Alumni Achievement Awards

Lawrence (Law) Chen is an award winning director currently based in New York City. He’s been a director on a sci-fi blockbuster in China, Netflix docu-series, as well as numerous commercials and music videos. His narrative films have screened at various film festivals and he is now developing feature projects that focus on immigrants and the pursuit of the American Dream. His work has screened at the Cannes, Rome, London, LA, Rhode Island, Austin, Tribeca, New York, and Sundance film festivals. His short films have earned a coveted Vimeo Staff Pick as well as premiered on Short of the Week.

Law Chen graduated from Duke University and studied economics, biomedical engineering, marketing and management in 2009.

Justine Sylvester is a global development professional currently working as a Land Tenure Specialist at The World Bank. In this role, Justine focuses on social sustainability and land rights in the context of mining and the green energy transition (‘Just Transition For All’). Justine has experience working on related issues of community engagement, green growth, land governance and tenure security, and civil society–private sector partnerships. 

Before joining The World Bank through the Young Professionals Program (YPP), Justine was based in Laos for several years, where she was a Technical Advisor in the Land & Livelihoods Program at a grassroots organization (Village Focus International). Prior to this, Justine worked for the Australian Federal Government.  Justine holds a Masters in Applied Anthropology and Participatory Development. 

Mathilda Ström is the co-founder and Deputy CEO of BIMA, the leading digital health and insurtech in Africa and Asia with 10m active users across 7 countries. She launched the business in Ghana in 2010 with a vision to disrupt the traditional insurance industry by bringing affordable insurance to underserved customers. Leveraging on its insurance experience, BIMA is now providing affordable and accessible digital healthcare and telemedicine solutions to empower people to take control of their health, alongside mechanisms like insurance to finance their care. She has also served on the boards of Micro insurance Network, Azuri (a PayAsYouGo Solar company in Africa) and Tangelo (a tech company providing alternative credit in Latin America). She has been recognised in top 9 future female leaders in Sweden and as one of the 50 female entrepreneurs to watch in 2022. Originally from Sweden, and mother of two, she currently lives in London.

Winnie Xu is a Division 1 student at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine. She received a Master's Degree in Oral Biology with a published research paper on the Loss of Taste and Smell in COVID-19. Winnie also holds a Bachelor's of Arts Degree from NYU. Winnie is passionate about service. While at ISB, she took trips every Saturday morning to Hope Healing Home, and spent her Sundays at Sun Village to teach foster children how to play violin. In College, Winnie went on a medical trip to Nicaragua to help set up at health clinic in the rural area of Matagalpa and offered health care to the local community there by assisting doctors and dentists. She also volunteered all four years at NYU with a student-led service club, and became president of this club called Two Birds One Stone Club, which delivered leftover dining hall food to the local homeless shelter.