CEO & Co-Founder, DIVE Studios

Brian Nam is a Korean-American entrepreneur, media operator, and cultural strategist. He is the CEO & Co-founder of DIVE Studios, a modern media company born from K-pop and built for global fandoms and Gen Z audiences.

Backed by notable investors such as Union Square Ventures and HYBE, DIVE Studios has amassed over 2 billion views and built a social community of more than 7 million followers across platforms. In the past year alone, DIVE Studios reached over 100 million unique viewers by creating culturally fluent, fan-first content that sparks real connection across viral short-form and long-form storytelling formats.

With a platform reaching 60M+ monthly viewers and recognition from TIME, The Today Show, Rolling Stone, Forbes, Teen Vogue, and The Hollywood Reporter, DIVE Studios is redefining how media companies engage the next generation.

At the intersection of fandom, culture, and content, Brian is building the future of global media IP and Gen Z influence—bridging creativity, commerce, and community to shape the next era of cultural storytelling.

Founder IOCMP & Comms8 x InflueConnect

Carol Chan is the founder of Comms8, InfluenConnect, and IOCMP. A marketing visionary from Hong Kong, renowned for bridging brands and consumers across Asia and the globe. As the leader of an award-winning agency, Carol has worked with prestigious clients including the UNDP, Schneider Electric, Hoyoverse, Estée Lauder, and Nestlé, leveraging data-driven strategies to deepen brand-consumer relationships.

She is also the founder of IOCMP, a nonprofit dedicated to amplifying the voice and representation of Asian marketing and communications professionals in both Europe and Asia. In addition, Carol spearheads InfluenConnect, a Skyscanner-akin SaaS platform that enables cross-border discovery of diverse influencers across 12 major social media platforms from East and West.

Carol’s work has earned her global recognition, including accolades from Cannes Lions, Campaign’s Female Visionary Leader, the UK Agency Awards, and The Drum’s Digital Awards. She is also an active member of WACL and MEFA, where she champions diversity and equality in the marketing industry.

Chief DEI Officer, Lions

Frank Starling is the Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer at LIONS. Responsible for evolving and embedding its global DE&I strategy to create a more equitable business and put inclusive thinking at the heart of the organisation.

Starling, a specialist in DE&I, previously served as CEO of Variety Pack, a consultancy that works with global organisations across sectors to build equitable cultures of trust, psychological safety, and inclusion.

In 2020, Starling was chosen as one of the leading Black figures in the UK via Operation Black Vote, Oxford University and House of Commons executive leadership programme, Pathways to Success. He is an Associate alumnus of the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford University, an accredited Psychological Safety Consultant and certified in DE&I from Cornell University.

Frank also serves as an Enterprise Advisor to the Mayor of London.

Principle, Industry Relations, Music & Culture, Amazon Music

Frankie Yaptinchay is a music industry veteran with over 18+ years of professional experience across industry relations, culture marketing, and strategic partnerships. Frankie currently serves as Principal, Industry Relations on the Music Industry & Culture Collaborations team at Amazon Music where he leads global industry collaborations. In 2024 Frankie was named one of Variety’s Top AAPI (Asian American Pacific Islander) Executives and was featured in Amazon’s Global Representation Matters campaign that highlights diverse voices from: Prime Video, Amazon Games, Amazon MGM Studios & Amazon Music. Frankie’s work has been highlighted in: Forbes, Billboard, Hits Daily Double, Black Enterprise and more. 

Frankie is the co-founder of the first API focused initiative at the Recording Academy (Gold Music Alliance). This effort was created to drive visibility of API’s in the music industry and build avenues for Asian and Asian American creators and professionals at the GRAMMYs. 

Frankie is a current LA resident who spent the majority of his life in Seattle, WA. You can follow and get in touch with Frankie on Social across Instagram & LinkedIn.

VP, Multicultural, Business Acceleration, P&G North America

Lela Coffey is Vice President, Multi-Cultural Business Acceleration for P&G N.A., helping P&G to serve multicultural consumers across P&G’s enterprise. In her prior role, Lela was VP for P&G’s N.A. Multicultural Hair Portfolio, which includes brands like Gold Series, My Black is Beautiful and Bevel.

With more than 20 years of brand-building experience, Lela has led some of P&G’s iconic brands including Cascade, Olay, and Tampax. Her passion for marketing and inclusivity sets a high bar for impact, challenging others to deliver products and programs that are meaningful for consumers and communities alike.

An advocate for developing talent and capability, Lela invests a substantial time supporting her teams, including fostering understanding of the impact diverse, inclusive teams can have on businesses and organizations. Lela also spearheaded the creation of P&G’s 4R Framework, which is used across P&G to aid brands in more authentically connecting with all consumer segments. As a testament to her body of work, Lela is a recent inductee into P&G’s Brand Mastery Society and has also been named to the 2025 class of the Power 50 Women of Influence by the US Black Chambers.

Lela resides in Cincinnati, Ohio with her husband, Maurice. They have two daughters, Mikaela and Mikenzi. Outside of work, Lela serves as a board member for the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens.

Executive Director & CEO, CAPE

Michelle K. Sugihara is the Executive Director and CEO of CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment), the world's longest-running non-profit organization creating career opportunities and commercial success for Asians and Pasifika people in Hollywood. She is a fourth-generation Japanese American born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. Prior to joining CAPE, she was an entertainment attorney, film producer, and adjunct professor for the Claremont Colleges’ Intercollegiate Department of Asian American Studies. She also teaches “Improv for Non-Actors” and has performed improv internationally. IG: @capeusa; @michsugi

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Actor & Producer, On Call, Tulsa King, Warrior, and others

Actor Rich Ting was born in Los Angeles, California and is a 4th generation Asian American.

Growing up as an athlete, Ting played collegiate football at Yale University while earning a B.A, and then went on to achieve dual J.D./M.B.A. degrees. Soon after achieving his scholastic goals, he realized that he needed to switch careers and pursue his passion for the entertainment industry and, specifically, as an actor.

Ting has appeared on major hit shows: F.B.I., Magnum P.I., NCIS: Los Angeles, Supergirl, Waco, Rush Hour, and Chicago P.D. He split his time between the U.S. and South Korea for several years after being cast in lead roles on the Korean drama television series Iris as well as in the feature films, No Tears For the Dead alongside Jang Dong-gun and Real with Kim Soo-hyun. His determination and work ethic landed him roles in Hollywood blockbuster films, such as Lone Survivor opposite Mark Wahlberg and on Salt alongside Angelina Jolie as well as the spaghetti Western, No Name and Dynamite Davenport, where he plays the lead character of 'Dynamite Davenport'. Ting can also be seen performing stunts as a 1st degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do in G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra, The Green Hornet, Gamer, and Crank 2: High Voltage.

Ting is most well-known for playing the iconic character 'Bolo' in the HBO Max drama series Warrior (2018), a television series inspired by the writings and work of Bruce Lee and is unforgettable on Amazon Prime’s Season 4 of the critically-acclaimed The Man in the High Castle (2019) as 'Captain Iijima', a driven, ambitious young detective in the Japanese Kempeitai.

In 2022, Ting has been seen on FX's The Old Man opposite Jeff Bridges on the streaming service Hulu as well as on Netflix's Partner Track where he plays the character of 'Carter Min', the General Counsel of Min Enterprises. In 2023, Ting has been seen on Apple's Hello Tomorrow as 'Hikaru Makoto', Disney Freeform's AZNBBGRL as 'Cody Lim', and also served

as the Grand Marshal of the 2023 San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade and Festival.

In 2024, Ting starred on Paramount+’s Season 2 of Taylor Sheridan's hit crime drama series, Tulsa King, alongside Sylvester Stallone, where he plays the Chinese Triad druglord, ‘Jackie Ming', a quiet but ruthless man with his own ambitions in the marijuana industry in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Ting also starred in SEGA's Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, the ninth mainline entry of the Like a Dragon series, and a direct sequel to Yakuza: Like a Dragon and the spin-off title Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name. He plays 'Wong Tou', the ruler of the Ganzhe syndicate, who is a powerful figure in Honolulu's underworld.

Despite his gentlemanly exterior, Wong conceals the face of a ruthless gangster. An entrepreneur with immense wealth, he is a formidable rival to Dwight Mendez's

Barracudas. In 2025, Ting can be seen on Amazon Prime's new half-hour drama On Call, from Wolf Entertainment and Universal Television, which marks Wolf Entertainment's first streaming series and its 10th current scripted series overall. Ting plays 'Sgt. Tyson Koyama', the team leader of the Long Beach P.D.'s drug enforcement team (DET).

Additionally, Ting had his animation debut as the lead character of 'Habu Joji' in Netflix's recently acquired Japanese animation feature, The Summit of the Gods. Some of his other voice over credits on Netflix include: Squid Games where he plays the lead character of the ‘Masked Officer’; When Life Gives You Tangerines as the lead character, ‘Gwank Shik’; Mr. Plankton as ‘Wang Chil-seong’; The 8 Show as 'Tae-seok 6F'; We Couldn't Become Adults as 'Kenta Sekiguchi'; The 8th Night as 'Detective Ho-tae Kim'; All of Us are Dead; the Chinese fantasy thriller, Dynasty Warriors as 'Liu Bei'; My Name, as 'Mu-Jin Choi'; Crazy Love as 'Daeseok Lee'; All of Us Are Dead as 'Chief of Staff Seon-moo'; Kiss Sixth Sense as 'Cha Min-hoo'; ‘Headmaster Brata' in the Thai drama series, Virgin; and Disney productions streaming on Hulu, including Low Life as the lead character ‘Jeonchul Im’ and Light Shop as the lead character ‘Kim Sang-hoon.”

Ting currently lives in Los Angeles, CA with his wife and two Malteses, Somi and Nori. In addition to working in film and television, he's still active in the martial arts world, loves to travel, and is a true foodie at heart.

VP of Marketing, Gold House

Bio coming soon.

Board Member, The Marketing Society, ex-CMO, HP, Diageo, Mars

Foo Siew Ting is a transformation growth leader, CMO and author of Building Brands with Soul, a blueprint for turning trust into pricing power.

Her 25-year global career spans senior leadership roles at Unilever, Mars, Diageo, and Fonterra. Most recently, as Chief Marketing Officer for HP in Asia-Pacific, she repositioned the company from PC-maker to a brand that unleashes human potential, adding US $2 billion in incremental revenue and taking HP Gaming from #9 to #1 in North Asia in just 18 months.

Foo Siew Ting’s trademark purpose × brand-science × cultural-insight playbook has also:

· Propelled Johnnie Walker from #2 to #1 in China (+16% sales)

· Reversed Fonterra’s nutrition brand from a –5% decline to +10% growth

· Built diverse, high-performing teams of over 200 across global markets

Kellogg-certified in AI-driven growth analytics (2024), she now advises boards on how to unite technology, purpose and human insight to drive sustainable growth. Foo Siew Ting also serves on the board of The Marketing Society and as an independent director of RSVP Singapore, a non-profit organisation activating senior volunteers to serve their communities.

A champion of inclusive leadership and proud mother of a 12-year-old daughter, Foo Siew Ting is committed to mentoring the next generation of women and marketing leaders across Asia. Her inclusive leadership style was recognised in 2024, when she was named a Global Top 3 Inclusive CMO by The CMO Club, honouring executives who embed diversity and belonging into business outcomes.

Founder, TDW+Co & Stop At Nothing

Tim Wang founded TDW+Co in Seattle's Chinatown with the dream of building a purpose-driven, community-based agency dedicated to creating meaningful dialogue that inspires positive and social impact within diverse communities. For more than 20 years, TDW+Co has produced over 1,000 campaigns, for 100 different brands, in 40 languages, including two of the largest Asian American advertising campaigns in history with the national 2020 Census and COVID public education campaigns. TDW+Co's work has garnered national recognition across numerous industry trade and creative awards, winning at 3AF, ADWEEK, ANA, Effies, and many others.

Today, Tim continues his passion for growing a vision for a more inclusive advertising industry by founding the Stop At Nothing @ Cannes movement, while ensuring that TDW+Co lives out its mission, vision, and values. He enjoys speaking at trade conferences, community gatherings, and college campuses about the unconventional route to advertising impact, while maintaining his voluntary duties as a board and advisory member for advocacy organizations such as Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC, The 4As, NextNW and University of Washington Communications Advisory Council.