Nigel Smith

Nigel has lived and worked in Hong Kong since 1990. He has specialised in the marketing and leasing office towers and large mixed use developments across Asia, overseeing some of the tallest buildings in the world including. Most recently he was the Managing Director of Colliers Hong Kong. After recovering from cancer last July he […]
Mandi Lee

Mandi Lee is a researcher with the Asia Pacific HPV Coalition and advocates for user-centred experiences in healthcare through evidence-based research. She holds a cross-faculty Master of Science awarded by werp the School of Medicine and the Division of Industrial Design at the National University of Singapore. Her recent work includes a systematic review of […]
Dur-e-Nayab Waheed

Nayab Waheed is a Vaccinologist by training, working as researcher at the Center for the Evaluation of Vaccination at the University of Antwerp. She is working on HPV vaccination program implementation in LMICs as part of her research and is a Scientific and Technical Lead for HPV Prevention and Control Board and Coalition to Strengthen […]
Prof. Ashrafun Nessa

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, graduated from DhakaProfessor Ashrafunnessa, Department of Gynaecological Oncology, Medical College, Bangladesh, received training from home and abroad, obtained Membership and Fellowship from RCOG from Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists. Dr Ashrafunnessa obtained PhD from University of Dhaka, in 2004. She is ‘Focal point’ of “Cervical and Breast Cancer Screening […]
Samuel Mak

Samuel Mak has 30 years of experience in public affairs and advocacy. He provides counsel to organizations in the healthcare and tech sectors, such as pharmaceutical and biotech companies, health insurers, government agencies, and NGOs. On a pro bono basis, Sam aims to empower patient groups. He has been an advisory member of The Hong […]
Anca Griffiths

Anca Griffiths is the co-founder and CEO of OM, a precision health company where the best minds in healthcare come together to offer support and preventative therapeutic strategies to corporates and individuals. An ex-luxury industry executive, OM was born out of Anca’s own personal experiences after attempting to navigate the health market on three separate […]
Aaron Stern

Aaron Stern is a Managing Partner and the Chief Investment Officer of Converium Capital, a multi-strategy opportunistic investment manager headquartered in Montreal. Converium aims to deliver positive and uncorrelated returns regardless of macroeconomic conditions by investing in distressed and event-driven opportunities globally and across the capital structure. Prior to co-founding the firm, Aaron was a […]
Dr. Wah Choi

Dr. CHOI is a female biomedical scientist. She has a deep interest in tackling women’s diseases. Her Ph.D. study focuses on ovarian cysts formation and the migration of ovarian cancer cells. With new cell culture Alemodeling and animal model, she revealed the pathogenesis of ovarian cancer, the deadliest gynecologic cancer which causes 150,000 death worldwide. […]
Dr. Ricky Chiu

Dr. Ricky CHIU, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of PHASE Scientific International Limited, is an esteemed innovator and the lead inventor of PHASIFY™. With over 55 patents granted, PHASIFY™ has revolutionized liquid biopsy and rapid point-of-care testing for early cancer and infectious disease detection. Ricky’s efforts in leveraging his Alle technologies for COVID diagnostics, including the […]
Alia Rahman

Motivated to avoid a subsequent surgical procedure after a 15-year journey with chronic HPV and cervical precancer (dysplasia – the condition that is detected during routine Pap testing), Alia Rahman began experimenting with a variety of compounds in her own kitchen in pursuit of a topical therapy for self-treatment. Little did she know that her […]