Sapna Jhangiani KC FCIArb C.Arb has over two decades’ experience as Counsel or arbitrator in complex commercial disputes seated in diverse jurisdictions. She has practised in London, New York, Dubai and Singapore and is dual-qualified as an English barrister, and an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore.


Sapna is consistently ranked in the leading legal directories, and was recognised by Asian Legal Business as one of Asia’s top 15 female lawyers. She has been named in “Best Lawyers” for arbitration and mediation in Singapore for several years, and was also included in the inaugural list of "Asia's top 100 Lawyers" published by the Asia Law Business Journal.


Sapna is currently International Legal Counsel at the Attorney-General’s Chambers, Singapore, alongside which she maintains a practice as arbitrator and mediator.

H.E. Madiepetsane Charlotte Lobe is the High Commissioner of the Republic of South Africa to Singapore. She is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Africa Singapore Business Forum (ASBF), a patron of the South African Business Chamber in Singapore, a patron of the Federation in Commerce and Industry, South Africa (IWFCI-SA) and a patron of Fixing Each Other’s Crowns. She is a recipient of the Women of Firsts Awards conferred to her by the Charlotte Mannya Maxeke Institute for preserving the memory of Charlotte Maxeke. She is also a recipient of the Fixing Each Other’s Crown for her role in promoting women’s economic and financial inclusion.

Mrs. Lobe is the former Acting Chief Operations Officer of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) and the former Chairperson of the DIRCO departmental COVID-19 Steering Committee. She is the founding President of the African Women Leaders Network, South Africa. She also the former Convener of the Gertrude Shope Women Mediators Network and the Co-Convener of the South African Women’s Peace Table. She is an author of the book, My Father: My Hero, My Zero and From Charlotte to Charlotte with Love: Celebrating 50 Year of Grace. She is also one of the contributors to the Charlotte Mannya- Maxeke Institute’s book: Women Before Us.

She holds a Master’s Degree in Politics, majoring in Governance and Political Transformation from the University of the Free State. Mrs. Lobe also holds a Diploma in Public Relations and Communication. She was awarded an opportunity to study at the University of Manchester, UK (2001) under a Professional Development Programme called “Africa Future Leaders Programme” where among others she was introduced to the field of International Relations and Gender Studies.

Ambassador Tamara VILLANUEVA is a career diplomat with over 25 years of experience in several
areas, such as Food Security, Biodiversity, Oceans and Antarctic affairs. During her career, the
Ambassador has served in the Embassies of Chile in Sweden, Malaysia and Italy, with her last position
abroad as Deputy Representative of Chile to the FAO.
At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Santiago, the Ambassador has served as Deputy Director for the
Antarctic Division and Deputy Director of the Environment, Climate Change and Oceans Division and
worked at the Multilateral, North America and Protocol Directorates.
She has a degree in Sociology from the Universidad de Chile and graduated from the Diplomatic
Academy of Chile.
She is married to Mr. Fernando SALAS, a career diplomat also, and has three children.

Her Excellency Ambassador Kateryna Zelenko is a career diplomat. Prior to her accreditation to Singapore, she served as the Spokesperson of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry and Deputy Director of the Communications and Public Diplomacy Department. Ambassador Zelenko joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine in 2002.Her postings abroad include Ukrainian Embassy in the Republic of Austria and Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the International Organizations in Vienna, later, from 2007 to 2011 and from 2014 to 2018 – Embassy of Ukraine in the Federal Republic of Germany, where she was covering culture, press and public diplomacy issues. In 2018 she returned to Kyiv to work in the Political Department of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry. Her appointment as Ukraine’s MFA Chief Spokesperson followed shortly thereafter. Kateryna Zelenko obtained her Master in International Relations and Foreign Policy at the Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Ukraine).