Duncan Clark
Duncan Clark is the author of Alibaba: The House that Jack Ma Built, the definitive work on China's e-commerce and technology giant, its founder Jack Ma, and the forces and people that propelled its rise. Clark is chairman of BDA China, an advisory board he founded in 1994. He is a member of Asia Society's Board of Trustees. Clark is a Visiting Senior Fellow at the Institute of Global Affairs at the London School of Economics; and a former Visiting Scholar at Stanford University.
Michelle Yun Mapplethorpe
Michelle Yun Mapplethorpe is vice president of global artistic programs at Asia Society, director of Asia Society Museum, and artistic director of the Asia Society Triennial. She oversees Asia Society's global arts and culture programs, the Museum's exhibitions, and its permanent collection. She is a widely published author and frequent lecturer on modern and contemporary Asian art. She has an M.A. in modern art and critical studies from Columbia University and a B.A. from Mount Holyoke College.
Boon Hui Tan
Boon Hui Tan is co-curator and former artistic director of the Asia Society Triennial. Previously, he served as director of the Asia Society Museum, assistant chief executive (museum and programs) at the National Heritage Board of Singapore, artistic director for the Singapour en France le Festival, and director of the Singapore Art Festival.
Min Jin Lee
Min Jin Lee is a Korean American novelist based in New York City. Her 2017 novel Pachinko was a finalist for the National Book Award for fiction.
Fatima Bhutto
Fatima Bhutto, a writer and columnist, is the author of six books. Her most recent, New Kings of the World: Dispatches from Bollywood, Dizi and K-Pop, was published in 2019.
Josette Sheeran
Josette Sheeran is president emerita at Asia Society, where she served from 2013 to 2020. A former head of the World Food Programme, she currently serves as chief executive officer of Canoo and executive chairman at the McCain Institute.
Warren Mok
Warren Mok is a world-renowned Chinese tenor from Hong Kong who has been making frequent guest appearances in leading opera houses around the world.