Andrew Yap, Managing Director and Co-founder, BookXcess

Abyan Junus-Nishizawa and Farah Landemaine, Co-founders, Anak Rimba Books

Vijay Prashad, Director, Tricontinental: Institute For Social Research

Lee Meng Horng, Senior Equity Analyst, RHB Investment Bank

Maalini Ramalo, Director of Social Protection, Development of Human Resources for Rural Areas

Dr Rosli Omar, Naturalist and photographer

Prof. Emeritus Khoo Boo Teik, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo

Datuk Dr Zainal Abidin bin Abdul Hamid, Consultant Cardiologist

Jason Pandya-Wood, Dean of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Nottingham Malaysia

Sum Lih Kang, Deputy Managing DirectorPoh Swee Hiang, Publishing Director, Pelangi Publishing Group

Andrew Pereira, CEO, General Assembly & Excelerate

Sarah Lois Dorai, Film Director and Children’s Book Publisher