Board of Advisors
Chairperson

Ms Claire Chiang
Senior Vice President,
Banyan Tree Gallery (Singapore) Pte Ltd
Vice Chairman

Mr Nury Vittachi
Author and Columnist,
Hong Kong
Executive Secretary

Mr R Ramachandran
Executive director,
National Book Development Council of Singapore
Singapore
Members

Mr Ashok Nath
Chairman and Conference Director,
Exedra Events
Philippines

Atty Ma. Andrea D. Pasion-Flores
General Manager,
Anvil Philippines
Philippines

Mr Christopher Cheng
Writer and Storyteller
Australia

Ms Durreen Shahnaz
Founder,
Impact Investment Exchange and Shujog
Singapore

Mr Dwijendra Kumar
Associate Editor,
National Book Trust India
India

Ms Evelyn Wong
Consultant, Writer
Singapore

Ms Kim Chongsatitwatana
Deputy Managing Director,
Nanmeebooks
Thailand

Ms Mari Yamada
Executive Adviser, Tourism and International Affairs Bureau,
Gifu Prefectural Government
Japan

Dr. Murti Bunanta
Children’s Literature Specialist and President,
Society for the Advancement of Children’s Literature
Indonesia

Ms Nellie Dato Paduka Haji Sunny
President, Brunei Darussalam Library Association
Brunei Darussalam

Ms Selina Lee
Vice President,
Book Club, Education, and Trade, Scholastic Asia
Malaysia

Ms Tang Sulan
Author and Professor,
School of Literature at Hunan Normal University
China

Dr Thant Thaw Kaung
CEO, Myanmar Book Centre, and Managing Director,
Myanmar Book Aid and Preservation Foundation
Myanmar
