Dr Benjamin Loh, Director, The Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions Impact Lab, Taylor's University

Jeremy Goh, Head of Research, Hong Leong Investment Bank

Kingsley Jones, Chief Investment Officer, Jevons Global

Geoff Howie, Market Strategist, SGX

Dr Niaz Asadullah, Southeast Asia Lead at The Global Labor Organisation, Professor of Economics at Monash University Malaysia

Sebastian Strangio, Southeast Asia Editor, The Diplomat

Elaine Pearson, Asia Director, Human Rights Watch

Tim Mulholland, President, TJM Limited, Chicago

Associate Professor Dr Lee Kuok Tiung, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Prof. Emeritus Datuk Dr Norma Mansor, Director, Social Wellbeing Research Center, Universiti Malaya

Dr Afzanizam Abdul Rashid, Chief Economist, Bank Muamalat

Dr Andrea Chloe Wong, Philippines' political analyst

Michele Schneider, Chief Strategist, Market Gauge

William Pesek, Columnist, Nikkei Asia