Contributors

Matthew Kay

Matthew is the Director of Vario and has overall global responsibility for the strategic direction, management and growth of Vario. Since joining Pinsent Masons in 2015, Matthew has led Vario on a rapid programme of development, more than doubling in size and expanding the business into new jurisdictions across Asia Pacific. Under Matthew’s leadership, Vario has become the leading law firm led provider of flexible legal solutions. Vario now represents almost 500 lawyers across numerous jurisdictions. Matthew is passionate about how the Vario approach solves real business problems for some of the world’s leading organisations, and offers alternative working patterns to talented legal professionals.

Prior to joining Pinsent Masons, Matthew worked internationally for a global management consulting organisation, specialising in major business process outsourcing (BPO) projects.

Matthew Stuart

Matthew Stuart is a fellow of the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) UK and the senior manager for South East Asia for the IMI. A senior retail automotive executive with over 30 years' experience in the retail motor industry, with principal involvement in specialist marques including Mercedes-Benz (PC&CV), Audi, BMW, and Volvo.

Maximilian Bittner

Maximilian Bittner is the Chief Executive Officer of the Lazada Group. He assumed the role in March 2012. As the CEO, Maxis the driving force for the Lazada brand across the region and is responsible for the performance of all 5 operating countries – Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Meena Surie Wilson, Ph.D.

Meena Surie Wilson is Senior Enterprise Associate with the Research, Innovation and Product Development group of the Center for Creative Leadership — Asia Pacific and author of the book Developing Tomorrows' Leaders Today: Insights from Corporate India (Wiley, October 2010). 

Meenakshi Agarwal

Meenakshi heads SBS Consulting’s overall operations. She has vast industry experience in ensuring delivery of quality services to clients.

Melisa Tantoco Quijano

Ms Melisa Tantoco Quijano is the President of Nu Skin for the  Pacific Region and Southeast Asia Region.

Mellissa Mayne

Mellissa Mayne is a Senior Consultant at the Contracting Division in Robert Walters Singapore. She recruits for specialist positions in the shared services sector across the financial services and professional services markets.

Merry Riana

Merry Riana is a Millionaire Entrepreneur, Best-Selling Author, and Asia's No.1 Female Motivational Speaker.

Michael Brisbane

Michael Brisbane is the Managing Director of Scandinavian Business Seating in Singapore. He is an experienced global movement expert and leader of Scandinavia's three leading seating brands, Hag (pronounced Horg), RH, and RBM in Asia Pacific headquartered in Singapore.

Michael Cluzel

Born in Germany in 1973, Michael has enjoyed a multinational career as a business leader across 4 continents and 4 industries.

After graduating from the oldest university in Germany (Heidelberg University) with a Master of Arts in Economics in 1999, Michael went on a journey that took him to Switzerland, Germany, Thailand, China, Paraguay, Lao PDR, Vietnam, the Caribbean and back to Thailand.

After accumulating a wealth of experience working for Global Fortune 500 companies, like Coca-Cola (Food & Beverages), Henkel (Cosmetics) and Vimpelcom (Telecommunications), Michael became a CEO at just 33 years of age. He quickly carved out a reputation for himself as a creative, charismatic and highly successful business leader running businesses that had yearly turnovers of up to 700M USD.

Michael is currently the co-founder and CEO of Eatigo, the leading online reservation platform for restaurants in Thailand and Singapore. Eatigo connects empty stomachs with empty tables via time-based discounts and with the help of yield management algorithms. A relentless visionary in business, Michael unwinds by playing golf, running Marathons and spending time with his wife, Aimee, and his two children, MJ and Aiana.