The changing face of leadership crisis and opportunity
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- KEIKO YAMAMOTO
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- JINGJING ZHANG
- MIKE TAO ZHANG
- SOOFIAN ZUBERI
DANWEN XING
Xing Danwen, born in Xi'an, China, is an independent artist now based in BeijingChina. As a teenager, she had already taken a four-year professional study in painting at the primary art school affiliated with the Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts. From 1989 to to992, she continued painting and did her BFA at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. In the late 80s, she started photography, becoming one of a few artists in the late 80s and 90s in China who explored the boundaries of photography and used photography as an art form. In 1998, she went to New York with a grant and fellowship from the Asian Cultural Council. From 1998 to2001, she did her MFA at the School of Visual Arts in New York. Xing Danwen exhibits domestically and internationally, including at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Pompidou Center, International Center for Photography, Victoria and
dislocation between cultural status, conflicts between globalization and traditions, and problematic environmental issues created by development.
KEIKO YAMAMOTO
Keiko Yamamoto is a journalist who joined NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation), in 1995 after receiving her M.A. in International Development from Nagoya University, Japan. She has covered educational and social issues including decreasing birthrates, gender inequality, and economic disparities in Japan. Keiko founded a female journalist's association in 2001 wishing to create a professional network among female journalists in the country. There are now two chapters, one in Tokyo and one in Nagoya, with current membership of over 250. Today, the network has worked to introduce and foster such new concepts to Japanese society as the work-life balance, diversity and supporting non-profit organizations through the positive use of media.
ZHEYU YANG
Zheyu Yang is the Deputy Chief of the Research Department of Caijing Magazine, a leading periodical in China famous for its courage to reveal scandals and support modernization in the country. Previously, he worked at the official Xinhua News Agency. He is mainly in charge of drafting the editorials of the magazine, some of which received the Award of The National Best Editorial, such as "the public anticipation of the 17th national congress of CPC," which demand for speeding up democratization.
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AYNABAT YAYLYMOVA
Aynabat Yaylymova is Project Manager at the Bank Information Center based in Washington, DC. The project aims to strengthen the capacity of civil society groups in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan in understanding and influencing International Financial Institutions' involvement in the hydropower sector. Aynabat is a co-founder of the Central Asia Educational Fund (CAEF) where she initiated and managed educational and public health projects in the Central Asia region. In 2006-2008, she worked as the Central Eurasian Leadership Academy (CELA) Project Manager. CELA works to enhance leadership skills in Central Asia and the Caucasus and to form an international network of leaders working toward improved regional cooperation. In Turkmenistan, Aynabat co-
founded and led the Alliance for Responsible Community Action (ARCA), an organization dedicated to promoting civic education in Turkmenistan. She is an alumna of the first Central Eurasia Leadership Academy.
RUTH YEOH
Ruth Yeoh is Director at Yeoh Tiong Lay & Sons Holdings Sdn Bhd and Director of Investments at YTL Corporation Bhd. She is also a Director at YTL-SV Carbon, YTL's in-house carbon credit and Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) consultancy. Ruth currently leads the environmental division at YTL, where she reports on her organization’s environmental activities through writing its award-winning Sustainability Reports, published yearly. Ruth also pioneered the highly successful "Climate Change Week," YTL's flagship educational campaign designed to raise awareness on the important issue of climate change in her nation of Malaysia and globally. She is a member of the Institute of Corporate Responsibility Malaysia (ICRM) and is an investment committee member of both the Asian Renewable Energy and Environment Fund (AREEF) and
Board Member of Rare Conservation in 2008, with responsibilities in the Governance Committee of this US-based conservation organization. She is also a Board Member at Reef Check Malaysia, dedicated to protecting reefs and coral life in Malaysia and the Southeast Asian region. She was previously attached with Credit Suisse, Singapore, where she was responsible for research into equities, renewable energy markets, commodities, clean technology, investments and the author of several flagship publications. In addition, she has written for both the Wall Street Journal Asia and Financial Times, and has authored and co-edited a book on climate change entitled
Cut Carbon, Grow Profits: Business Strategies for Managing Climate Change and Sustainability. Ruth graduated with a degree (Hons) from the University of Nottingham UK and an MS (Distinction) from Cass Business School in the City of London.
TRICIA YEOH
Tricia Yeoh is the Policy Research Officer for the Selangor Chief Minister, Malaysia. Previously, she was Director of the Centre for Public Policy Studies at the Asian Strategy & Leadership Institute (ASLI) based in Kuala Lumpur. She is currently affiliated with the Selangor State Government as Policy Research Officer for the Selangor Chief Minister. She was previously Regional Coordinator for Asia Pacific at the Revenue Watch Institute. She has given international public presentations and her comments as a Malaysian policy and political analyst have appeared in the Economist, the International Herald Tribune and the New York Times. She is an alumna of the prestigious US State International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP). She is qualified in econometrics and has a Master of Science in Research Methodology in Psychology.
JINGJING ZHANG
Jingjin Zhang is the Deputy Director of the Public Interest Law Institute of the National Resources Defense Council. As one of China’s leading public interest lawyers, she is committed to justice and strengthening the rule of law. An outspoken environmental advocate, she represents pollution victims in lawsuits and promotes public participation by helping communities organize public hearings on environmental rights and licensing processes. She has won milestone cases in the Chinese courts, including the first successful environmental class action suit in China, against a chemical company that discharged toxic substances in Fujian Province. In a landmark suit against the Beijing Municipal Commission of Urban Planning and the Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau, after the first-ever public hearing related to environment issue, Zhang represented the community to sue the two governmental agencies, eventually becoming a landmark environmental case. She has been frequently featured in
the media for her pioneering work in public interest law. She was the Yale world fellow and visiting scholar at Yale Law School China Law Center and Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars from 2008-2009 and is the deputy director of Public Interest Law Institute China Program.
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MIKE TAO ZHANG
Mike Tao Zhang is the Executive Vice President of the US-China Green Energy Council (UCGEC, http://ucgef.org/). The UCGEC is a leading non-profit organization with its headquarters in Silicon Valley and satellite operations in Beijing, Shanghai, Suzhou, Hong Kong, Washington, DC, and Los Angeles. Mike dedicates himself to facilitating clean tech collaborations between the world's two largest carbon emitters – the US and China – in the overall goal of achieving sustainability. Prior to that, Mike worked for Spansion and Intel in various managerial/executive capacities and has assumed leadership roles in the organization of many international conferences. He is currently the Co-Chair of an IEEE Technical Committee, and the recipient of some prestigious awards, including the Li Foundation Heritage Prize for Outstanding Achievement, the IIE Outstanding Young Industrial Engineer Business/Industry Award, and the IEEE Robotics and Automation
Early Career Industry/Government Award. Mike received his MS and the PhD degrees, as well as the Management of Technology certificate from the Haas School of Business and the College of Engineering, all at the University of California, Berkeley, in record- breaking three years. In his spare time, Mike enjoys volunteering at local charities and community services.
MIN ZIN
Min Zin is a freelance journalist and instructor at the School of Journalism of the University of California, Berkeley. He got involved in student activism early in his life when in 1988, as a 14-year-old high school student, a pro-democracy movement swept through Burma. He founded a nationwide high school student union and worked closely with pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. He went into hiding in 1989 to avoid arrest by the military, and his underground activist-cum- writer life lasted for nine years until he fled across the Thai- Burma border in August 1997. Almost all of his family members in Burma have suffered from repressions,
is now serving a seven-year prison term in Burma for exercising freedom of expression. Min Zin worked for the Thailand-based Irrawaddy magazine, as an assistant editor. Shifting from print to radio journalism, from 2004 to 2007, Min worked for the Washington-based Radio Free Asia (Burmese Service). He is currently pursuing his MA degree in the Asian Studies Graduate Program at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also an instructor responsible for International Visiting Scholars' Program at the University of California at Berkeley's School of Journalism. He is a freelance journalist writing for the Wall Street Journal, Far Eastern Economic Review, The Bangkok Post, The Irrawaddy and other publications.
SOOFIAN ZUBERI
Soofian Zuberi is a Managing Director and the Head of Global Markets Sales for Asia at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Soofian joined Merrill Lynch in 1993 as a member of the New York Corporate Finance team. From there, he transferred to Hong Kong where he has held a number of increasingly senior roles including Head of Asia Equity Syndicate and Head of South East Asia Equity Capital Markets before being promoted to his current position in 2006. Soofian has worked on over 130 transactions and raised over US$90 billion across equity, structured equity and convertible bonds for both corporate and sovereign clients in Asia. Soofian is based in Hong Kong and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA (Hons.) from Reed College.
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