As President Microsoft APAC, Andrea Della Mattea, has more than 25 years of experience in the technology sector. She is responsible for leading Microsoft’s overall business, accelerating the digital transformation journeys of their customers and partners. Before joining Microsoft, Andrea served in a series of senior leadership roles at Insight Enterprises & Software Spectrum in North America and APAC, including her most recent role as Asia Pacific Managing Director where she was responsible for strategic and operational leadership across the region. Andrea also serves as a Non-Executive Director for Meals on Wheels and on the Business Advisory Committee for the Habitat for Humanity, Australia.

Jane Sun is the Chief Executive Officer and member of the board of directors of Trip.com. The company offers a one-stop-shop for travel services to 400 million users worldwide. As the only female CEO in China’s high-tech industry, she proactively advocates for gender equality. In 2019, Jane was awarded the Asia Society Asia Game Changer Award. Forbes named her one of Asia’s 25 Emerging Star Businesswomen in 2018, and one of the Most Influential and Outstanding Businesswomen in China in 2017. In 2020, she was also named one of Fortune’s Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Business.

Carolyn Chin-Parry was awarded - Woman of the Year from the Women in IT Asia Awards and recognised as the Top 100 Women in Tech (by IMDA, SCS, SGWIT and MediaCorp). She is the Digital Innovation Leader at PwC Singapore and recently led PwC’s Asia Pacific Digital Upskilling Initiative for 84,000 employees in the region. Carolyn is an active contributor to PwC Singapore’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee. She is the co-chair of AustCham Singapore’s Digital Committee where she provides strategic advice to the Australian Government. Carolyn also sits on the Advisory Boards for the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Shes Loves Data (non-profit) and EGN. 

Melanie Richards joined KPMG in 2000 to develop the Debt Advisory practice and moved into the role of Deputy Chair of KPMG, London (UK), where she drove the Big Four firm’s strategic direction as well as policy positions around bank lending, debt restructuring and capital markets’ instruments. Melanie is an inclusiveness champion; a founding member of the UK’s 30% Club Steering Committee, which is focused on increasing female representation on FTSE Boards and Leadership. In June 2016, Oxford Brookes University awarded Melanie an Honorary Doctorate in Business Administration for her active promotion of gender equality. Until recently, Melanie sat on Harvard’s Women’s Leadership Board. In the Queen’s Birthday Honours list 2019, she was also awarded a CBE for her services to Business and Inclusion.