Lan is a feminist activist and a senior leader in international development, humanitarian and nature conservation. She was the former Oxfam International Global Co-Director for Strategy and Feminist Futures, Asia Regional Director, and Deputy Director for Global Campaigns. She served as Advisor to the Association of Southeast Nations (ASEAN) on disaster management and emergency response. Lan held various positions in Philippine NGOs and continues to be involved in Philippine civil society organizations. She also practiced as a journalist and radio broadcaster. Alongside these, Lan is a ceramic artist.

Peter is Vice President for Public Affairs of the PHINMA Group of Companies. He was previously the Executive Director of Makati Business Club, Philippine Business for Education and Amnesty International Philippines, and Media and Public Affairs Director of the Government of the Philippines – Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (GOP-OP-APP).

Tere is a communications specialist with over thirty years of experience in advertising, publishing, journalism, and creative management. She has worked with publications such as Reader’s Digest and Asia Inc., a regional business magazine. Tere holds an MBA and was previously an adjunct faculty member at the Ateneo Graduate School of Business. She was also president of Kusog Tacloban, an NGO established after Typhoon Haiyan to support rural agricultural communities. Currently, she has a communications consultancy firm that caters to corporate and institutional clients.

Ed is the president of the Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM). As an activist priest, he helped organize small farmers in their struggle for agrarian reform, and joined the resistance movement against martial law, which led to his imprisonment for nine years. After his release, he pursued his activism as a lay person, in the field of popular education and formation of grassroots leaders toward the politics of participation. He served in government as the director-general of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, and as a consultant to government agency heads for rural electrification and agriculture. He continues to be primarily engaged with civil society organizations and advocacy networks in the fields of popular education and skills development, food security and sustainable rural development, participatory local governance, and peace.

Lidy is an activist working in economic, environmental, social, and gender justice issues in national, regional, and global campaigns. She is the coordinator of the Asia Peoples’ Movement on Debt and Development, and a member of the Coordinating Committee of the Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice. She was one of the co-founders of the Global Alliance on Tax Justice. She serves as one of the vice-presidents of the Freedom from Debt Coalition. She also co-founded the Philippine Movement for Climate Justice. Lidy is a former member of the Board of Oxfam Great Britain.

Gerthie has over 35 years of experience fighting for environmental justice in the Philippines. She is the founder of the Environmental Legal Assistance Center (ELAC) and has led policy and community efforts on forests, fisheries, mining, and climate change. In 2024, she was named a Gawad Bayani ng Kailkasan and received the Women of Power Award. The Normandy Honor for Peace with the Earth recognized her in 2023.

She currently serves as Senior Legal Adviser of ELAC and has taught Natural Resources and Environmental Law at Palawan State University College of Law since 1995. She has also advised government agencies, civil society groups, and development institutions on legal and policy matters, and regularly serves as a trainer and resource person for civil society and academic networks.

Jojo is a financial technology executive and entrepreneur who spent his career building the digital finance infrastructure in Southeast Asia. He co-founded GoTyme Bank, led the growth of mobile financial services in the Philippines and Cambodia, and built ventures across data analytics, venture capital, and digital finance.

He currently serves as CEO of PayMongo Philippines, Inc., Chair of the Fintech Philippines Association, and a board trustee of several investor and startup networks. His earlier leadership roles include leading JG Digital Equity Ventures, Data Analytics Ventures Inc., Wing Cambodia, and Smart Hub Inc. Outside his executive duties, he mentors entrepreneurs and connects them with capital and industry partners.

He is a recipient of the Gold Lifetime Achievement Award from the 2026 Stevie International Business Awards.

Lot has extensive experience in humanitarian and development programs, having worked with different NGOs in the Philippines and East Asia. She has held various senior posts in Oxfam, including a posting in Hong Kong and Beijing as Oxfam Hong Kong’s Policy Director, and Country Director of Oxfam in the Philippines. She served on the faculty of the College of Social Work and Community Development at the University of the Philippines Diliman and the Anthropology Discipline at the University of the Philippines Baguio. She holds a Master’s Degree in Social Anthropology of Development from the University of London and a Bachelor’s Degree in Community Development from University of the Philippines Diliman.