For her contribution to the study of Filipino history

Nicole CuUnjieng Aboitiz

Historian and author

For shining a much needed light on human rights abuses

Ezra Acayan

Photographer, Getty

For launching Thai fashion onto the international catwalk

Wisharawish Akarasantisook

FOUNDER AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR, WISHARAWISH

For pioneering co-working across Southeast Asia

Erman Akinci

Co-founder and CEO, Common Ground

For leading the fight against diseases of all shapes and sizes

Jason Alacapa

Co-founder and CEO, Innovations for Community Health

For helping to ensure justice in a new region

Elijah Dumama-Alba

Attorney general, The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region

For being a musical prodigy

Gina Alice

PIANIST

For furthering a formidable consumer products legacy

Sugiarto Alim

Director, Maspion Group

For reviving traditions in a contemporary context

Aaron An

FOUNDER, FUSU

For taking Thailand back into Formula 1

Alexander Albon Ansusinha

RACING DRIVER

Aero Sutan Aswar is a world-class jet skier

Aero Sutan Aswar

Co-founder, President, Jet Ski Indonesia Academy

The agricultural activist empowers communities through farming

Cherrie Atilano

Founder and CEO, Agrea

For creating a multidisciplinary creative space to showcase emerging Thai artists

Porntip Attakanwong

CO-FOUNDER AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR, ATT 19

Stephanie Au is the first athlete to have represented Hong Kong four times at the Olympics

Stephanie Au

Athlete

For improving the lives of women through traditional wicker weaving

Azalea Ayuningtyas

Co-Founder and CEO, Du Anyam

For opening up education financially to a greater range of people

Carmina Bayombong

Founder and CEO, Invested

For using sports to provide underprivileged children with educational opportunities

Miguel Bermundo

Founder and director, Dream Big Pilipinas FA

For reinventing the concept of the mobile office

Mario Berta

Founder and CEO, FlySpaces

For launching one of the Philippines’ fastest growing financial platforms

John Christian Bisnar

Co-founder and CEO, Investgrams

For highlighting the benefits of bamboo as a construction material

Thanapat Boonsanan

FOUNDER, THOR KAICHON

For making it easy for overseas businesses to set up in the Philippines

Carmen Booth

Co-founder and CEO, Booth & Partners and Arch Offices

For climbing to the top of Thai football

Theerathon Bunmathan

FOOTBALLER

For his obsessive dedication to crafting the finest French cuisine

Daniel Calvert

Chef

For questioning the politics of gender through art

Cao Yu

ARTIST

For providing a new way for people to optimise their health

Candice Chan

Co-founder, Lifehub

For designing board games that resonate around the world

Ariel Chang

Founder, Gege Design

Fighting climate change through sustainable development

Liang-Yi Chang

Asia Managing Director, 350.ORG

For overcoming the hurdles in autonomous driving

Chang Yufei

FOUNDER AND CEO, WHALEDYNAMIC

For improving the lives of Myanmar’s rice farmers

David Chen

Co-founder and CEO, AgriG8

For establishing a powerful player in the luxury serviced apartment market

Chen Kan

CEO, MAISON

For making volunteering easier

Kevin Chen

Founder and Executive Director, Empowering Lives through Innovative Volunteerism

For his daringly deconstructive approach to couture

Chen Peng

FOUNDER, CHENPENG

For using AI to write sci-fi stories

Stanley Chen

SCIENCE-FICTION WRITER

For making his mark as a rapper

ØZI (Yi Fan Chen)

Hip-Hop artist

For helping companies create the foods of the future

John Cheng

Founder and director, Innovate 360

For reinventing smart glasses

Jordan Cheng

Founder and CEO, Mad Gaze