Danny Quah is Li Ka Shing Professor in Economics and Dean at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. He works on world order, economic growth and development, and inequality and income mobility. In his research on world order, Quah analyses the supply and demand of international systems, contrasting the goals of the Great Powers and the needs of the global community. Quah's work on income mobility challenges conventional narratives on inequality, highlighting the broad diversity of economic experiences across nations. Through academic research, public commentary, and as a member of World Bank President's Economic Advisory Panel and other public commissions, as well as in advisory roles at World Economic Forum, UNDP, government agencies and ministries, and elsewhere, Quah seeks to help shape global economic and geopolitical discourse.

Jong-Wha Lee is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Economics at Korea University. He previously served as Chief Economist and Director General of the Economics and Research Department at the Asian Development Bank and worked as an economist at the International Monetary Fund. He also served as Senior Adviser for International Economic Affairs to the former President of South Korea. Lee has taught at the Australian National University, Columbia University, Harvard University, and Peking University. He holds both a Master’s degree and a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University.

Jomo Kwame Sundaram is Research Adviser at the Khazanah Research Institute, Fellow at the Academy of Science, Malaysia, and Emeritus Professor at the University of Malaya. He was UN Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, Assistant Director General at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Founder-Chair at the International Development Economics Associates (IDEAs), and President of the Malaysian Social Science Association. Jomo has authored and edited over a hundred books, written many academic papers, research reports and media articles, besides translating 12 volumes. He received the 2007 Wassily Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought and several honorary doctorates. The World Academy of Sciences has announced he will share the 2026 TWAS Award in Social Sciences.

Benjamin E. Diokno, PhD was appointed as a full-time member of the Monetary Board for a six-year term effective on 12 January 2024, after having served as Secretary of the Department of Finance from 2022 to 2024. Prior to his appointment as finance chief, Dr. Diokno served as governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) from 2019 to 2022. Under his leadership, the BSP was among the first central banks in the world to deploy decisive measures in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and pave the road to recovery. In 2022, he was named Global and Asia-Pacific Central Banker of the Year by The Banker, an international finance publication, in recognition of his leadership of the BSP through the global health crisis and his modernization agenda for the Philippines’ banking system.  Before taking charge of monetary affairs, Dr. Diokno served as Budget Secretary under three presidents where he pursued an expansionary fiscal policy to finance investments in human capital development and public infrastructure. Dr. Diokno finished his Bachelor’s Degree in Public Administration (1968) and Master’s Degree in Public Administration (1970) and Economics (1974) at the University of the Philippines. He holds an M.A. in Political Economy (1976) from the Johns Hopkins University and a Ph.D. in Economics (1981) from Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. In 2017, he received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of the Philippines—the highest academic rank and honor conferred by the University.

Albert F. Park is Chief Economist of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Director General of its Economic Research and Development Impact Department. He is chief spokesperson on economic and development trends and leads the production of ADB’s flagship knowledge products and support for regional cooperation fora. Mr. Park has more than 2 decades of experience as a development economist and is a well-known expert on the economy of the People’s Republic of China. He has worked on a broad range of development issues including poverty and inequality, intergenerational mobility, microfinance, migration and labor markets, the future of work, and foreign investment. Mr. Park is Chair Professor of Economics, Social Science, and Public Policy at HKUST (on leave). He served as a founding director of HKUST’s Institute for Emerging Market Studies and Center for Economic Policy, and previously held faculty positions at the University of Oxford and University of Michigan. A national of the United States, he received his bachelor’s degree in economics from Harvard University and his doctorate in applied economics from Stanford University.