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The Forum of Young Global Leaders is a community of innovators from diverse backgrounds and experiences. Search current members and alumni by year awarded, sector or region.

Isabelle Yap

Executive Director and Vice-President, East West Banking Corporation, Philippines

Isabelle Yap is vice president, special-projects officer, and executive director at EastWest Bank. As a former consultant at McKinsey, she has experience in serving multiple clients across the Philippine region, and she was part of the Management Associate program at Singtel, one of Asia’s leading telcos. A digital native, Yap brings in new perspectives and new ways of engaging with customers. She helped spearhead the launch of Komo, a digital banking service under EastWest Bank, and serves as chair for f(dev), the digital-venture builder and innovation factory of Filinvest Development.

Yap Kwong Weng

Head, Transformation, Urban, Sembcorp Industries Ltd, Singapore

Yap Kwong Weng is Head of Transformation, Urban in Sembcorp Industries, a leading energy and urban development group with assets around the world. He drives Sembcorp’s sustainable development including growth of its industrial and high-tech parks across Vietnam, Indonesia and China. Prior to Sembcorp, Kwong Weng held business consulting roles as an executive director in KPMG and Ernst & Young. In industry, he held management positions in Southeast Asia, co-founded a tech/crypto travel start-up in Vietnam and led the development of a strategic sea port in Myanmar when it opened up. Earlier in his career, Kwong Weng served as a Commando officer for over a decade; graduated from US Navy SEAL training course in San Diego and worked as an intelligence analyst in the Singapore Armed Forces. Kwong Weng was named as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2012; and awarded the Rotary Peace Fellowship (Chulalongkorn University) in the same year. He currently serves as a council member of the Singapore Red Cross; is a board member of the Singapore Nanjing Eco High-Tech Island, and received advanced degrees from Glasgow, Cambridge, Manchester and the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.

Yeo Bee Yin

Member, Parliament for Bakri, Johor, Malaysia

Yeo Bee Yin is member of parliament for Bakri, Johor. She is also the national assistant publicity secretary of the Democratic Action Party (DAP) and vice-chairwoman of Pakatan Harapan Youth. At the age of 29, Bee Yin entered Malaysia's 13th general election and was elected as state assemblywoman for Damansara Utama, making her the youngest member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly.

Yeoh Keong Hann

Executive Director, YTL Power International Berhad, Malaysia

Yeoh Keong Hann is a third-generation Malaysian business leader passionate about the transformative power of combining technology and entrepreneurial spirit, as well as the influence and values of family businesses in building a more inclusive and sustainably-focused society. He is Executive Director of YTL Power International Berhad, one of South-East Asia's largest infrastructure and energy companies, leading the group's operation and setting the vision of its new business and digital venture arms. He led the team that set up Geneco, Singapore's second-largest provider of retail electricity. Yeoh is also a General Partner of the SEA Frontier Fund where he invests in and mentors the next generation of game-changing startups in South-East Asia. He is a member of the Board of Wessex Water in the United Kingdom and of YTL PowerSeraya in Singapore. Yeoh is a graduate of the University of Oxford.

Achmad Zaky

Founding Partner, Init 6, Indonesia

Achmad Zaky is a technology entrepreneur and investor. He is the founder and ex-CEO of Bukalapak, one of the largest e-commerce platforms in Indonesia. Currently, he is active in non-profit activity via Achmad Zaky Foundation. He invests in education and entrepreneurship causes.

Jaime Alfonso Antonio Zobel De Ayala

Chief Executive Officer of AC Mobility, Ayala, Philippines

Jaime Alfonso Zobel de Ayala is one of the next generation leaders of Ayala Corporation, one of the Philippines’ largest and oldest conglomerates. Shortly after graduating from Harvard University, Jaime Alfonso assumed a series of key leadership roles in Ayala Corporation, including leadership of the Strategic Development Group where he drove capital deployment into high-growth sectors that have transformative impact on the Philippines’ economy and communities.

Today, Jaime Alfonso leads AC Mobility, the Ayala group’s vehicle business, where is leading the transformation of the company from a business predominantly focused on selling vehicles to an end-to-end mobility provider spanning services, infrastructure and digital platforms.