Bryan DeAngelis, Partner & Head of Washington Office, Penta Group

Palani Narayanan, Director, Drug Policy Program Malaysia

Adib Zalkapli, Political Analyst

William Pesek, Columnist, Nikkei Asia

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

Thoman Daniel, Senior Fellow, Institute of Strategic & International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia

Professor Kishore Mahbubani, Distinguished Fellow, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore

Dr James Dorsey, Adjunct Senior Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

Datuk Dr Kalwinder Singh Khaira, President, Malaysian Medical Association

Francis Hutchinson, Senior Fellow and Coordinator of the Malaysia Studies Programme, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute

Associate Professor Peter Beattie, Political Economist, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)

Elina Noor, Senior Fellow, Asia Programme, Carnegie Endowment

Predeep Nambiar, Northern Region Bureau Chief, FMT

Dr Carmelo Ferlito, CEO, Center for Market Education

Dr Chulanee Attanayake, Researcher, Swinburne University of Technology