Co-founder, The Daily Aus

Australia

Zara Seidler is the co-founder of The Daily Aus and is passionate about media literacy for young people.

Co-founder + CEO, The Daily Maverick

South Africa

Styli Charalambous is CEO and co-founder of Daily Maverick. Media entrepreneur, blind optimist, and reformed accountant.

Publisher, Frontier Myanmar

Myanmar, Thailand

Sonny Swe is CEO and co-founder of Boomerang Media Group, and the publisher of Frontier Myanmar.

Co-founder, Josh Talks

India

Shobhit Banga is the director and co-founder of Josh Talks, the largest regional content and upskilling platforms in India.

Co-founder + COO, Suno India

India

Rakesh Kamal is the COO and co-founder of Suno India, a podcast network based in India. He has extensive experience in climate policy, advocacy, and awareness.

Co-founder, Suno India

India

DVL Padma Priya is a journalist with over 15 years of experience across journalism, digital communications and advocacy. She is the Editor-in-Chief and co-founder of Suno India, a leading award-winning podcast network based in India.

Podcast Librarian, Podchaser

Malaysia

Norman Chella, aka. Norm, is the world’s current podcast librarian and an advocate for healthy, thriving, Asian podcasting.

Founder, Asia Undercovered

Japan

Nithin Coca is a freelance journalist and curator of the Asia Undercovered newsletter, covering politics, society, and environment across the region.

Co-founder, Icarus Media

Myanmar, Thailand

Lachmi Baniya is a media entrepreneur and fitness enthusiast who, through her company Icarus Media, has created five digital publishing products, cornering the women's market in Myanmar with a monthly reach of 11 million through positive and empowering messages.

Audio + tech, PumaPodcast

Philippines

Marc Casillan is the Audio and Tech Head of PumaPodcast, and bassist of its company band, The Light Snacks.

CEO + podcaster, PumaPodcast

Philippines

Carl Javier is the CEO of PumaPodcast and picked up the guitar as a way to cope with the pandemic, during which he launched the podcast Chino and Carl’s Guitar Picks.

Co-founders, Splice

Singapore

Hi, we’re Rishad Patel and Alan Soon, and we’re Splice. Splice is our media startup, and we work with the global ecosystem to help you build viable media businesses.

Be tuktuk. Be Beta.

Tortoise

Jon Hill was Design Editor, The Times. Then, Creative Director, The Telegraph. Now Creative Director & Partner at Tortoise Media. Editorial design for print and digital.

Founder, Indonesia Business Post

Indonesia, France

Annelis is the founder of Indonesia Business Post, an investigative media advocating for business transparency and a B2B platform connecting local businesses to a community of foreign companies and investors.

Co-founder + CEO, Lemon Press

Mongolia

Ankhbayar Tserenvandan is the co-founder and CEO of Lemon Press- a financial media company based in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, with the mission to accelerate the development of the capital market in Mongolia.

Founder, BackScoop

Philippines

Amanda Cua is the founder of BackScoop, a newsletter that makes it fun and easy to stay informed with everything Southeast Asia business and startups.

Co-founder + CEO, Splice

Singapore

Alan Soon is the co-founder and CEO of Splice, a media startup based in Singapore that works with the global ecosystem to help people build viable media businesses.

Co-founder + head of product + design, Splice

Singapore

Rishad is the co-founder and product + design guy of Splice, a media startup based in Singapore that works with the global ecosystem to help people build viable media businesses.