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Gilbert Doumit
Gilbert Doumit is a founding and Managing Partner of Beyond Group Europe, a change-driven international consulting firm that specializes in three integrated practices: Public Policy & Management, Organizational Learning & Development, and Innovation & Technology Integration, with projects in South Asia, Africa, Caucasus, the Middle East and Gulf countries. For the last two decades, Gilbert has been advising policy makers, the United Nations, the World Bank, development partners, and civil society organizations to innovate and transform their social, economic and governance policies, strategies and systems. At the Yale School of Management, Gilbert has facilitated, for three consecutive years, a leadership development seminar within the Master’s of Advanced Management at the…
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Unmesh Brahme
Unmesh Brahme is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of several leadership and strategy coaching firms, including Purpose Partners Worldwide and Coach Partners Worldwide. He is also Co-founder and Director of Transcend Leadership and TruePurpose. He works with clients globally as well as specific to the Asia Pacific region on building organizational and individual leadership quotient through a combination of purpose, mindfulness, and presence-based coaching interventions. Prior to these roles, Unmesh had successful senior management work experience in the social development, education, public-private partnerships, financial services, building purpose brands, social enterprise and investment management, start-ups mentoring, inclusive sustainability, strategy advisory, and co-creating compassionate emerging economies. His body of work has been…
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Beatriz Boza
Beatriz Boza leads the Corporate Governance and Sustainability practice at EY Peru. She is also Founder and Chair of Ciudadanos al DĂa, a Peruvian-based not for profit and market-maker for good-government best practices. She has held several high ranking government appointments, including being a member of the Board of Directors of Peru’s Central Reserve Bank, Chief of Staff to Peru's Minister of Finance, President of PromPeru, Peru’s Investment and Tourism Promotion Board, and President of Indecopi, Peru´s Competition, Consumer Protection and Intellectual Property Office. Prior to joining EY, Beatriz served as an independent director of publicly listed and private companies in retail, export, and extractive industries. She has extensive experience…
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Bibi Bakare-Yusuf
Bibi Bakare-Yusuf is Co-Founder and Publishing Director of one of Africa's leading publishing houses, Cassava Republic Press, and is Co-Founder of Tapestry Consulting, a boutique research and training company based in Abuja focused on gender, sexuality, and transformational issues in Nigeria. Bibi has worked as a gender and research consultant in the public, private, and development sectors for the BBC, UniFem, ActionAid, eShekels, Central Bank of Nigeria, the European Union, and others. She sits on the editorial board of a number of influential journals and is the chair of board for The Initiative for Equal Rights, the largest organization in West Africa devoted to LGBTQ issues. Bibi is also a…
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Victor YUAN
Victor YUAN is the founder and chairman of the board of Horizon Research Consultancy Group, China’s leading public opinion and polling organization, which was founded in 1992. He has over 20 years of experience in marketing, sociological research, policy analysis, and management consulting. His dedication to socially oriented polling work has successfully led to encouraging increased NGO services for homeless people, HIV/AIDS prevention programs, migrant workers, and factory workers. Victor has published more than 400 research reports, papers, books, and translation works on law, economics, sociology, politic science, and culture. He also specializes in the areas of social group culture, branding, and empirical methodology of design for marketing strategy and…
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Daniel Shin
Daniel Shin is a venture capitalist and senior luxury fashion executive, overseeing corporate and business development at MCM, a German luxury brand. He is also a founding member and partner of KingsBay Capital, a cross-border venture capital firm based in San Francisco. Prior to that, Daniel served in various executive roles at Hanwha Group (DreamPlus), Korea Telecom (Strategic Investment Group) and Daesung Group (BiNEXT Capital). He has published several books and is a frequent speaker on subjects related to innovation and tech entrepreneurship around the globe. He currently teaches at Korea University on an adjunct basis. He was nominated as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum at…
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Molly A. MartĂnez
Molly Anna MartĂnez serves as Executive Administrator (COO) of Plymouth Church, renowned for its role in racial justice, women's rights, and food security. Additionally, as a certified end-of-life doula, she is working to address gaps in hospice care for persons of color, providing coaching on compassionate listening as an essential tool for health and organizational reform. Prior to Plymouth, Molly has held positions at World ENABLED, a disability-rights organization and International Disability Alliance, working to build relationships across business, government, and non-profit sectors on inclusive city design. Molly holds a Ph.D. in sociology from Yale University with a specialization in organizational development.
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John Haffner
John Haffner is a sustainability executive based in Hong Kong, with an extensive background in Asia, including especially Japan, China, and Southeast Asia. He currently serves as General Manager, Sustainability for a leading commercial real estate company, Hang Lung Properties. He has two decades of experience in cleantech, energy, and sustainability, including senior roles in the electricity sector in both Canada and Asia. John’s education includes two law degrees from McGill University, and he is called to the bar in the Province of Ontario, Canada. In 2011 John was nominated as an Asia 21 Young Leader by Asia Society. John has more than 20 publications on various topics related to…
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Mteto Nyati
Mteto Nyati is the executive chairman of BSG, a homegrown consulting and technology company that specialises in strategy execution. In BSG he holds a 40% shareholding through his investment vehicle, Wazo Investments. Mteto is also the chairman of Eskom. Previously, he was the Group Chief Executive of Altron and Chief Executive Officer of MTN South Africa. He is the author of the number one bestseller, Betting on a Darkie, a book about his life as a shopkeeper’s son, family man, and business leader at local and multinational corporates. Mteto mentors and coaches senior executives, including CEOs as well as up and coming business professionals. In 2021, the University of Johannesburg’s…
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Subhashini Chandran
As Vice President, Social Impact, Asia Pacific (AP) at the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth (CFIG), Subhashini Chandran is responsible for overseeing, executing, and scaling the Center’s strategy in Asia Pacific, contributing to global and regional objectives. In her role, she drives all regional CFIG activity covering programs, data and insights, strategic engagement, and partnerships. Subhashini has 25+ years of experience spanning the private and development sectors. She began her professional journey as an entrepreneur, growing her family’s tea farm in South India, to be one of India’s largest privately owned tea companies, employing ~7000 women. More recently, she has focused on the inclusion of small businesses and women-led enterprises…
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