Rosianna Silalahi is a television journalist and host for a prime time talk show. She interviewed world leader from US President Jimmy Carter, President George Bush, Iranian President Ahmadinejad, Mahatir Muhammad, Lee Kuan Yew, and Chile President, Michelle Bachellet. She was also awarded for the best TV News Presenter for 4 consecutive years. She is now Kompastv News Director and hosts a prime time talk show "Rosi."

Christine Lagarde is a French lawyer and politician who has been the Managing Director (MD) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) since 5 July 2011. Previously, she held various, senior ministerial posts in the French government: she was Minister of Economic Affairs, Finance and Employment, Minister of Agriculture and Fishing and Minister of Trade in the government of Dominique de Villepin. An anti-trust and labour lawyer, Lagarde was the first female chair of major international law firm Baker & McKenzie, between 1999 and 2004.

Priyanthi Fernando is the Executive Director of the International Women’s Rights Action Watch, Asia Pacific. An advocate for women’s rights, and a social development and communications professional with over 30 years of experience, Priyanthi has worked in the areas of technology, infrastructure and poverty in a range of countries and has led several international organisations. She holds a Masters Degree in Mass Communications from the University of Leicester and a Bachelors Degree in Sociology from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati is Indonesia’s Finance Minister since 2016. In 2002, she was the Executive Director representing 12 countries in the South East Asia (SEA Group) at the IMF. From 2005-2010, In 2005, she served as Finance Minister. In June 2010 she was appointed as Executive Director of the World Bank Group. She earned her BA in economics from the Universitas Indonesia in 1986 and her PhD in Economics in 1992.

Vera Songwe is the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. She was currently Regional Director Africa covering West and Central Africa for the International Finance Corporation and non-resident Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institute. Before that, she held a number of positions at the World Bank including Country Director, Adviser and Lead Country Sector Coordinator and Senior Economist. She holds a Ph.D. in Mathematical Economics and a MA in Law and Economics from the Université Catholique de Louvain, and a BA in Economics and Political Science from the University of Michigan.

Carolyn Wilkins was appointed as the Bank of Canada’s Senior Deputy Governor in 2014, for a seven-year term.

As Senior Deputy Governor, Ms. Wilkins oversees the strategic planning and economic and financial research of the Bank. She also shares responsibility for the conduct of monetary policy with the other members of Governing Council, and she is a member of the Bank’s Board of Directors.

Ms. Wilkins represents the Bank on the Financial Stability Board(FSB), and is a member of the FSB’s Standing Committee on Assessment of Vulnerabilities. She is a member of the IMF’s high-level advisory group on Fintech, and chaired the FSB’s FinTech Issues Group.