Name-checked in Business of Fashion’s elite 500 list in 2015, Dato’ Seri Dr Farah Khan is the founder and president of Malaysia’s leading luxury retailer, The Melium Group, and creative director of her eponymous label, Farah Khan.

Since founding Melium in 1989, Khan has been responsible for distributing more than 100 international luxury fashion brands including Givenchy, Max Mara and Tod’s. As much a savvy fashionista as an astute businesswoman, she also introduced multi-label stores like Aseana and M Store stocking edgier labels such as Balmain, Victoria Beckham and Mary Katrantzou.