Who is he? Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi, 69, is the executive chairman of the board of the conglomerate TCC Company Ltd. and Thailand’s third richest entrepreneur. Charoen owns ThaiBev, the country’s largest beer producer, and TCC Land, a major property developer whose…
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The Leaderboard: Sam Walsh
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Who is he? Sam Walsh is a well-known figure in the Australian mining industry. Walsh joined Rio Tinto, an Australian-British multinational mining company, in 1991 and was appointed director in 2009. Before joining Rio Tinto, Walsh spent 20 years working…
The Leaderboard: Emmanuel Bautista
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Who is he? Lt. Gen. Emmanuel T. Bautista served as Commanding General of the Philippine Army since 2011 and has a long and distinguished career in the Philippine Armed Forces; he is a recipient of several military awards, including five…
The Leaderboard: Margot McCarthy
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Who is she? Dr. Margot McCarthy is currently Australia’s national security advisor (NSA), a position created in 2008 under previous prime minister Kevin Rudd. In this role, she leads the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet’s National Security and…
The Leaderboard: Lee Li Lian
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Who is she? Lee Li Lian is the member of parliament (MP)-elect from the Workers’ Party (WP) representing Punggol East, a single-member constituency in Singapore. She won the seat in a by-election on January 26 following the resignation of Michael…
The Leaderboard: Angelina Sondakh
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Who is she? Angelina Sondakh is a former Miss Indonesia turned lawmaker whose career path has come to symbolize the worst in Indonesia’s continued efforts to fight corruption in politics. Angelina was elected to the House of the Representatives in…
The Leaderboard: Somyot Prueksakasemsuk
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Who is he? Somyot Prueksakasemsuk is a well-known Thai editor and activist. He launched the magazine Voice of Taksin in 2009 in support of outsted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The government shut down the magazine in 2010. Somyot has since…
The Leaderboard: Halimah Yacob
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Who is she? Halimah Yacob served as Singapore’s minister of state for social and family development from May 2011 until early 2013. As a politician, she has been known for her involvement in labor and welfare issues and for her…
The Leaderboard: Stanley Karnow
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Who is he? Stanley A. Karnow was a highly accomplished American foreign correspondent and historian, best known for his award-winning work on Asia, notably the Vietnam War and the Philippines. His book Vietnam: A History, published in 1983, is still…
The Leaderboard: Yash Ghai
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Who is he? Professor Yash Ghai is a scholar born in Kenya specializing in public, constitutional, and human rights law and development. He previously held prestigious positions at Yale Law School, Harvard Law School, and The National University of Singapore.…