Meredith Weiss, Professor of Political Science, State University of New York

Jeffrey Phang, Founder and Chairman, MyPJ

Dr Johan Saravanamuttu, Emeritus Professor of Political Science at the School of Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia and Adjunct Senior Fellow, S Rajaratnam School of International StudiesTony Pua

Dato' Dr Hartini Zainuddin, Member of the National Recovery Council and Co-Founder of Yayasan Chow Kit

Wong Zi Yang, CEO, Upmesh

Wan Ahmad Ikram Wan Ahmad Lotfi, Executive Vice President, Perbadanan Insurans Deposit Malaysia (PIDM)

Nadge Ariffin, Tourism Consultant and Heritage & Gastronomy Historian

Azim Nadzari, Head of Training & Development, Malaysian Institute for Debate & Public Speaking (MIDP)

Dr Ong Kian Ming, Incumbent MP for BangiDr Tricia Yeoh, IDEASSivarasa Rasiah, Incumbent MP for Sungai Buloh

Siddharth Varadarajan, Founder Editor, The Wire