Region: Singapore
Vicente Santiago PĂ©rez
Vicente “Vince” Santiago PĂ©rez is an avid environmental advocate and renewable energy investor currently serving as chairman of Alternergy group, a wind, solar and mini-hydro power developer. His philanthropy is dedicated to the environment and conservation. Vince has long been involved with World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) starting with arranging debt-for-nature swaps. He was a founding trustee of WWF-Philippines in 1996. PĂ©rez was elected to the International Board of WWF, the governing body of the global WWF network, and currently a member of the boards of WWF-China and WWF-US. He is also a member of the Advisory Boards of the Bhutan Foundation, New Zealand Trade Enterprise, Geneva-based Pictet Clean…
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Penny Low
Penny Low was first elected to the Parliament of Singapore in 2001 as one of the youngest female MPs. Over the 15 years, she has chaired the Government Parliamentary Committee for the Ministry of Information, Communication, and the Arts, and has had oversight over the Ministry of Finance, Trade and Industry, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of National Development, and the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources. A passionate advocate for social entrepreneurship, in 2006 Penny founded Social Innovation Park Ltd., an award-winning non-profit organization advocating for and supporting social innovation globally via projects, forums and TV documentaries. Penny a has extensive experience in the wealth management industry and…
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Belva Devara
Belva Devara is CEO and Co-Founder of Ruangguru, the largest education technology enterprise in Southeast Asia, across Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, and Singapore. Ruangguru has impacted over 20 million K–12 students through high-quality learning videos, quizzes, and live tutoring on web and mobile platforms. Its affordable subscription cost allows for high student adoption across lower-income segments and in more rural regions. In addition, Ruangguru has served over 10 million lifelong learners through online professional courses and corporate training. With venture funding of over $205 million, Ruangguru is most recently included in the list of the 50 most innovative companies in the world by Fast Company, ranking #25 overall and #2 in…
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Huzir Sulaiman
Huzir Sulaiman works across different media, art forms, and genres telling stories that allow people to access complex ideas in simple, personal, human ways. A celebrated Malaysian-born playwright, his plays include the internationally acclaimed satire Atomic Jaya (1998), which asks what would happen if Malaysia decided to build an atomic bomb, and the award-winning The Weight of Silk on Skin (2011), a meditation on women, beauty, love and loss. He heads Studio Wong Huzir, a creative consultancy, and is a Joint Artistic Director of Checkpoint Theatre, which the Financial Times (UK) called “a repository of much of [Singapore’s] best stage talent.” Huzir also writes for film, television and newspapers, and…
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