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Roshni Pandey is the Co-Founder of BlueBox, an investment and advisory group nurturing and developing early-stage ideas. She’s the Founder and Managing Partner of Lexicon, a management consulting firm enabling organisations to navigate increasingly dynamic trading environments and drive new growth through creative strategy and innovation. 

Roshni has worked across global agencies, MNCs, various regions and industries and held senior management roles centred on building and delivering new value. She’s a firm believer in the balance between art and science; intuition and data, and profit and purpose.

Her passion for social causes has seen her launch several initiatives. FutureWise, a skills acquisition program and TRIBE, is a social enterprise enabling children and women from underserved communities in Asia Pacific.  

She is a judge for Women of the Future awards, providing young women recognition for their achievements and the winner of several awards.

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Patricia is the founder of Master Buildhers™, a mindset and strategic advisory firm helping solopreneurs to achieve massive growth, while aligning their businesses to their values, well-being and lifestyle. 

Prior to scaling her first business in 2010, she worked with various startups on their legal and business strategies. She has over 20 years of experience advising, starting, running and scaling businesses. 

A qualified lawyer, Patricia studied in Jamaica, Barbados, France, Scotland and England. She holds three masters degrees with the most recent one from the University of Oxford Said Business School.

Growing up in Jamaica, Patricia dreamt of visiting various countries and immersing herself in different cultures. She achieved this dream and has lived in numerous countries, including Uganda, Singapore and Indonesia. Now a reformed nomad, she lives in London with her husband and son. 

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Vanessa is a South African born, Hong Kong resident of 30 years, where she has owned and operated her OEM manufacturing business; was the Founder Operator of her art gallery specialising in Chinese Glass Sculpture and then took a wild career turn when she made a commitment to make a positive impact on people’s finances, arising out of her own challenging life circumstances.

She then retrained for a career in Personal Finance helping mass affluent and then wealthy individuals manage, grow and protect their personal wealth. She currently works for an Award winning Asian Private Bank.

Vanessa has a degree in psychology and drama, is a licensed adviser in Hong Kong, has qualified as a Certified Private Wealth Professional (CPWP) with an Award in Financial Planning (U.K.).

Vanessa is mom to two daughters, now in their twenties, practises Ashtanga yoga, is learning golf and is a mentor at The Women’s Foundation Hong Kong.

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Three generational books, a YouTube channel on gen-next, a professional column on keeping pace with the young, a university gold medal in philosophy, life design programs for teens and a signature series on millennials …Neerja Singh is a proud Air Force veteran’s wife, invested in turning generational differences into dividends at work and at home.

Neerja Singh is the Seenager, senior teenager. She considers herself a millennial in spirit with the benefit of hindsight.

A professional speaker on Harnessing Generational Diversity with 37 years of work and life experience as an advertising executive, two times winner of Notion’s Litagram fiction contests , feature journalist with Indian Express and Maharashtra Herald, teacher at Air Force Bal Bharati School Lodhi Road, documentary script-writer/director with the award winning film-maker Meera Dewan, she addresses India’s never-before-generation-gap in the spirit of a Generational Bridger with candour and humour.

And when Neerja is not busy speaking or writing, she enjoys playing golf, riding her road bike (her personal record is 250KM), and swimming a kilometer at a time.

She is at present, President of the Professional Speakers Association of India.

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Aldwyn Altuney is a mass media marketing expert, based on the Gold Coast in Australia. Known as the Media Queen, she is a TV host, speaker, photojournalist and author of multiple international best-selling books. With 37 years of media experience, her PR company, AA Xposé Media, is the only one she knows of that guarantees results in the mainstream media.

She is passionate about inspiring more truth and good news in the mass media to help decrease depression and suicide rates and lift people’s spirits.

In 2018, she founded the Mass Media Tribe Meetup group and a global Good News Day, which is run annually on 8 August. In June 2020, she also launched the monthly Global Good News Challenge.

Aldwyn is also an animal activist. She founded Animal Action Events in 2007 and has run 14 annual charity events so far raising awareness, appreciation and respect for all animals.

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Leigh-Anne Sharland, Founder of Building Your Mindset Muscle, is a wise woman with an opinion.  Having raised two strong men with a loving and supportive husband she is now a proud grandmother. 

Leigh-Anne has worked in corporate life for 40 years as a system and data specialist as well as 25 years as an alternative healing therapist, life coach, mentor and speaker. Combining these different experiences, she has accumulated and developed a vast array of techniques and processes to help her clients.  

Leigh-Anne openly shares her life’s journey with others so that they uncover deeper awareness into their own behavioural patterns and restart their journey to reclaim their gratitude, joy and fulfilment.

Recently Leigh-Anne has become an international bestselling Amazon author by contributing her chapter “Your Mindset Muscle” to I M Possible – Stories of Grit and Perseverance. 

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Julie Aswani was born with a rare physical condition called Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita (AMC) which affects 1 in 3000 live births around the world.

Despite having gone through bullying, harassment and discrimination, Julie has come a long way to becoming the leading spokesperson for AMC in Hong Kong.

Julie is a mental health counsellor in Hong Kong. She possesses degrees in Psychology, Education and Counselling. She has worked with all age groups, from children to adolescents and adults. Currently, she is working as a high school teacher and also provides counselling services to her students. She dedicates her time to raise awareness on different mental and physical health issues on social media.

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Tatiana Solomatina arrived in Northeast China at the age of 17, where she completed Bachelor and Master degrees in International Trade and Economics in Chinese. She then pursued her career path in Southern China and Hong Kong.

For the last decade, she has worked in the field of International Trade, mastering skills in product development, consumer goods manufacturing, sales, and marketing.

Today she is a Founder of Marketing & Business Consulting agency DoUnico.

Tatiana loves to create synergies in business, connect talented people, and promote others. She is passionate about helping women and firmly believes that each woman needs a mentor, and that is why she created a Women Experts Community. 

Through DoUnico’s ideology, Tatiana fulfills her mission, which is to empower women to embrace their uniqueness, motivate them to do what they love without self-doubt and fear, and show them the roadmap to success. 

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Lorna Dunning is a Success Coach who has helped countless people improve the quality of their personal and professional lives through her seminars, coaching programmes, articles and her online community #BeTheChange.  

Spending 20 years in multinational organisations, working alongside talented professionals, provided Lorna with deep insights into the methods and mindsets of high-performance individuals, leading rich and rewarding lives. 

A few years ago, Lorna said farewell to her executive leadership career to devote herself fully to her passion for helping others achieve limitless success and fulfilment in all parts of their lives.  She also helps teams to thrive, think big, work together and achieve bold outcomes!

Both Lorna and her clients haven’t looked back.

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Namrita Chandi is an Indian Air Force Helicopter Pilot and Chief Ambassador of International Initiative “ The Successful Woman”. Presently working with a renowned Aircraft manufacturer and looking after Sales of Helicopters in India and South East Asia. She was featured in the Limca Book of World Records for being the First Pair of Sisters in the world to have flown together as pilot and co-pilot in an aircraft. 

She is also a Motivational speaker and Transformational leader and conducts International webinars and Motivational Sessions for women across the globe. As a chief ambassador of an International Initiative on Women Empowerment- The Successful Woman, she is passionate about Empowering Women to create a Life and Lifestyle they truly desire. Currently writing a book “Unseen Wings” on my memoirs and experiences.

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Lilian Gowers is a coach and supports people to be empowered to achieve their goals, identify their values and take steps to fulfil their life and work outcomes.

Lilian has over 20 year’s experience in the mental health field. She worked in the public sector in hospitals and the community and in the private sector. Currently Lilian delivers coaching to carers in a national program designed to help build their resilience and self empowerment skills.

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Leena Kapil practices living a life of consciousness, presence, and authenticity every day. She believes that as we nourish ourselves, we live a life with deeper connections, authenticity, and acceptance of ourselves and others. She is passionate about helping parents strengthen relationships, increase connection, and improve communication with their children of all ages.

She is a Certified Parenting Coach through Dr Shefali Tsabary’s Conscious Coaching Institute in the Conscious Parenting Coaching Method™ and through the Jai Institute for Parenting. Leena is also a certified ThetaHealing™ and NLP practitioner, which has given her the specialised skills required for coaching.

She has conducted workshops for working parents, in which she shares mindfulness tools and techniques on how to connect with the self and children. Leena also conducts children’s meditation courses on behalf of the Vipassana center in the UAE.

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Dr. Nosheen Taqvi is a renowned Pakistani nutritionist and motivational speaker working as Head of Department in Nutrition in a highly reputable hospital in Islamabad. She is also CEO of the health and nutrition clinic, Nutradvice.

As a devoted and dedicated mum of two teenage kids, Dr. Nosheen has fought the negative odds in her life, and proven that if you decide to achieve something no matter what age group you belong to you can do it with hard work and perseverance. 

With her aim to bring change in healthy eating and nutritional practices she has worked relentlessly to break all the myths and malpractices in nutrition. 

Dr. Nosheen’s inspirational journey has given hope to many women in Pakistan who are struggling to get their existence acknowledged in a traditionally male dominated society. 

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Ivana Fertitta is an Italian psychologist, facilitator, coach, emcee and speaker with over 20 years of experience.

She is passionate about helping people be happier, more balanced and fulfilled at work and in life. Leveraging on her core expertise in Positive Psychology she has helped many corporate clients be more engaged at work, manage stress, develop resilience and face change positively.

She works with Metamind, a boutique consultancy firm in Singapore, building and delivering customised training programmes in leadership development, positive communication and wellbeing.

Ivana has a warm and energetic personality and she is able to connect with her audience in an authentic, engaging and fun way.

In her spare time, she leads a highly sought-after Keynote Public Speaking Training Programme and she is committed to the mission of bringing more equality to stages around the world.

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Teressa Siu has extensive experience reporting and anchoring news on international TV, conducting public speaking engagements, moderating TEDx talks, media training workshops, university lectures, and hosting events. Her clients and audience love her sense of humor, enthusiasm, and lively presentation style, enhanced with a serious touch and a rare talent of being trilingual.

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Neera Gupta Founder Kit Kat Events & Marketing. She has more than 13 years of experience in the Events industry. Neera is a champion for Women Empowerment and has organized many women-centric events including “Women of Inspiration Awards” to recognize the exceptional achievements of women in various fields. She believes in pushing boundaries and seeing things in different ways. Neera is a Professional Emcee, TV host and Author. And a lesser-known fact about her is that she is also a qualified dentist.