Jonathan Chu is a Director at 95% The Culture Consultants, a consultancy company aiming to turn workplaces into joy places. He believes that a workplace can genuinely be a joy place when people are not only results-oriented but people-conscious. That fuels him as he consults, facilitates, and manages culture transformation programs for clients such as Cyberview Sdn Bhd, Affin Hwang Capital, MNRB Group, Vivaki Sdn Bhd, and Naga DDB. Also, Jonathan is the Coordinating Ambassador of One Young World for the Asia 3 region. Passionate about youth empowerment, entrepreneurship, and education, he took on this role to support the quest to help more leaders to achieve the sustainable development goals for which they are passionate. 

Caritta Seppa is the Co-founder and COO of Tespack, a company specialized in mobile energy to make everyone Energy Independent. She is currently responsible for the company’s day-to-day management and oversees the financials, operations, suppliers, import/export and closing partnerships, and managing investor relations and capital raising. Caritta was selected as one of the Top 100 Women in Wearables in 2018, awarded as Top 10 Entrepreneur Under 30 in 2017 by Global YE Awards, and one of the Winning Women Entrepreneurs in Europe 2017 by EY. She was awarded as one of the Top 10 Women in Tech 2017 by WSC and Craigs Newmark. She is the winner of the WSC competition Finland 2017 and Global Female Founders Start Tel Aviv competition 2016. She was shortlisted by Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe 2018 under the “Industry” category. 

Priya Prakash is a healthcare entrepreneur and the Founder and CEO of HealthSetGo. Under her leadership, the organization, in a span of 4 years has become India's largest healthcare organization for schools that currently operates in over 77+ cities across the country, impacting 250,000 students and parents. She has been recognized as Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia & India - Healthcare & Sciences and has been the recipient of the Global Citizen Prize, Cartier Women's Initiative Awards, and Unilever Young Entrepreneur Award. Priya is the Founding Curator of the Gurgaon Hub of the World Economic Forum and a Member of the Future Generations Commission on Health and Climate Change. Additionally, she’s a State Level Olympic Weightlifting Champion, avid health blogger, and has been featured in various national and international publications for her work. Priya holds a degree in Mathematics from Lady Shri Ram College and education in Social Entrepreneurship from INSEAD. Read her full story here: https://the-nwg.com/2020/10/22/priya-prakash/

Fatoumatta L. Kassama is a social entrepreneur based in The Gambia. She is the founder of Girls’ Pride, a social enterprise aiming to address period poverty in the Gambia. Fatoumatta is the founder of Eye Care for All, aiming to eradicate preventable and avoidable blindness. The Eyes Care for All provides free individualized home-based eye care services and community screenings for the less privileged living with Glaucoma in her community. She is the co-founder of Prospect for Girls. This non-profit organization provides vocational skills training for women and girls, including tailoring, driving, food services, photography, hairdressing, makeup, and graphic design. Read her full story here: https://the-nwg.com/2020/10/15/fatoumatta-l-kassama/

Arizza Nocum is the Co-Founder and President of KRIS, a non-profit organization that utilizes education as a pathway to peace in the Philippines. She is one of five global recipients of Zonta International's Young Women for Public Affairs Award. Arizza is one of the youngest nominees to the list of 100 Most Influential Filipina Women in the World.  She is also one of ten young leaders hand-picked by the former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan to eradicate violent extremism through the Extremely Together initiative. Read her full story here: https://the-nwg.com/2020/05/14/arizza-nocum/

Beatriz Gonzales is a 24-year old mental health advocate. She is best known for her speech titled “The Not Valedictory Address,” where she debunked the common notions of what a Valedictorian should be and tackled issues concerning Mental Health. She is continuously doing her part in spreading awareness and eliminating the stigma surrounding mental health by giving talks and working with institutions and individuals who share her passion for this cause. Beatriz is also an artist. She started drawing when she was three and never stopped ever since. Read her story here: https://the-nwg.com/2020/05/04/beatriz-gonzales/

Taichi Ichikawa is the co-founder of World Road Inc. and the director of World Dream Project, based in Japan. “Building the world into a single school” is the vision of himself and the company. To achieve the vision, he is currently working on a worldwide education book project called World Dream Project, which gathers 196 dreams with stories from 196 countries into one book promoting SDGs. The book will be published in 2021 and it’s planned to distribute schools all over Japan and also launch worldwide to become a next-gen’s textbook. Read his story here: https://the-nwg.com/2020/09/13/taichi-ichikawa/

Thinzar Shun Lei Yi is a winner of the Women of the Future Southeast Asia Award 2019. She hosts the Under 30 Dialogue, which is a TV show in Myanmar. Her show discusses various topics concerning politics, youth participation, and democratic development in Myanmar. Shun Lei is passionate about promoting equal rights and opportunities for each individual in Myanmar, especially political rights and opportunities for marginalized groups such as women and youth. Read her story here: https://the-nwg.com/2020/05/09/thinzar-shunlei-yi/

Margianta Surahman Juhanda Dinata is the founder and Executive Director of Emancipate Indonesia. Emancipate Indonesia focuses on modern slavery issues, particularly forced marriage, forced labour exploitation, and forced sexual exploitation in Indonesia. His passion for promoting the rights and dignity of people living under privilege has been developed through his life experience, being raised by a strong single mother. He also serves as a member of the Youth Advisory Panel for UNFPA Indonesia and a One Young World Ambassador. Read his story here on our website: https://the-nwg.com/2020/08/30/margianta-s-j-d/

Brighton Kaoma is the award-winning social entrepreneur and environmentalist, based in Zambia. Brighton started his activism at the age of 14 when he and his friended co-hosted a radio program to raise awareness of people on environmental issues. In 2014, he co-founded the Agents of Change Foundation Zambia, a nonprofit that gives young people training in radio journalism, leadership skills, and environmental and ethical issues. Brighton has worked with UNICEF as a Climate Ambassador and is a Global Youth Ambassador at Children's Radio Foundation. He was honored with the Queen's Young Leader Award by Queen Elizabeth II in 2015. In the following year, he received the WWF International President’s Awards. Read his story here: https://the-nwg.com/2020/09/21/brighton-kaoma/