Xi Liu
Xi Liu is the Founder and CEO of Ferne Health. This woman-focused company was launched in 2020 to challenge the stigma around sexual health screening and provide accessible healthcare to women. Today, Ferne Health operates in Singapore and Indonesia, providing convenient and empathetic solutions to support women’s health and wellness needs.
Before she founded Ferne Health, Xi Liu worked in Silicon Valley for tech giants, such as Amazon and Adobe, and was a Product Manager for Alexa Voice Assistant. Following the successful launch of Ferne Health, she was featured in Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Asia Healthcare & Science list in 2021.
Vikram Bharati
Swarnima Bhattacharya
Swarnima Bhattacharya is the Founder of Thea, a digital ecosystem for women's health, and the Curator of FemmeCon, India's first women's health festival. She is an AstraZeneca Young Health Scholar, and was part of the Youth Advisory Board for Unilever's "Self-Esteem Project" which focuses on adolescent body image. Thea has impacted the lives of 100,000 women & families since its inception, by providing rights-based healthcare services. Swarnima is a World Economic Forum Global Shaper. She is also serving as Senior Advisor at the Sophie Fellowship, an initiative to make STEM Education gender-inclusive in India. Swarnima has published widely on Gender & Health including World Economic Forum's "Agenda", and Simon & Schuster.
Siddhartha Dutta
Dr Siddhartha Dutta is a Healthcare consultant who has been working across markets in APAC for the last 22 years. He is passionate about promoting “Femtech” and female health and equally concerned about the slow growth in the region. A medical microbiologist by background, Dr Dutta has been practicing microbiology in some of the world's largest tertiary care centres in India and the US. He has been working in the consulting industry since 2007 and has been associated with firms such as Frost and Sullivan Johor Bahru, Markets and Markets India and currently works on healthcare data analytics at SG Analytics. He has been helping Femtech startups with market access, CI and funding since 2020.
Sharon Handelman-Gotlib
Rung Satchatippavarn
Rung is a period activist, women’s health advocate, and Femtech entrepreneur in Thailand. She founded “ira”, a startup that invented the most biodegradable, comfortable, and organic sanitary pads in Southeast Asia. Rung has made sure that ira offers more than just products, but also acts as a movement that provides menstrual education, battles misinformation, and takes action against period poverty. Rung has led multiple "ira for all" initiatives to provide sanitary pads to those in need within Thailand and its neighbouring countries. She has worked with both private and public sectors to outline and implement new policies surrounding period products and menstrual education as well as welfare schemes that achieve gender equality. Through ira's novel products, technology and initiatives, Rung makes her voice heard and takes real action in the fight for period rights throughout Asia.
Lindsay Davis
Jasmine George, Founder
Jasmine is a lawyer turned entrepreneur, who has been working on issues of women's sexual and reproductive health in India and South Asia for last 7 years. She is on boards of various Non Profits in India and advisor to funds in the US. She has been a speaker at TEDx and Aspen Ideas Festival.
Harpreet Kaur
Dr Harpreet Kaur is a Business and Human Rights Specialist at the UNDP’s Regional Bureau of Asia and the Pacific, where she oversees a regional project aiming to promote responsible business practices through partnerships in Asia. She provides technical and advisory support to governments and businesses on mitigating and addressing human rights risks and impacts in their operations and supply chains. In her previous capacities, Harpreet steered the Women, Workplace & Rights agenda and designed cutting-edge programs that enabled women to lead with equality and dignity. She led research and programmes addressing discrimination, gender bias, stereotypes, and violence against women in society and workplaces. Harpreet serves as a Council Member of the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Human Rights. Harpreet has presented at various national, regional and international forums and published both in national & international media.
Haley Gahan
Haley Gahan (Principal at Recharge Capital): Haley is an investor at Recharge Capital where she focuses primarily on investment opportunities and business applications within the women’s healthcare space and the healthcare space broadly. Prior to Recharge, Haley was most recently at Orkila Capital, a consumer growth equity firm, where she focused on market research, deal execution, and portfolio company operations. Haley holds a BA from Amherst College and a MA in Art Business from the Sotheby's Institute of Art.