Anant Agarwal is the Founder and CEO of edX and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT. Prof. Anant won the Maurice Wilkes prize for computer architecture, and MIT's Smullin and Jamieson prizes for teaching. He is also the 2016 recipient of the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize for Higher Education, which recognized his work in advancing the MOOC movement. As a CEO of a global nonprofit, Anant is helping to transform traditional education, removing the barriers of cost, location and access. edX is reimagining the possibilities of education, providing the highest-quality, stackable learning experiences including the groundbreaking MicroMasters® programs. Additionally, he is a recipient of the Padma Shri award from the President of India and was named the Yidan Prize for Education Development Laureate in 2018.

Haslinda Amin is Chief International Correspondent for Southeast Asia and anchor for Bloomberg Television. She is also host and Executive Producer of talk show ‘High Flyers’ which is the longest-running program on Bloomberg TV.

Based in Singapore, Amin has been at the heart of market-moving news and stories that have driven the region’s transformation. She has reported on major events including the 2008 financial crisis, several elections across Asia including India and Indonesia which are among the world’s most populous, the 2016 Jakarta attacks and the 2010 bloody anti-government clashes in Thailand. Amin has also helmed Bloomberg’s coverage of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting, the World Economic Forum, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Board of Governors Meeting and the ASEAN Milken Global Summit.

Amin has interviewed a wide range of top newsmakers for Bloomberg Television, including Singapore’s founding father Lee Kuan Yew, Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo, Chief Executive of Hong Kong SAR Carrie Lam, United States Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, Former Prime Minister of Malaysia Mahathir Mohamad and former Thai Premier Thaksin Shinawatra. Other notable interviews include Paul Volcker, Joe Biden, Mike Pompeo, Timothy Geithner and Stanley Fischer.

Amin began her career covering Southeast Asian politics more than a decade ago. She serves on the board of UN Women Singapore and has been nominated numerous times for Best Current Affairs Anchor at the Asian TV Awards. She graduated from the National University of Singapore, majoring in Political Science and English Language. She speaks Bahasa Indonesia.

As CEO of $54 billion industry super fund HESTA, Debby leads an organisation passionate about making a real difference to the financial future of every member while supporting a healthier planet and society.

Under Debby’s leadership, HESTA pioneered investing with impact, which is delivering strong, long-term returns and positively contributing to global sustainable development goals.
The first major Australian super fund to commit to an ambitious Climate Change Transition Plan, HESTA is targeting total portfolio cuts in emissions of 33% by 2030 and ‘net zero’ by 2050.

More than 80% of HESTA’s 870,000+ members are women. A prominent voice for gender equality, Debby’s advocacy highlights that when women do better everyone benefits.

Debby holds directorships at the Fund Executives Association Limited (FEAL); Industry Super Australia (ISA); The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) and The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia Ltd (ASFA). Debby is a Workplace Gender Equality Agency Pay Equity Ambassador.

Margaretta is Author, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Jthereum.

She serves on the advisory boards of the AI Precision Health Institute at the University of Hawaii Cancer Center, the Longevity AI Consortium at King's College London, NaNotics, Gennev, First Longevity, Robots Go Mental, and on the Board of Directors of the Bring Hope Humanitarian Foundation.

Margaretta has been at the forefront of emerging technologies throughout her entire career. In the 1990s she was a core member of the team that developed the first Java based secure messaging software for stock trading platforms - software that is still used today by the world's top multinational investment banks. She's been a core member of teams that have influenced important technical specifications and standards, including JDBC and JMS that have helped advance the technology industry.

Margaretta is co-author of Longevity Industry 1.0: Defining The Biggest And Most Complex Industry In Human History.

Unconditional love” – It’s the meaning of Agape in Greek, is what Anil David’s wife and family embodied throughout his incarceration. Wanting to honour his family, Anil went on to set up Agape Connecting People Pte Ltd in 2012, fighting hard to provide a second chance not just for himself but for those whom others dared not take chances on.

Agape is a contact centre set up with the purpose of providing employment for the disadvantaged who wants to turn their lives around. They include inmates serving time in Changi, physically challenged persons, single mothers and ex-offenders. In Nov 2018, our reach has extended into Changi Women’s prison and will also be able to reach out to displaced civilians via home-based work. This will benefit even the visually impaired and single mothers who cannot commute to us.

Agape has a combined capacity of more than 250 seats across different locations. We are working to impact in excess of 1,000 disadvantaged individuals by 2022. Through dignified work, they can regain respect as they rebuild their lives and families.

Shawn Edwards is Bloomberg’s Chief Technology Officer. Based in New York, he oversees the development of Bloomberg’s global technology strategy, including enhancements to the company’s core business, the Bloomberg Professional service.

Shawn and his team, in partnership with Bloomberg’s global Engineering team, are instrumental in the ongoing development of Bloomberg’s leading market data, analytics, news and community products. The team researches existing and emerging technologies, architects solutions in strategic areas and sets the technology direction for the company.

In his role, Shawn advances the company’s engagement with academia, including research fellowships, grants and sponsorships, and also leads engagement with the open source community and the broader developer community in general.

In 2017, Shawn was named to the top ten of the Institutional Investor Tech 40 – an annual ranking of financial industry technology leaders. He was previously included in the top ten of the Institutional Investor Tech 50 in both 2015 and 2016.

Previously, Shawn ran Bloomberg’s global Engineering group where he helped streamline the product development process, bolster the Bloomberg network’s technical infrastructure and create a user-experience design team, which now influences product development company-wide.

Prior to joining Bloomberg in 2003, Shawn worked for Bear Stearns & Co. where he was a managing director in the company’s fixed income trading group. He has also held positions at Mentor Graphics and IBM.

Shawn received a Bachelor’s of Science and a Master’s degree from the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science at Columbia University.

On October 1st 2020 Anne Marie Engtoft Larsen took office as Denmark’s new Tech Ambassador. The Tech Ambassador represents the government of Denmark with a global mandate and a physical presence in both Silicon Valley, Copenhagen and Beijing – transcending borders and regions and thus rethinking the traditional understanding of a diplomatic representation.

As the Tech Ambassador, she spearheads the Danish TechPlomacy-initiative – elevating technology and digitalization to a crosscutting foreign and security policy priority of the Danish government.

Prior to her appointment, Anne Marie Engtoft Larsen worked at World Economic Forum in Genève (2017-2020) where she led the World Economic Forum's work on Fourth Industrial Revolution and Global Public Goods. The aim was to mobilize technology companies, governments, international organizations, investors and civil society to collaboratively tackle the barriers that prevent emerging technology from scaling responsibly to help solve society’s biggest challenges.

Anne Marie Engtoft Larsen holds a Master’s Degree in Development Management, from The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and a Master’s Degree in International Business & Politics from Copenhagen Business School.

Grauer is chairman of Bloomberg, the global financial technology company that was founded in 1981. He has been a member of the Bloomberg Board of Directors since October 1996 and was named chairman of the board in March 2001, succeeding Michael R. Bloomberg. Grauer joined Bloomberg full time as chairman, president and CEO in March 2002.

Prior to joining Bloomberg, Grauer was a managing director of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette from 1992 to 2000 when DLJ was acquired by Credit Suisse. He is a founder of DLJ Merchant Banking Partners and DLJ Investment Partners and had also served as a managing director and senior partner of CSFB Private Equity.

Grauer graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Harvard University Graduate School of Business, Program for Management Development. Grauer serves as lead director of DaVita, Inc. (NYSE: DVA), a healthcare services company based in Colorado. He is a member of the Business Council and McKinsey Advisory Council. He is also a member of the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum where he serves on a number of its business sector Board of Governors. He is founding Chairman of the Community of Chairmen at the World Economic Forum. Grauer is the Senior Independent Director and Chairman of the Nominations and Audit Committees of Glencore.

He is an Independent Director and member of the Audit Committee of Blackstone (NYSE:BX). Grauer is the President of the Board of Trustees of the Inner City Scholarship Fund in New York City and a member of the Partnership for Inner City Education Board of Directors. He is a trustee of Rockefeller University and is Chairman of the Rockefeller Finance & Operations Committee. He is founding Chairman of the U.S. 30% Club and a member of Out Leadership’s Global Advisory Board. Grauer is a member of the Board of the Prostate Cancer Foundation and is Chairman of the College Advising Corps. Grauer is also a member of the British American Business International Advisory Board and the Asia Business Council. He is Emeritus board member of Room to Read and the Board of the USA Cycling Development Foundation. He is a former member of the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and several UNC entities. 

He is a recipient of the Peterson Business Award, the William Richardson Davie Award, the Dean's Award for Distinguished Service to the College of Arts and Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Papal Order of Merit.

Grauer is also a member of the N.C. Media and Journalism Hall of Fame.

Patricia E. Harris is the Chief Executive Officer of Bloomberg Philanthropies, a data-driven foundation that encompasses all of founder Michael R. Bloomberg’s charitable giving. As CEO, Harris works across five key program areas—arts, education, environment, government innovation, and public health—to help ensure better, longer lives for the greatest number of people. By developing, supporting, and incubating initiatives, Bloomberg Philanthropies is improving lives across the nation and the world.

Previously, Harris served as the First Deputy Mayor of the City of New York during the Bloomberg Administration. She is the first woman in New York City’s history to have served in this role, which is the City’s highest appointed position.

Before joining the Bloomberg Administration in 2002, Harris managed Bloomberg L.P.’s Corporate Communications Department, overseeing its Philanthropy, Public Relations, and Governmental Affairs divisions. Prior to that, she was Vice President for Public Relations at Serino Coyne Advertising. She began her career in public service in 1977 as an Assistant to then-Congressman Ed Koch and, upon Koch’s election as Mayor, served in a number of roles within his Administration, including Executive Director of the City’s Art Commission.

Mr. Amitabh Kant is presently CEO of National Institution for Transforming India (NITI). He is a member of the Indian Administrative Service, IAS (Kerala Cadre: 1980 batch). He is the author of Branding India - An Incredible Story. Mr. Kant has been a key driver of the “Make in India”, Startup India, “Incredible India” and God’s Own Country” initiatives that positioned India and Kerala State as leading manufacturing and tourism destinations. These campaigns have won several international awards and embraced a host of activities – infrastructure development, product enhancement, private-public partnership and positioning and branding based on extensive market research.

Mr. Kant also conceptualized the “Atithi Devo Bhavah” – “Guest is God” campaign to train Taxi Drivers, Guides, immigration officials and make them stake holders in the tourism development process. Mr. Amitabh Kant was also the National Project Director of the Rural Tourism Project of UNDP which made a paradigm shift in spreading tourism to Indian villages which had core-competency in handicrafts, handloom and culture.

In his capacity as Secretary (Industries) Govt. of India, Mr. Kant drove the Ease of Doing Business initiative and ranking of States on outcome parameters. He is the Chairman of the Committee to implement Digital Payment in India.

He is a Member of the Steering Board of “Shaping the Future of Production Systems” of World Economic Forum.

He is also the recipient of Sir Edmund Hillary Fellowship award by the Prime Minister of New Zealand. 

Cassandra Kelly is known for her cut through, and her own commitment to action. She inspires action in others in her various roles as a global thought leader, speaker and coach to leaders who dare: corporate and political. She continues to work as an advisor with the world’s most influential organizations and as an invited speaker at forums including the G20, European Union, African Union, World Government Summit and NATO. She speaks regularly on technology, including AI and humanity, and continues as a founding member of the Global Tech Panel.

She has worked in most of the world’s continents. She co-founded the award-winning global corporate advisory firm, Pottinger, and subsequently cChange. She works with leaders to help them solve their most complex problems and accelerates meaningful outcomes by working with influencers to make change happen quickly.  Cassandra’s ability to compel organizations to seize new opportunities and challenge the status quo has resulted in numerous accolades including being placed on the list of the 100 Women of Influence in Australia in management in the boardroom by the Financial Review/Westpac. In 2015 she was named a US Director to watch and in 2017 as one of Australia’s top 10 Chairs.  Most recently she was awarded an Order of Australia. 

A known advocate for investing in female talent and helping women to connect across industries, from public and private sector, she founded the Glass Elevator which operates globally and served on the Australian Federal Treasury’s Inclusive Workplace Committee. She is the inaugural global chair for the council of the diversity initiative, Exponent.

She has held various directorships, public and private, and continues as Chair of the board for the Treasury Corporation of Victoria.

Cassandra lives in New York with 3 children.

Mr Nadiem Anwar Makarim is the current Minister of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia. He founded Gojek in 2010, a transportation network company and logistic startup company that became Indonesia's first startup valued over USD 10 billion. He was appointed as Minister of Education and Culture by President Joko Widodo on his second term's cabinet and subsequently resigned from his post at Gojek.

In 2006, Mr Makarim began his career as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company. After obtaining his MBA degree, he became the Co-founder and Managing Director of Zalora Indonesia. In 2013, he became Kartuku's Chief Innovation Officer while developing Gojek.

Mr Makarim was awarded The Straits Times’ Asian of the Year award in 2016; he was the first Indonesian to receive the award since it was first established in 2012. Some previous recipients include Singapore’s first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Myanmar President Thein Sein. The award came as Gojek focused on increasing the welfare of the informal sector while helping to provide a livelihood for Indonesians by changing the traditional business market and model.

In May 2019, Mr Makarim became the youngest figure in Asia to receive the 24^th Nikkei Asia Prize in the category of “Economic and Business Innovation”. In November 2019, he was the only Indonesian to be included on Time magazine’s “TIME 100 Next” list . The list is intended to recognise the influence of rising stars who are shaping the future in their respective field.

Mark McCrindle is variously described as a Futurist, Demographer, and Social Commentator. He is a National Statistics Excellence Award winner, TEDx speaker and is regarded as one of Australia’s foremost social researchers.

He is a regular social and demographic commentator in the press, on radio and on news and current affairs television shows such as Sunrise, Today, ABC News 24, A Current Affair, and Today Tonight.

Naomi Milgrom AC is an Australian business leader, philanthropist and patron, internationally recognised for initiating and supporting cultural innovation and artistic excellence. With a focus on bold projects that engage communities and generate social, economic and environmental value, she is known for leading successful collaborations with government, business and not-for-profit partners.

Ms Milgrom has an acclaimed track record for bringing future-minded architecture and design to the community. She has collaborated with some of the world’s leading architects and urban thinkers through her MPavilion program, regarded as Australia’s principal architecture commission, and the Living Cities Forum, an annual gathering of leading global architects and design innovators. Through these initiatives, she has teamed with renowned architects such as Rem Koolhaas and David Gianotten, Amanda Levete, Bijoy Jain, Ryue Nishizawa, Sean Godsell and Carme Pinós.

Numerous board positions and awards recognise Ms Milgrom's achievements as a leader and contributor to civil society.  She has been awarded three Honorary Doctorates, the Australian Institute of Architects President's Award, and Officer of the Order of Australia in 2010. Ms Milgrom accepted the Creative Partnerships Australia Philanthropy Leadership Award in 2016, was the Commissioner of the Australian Pavilion at the Venice Art Biennale 2017 and in 2018 received the Melbourne Achiever Award by the Committee for Melbourne. She was also a judge for the 2017 and 2019 World Architecture Awards, is a founding patron of PHOTO 2020 International Festival of photography and Chair of the Sydney Powerhouse Precinct Project.

Ng Boon Heong is the Chief Executive Officer of Temasek Foundation Ltd. He is responsible for the overall Temasek Foundation group, and leads Temasek’s six foundations (International, Cares, Connects, Nurtures, Innovates, Ecosperity) towards achieving the vision of One Temasek Foundation. Boon Heong holds a concurrent role as Managing Director, International Relations with the Sustainability & Stewardship Group (SSG) of Temasek International Pte Ltd. Prior to assuming his current appointment on 1 April 2020, Boon Heong was Head, Community Stewardship in SSG. He oversaw numerous community development, sustainability and climate change initiatives; working closely with Temasek Trust and Stewardship Asia Centre to deliver its mandates and strategic thrusts of connecting people, uplifting communities, protecting planet, advancing capabilities and rebuilding lives in Singapore and beyond.

Before joining Temasek, Boon Heong served in the SAF and was intimately involved in technology development and management focusing on advanced sensors, autonomous vehicles and sense-making. He has also worked with different stakeholders to deliver integrated and multi-source information fusion and analysis products, scenario development and contingency planning; including providing support to various SAF Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief operations. He was also top Army graduate of SAF Command and Staff College, graduated from the Indonesian Military's Joint Command and Staff College (SESKO TNI) and was awarded Public Administration Medal (Silver)
(Military).

Boon Heong graduated with a Bachelor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Honours) from the Nanyang Technological University Singapore, holds a Masters in Business Administration from Singapore Management University and Masters in Systems Integration (Information Systems) from Naval Postgraduate School USA.

Neera leads Dasra’s ecosystem-building initiatives in the areas of Adolescents, Urban Sanitation, and Democracy & Governance and facilitates collaborative platforms by engaging donors, non-profits, government and other stakeholders. In 2016, she initiated the Dasra Adolescents Collaborative, an impact-driven platform that has till date united four institutional funders, XX technical experts, government stakeholders from Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and seven social organizations to focus on four key outcomes for adolescent empowerment. She initiated and led the launch of the Dasra Social Impact Leadership Program with Harvard Business Publishing, a first-of-its-kind executive education program for social sector leaders in India.

Neera holds a Master’s in Business Administration from Harvard Business School, is an Indian Leadership Initiative Fellow with Aspen Institute, and is an elected executive committee member of Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs. She is a recipient of the Canadian Governor General's Medallion for her dedication to addressing India’s critical development challenges, and the Forbes Philanthropy Award in the Crossover Leaders category for 2014.

Gaurav Patankar is an emerging markets investment professional with a 20 year career spanning bottom-up equity research, portfolio management, capital allocation and M&A. Presently, he serves as the Head of EM Equity Strategy at Bloomberg, LP. In his prior career, Gaurav has been the CIO of a multi-family office, an EM Strategist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, a Portfolio Manager at Lockheed Martin Pension and Mellon Investments and a Sector Analyst at Millennium Partners.  Prior to his investment career, Gaurav was a Corporate Strategist at M&T Bank and an entrepreneur in India where he co-founded Information Interface India Ltd (promoter of Niyogin Fintech Limited BSE: NIYOGIN_IN).

Gaurav has earned a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Mumbai, an M.B.A. in Finance and Strategy from the State University of New York at Buffalo as a Berkshire-M&T Fellow. He also earned his Ph.D. in Social Economics and Governance in 2011. 

Noor is Founder & CEO of NQ International Pte. Ltd. (“NQI”). She has more than 40 years experience in wealth management and financial services. Her previous positions, all based in Singapore with regional/global responsibilities, included being Director and Head, Business Development (South East Asia) - The Citigroup Private Bank, Director, Business Development (South East Asia)- GE Capital and Deputy Managing Director-Rabobank Asia Ltd.

 As one of the earliest financial services executives in Singapore engaged in transactions in investment banking, corporate finance, and the  various disciplines within wealth management, she has considerable experience in managing global account relationships and leading teams to service international high net worth individuals, families and corporations in Asia, Europe, the US and the Middle East. This has enabled her to share best practices, also incorporating, particularly, the impact of cross-culture to optimize the effectiveness of relationships and projects. 

Based in Singapore since 2007, NQI specializes in 4  key advisory services. The cross-border corporate business development activities include joint-ventures, acquisitions and investments. The Family Office service to both single and multi-family offices includes broad-based wealth advisory, strategy, risk management between business and family office, leadership and generational issues. The latter incorporates the processes, implications and strategies impacting  longevity and active aging within the current “silver generation”.

NQI’s talent identification business which covers South East Asia, North Asia and the Middle East, is a strategic service which helps to enhance human capital within the financial services and wealth management industries as well as strategic corporate sectors. NQI identifies, assesses, mentors and cross-positions suitably qualified candidates for C-suite and senior level positions. This includes the participation and involvement of women as corporate leaders. Diversity in gender, age and ethnicity are important aspects of NQI’s candidate selection strategy. Leadership dynamics, team-leading skills and adaptability to the new digi /tech era are critical assessment tools used to determine talent suitability. 

NQI is also engaged on a pro-bono basis in not-for-profit and philanthropic projects involving women’s health, aging and ESG.

 A frequent speaker on human capital, talent placement and retention, global wealth management and family office advisory issues at major international conferences,  Noor is currently, among others, a founding member and immediate past President of Breast Cancer Foundation, Board Member of The Singapore Ireland Fund and Board Member, ISCA Cares (Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants). She is also a member of the Disciplinary and Inquiry committees of the Singapore Dental Council, and a member of the Inquiry committee of the Law Society, Singapore.

She was joint co-chairperson of BoardAgender in Singapore, an organization formed to encourage women be represented on boards as part of gender diversity.

Noor is married with 3 grown children and 7 grandchildren and is an avid musician, often raising funds for various regional charities through her music.

Dr Richard Siow, PhD, is Director of Ageing Research at King’s College London (KCL), London, UK a multidisciplinary consortium to better understand the mechanisms of ageing, improve health-span and longevity, and to address the social impact of ageing. Richard is a graduate of KCL (BSc and PhD) and became a faculty member of the School of Biomedical Sciences in 2001 and had a sabbatical period with Unilever R&D. He was previously Vice-Dean (International), Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine at KCL and is an Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology. He recently led the establishment of the Longevity AI Consortium, an academic-industry R&D hub at KCL to improve the quality of longer lives and extend health-span using AI enhanced technologies for personalised physical, mental and financial longevity. Richard’s research focuses on cardiovascular nutrigenomics for healthy longevity and age-related diseases, including the development of 3D bioprinting and ageing-on-chip models. He is the UK Lead for International Society on Aging and Disease, Committee member of the European Vascular Biology Organisation, European Society for Microcirculation and Society for Free Radical Research (Europe). He is a member of the Strategic Advisory Board for the All Party Parliamentary Group for Longevity, UK.

Meenu Vadera is the Founder; Executive Director, AZAD FOUNDATION whose mission is to equip resource-poor women with knowledge and skills so that they excel as professionals and entrepreneurs, and earn a “livelihood with dignity” in jobs and markets that had traditionally been closed to them.

She has a work experience of over 20 years as a grassroot worker, trainer, implementer and a leader. She has been involved in development initiatives as the Country Director in ActionAid Uganda (1998-2003). In India she has also led an innovative initiative of Aagaz Academy-Schools of Leadership for elected women panchayat leaders.

She has also written and published many articles on women’s rights and has been the recipient of multiple awards including ‘International Inspiration’ Award by IBM iX ‘Everywoman in Travel’ award, 2018 and featured amongst the ‘Seven Women Changing the World for Good in 2019’.

Ambassador Richard Verma is the Former U.S. Ambassador to India from 2014 to 2017, where he is credited for the historic deepening of bilateral ties. A leading expert on trade and diplomacy in Asia, Ambassador Verma brings 25 years of experience across senior levels of business, law, diplomacy, and the military.

Nominated as U.S. Ambassador to India by President Obama and unanimously confirmed by the Senate, Ambassador Verma oversaw one of the largest U.S. diplomatic missions in the world, including four consulates with staff from nearly every agency in the U.S. Government. During his tenure, he championed historic progress in U.S.-India relations, with critical evolutions to bilateral cooperation in defense, trade, and clean energy. The Ambassador also oversaw several meetings between President Obama and Prime Minister Modi – leading to over 100 new initiatives and more than 40 government-to-government dialogues.

Ambassador Verma was previously the Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs, where he led the State Department’s efforts on Capitol Hill. He served for many years as the Senior National Security Advisor to the Senate Majority Leader and also worked in the House of Representatives. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, where he served on active duty as a Judge Advocate. His military decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal and Air Force Commendation Medal.

The Ambassador also brings to bear a distinguished career in the private sector. He was a partner in a major global law firm for many years, and also served as a member of the Weapons of Mass Destruction and Terrorism Commission led by former Senators Graham and Talent. He is a co-author of their landmark report, “World at Risk.

Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala is Chairman and CEO of Ayala Corporation, one of the largest conglomerates in the Philippines, with interests in real estate, banking, telecommunications, water, industrial technologies, power, infrastructure, healthcare, and education.

Jaime is a member of various business and socio-civic organizations, including the JP Morgan International Council and Mitsubishi Corporation International Advisory Council. He chairs the Harvard Business School Asia-Pacific Advisory Board and the SMU Advisory Council in the Philippines, as well as working with the Harvard Global Advisory Council, the University of Tokyo Global Advisory Board and the Endeavor Philippines board of trustees. Jaime represented the Philippines on the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Advisory Council from 2010 to 2015.

Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala is Chairman and CEO of Ayala Corporation, one of the largest conglomerates in the Philippines, with interests in real estate, banking, telecommunications, water, industrial technologies, power, infrastructure, healthcare, and education.

Jaime is a member of various business and socio-civic organizations, including the JP Morgan International Council and Mitsubishi Corporation International Advisory Council. He chairs the Harvard Business School Asia-Pacific Advisory Board and the SMU Advisory Council in the Philippines, as well as working with the Harvard Global Advisory Council, the University of Tokyo Global Advisory Board and the Endeavor Philippines board of trustees. Jaime represented the Philippines on the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Advisory Council from 2010 to 2015.

As CEO of $54 billion industry super fund HESTA, Debby leads an organisation passionate about making a real difference to the financial future of every member while supporting a healthier planet and society.

Under Debby’s leadership, HESTA pioneered investing with impact, which is delivering strong, long-term returns and positively contributing to global sustainable development goals.
The first major Australian super fund to commit to an ambitious Climate Change Transition Plan, HESTA is targeting total portfolio cuts in emissions of 33% by 2030 and ‘net zero’ by 2050.

More than 80% of HESTA’s 870,000+ members are women. A prominent voice for gender equality, Debby’s advocacy highlights that when women do better everyone benefits.

Debby holds directorships at the Fund Executives Association Limited (FEAL); Industry Super Australia (ISA); The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) and The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia Ltd (ASFA). Debby is a Workplace Gender Equality Agency Pay Equity Ambassador.

Keiko Honda is an Adjunct Professor and Adjunct Senior Research Scholar of Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.  Until the end of October 2019, Honda was the Chief Executive Officer of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), the political risk insurance and credit enhancement arm of the World Bank Group. MIGA supports cross-border equity investors and lenders by providing coverage against currency inconvertibility and transfer restriction, expropriation, war and civil disturbance, breach of contract, and non-honoring of financial obligations.  Before joining MIGA, Honda was the first woman senior partner in Asia at McKinsey & Company, where she advised financial institutions on corporate finance and strategy and business development. Honda also served as a visiting associate professor at Hitotsubashi University Graduate School and as a professor at Waseda University Graduate School. Prior to that, Honda worked for Bain & Company and Lehman Brothers.

Honda holds a bachelor’s degree in consumer economics from Ochanomizu University and an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, where she was selected as a Fulbright Scholar.

Dr. Fred Hu has been the founder and chairman of Primavera Capital Group since 2010. Prior to this, Fred was Chairman of Greater China and a Partner at Goldman Sachs, where he was instrumental in building the firm's franchise in the region. He led some of the largest and most significant transactions in the firm's history, and served on the Goldman Sachs Partnership Committee, the Global IBS Leadership Group, the Pine Street-Goldman Sachs University Board, and the firmwide Culture, Diversity and Leadership Committee.

Fred is a respected economist whose main areas of research interest include macroeconomics, international finance and capital markets. He served at the International Monetary Fund, and he has advised the Chinese government on financial reform, SOE restructuring, and macroeconomic policies. Fred also previously sat on the Hong Kong Government's Strategic Development Committee and the Advisory Committee for the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission.

 Fred has been an independent non-executive director for Ant Group since August 2020, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited since April 2019, UBS Group AG since 2018, Yum China Holdings Inc. since 2016, and Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited since November 2014.

 Fred holds a Master in Engineering Science from Tsinghua University, and a Master and Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University.

Ambassador Richard Verma is the Former U.S. Ambassador to India from 2014 to 2017, where he is credited for the historic deepening of bilateral ties. A leading expert on trade and diplomacy in Asia, Ambassador Verma brings 25 years of experience across senior levels of business, law, diplomacy, and the military.

Nominated as U.S. Ambassador to India by President Obama and unanimously confirmed by the Senate, Ambassador Verma oversaw one of the largest U.S. diplomatic missions in the world, including four consulates with staff from nearly every agency in the U.S. Government. During his tenure, he championed historic progress in U.S.-India relations, with critical evolutions to bilateral cooperation in defense, trade, and clean energy. The Ambassador also oversaw several meetings between President Obama and Prime Minister Modi – leading to over 100 new initiatives and more than 40 government-to-government dialogues.

Ambassador Verma was previously the Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs, where he led the State Department’s efforts on Capitol Hill. He served for many years as the Senior National Security Advisor to the Senate Majority Leader and also worked in the House of Representatives. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, where he served on active duty as a Judge Advocate. His military decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal and Air Force Commendation Medal.

The Ambassador also brings to bear a distinguished career in the private sector. He was a partner in a major global law firm for many years, and also served as a member of the Weapons of Mass Destruction and Terrorism Commission led by former Senators Graham and Talent. He is a co-author of their landmark report, “World at Risk.

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Longevity is redrawing economic lines, changing the face of the workforce, and advancing technology and innovations. The future does not solely belong to Millennials or Gen Zs, but rather is fertile ground for a completely new, cross-generational industry — the capitalization of which could exceed anything previously seen in the history of markets.

Longer life spans are altering business models, living standards, pension costs and economic growth rates across the globe. According to Margaretta Colangelo, author and co-founder and CEO of Jthereum, the citizens of the over-60s "silver economy" have a spending power estimated at $15 trillion this year alone. How can traditional approaches to wealth management and pensions adapt to a future of healthier people and reskillable workforces?

As the twin demographic trends of rising Millennial and the silver economy's wealth trigger world-altering advances, governments must enact policies that recognize the potential of these changes to both advance and disrupt our societies. The wisest policy-makers will be those who build strong consultative relationships with the increasingly tech-infused private sector.

The world is growing increasingly complex and divided. Governments and the corporate sector must collaborate and find effective ways to share wisdom about the most important global challenges. With the tremendous potential of data science at our disposal, new ways are needed to increase social and environmental capital alongside financial capital and build more sustainable economies.

Data for Good forms part of a long Bloomberg tradition of advocacy, for using data science and human capital to solve problems at the core of society. Shawn will look at how Bloomberg has used data and technology to identify gaps and how to leverage data for good in society, as well as tell the story of that good and measure its success.

While many non-profit organizations are working to solve problems of universal importance, this session will present an individual and an organization who are setting particularly extraordinary benchmarks in terms of effectiveness and efficiency as they make a difference across key areas of international concern.

Rising life expectancies are creating a new "silver economy" of over-60s — an opportunity-rich geography of new financial possibilities, more inclusive business models, and smarter, data-driven philanthropic endeavors with the power to revolutionize our societies.

What are the opportunities and challenges, and what still needs to be accomplished in order to achieve lasting change for all? Who can we collaborate with within and outside our sector? How can we engage across generations to create new sources of value for society?

Since 2009, Artistic Director Lyndon Terracini has led Opera Australia in its pursuit of artistic excellence and growing audiences. We close with an exclusive performance for guests of Radar.