Dr Niaz Asadullah, Professorial fellow, North South University in Bangladesh

Bunn Nagara, Director and Senior Fellow, BRI Caucus for Asia-Pacific & Honorary Fellow, Perak Academy

Adib Zalkapli, Director, BowerGroupAsia

Shannon Teoh, Malaysia Bureau Chief, The Straits Times

Dr Ranjit Singh Malhi, Independent historian

Dato' Malik Imtiaz Sarwar, Constitutional Lawyer, Malik Imtiaz Sarwar Advocates & Solicitors

Professor Dato' Dr Ahmad Murad Merican, Professor of Social and Intellectual History, International Islamic University MalaysiaNoor Netusha Nusaybah, President, Imagined Malaysia

Shahnaz Al-Sadat, Chairperson, LeapEd Services