Andrew is the Regional Director of Corporate Affairs for Southeast Asia and Oceania region of Samsung Asia. His role is to build relationships with government and government-related bodies in support of Samsung’s business and the countries’ digital transformation, working with his team in each country where Samsung has a presence. He has 20 years of experience in the public sector. Andrew has a great track record in engaging business owners and working with governments.

Mr. Punnikul is the Senior Professional Director, Ubon Ratchathani Vocational College. He was the Head Administrator when the APACC accredited the Golden Medal Standards with 474 points in 2018. He was also the Administrator when it received The Best School Royal Award in 2015 and 2017. He has received many awards, including Best National Administrator proclaimed by the Teacher Council of the Ministry of Education and Best Administrator proclaimed by the Vocational Education Commission, both in 2019.  Mr.

Ms. Ignacio is the Center Chief of TESDA Women's Center (TWC), one of TESDA’s Technology Institutions where she has been serving for the last 20 years. She is concurrently the Administrator of TESDA’s National Language Skills Institute since 2010. Ms. Ignacio is a certified member of the National Gender and Development (GAD) Resource Pool of the Philippine Commission on Women since September 2014. She holds Bachelor of Science in Food Technology from the University of Santo Tomas and Master of Science in Food Science from the University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City.

Naimah is the Director of Polytechnic Sultan Azlan Shah (PSAS), Malaysia since August 2018. Previously, she was the Head of the Civil Engineering Department and Principal of Kuala Selangor Technical School. Her involvement in TVET spans over 30 years. She holds a Bachelor in Architecture and Environmental Design (Hons) from the University of Nottingham, Masters of Education in Vocational Education and Training from the University of London, and a doctoral degree from the National University of Malaysia.

Mr. Lamichhane is the Director General of Colombo Plan Staff College. He is also currently the President of Asia Pacific Accreditation and Certification Commission (APACC), in June 2016. A certified project assessor, strategic planner, experienced project manager, TVET Institution Quality Assessor, TVET Expert, and a seasoned manager, he has authored books including Access of Disadvantaged Group in TVET: A case of Nepal and a training manual on Greening TVET.

Boonwara Sumano Chenphuengpawn is Research Fellow Sectoral Economics Program (SEP) at the Thailand Development Research Institute. Some of her recent publication were Human Rights are becoming part of Trade Standard (12 October 2016); Let’s Demand more from Donations (10 Agusut 2016); Plugging the Public Information gap on the AEC (9 December 2015) and Panel Report Diffusion and the Future of EU-ASEAN Economic Relations. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy from the Queen of Mary, University of London, United Kingdom.