A recognised Malaysian-Australian chef, artist, author, and TV personality, Poh was the second runner-up in the very first Season of MasterChef Australia 2009. Since then, she has had three seasons of her own ABC show “Poh’s Kitchen”, two seasons of ABC’s “Poh & Co”, two seasons of “Adam & Poh” on SBS, a subject of “Australian Story”, hosted two seasons of Network 9’s Snackmasters Australia and competed a second time in MasterChef “Back To Win” in 2019. In 2020, she won an AACTA award for “Favourite Contestant of the Decade” and is now on the panel of four judges on Network 10 & Endemol Shine’s international juggernaut. 

Mr Yeap is the Chairman of Mering Corporation and Director of the Tipperary Station Group.

He was appointed a Trustee of the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) in June 2005, reappointed in 2008 and 2011, and made Chairman of the NGV Foundation in 2012. He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in June 2010.
Mr Yeap has served as a Council Member of the National Gallery of Australia from 2014 to 2018.

He also served on the Advisory Board for the National Foundation for Australia-China Relations (NFACR) from 2019 – 2023.

He is currently a Member of the Australia Multicultural Council (AMC), a Member of the Advisory Board for The Natures Conservancy (TNC), an Advisory Board Member for the Australian National University (ANU) Centre for Asian-Australian Leadership Advisory Board.

He is also an Ambassador of The Australia Day Ambassador Program, and a Patron of Multicultural Arts Victoria.

He has served on several Advisory Boards and Committees, including TIPAC @ DFAT, MCRI, University of Melbourne, Monash University and University of Swinburne.

Dr. Priya Srinivasan is an award winning performer, choreographer, and writer, who co-founded and leads Sangam, a transformative cultural platform addressing inequity in the arts in Naarm. Since 2019, Sangam has thrived under her guidance, showcasing hundreds of South Asian creatives towards self representation, research and artistic excellence on Australia’s funded stages. Rooted in Indian classical dance, Priya's work emphasizes feminist decolonization, spotlighting minority women's stories and First Nations exchanges. She has a PhD in Performance Studies and has published an award winning book: Indian Dance as Transnational Labour (2012) which is taught worldwide. As a choreographer and director her acclaimed intercultural, collaborative pieces have graced stages, museums, site specific locations worldwide, from the USA, China, Europe, India to Australia. Her groundbreaking work bringing research into practice has shifted notions of what counts as contemporary art in Australia. Her most recent acclaimed interdisciplinary, intergenerational performance with Uthra Vijay and Philipa Rothfield, The Durga Chronicles won a Green Room Award (2023) and an international award from DSA for performance that transforms the public sphere (2024) ; Agam, a collaboration with Hari Sivanesan and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra resulted in an unprecedented, highly successful large scale intercultural performance at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl (2023); Sangam Labs Leadership Exchange in Bengaluru brought together intersectional artistic leaders and organisations between India and Australia (2024) with the support of Global Victoria. Priya is the inaugural recipient of the Asia Pacific Impact Award from Creative Australia (2024). 

Josh Chye has proudly served as a Partner at HLB Mann Judd for over 9 years, leading the tax consulting division in Melbourne. 
 
In this role, he has lead and cultivated a diverse and close knit high-performing team, collaborating alongside a diverse range of clients – from high-growth ventures to established industry leaders, including those featured in the AFR Top 200 list. 
 
His focus is on providing seamless transitions into ongoing accounting, tax, and audit compliance through our comprehensive full-service firm. 
 
A driving passion of Josh lies in empowering both emerging and established businesses, often operating in global markets, to nurture and safeguard their wealth. He achieves this through strategic tax planning, leveraging HLB’s extensive expertise, and tapping into our trusted network of advisors. 
 
HLB Mann Judd, a full-service accounting firm within HLB International – a global network spanning 157 countries, with an annual revenue of over US$5 billion. 
 
HLB international is the 8th largest global network of accounting firms. 
 
Our dedication to excellence has been recognized through multiple wins of the Best Accounting Firm title (revenue up to $200m) in the AFR / Beaton Client Choice Awards – an honour bestowed by our valued clients in 2016 - 2018, 2020 - 2022 and 2024.

Josh is an active contributor to the professional community, frequently sharing insights through published articles, interviews, and technical presentations for bodies such as the Tax Institute, Australian Financial Review, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, Legalwise Seminars, Accountants Daily, TickerTv, and ImportExportTV.

Josh is vice-president and board member of the Australia Malaysia Business Council (Victorian Chapter) and board member and Treasurer for the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF).

Aruna is the founder of her own consultancy, whose aim is to enable underrepresented founders, including women and People of Colour, to grow their impact. Aruna's clients include several award-winning social enterprises and not-for-profits in Australia and India. 
 
Aruna has worked internationally and locally, across community development, humanitarian response, commercial leadership development and social enterprise, for 15+ years. Aruna focusses on partnering with Governments, NGOs, social entrepreneurs, STEM experts, youth and corporates on a) leadership, design thinking and best-practice community initiatives; and b) developing and delivering collective impact models. 
 
Aruna is a leading voice in advocating culturally-proud communities of excellence. She actively works to strengthen the presence of underrepresented voices within Australia’s startup and social impact sectors, particularly with Women of Colour and with individuals with intersecting identities. Aruna believes it is her responsibility to strengthen the communities of which she is a part. 
 
There are many, but some highlights of Aruna’s career include: 
 
1) Developing a world-first partnership between India (AVENUES Meghalaya) and Australia (Young Change Agents) in social entrepreneurship education, specifically focussed on First Nations youth and organisations across both countries. 
 
2) Over four years, and together with Australian First Nations leaders and youth, collectively building a self-determined, culturally proud entrepreneurship program, Lighting the Spark, that is led by First Nations communities across urban and remote Australia. This has reached 1000+ youth and adults to-date and was tabled in Parliament as a best-practice example. 
 
3) Co-founding a startup in India, to track pollution levels in urban cities. This provided local environmental groups with valuable data to advocate to Indian authorities for better air quality levels. 
 
4) Partnering with highly diverse youth, women and underestimated community groups in the Philippines, Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka, so they could self-determine a better future. 

Jenny is a passionate advocate for education and inclusivity, currently serving as the Operations Manager at 100 Story Building - a not-for-profit dedicated to supporting all children and young people’s creativity, literacy, confidence, and community connections. 

At the heart of Jenny's work is a deep commitment to supporting young people from diverse backgrounds. With lived experience as a Chinese-Vietnamese immigrant and international student in Australia, she strives to understand the challenges faced by young people, particularly those who are from socially, culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, when engaging with social services and works diligently to bridge gaps between schools, families, and communities. Her approach is characterised by empathy, cultural sensitivity, and a genuine desire to create long-lasting positive change.

Jenny has been instrumental in advocating for woman of colour in leadership and leading conversations that increase interbeing awareness related to culture, race and reconciliation. 

In 2013, Jenny became the inaugural international student representative on McKinnon Secondary College’s student council. In 2019, Jenny was the President of the Vietnamese Students Association and became the first international student to be elected as an Office Bearer of the Monash University’s student union. Most recently, she served as the Steering Committee Chair of the Australia Vietnam Leadership Dialogue where she helped establish strategic partnerships and secured significant funding for programs nurturing young leaders of Australia and Vietnam. 

Her leadership extends to her previous roles as People and Culture Director at Oaktree, Australia’s largest youth-run international development organisation, a Board Member of Equal Ed, an education social enterprise, and an advisor to Fashion Revolution Vietnam. Jenny has also worked with organisations including the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Victorian Government, the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, and Dairy Australia, to create a better future for all through community building, partnership and communications. 

She has facilitated workshops to help organisations better understand their unconscious biases and improve their intercultural capability when working with culturally and linguistically diverse communities across Australia and Asia.

Jenny holds degrees in Marketing and International Studies from Monash University and is currently pursuing a Master's degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Jenny was a delegate to the Australian National University's Asia Pacific Week, AASYP Young Leaders Forum, and Australia-China Emerging Leaders Summit. She speaks Mandarin and French in addition to being bilingual in Vietnamese and English.