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YB Datuk Yasmin Mahmood

Managing Partner, FutureReady Consulting

Datuk Nicol Ann David

Eight-time World Squash Champion & Co-Founder, The Nicol David Organisation

Datin Vivy Yusof

Fashion Entrepreneur & Co-Founder, FashionValet

YB Amira Aisya

Secretary-General & Co-Founder, Malaysian United Democratic Alliance

Betty Yeoh

Co-Founder & Former Vice-President, All Women’s Action Society

Goh Jin Wei

Professional Badminton Player, Kuala Lumpur Racquet Club

Melinda Looi

Fashion designer, Mellooi Creation Sendirian Berhad

Nalina Nair

Councillor, Petaling Jaya City Council

Red Hong Yi

Artist, Memebank

Rozana Isa

Executive Director, Sisters In Islam

Santhi Latha

President, Association of Women Lawyers

Shalin Zulkifli

Head of Career Branch, National Sports Council

Tengku Zatashah

Social advocate & Royal Patron, Make-A-Wish Malaysia

Puan Sri Tiara Jacquelina

Founder & Chief Dream Maker, Enfiniti (M) Sdn. Bhd.

Dr. Yasmin Rasyid

Founder & President, EcoKnights

Ho Yock Lin

Co-Founder & Former President, All Women’s Action Society

Annice Lyn

Co-Founder, Women Photographers Malaysia

Ahila Ganesan

Director of Strategy & Development, Think City, Khazanah Nasional Berhad

Boo Su-Lyn

Editor-In-Chief, CodeBlue

Christine Chin

Chairman, Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) Selangor

Dato’ Seri Dr. Farah Khan

President & Founder, The Melium Group

Dzuleira Abu Bakar

Chief Executive Officer, Malaysian Research Accelerator for Technology and Innovation

Juliana Adam

Chief Executive Officer, Biji-Biji Initiative

Kim Lim

Managing Director, Universal Music Malaysia

Lim Wei-Ling

Founder & Director, Wei-Ling Galleries & President, Malaysian Heritage Trust

Sasibai Kimis

Founder & Chief Innovation Officer, Earth Heir

Professor Dr. Elizabeth Lee

Chief Executive Officer, Sunway Education Group

YM Raja Teh Maimunah Raja Abdul Aziz

Managing Director, Wholesale Banking, AmBank Group

Nadiah Wan

Chief Executive Officer, Thomson Hospital Kota Damansara

Tan Hooi Ling

Co-Founder, Grab

Michelle Yesudas

Senior Legal Advisor, International Commission of Jurists

Mac Chung Lynn

Founder & Group Chief Executive Officer, Nando’s Malaysia and Singapore 

Aireen Omar

President (Ventures), Capital A

Vivienne Cheng Chi Fan

Joint Group Chief Executive Officer, Berjaya Corporation Berhad

YB Yeo Bee Yin

Member of the Malaysian Parliament, Bakri, Johor

Teh Lip Kim

Managing Director, Selangor Dredging Berhad

Lina Tan

Founder & Chief Content Officer, Red Communications

Sarena Cheah

Managing Director, Sunway Property

Lee Jim Leng

Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Hong Leong Investment Bank

Joanne Kua

Group Chief Executive Officer, KSK Group Berhad & Managing Director, KSK Land

Dato’ Dr. Nellie Tan-Wong

Co-Founder, Women’s Institute of Management (WIM)

Michele Kythe Lim

President & Chief Executive Officer, Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia

Ami Moris

CEO Maybank Investment Banking Group

Nor Shamsiah binti Mohd Yunus

Governor, Bank Negara Malaysia

Ruslena Ramli

Director of FinTech and Islamic Digital Economy, Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation

Rafiza Ghazali

Group Chief Executive Officer, Cradle Fund Sendirian Berhad

Dato' Sri Azalina binti Othman Said

Politician, United Malays National Organisation

Professor Datin Paduka Dr. Khatijah Yusoff

Virologist, Universiti Putra Malaysia

Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat

Chief Justice of Malaysia, Federal Court of Malaysia

Datuk Seri Rina binti Mohd Harun

Minister of Women, Family and Community Development, BERSATU

Catherine Lian

Managing Director, IBM Malaysia

Rupa Shanmugam

Chief Executive Officer, SoPark Corporation

Ng Wei Wei

Chief Executive Officer, UOB Malaysia

Professor Woo Yin Ling

Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Malaya

Marzida binti Mohd Noor

Independent Non-Executive Director, Affin Bank

Katrina Jorene Maliamauv

Executive Director of Amnesty International Malaysia

Christina Foo

Board Director of Malaysian Technology Development Corporation

Tan Sri Zarinah Anwar

Board Chairman of Universiti Malaya

Geetha Kandiah

Director, KASS International

Cynthia Gabriel

Founder of Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4)

Datin Paduka Shuhaimi Baba

Filmmaker & Executive Director of PETRA Media

Janet Yap

Vice Chair of World Vision Malaysia

Datuk Yvonne Chia

Trustee, Teach for Malaysia

Dato' Dr. Hartini Zainudin

Activist & Co-Founder of Yayasan Chow Kit

Dato’ Judy Cheng-Hopkins

Special Adviser of the Secretary-General of The University for Peace

Datin Paduka Marina Mahathir

Socio-political activist & writer

Anne Abraham

Founder of LeadWomen

Dato’ Sri Siti Nurhaliza

Singer & Founder of SimplySiti Sdn. Bhd.

Dr. Yolanda Augustin

Oncologist at St. George’s University of London

Scha Alyahya

Actress

Datuk Ras Adiba Radzi

Senator & Chairman of Bernama

Shila Amzah

Singer-songwriter

Nicole Tan

Country Director of Meta Malaysia

Professor Datuk Dr. Adeeba Kamarulzaman

Chairperson of Malaysian AIDS Foundation

Professor Datuk Ir. Ts. Dr. Siti Hamisah Tapsir

Vice-Chancellor of UCSI University

Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah

Supreme Queen consort of Malaysia

Tan Sri Dr. Jemilah Mahmood

Pro-Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University Malaysia

Jayne Kennedy

Co-Founder, Epic

Sharala Axryd

Founder & CEO, The Center of Applied Data Science (CADS)

Dr. Nur Amalina Che Bakri

General surgeon & PhD clinical research fellow, Imperial College London

Professor Emeritus Dato' Dr. Yip Cheng Har

Consultant Breast Surgeon, Subang Jaya Medical Centre & Ramsay Sime Darby Healthcare

Cheryl Ann Fernando

CEO, PEMIMPIN GSL

Nurul Izzah Anwar

Member of Parliament, Permatang Pauh

Datuk Dr. Faridah Merican

Co-Founder, The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLPAC)

Dato’ Tengku Marina Tunku Annuar

Independent Non-Executive Director, MISC Berhad

Professor Datuk Dr. Asma Ismail

President, Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM)

Nur Qyira Yusri

Co-Founder & Education Director, UNDI 18

Melissa Ngiam

CEO, Yayasan Generasi Gemilang (Generasi Gemilang Foundation)

Ain Husniza Saiful Nizam

Activist & Founder, #MakeSchoolASaferPlace Campaign

Dato' Ambiga Sreenevasan

Former Co-Chairperson, Bersih

Hannah Yeoh

Member of Parliament, Segambut

Professor Emerita Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Dr. Sharifah Hapsah Syed Hasan Shahabudin

President, National Council of Women’s Organisation (NCWO)

Maria Chin Abdullah

Member of Parliament, Petaling Jaya

Professor Datin Paduka Dr. Teo Soo-Hwang, OBE

Founding Chief Executive & Chief Scientific Officer, Cancer Research Malaysia

Heidy Quah

Founder & Executive Director, Refuge for the Refugees

Khairun Nisa Zabidi

UK PACT Lead, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)

Professor Dr. Kalai Mathee

Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Florida International University

Nadiah Hanim Abdul Latif

Head of Strategy and Programmes, Yayasan Anak Bangsa Bisa

Suri Kempe

President, Family Frontiers Malaysia

Dato’ Pandelela Rinong

National Diver