Forbes Asia — May 2017

30 UNDER 30

Lisa von Rabenau

HEAD OF ENGINEERING, RE-MATERIALS INDIA

Re-Materials uses sustainable, locally sourced

materials to create modular roofs for impoverished

households. Started in 2014, it now has a

35-person team based in Ahmedabad. Von

Rabenau, from Germany, was originally an

employee and is now a partner.

EXPATS

These 30/30 members are among those taking their talents abroad.

Jacqui Hocking

FOUNDING PARTNER, VISION STRATEGY

STORYTELLING SINGAPORE

Her communications company employs innovative

video, virtual reality, photography and social media

campaigns. The Australian is also a documentary

filmmaker who founded the Singapore Eco Film

Festival, which focuses on environmental issues.

Samuel Okyere

TV PERSONALITY SOUTH KOREA

The witty exchange student gained fame as a

regular panelist on a popular variety show. He

also helped open a school in his native Ghana

and cofounded a campaign to connect cultures

through food and fashion, designing T-shirts with

illustrations fusing dishes from Korea and Africa.

Shahab

Shabibi

COFOUNDER, MACHINE

VENTURES PHILIPPINES

Shabibi’s incubator hatched

HeyKuya, a text-based

personal assistant system

with more than 35,000 users.

Originally from Iran, Shabibi

earlier founded two startups—

in music streaming and sports

media—before moving to the

Philippines.

John Ho

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR,

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF

SINGAPORE SINGAPORE

Ho’s research in

bioelectronics—the

convergence of biology

and electronics—has been

applied to cardiac pacing and

optogenetics (controlling and

treating the brain with light)

in mice. Ho, from the U.S., has

his master’s degree and Ph.D.

from Stanford University.

http://www.ictsi.com

From systems and hardware, to hand-held devices and equipment,

the Baltic Container Terminal in Gdynia, Poland uses leading edge

technology to facilitate trade.

A highly advanced terminal in the ICTSI Group, BCT leads Baltic ports in

the seamless facilitation of trade.

THE FILIPINO, PIONEERING

GLOBAL PORT TECHNOLOGY.

BCT, one of the first Philippine

ventures in European Union,

belongs to ICTSI’s growing

portfolio of 28 terminals in

POLAND 18 countries.

BCT