Social Activism
Hong Kong environmental policy speaker; former Under Secretary for the Environment and HKUST professor; keynoted NTU Singapore's 2026 Mapletree Sustainability Lecture.
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Women Keynote Speakers in APAC
Sixteen women from the PodiumHK directory — environmental policymakers, fintech founders, business builders, technology leaders and champion athletes — all speaking to Asia-Pacific audiences. This is a curated selection, not a ranking: every profile below is published alphabetically from our verified dataset.
How this list was built
These 16 speakers are drawn from the full PodiumHK dataset of 96 profiles researched in October 2026. Each identity is verifiable from a bureau profile, institutional bio, press coverage or official site; the two marked "single-source" are published but not featured until a second source confirms them. No fees, rankings or endorsements are invented — published fee bands appear only where bureaus disclose them, always as guidelines, not quotes.
Fintech
Hong Kong-based journalist and broadcaster; founder of Forkast; professional emcee, moderator and sought-after speaker on blockchain, AI and finance.
Sports
Chinese two-time Grand Slam tennis champion; motivational sports speaker.
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Business
Bengaluru-based biotech entrepreneur; founder of Biocon; leadership and innovation speaker.
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Motivational
Australian motivational speaker; burn survivor, endurance athlete and author (turiapitt.com; The Fordham Company).
Business
Sydney-based entrepreneur; founder of RedBalloon and co-founder of Big Red Group; former Shark Tank Australia investor; keynote speaker.
Business
Sydney-based entrepreneur; founder of Boost Juice; bestselling author; business speaker (London Speaker Bureau Asia profile).
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Fintech
Venture capitalist; general partner at Race Capital and seed investor in Solana; born in Hong Kong, based in the US; listed by China Speakers Agency; spoke at Consensus Hong Kong 2025.
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Motivational
Mountaineer who became the fastest woman to climb the Seven Summits, completing all seven in 360 days. The Hong Kong-raised OBE speaks on goal-setting, resilience and performing under pressure.
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Leadership
Leadership speaker and facilitator listed on the Speakers Connect Hong Kong roster.
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Technology
Technology speaker listed on the Speakers Connect Hong Kong roster.
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Technology
Founder of First Code Academy and advocate for women in technology. The Hong Kong-based entrepreneur speaks on coding education and women in tech.
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Business
Hong Kong-based entrepreneur and business speaker. Her AmCham profile notes her ventures in the city's food and hospitality scene.
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Business
Chief economist for Asia Pacific at Natixis, based in Hong Kong, and adjunct professor at HKUST. She keynotes on the Chinese economy, global macro trends and Asia-Europe relations.
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Leadership
Chairman of Esquel Group, one of the world's largest shirt manufacturers, based in Hong Kong. She speaks on leadership, sustainability and family business.
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Technology
Co-founder and CEO of WHub and AngelHub, Hong Kong's startup community platforms. An international keynote speaker, she covers tech startups, innovation ecosystems and women in tech.
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Booking a woman keynote speaker in APAC
Event planners across Hong Kong, Singapore and Sydney increasingly brief bureaus for gender-balanced lineups — and the APAC circuit has deep talent to draw on. When you enquire, bureaus (see our speaker bureaus) will typically confirm availability, fee band and language delivery before quoting: most of these speakers deliver in English, with several offering Mandarin as well (noted on individual profiles where publicly stated). Expect corporate keynote fees to start in the low five figures USD for regional names, rising sharply for former heads of state and global athletes — every published band on PodiumHK carries a "guidelines, not quotes" caveat, and APAC bureaus price most engagements on enquiry.
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