LESA PAST SPEAKERS
Each year, we invite renowned individuals to share their stories and insights at the Leadership Energy Summit Asia. Through the years, featured speakers have included the following thought leaders, community influencers, entrepreneurs, authors and more.
DR. ALVY RAY SMITH
Co-founder of Pixar
CHATRI SITYODTONG
Founder and Chairman of ONE Championship
CHRIS GARDNER
Inspirational Speaker addressing the keys to overcome obstacles and breaking cycles and passionate philanthropist
CLAIRE LACHANCE
CEO of Insitute of Noetic Science (IONS)
DR. DEAN RADIN
Researcher and author in the field of parapsychology. Senior Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences.
DR. JEMILAH MAHMOOD
Under Secretary General for Partnerships at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
DR. KIRAN BEDI
Social activist, tennis player and current Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry. The first woman to join the Indian Police Service.
FRANCOIS PIENAAR
Captain of the South African rugby team and winner of the 1995 Rugby World Cup
ISABEL MEDEM
Named as one of the top thirty entrepreneurs under 30 by Forbes Magazine and the co-founder of X-Runner, which provides waterless sanitization services to impoverished households in Peru.
JANINE ALLIS
Australian founder of Boost Juice, who took an unorthodox route to business success and is now the Executive Director of a $2 billion company, mentor on Australian television program Shark Tank and author of The Secrets of My Success: the Story of Boost Juice.
JENNIFER BRICKER
Acrobat and aerialist who was born without legs
JIMMY WALES
Ranked by Forbes Magazine as a “Web Celeb”, Jimmy Donal Wales is a U.S. Internet entrepreneur, wiki pioneer and technology visionary, who is best known as the Founder of Wikipedia.
NORMA BASTIDAS
Named as one of the top thirty entrepreneurs under 30 by Forbes Magazine and the co-founder of X-Runner, which provides waterless sanitization services to impoverished households in Peru.
PING FU
Vice President and Chief Entrepreneur Officer at 3D Systems and Inc, magazine’s 2005 “Entrepreneur of the Year”.
PROFESSOR EKA JULIATA WAHJOEPRAMONO
The first neurosurgeon in the South East Asia to Successfully operate on the brainstem and the founder of Indonesian Brain Foundation
ROBERT SWAN
Polar explorer, environmentalist and the first man ever to walk unsupported to both the North and South Poles
DR SANDUK RUIT
Humanitarian and ophthalmologist whose pioneering technique for cataract microsurgery has restored the sight of more than 120,000 of the poorest people in Asia, Africa and South America.
DR ZETI AKHTAR AZIZ
The 7th Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia and the first woman in the position.
TERRY JONES
Founder of Kayak.com
ROBERT SWAN
Polar explorer, environmentalist and the first man ever to walk unsupported to both the North and South Poles
ANU AGA
Businesswoman and social worker. Former chairperson of Thermax Ltd., an energy and environment engineering business.
DAVID GELLES
New York business reporter whose book, Mindful Work, delves into the positive impact of mindfulness and meditation on stressed workers and the financial bottom line.
V.R. FEROSE
Head of Globalisation Services of SAP
DR WILLIAM TAN
Neurosurgeon, MD, cancer survivor and Paralympian, who has raised more than $18 million over 22 years for needy causes while completing more than 120 marathons and ultramarathons. He is the first person to complete the North Pole marathon in a wheelchair.
JOHN D. STERMAN
ESTHER DUFLO
