Professor Devi Vijay – Indian Institute of Management Calcutta

Devi Vijay is a Professor at the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. Devi's research explores questions of inequality, institutions, alternative forms of organizing, and collective action, with a focus on healthcare. She has published in journals such as Organization Studies, Journal of Business Ethics, Organization, Journal of Service Research, Gender Work & Organization, Public Management Review, Management, Marketing Theory, Decision, IIM Bangalore Management Review, and Medical Anthropology. Devi completed her PhD from IIM Bangalore. She was a Fulbright-Nehru Postdoctoral Research Fellow (December 2016-May 2018) at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University.

Dr Ghazal Zulfiqar – Associate Professor, Lahore University of Management Sciences

Ghazal Mir Zulfiqar is an Associate Professor at the Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan. She has a PhD in public policy from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, an MSc in Development Finance from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London and an MBA from the Institute of Business Administration, Karachi. Her research interests include the political economy of global development and financialization, transnational advocacy networks, and the informal economy, as well as critical pedagogy. She is incoming co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal Organization and Associate Editor at Human Relations, and is the co-chair of the Critical Management Studies (CMS) Division at the American Academy of Management.

Dr Rajesh Ramachandran – Senior Lecturer, Monash University Malaysia

Rajesh Ramachandran is a Senior Lecturer at Monash University Malaysia. He previously held positions at the Faculty of Economics at Heidelberg and Goethe University. His principal areas of research lie at the intersection of development economics and its political economy. His primary research interests include political linguistics, economics of discrimination, economics of education, institutional economics and social identity.

Dr Samanthi Gunawardana – Senior Lecturer, Gender and Development, School of Social Science, Faculty of Arts, Monash University

Drawing on longitudinal research to examine the transformations and consistencies in the employment relations system of Sri Lankan Free Trade Zones 2003 – 2023, Samanthi will discuss how gendered, racialised, militarised, and classed employment relations regimes contribute to or detract from (in)security in war-affected contexts, and four decades of worker's claims/claim making to articulate alternatives for the near future.

Mahbubul Matin – Founder and Chairman, Dotlines

Mahbubul Matin, founding chairman of Dotlines, is a serial entrepreneur and investment banker. Since 2004, he has expanded Dotlines from its central office in Malaysia to 17 countries, pioneering innovations in cybersecurity and internet connectivity. Matin's ventures are connecting 18 counties and thus serve millions globally, focusing on impactful technology that enhances businesses and human lives.

Professor Pitosh Heyden – Strategy and International Business, Monash University

Pitosh Heyden's internationally-published research tackles the characteristics of senior business leaders that enable innovation and change. He has over 15 years of teaching and facilitation experience and holds numerous editorial roles and leadership positions in international learned societies.

AKM Masud Ali – Co-founder and Executive Director, INCIDIN Bangladesh

AKM Masud Ali, co-founding Executive Director of INCIDIN Bangladesh, has led the organization since 1996. His work focuses on establishing INCIDIN as a prominent research, advocacy, and capacity-building institution, promoting community development and fostering societal transformation towards a pluralistic, democratic Bangladesh.

Dr Fahreen Alamgir – Department of Management, Monash Business School

Fahreen Alamgir is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Management, Monash University.
Her research interests include inequality, violence and equity focusing on feminized workforce, refugees, and stateless people.

Dr. Sneha Chrispal – Department of Management, Monash Business School

Dr Sneha Chrispal is a Lecturer in Business Ethics at Monash University.
She researches inequality and organizations, particularly focusing on human rights issues like gender and caste. She has published in leading management journals.

Critical Reorientations of Organisation and Society (CROS), Department of Management, Monash Business School