About The Panelist

Mrs. Purviz R. Shroff, MH is well known for her numerous contributions to children and their welfare. She is Patron of Mother’s Choice, and President of the Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association.

Together with her husband the Late Rusy M. Shroff, BBS, MBE, she has supported many local charitable organizations such as Women Helping Women Hong Kong, Hong Kong Cancer Fund, The Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society, Riding for the Disabled Association, Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children, Lifeline Express Hong Kong Foundation, Youth Diabetes Action, Save the Children Hong Kong, and many more. They have also set up scholarships and bursaries at various institutions.

Mrs. Purviz R. Shroff, MH also served as the Permanent Managing Director of Ruttonjee Estates Continuation Limited for many years.

Book Title: All For the Love of Pumpkins

About The Panelist

Shirley Adrain is a Diversity and Inclusion Consultant, Leadership Coach and Corporate Trainer for global banks and professional services organisations across Asia. She began her two-decade career in Wall Street and has since worked in London, Singapore and now Hong Kong. In 2017 Shirley founded and became CEO of Career Catalyst Group (CCG).

Her financial leadership roles include COO and global Chief of Staff for Tier 1 investment banks like JP Morgan and Citigroup. Shirley has a monthly programme on RTHK Radio 3 and regularly speaks on D&I focussed event panels.

Book Title: And Then Came the Biggest Curveball

About The Panelist

Pari*Pascale Seiler is Co-Founder, pioneering Change Agent and Visionary Artist behind the Awakening Light School, a modern day Harry Potter School for adult souls to awaken and rise into their greatest expanded selves. She is also the Founder and Director of Intuity World, Asia’s first business committed to bringing inner wisdom and awakening change for real-world success and business solutions.

She is here to precipitate the largest feminine collective movement of awakening ever known by teaching us all how to radiate from our divine feminine presence, in service of realizing a new earth.

Book Title: Become Your Own Heroine

About The Panelist

Minal Mahtani is the CEO and Founder of OCD & Anxiety Support Hong Kong, a registered mental health charity dedicated to supporting, educating, coaching and a resource to adults and teenagers who are affected by Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Depression and Anxiety Disorders.

She is trained in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Acceptance Commitment Therapy and holds degrees in both Psychology and Education. She is a Mental Health First Aid Instructor and a certified Stress Management Yoga teacher.

Book Title: Facing Your Deepest Fear

About The Panelist

Originally from Poland, Ania Wojtkowska spent a decade in Denmark after graduating with a degree in political science, before relocating to Singapore in 2013. She spent many years in corporate administration but never managed to find her true vocation.

A passionate foodie she always dreamt of swapping her busy office for a kitchen environment. To pursue this goal, she graduated from Cornell’s Plant Based Nutrition by Dr Colin Campbell (USA) and plant-based nutrition from Winchester University (UK) and attended numerous cookery schools across Europe and Asia.

Book Title: Feed Your Passion Now

About The Panelist

Neelam Harjani is the founder of Inspire Yoga, operating in Hong Kong since 2011 with a vision of “providing an antidote for fast paced city life” through personalised onsite programs of yoga and mindfulness.

Previously an investment banker, she structures her mind-body paradigms with science and experience, taking an integrative approach to release occupational tension and connect with holistic health, physical, mental and emotional. Having more than 20 years of experience in yoga, Neelam has formulated a system that draws attention to our intentions, launching the “Transforming Stress to Success” online learning course to provide support to the global community amidst COVID-19.

Book Title: Finding Your Freedom

About The Panelist

Sonia Samtani is Founder and CEO of All About You, a leading mental wellness centre in Hong Kong offering therapy, training, workshops, and personalised healing products. She is a licensed Clinical Hypnotherapist and Hypnotherapy instructor, NLP Trainer, Life Coach, Corporate Trainer, Family Constellation Facilitator, Regression Therapist, and Public Speaking Coach.

As a sought-after mental health expert and public speaker, Sonia has been leading workshops since 2005, and has designed several programs to facilitate deep healing and conscious living. Sonia has spoken twice on the TEDx platform, and has been featured in Vogue, Tatler, Cosmopolitan, TimeOut, Jessica and MarieClaire. At the end of 2020 Sonia launched her book called 52 thoughts for Conscious Living.

Book Title: From Judgement to Acceptance

About The Panelist

Neetha Sanjay is an International Coach Federation (ICF) Certified Life and Career Coach who is passionate about empowering women to achieve their life and career goals.
A dental surgeon by training, with more than a decade of experience in healthcare management, Neetha enjoys sharing her learning by speaking on confidence, resilience, and positivity and helping women advance their lives and careers.

She is also a community leader for the elderly and women through her various leadership roles at Sree Narayana Mission and other non-profit organizations.

Book Title: From Rescue Me to Resilient Me

About The Panelist

Sonal D. Nigam is a perfectionist, businesswoman, philanthropist, mother of two awesome daughters, wife to a businessman with a passion for golf. She is determined to live life by her own rules, and is a firm believer in the power of Karma.

Brought up by her humble educationist parents who were always there to help the community, Sonal strongly believes in family bonds, discipline, steadfast ethics and moral beliefs. She believes that these traits come from a deep emphasis on education, sports, charity, dreaming big and working hard to achieve those dreams.

Book Title: Greatest Gift of Giving – Inclusion

About The Panelist

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.

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.

Book Title: Having Faith

About The Panelist

Tracy Ho is a leading personal branding consultant and executive presence coach. She is the Founder and Director of Frame & Fame, a personal brand consulting and executive coaching firm in Hong Kong, which was recognised as the “Most Trusted Personal Branding Consultancy Services of the Year” under Hong Kong Most Outstanding Business Awards for two consecutively years (2019, 2020).

Tracy is also an experienced image consultant, international business etiquette and presentation trainer. She advises both female and male executives.

Book Title: Into the Unknown – Living a Purpose-Driven Life

About The Panelist

Suzanne Murray is a Safeguarding, Child Protection and Wellbeing Consultant and Founder of FairChild Safeguarding Ltd. An Educator with over 30 years experience in State and International Schools, her unique skill set and unshakable belief in the value and potential of children is central to her work. Her measured and balanced approach to safeguarding turns policy into practice.

Suzanne was born and educated in Ireland and subsequently graduated from Leeds Metropolitan University with BEd Hons in Home Economics. Early in her career, she found that her desire to support children’s wellbeing and safety was central to her various roles, working with and supporting vulnerable children.

Book Title: Journey to Purpose

About The Panelist

Princess Nwakego Ibrahim-Pam is a seasoned expatriate spouse, an educationist, linguist, inspirational speaker, transformational leader, social entrepreneur, mentor, philanthropist, employer, trainer, and administrator.

She is the Founder and Chairperson of the Expat Professional and Business Women’s Network International. She is also the Founder and Executive Director of Petra Speech and Early Childhood Developmental Centre, Co-Founder of the Korea Africa Economic Association, and Co-Founder of the Spousal Association of the Green Climate Fund.

Book Title: Leadership in Diaspora

About The Panelist

Helen Revans is the Founder of Nurture Your Life and a Certified Health Coach specialising in gut health. Helen has 30 years’ experience as a Food Preparation and Nutrition educator.

Originally from Wallasey, Merseyside in the UK and now based in Hong Kong, Helen holds a BSc in Home Economics majoring in Nutrition. She was Hong Kong’s first Fearless Living Life Coach.

Helen has designed a range of workshops including topics such as: “How to Address Malnutrition” in Palawan, Philippines. Helen is currently studying with The School of Applied Functional Medicine and brings a functional medicine approach to her coaching.

Book Title: Listen to Your Inner Voice

About The Panelist

Sheetal Ganeriwal is a successful brand marketing professional with over 10 years of experience in various marketing roles in Asia. As a marketer, she is a lifelong storyteller, and passionate about crafting authentic brand stories. She believes our mind is a castle of fantasies. Our life experiences are excerpts of our daily conversations with our mind.

Sheetal loves to research ancient practices and stoics from around the world. When she is not speaking or crafting stories, she loves her workout, writing, kayaking and laughing till her face hurts.

Book Title: Mind: A Beautiful Servant & A Dangerous Master

About The Panelist

Aradhna Dayal is the founder and CEO of Access Alts Asia, a Hong Kong-based investment club that aims to bring global investors and technology to Asia. She also manages her family office investing in real estate, technology and healthcare.

Aradhna was the first female Chief Investment Officer in Asia, setting up her family office in Hong Kong 25 years ago. A power networker, she pioneered the “Asia-Global Summit.”

She is passionate about women’s empowerment and building a diverse inclusive society. She chairs Women on Boards, a powerful network of women leaders from around the world to mentor female talent in boardrooms.

Book Title: Organized Insanity

About The Panelist

Shikha Sarkar, Managing Partner & Director at Kit Kat Events & Marketing and Co-Founder of Global Influencers Publishing House, has more than 20 years of experience in international sales and marketing across various industries. Adding to the mixture her strong entrepreneurial skills, she knows what it takes to make things work. Shikha is a steely, determined and passionate person, with a strong inclination to take up new adventures and challenges that come her way.

For the last five years, she has been the Ambassador of InterNations, one of the largest global expat networks, supporting a dynamic community of over 60,000 expats from 200 different countries living in Singapore.

Book Title: Serenity Amidst Chaos

About The Panelist

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.

Book Title: The Beauty Of Crossroads

About The Panelist

Thato Belang is a zealous inspirational, keynote and TEDx Speaker, a Leadership and Authenticity Coach, and Facilitator. Her research on Business Executive Coaching and female leaders’ authenticity, has made her a guru on the subject of authenticity.

She is passionate about people development and growth, leadership development, African problem-solving, storytelling and has experience in the Financial Services, Telecommunications, Mining, and Insurance industries.

Thato systematically works with individuals to help use their authenticity as their power to influence and make an impact. This passion has led her to become a member of the Female Wave of Change; a global movement that unites women changing the world into a better place.

Book Title: The Journey to Authenticity

About The Panelist

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!

Book Title: The Return to Self

About The Panelist

Ivy Karushi Akii is a young African social entrepreneur passionate about transforming the lives of young women. She collaborates with like-minded organisations as an advisor, facilitator, speaker, and mentor to inspire young people to be leaders in the entrepreneurial space.

Ivy is the co-founder of I’m Baobab company that supports eco-friendly innovations in Kenya and Sae Company in South Korea which is focussed on providing inclusive and sustainable societal solutions using digital platforms. She is a co-founder of Beleven Company in Spain and the USA where she served as the company’s 2nd CEO and 1st female CEO.

Book Title: The Unbound Eagle

About The Moderator

Neera Gupta is an Entrepreneur, Writer, Event Organiser, TV host, Emcee, Champion Networker, Marketing Guru, Women Empowerment Ambassador, Charity worker, Publisher…….. the list goes on. But one thing that most people don’t know about her is that she is also a dentist!

From organising top class events to writing and publishing bestselling books, hosting and producing TV shows, presenting at seminars/workshops, working with and leading teams, empowering women from around the world, to giving back to the society by working with those in need. Neera believes in pushing boundaries and seeing things in different ways. Those who know her, know that she is up for any challenge the world throws at her, and always comes out a winner!

Book Title: Unique Path to Happiness

About The Panelist

Anna Von Zinner is a positively determined human being. She is an author, thought leader, international speaker and unafraid.

Having a stroke at 50, she found a new purpose and direction in life. She has chosen to live life to its full capacity and shares her stories, discoveries and plans with others travelling a similar road.

Having a stroke does not have to be a death sentence, but the choices you make afterwards can be. She chooses to be unafraid.

Book Title: Your Story is Your Legacy