Professor Lau Hieng Ho, Pro-Vice Chancellor, CEO, Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak Campus

Dr James Chin, Professor of Asian Studies, University of Tasmania

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

Robert Lau, Former Senator

Wong Siew Lyn, Co-founders, MacarangaLaw Yao Hua, Co-founders, Macaranga

Dr Geoffrey Williams, Economist & Professor, Malaysia University of Science and Technology (MUST)

Alvin Toh, Co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), Straits Interactive

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

William Pesek, Columnist, Nikkei Asia

Dr George Lee, Consultant UrologistDr Mary Assunta, Senior Policy Advisor, Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA)

Abdul Rahman Mohd Nordin, Secretary-General, Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (CUEPACS)

Dhana Raj Markandu, Senior Analyst, Institute for Strategic and International Studies (ISIS Malaysia)Davis Chong, President, Malaysian Photovoltaic Association

Ray Choy, Chief Economist, Malaysian Rating Corporation (MARC)

Peter Beattie, Political Economist & Political Psychologist, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)