With his extensive experience in publishing, comics, gaming, advertising, film and TV, Homme Tsai takes on the task of supercharging Taiwan’s creative industry as chairman of the Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA). The media leader helps grow Taiwan’s cultural content ecosystem through global programmes that include film festivals, licensing fairs, grants and investment collaborations. In January 2024, TAICCA launched Taiwan’s International Co-funding Programme 2.0 to facilitate large-scale investment projects between Taiwan and global partners. Previously, the programme invested in 37 projects, including the movie The Last Queen, a co-production by Taiwan, France and Algeria that won at the Venice Film Festival. 

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A longtime politician, George Yeo served as Minister for Information and the Arts, Health, Trade & Industry, and Foreign Affairs from 1988 to 2011. Though retired from politics, he remains an important voice in business, policy and philanthropy, with advisory roles in the World Economic Forum, Kuok Group, Kerry Logistics Network and more. In 2021, the thought leader, together with Channel News Asia founder Woon Tai Ho, launched the three-volume book project George Yeo: Musings, where he explored a range of topics, from human diversity to Singapore’s relationship to the world. In 2023, its last installment, Series Three, which touched on Yeo’s thoughts on calligraphy, taijigong, the Qi Field and religion, was released. 

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Education advocate Jennifer Yu Cheng established the JYC Girls Impact Foundation (JYCGIF) to give teenage girls a leg up in the world by unlocking their leadership potential, particularly through digital learning. Its signature program, 10,000 Girls4Girls Coding+, teaches girls programming languages so they can pursue STEM careers and, with this knowledge, be inspired to train more young women in fundamental coding skills. “I believe it is critical, now more than ever, to invest in and nurture our local talent pipeline through education,” she said to Tatler. “I believe there is particular urgency to close the opportunities gap in terms of women in STEAM fields through K-12 education and to cultivate a stronger talent pipeline of women leaders across all fields.” Some of JYCGIF's accomplishments in 2023 include involving over 3,000 students, accumulating more than 11,500 hours of learning and launching its CareerXplorer Programme, which offers hands-on work experience to teen girls. 

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Erwan Heussaff combines his experience as a restaurateur and content creator to shine the spotlight on Filipino food. His digital video media company FEATR produces a slew of food content such as a feature on the country’s rarest salt, a video that now has over three million views on YouTube. “Before the video came out, asin tibuok wasn’t a part of the tourism map of Bohol. But once it did, it contributed to the discussion. The governor put it on the tourism map, and it became one of the most visited places in the province,” he said to Tatler. To support FEATR, the creative director also runs a full-service production company, The Fat Kid Inside Studios, which creates content for clients such as Discovery Networks and Grab Food. For his work, Heussaff won a James Beard Award under the Social Media Account category in 2023.

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Entrepreneur Vorravit Siripark is changing the way people think about wellness by interweaving the healing traditions of Thailand and its emphasis on the harmony of body, mind and soul in the luxury brand Pañpuri. Spurred by memories of his grandmother infusing jasmine flowers in an earthen jar of rainwater, he established the Bangkok-based company that offers holistic wellness, skincare and beauty solutions inspired by the tonics and ointments recorded in the Palm Scriptures. To create its fragrances, for example, Pañpuri looks to the centuries-old Tamra Phra Osot Phra Narai, pressing herbs and flowers into essential and botanical oils to create its well-loved Siamese Water. The company also touts the purity of its products, all of which are free from more than 2,300 questionable ingredients.

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