Business: World Fellows

Diana Tsui is the Director of Corporate Social Responsibility in China for the global powerhouse audit and tax firm KPMG. She also runs the KPMG Foundation and is the architect of the firm’s initiatives on poverty, diversity, and climate change in China. Before taking on these challenges, she was the Managing Director of Mercy Corps in East Asia and the Head of Community Affairs for Nike in Asia.

Subhashini Chandran owns and runs the Woodbriar Group, a company with business interests in insurance, real estate, and tea. Its flagship operation, Tea Estates India, is the largest privately owned tea plantation in all of India. She is also engaged in social entrepreneurship, regional biodiversity councils, and ecotourism.

An interview with 2009 Yale World Fellow Unmesh Brahme. Since 2004, Unmesh Brahme has been Senior Vice President for Corporate Sustainability at HSBC India, where he formulates the bank’s corporate responsibility and sustainability framework. He has worked directly on the launch of HSBC India’s microfinance initiative and on Future First, a program for street children, as well as on significant climate change initiatives.

An interview with 2009 Yale World Fellow Azeem Ibrahim. 33-year-old Azeem Ibrahim is an entrepreneur, financier, philanthropist, advisor to the UK government, and commentator on international affairs.

As head of office in Berlin for the Robert Bosch Foundation, World Fellow Sandra Breka was instrumental in expanding the foundation's philanthropy to the Balkans when many other organizations were pulling out of the troubled region.

As chairman and founder of China's leading public opinion research group, Victor Yuan has been a force for increased social services and government transparency in China.

As one of the youngest women elected to Singapore's parliament, World Fellow Penny Low's expertise in finance allows her to exert considerable influence. She is a strong proponent of social entrepreneurism.