For connecting people for social good

Kenneth Abante

Co-founder and head of office, WeSolve

For creating workable, people-based solutions for nature conservancy

Dave Albao

Executive director, Philippine Reef and Rainforest Conservation Foundation

For ensuring under-privileged and high-needs students are not left behind in the future world

Alina Amir

Co-founder and Business Development Lead, Arus Academy

For reinventing a family-owned company to make it stronger than ever

Nuttanai Anuntarumporn

CEO, INTERLINK TELECOMMUNICATIONS

For enabling Filipinos to share their voice

Ron Baetiong

Founder and CEO, Podcast Network Asia

For contributing to medical advancement in the field of surgery and breast cancer

Dr Nur Amalina Che Bakri

Clinical Research Fellow, Imperial College London

For working tirelessly to improve educational standards

Love Basillote

Executive director, Philippine Business for Education

For leading healthcare through a digital revolution

Dato' Chevy Beh

Founder, BookDoc

For his innovations in multimedia entertainment

Dominic Cu Unjieng Bekaert

Co-founder and president, ZooPraxiStudio

For launching Asia’s only quadskating shop

Milanie Bekker

Co-founder, Madame Quad

For his quirky presentations of everyday science

Xiaotian Bi

SCIENCE POPULARISER

For making sustainable tourism genuinely sustainable

Somsak Boonkam

FOUNDER AND CEO, LOCAL ALIKE

For extending benefits to gig workers

Cindy Burdette

Co-founder and CEO, Allcare

For facilitating a global circular economy

Luona Cai

CO-FOUNDER, THE CIRCULAR PIE

For making the news relevant to younger people

JP Campos

Founder, Media Commoner

For changing the face of Jakarta’s patisserie scene

Karen Carlotta

Owner and Pastry Chef, Union Group and AMKC Private Dining

For giving us the best of all design worlds

Chi Yan Chan

Director, Collective

For creating medical imaging devices that everyone can carry with them

Justin Chan

Co-founder and CEO, Gense Technologies

For firing up the Philippine startup scene

Katrina Chan

Co-founder and director, QBO

For using art to interrogate our notions of status and value

Leelee Chan

ARTIST

For nurturing young people to become future changemakers

Anny Chang

Co-founder, International City Wanderer Education Association

For demystifying the female body through art and humour

Claudia Chanhoi

Illustration Artist

For using biological technology to reduce food waste

Chen-Hsiang Chao

Co-founder and Chief Designer, Bionicraft

For simplifying insurance and improving business efficiency

Thanapoom Chareonsiri

CO-FOUNDER AND CEO, APPMAN

For launching and growing the gold standard in sustainability-related news

Jessica Cheam

Founder and managing director, Eco-Business

For helping workers gain valuable data skills

Angela Chen

CO-FOUNDER AND CEO, ESKWELABS

For saving our oceans using technology and education

Cheer Chen

Co-founder and CEO, Azure Alliance

For constantly reaching new heights in her showjumping career

Jasmine Shao-Man Chen

Equestrian

For championing a homegrown brand within China’s luxury travel sector

June Chen

VICE PRESIDENT, KAIYUAN SENBO

For his preeminence as a violin maestro

Ray Chen

Violinist

For creating a thoughtful new Taipei art space

Vicky Chen

Founder, Tao Art Space

For preserving an educational support system for underprivileged children

Yen Han Chen

Owner and CEO, Kids’ Bookhouse

For exploring the frontiers of natural language processing

Zheqian Chen

CEO, Yiwise

His industry-disrupting platform transformed the automotive business through a digitalised approach

Eric Cheng

Co-founder and Group CEO, Carsome

For helping us rethink our relationship with the planet

Harris Cheng

Co-founder and CEO, Greenvines

For putting cheap, healthy snacking just a click away

John Cheng

Co-founder and COO, Signature Market