneurial vision. Her advocacy for data-driven decision making and diversity in tech has impacted over 20,000 women through 300+ training workshops worldwide. Recognized among Singapore’s 100 Women in Tech and twice named among the Top 25 Business Women in the Czech Republic, Jana is also known for her adventurous spirit, having circumnavigated the globe on a 38ft sailboat.

General Manager Consumer Products Division, L'Oréal Thailand With over 18 years at L’Oréal, I’ve had the opportunity to build a global career that’s taken me across Singapore, China, the United States, and Thailand. I began my journey as a Female leader in marketing with L’Oréal Paris makeup and lived out a personal dream of working in New York—a milestone that taught me how ambition, curiosity, and grit can take you further than you ever imagined. I love meeting new people, learning through shared experiences, and finding energy in new challenges. Today, what inspires me most is the opportunity to connect with others, empower diverse voices, and help people see the possibilities in their own journey.

Professional speaker Juliann Liu is a unique well-being coach integrating Western knowledge with Eastern wisdom and practice to enhance leader’s Quality of Being. She is a facilitator on Authentic Leadership based on the approach of Human Ecology. Her background includes 8 years of supply-chain management in Decathlon across China and France. She had to take a career break due to her health crisis. By striving from this period for 5 years, she transformed her suffering into a life-changing experience. Since 2013, she began conducting workshops and trainings on self-empowerment, wellbeing, mindfulness and empathy. Additionally, she provides wellbeing coaching sessions tailored for leaders, emphasising self-practice to foster autonomy. She is certified in Empathic coaching, Wellbeing coaching, Authentic Leadership trainer, System Constellation facilitator, also with 2 golden medals in the Shanghai Tai Chi Tournament and certification as a yoga teacher.

Professional speaker Manish is a professional speaker and coach for human performance in the workplace. He is the managing partner of the Resilience Institute in South East Asia. Manish has held senior Change Leader positions in Asia and Europe within large multinationals and, as the external consultant, had the privilege to work in some of the largest and most respected companies in the world, including JDE, Shell, Unilever, PwC, Louis Vuitton, L’Oreal, DBS and many others. He truly believes in the potential in the infinite power of human resilience and is driven to help as many people as possible to build their capacity to navigate change and thrive in challenges.

International Dharma Teacher Paul Wooden has been practicing and studying yoga and meditation for 40 years and draws from his experience in many different styles and traditions. Through a practical understanding of their underlying unifying principles, he weaves together a cohesive and integrated approach to yoga and embodied living.

Leadership Development Practitioner, Ontological Coach and Founder of Narachi Leadership Named one of the 100 Young Influential Africans of 2019, Rachel Nyaradzo Adams is a leadership and transformation practitioner who is trained in organizational systems, ontology, neuroscience and anthropology. She is committed to courageous conversations and creates safe spaces for clients to explore some of their toughest conversations. Rachel was the former Associate Director for Africa at Yale University and headed up the McKinsey Leadership Programme at McKinsey. She is a graduate of the University of Oxford and is a Mandela Rhodes Scholar. Rachel is the Founder of Narachi Leadership and sits on the boards of MINDS, Jakes Gerwel Fellowship and St. George’s College. She is also a contributor for IncAfrica.

Practitioner, Entrepreneur and Consultant. Suchita Prasad has over 20 years of experience in Human Capital. She started her career as a Practitioner in Hindustan Unilever Limited. As an Entrepreneur, she helped set up an ed-tech start-up “The Fullbridge Program” with her Professor in Boston. As a Consultant with McKinsey SE Asia for over 12 years, Suchita led SE Asia’s leadership development practice focused on organizational and leadership transformations, talent and team effectiveness. She has served as Dean for McKinsey’s Center for CEO Excellence focusing on CEO transitions and CEO learning where over 200 CEOs have gone through the signature program. In her current role, Suchita works in all three spaces in an independent capacity serving clients on topics of transformation, leadership development and top team effectiveness. Suchita is an alumnus of Harvard Business School. She is married and lives in Singapore with her husband, and her two daughters, aged 11 and 8 years old.

Author and Lecturer on The Science of Happiness. Tal Ben-Shahar is an author and lecturer who taught the most popular course at Harvard University on Positive Psychology, and the university’s third most popular course on The Psychology of Leadership —with a total of more than 1,400 students. Tal consults and lectures around the world to executives in multi-national corporations, the general public, and at-risk populations. Topics include leadership, ethics, happiness, self-esteem, resilience, goal setting, and mindfulness. He is the author of the new books “Happier, No Matter What: Cultivating Hope, Resilience, and Purpose in Hard Times” and “Happiness Studies”. He is also the author of “The Joy of Leadership”, “Choose the Life You Want” and The New York Times bestseller “Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment”. Tal is the Co-founder of Potentialife and the Happiness Studies Academy. He created the world’s first Master’s Degree in Happiness Studies. An avid sportsman, Tal won the U.S. Intercollegiate and Israeli National squash championships. He earned his Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior and B.A. in Philosophy and Psychology from Harvard.