Suryani is a cultural expert and social justice advocate with 30 years of experience across law, policy, and the arts. She is leading the conceptualisation of the Merdeka Textile Museum, a major cultural space in Kuala Lumpur under PNB. She is a founding Board Member of Think City, Khazanah Nasional’s urban regeneration arm, and is a Trustee of Yayasan Hasanah. She founded Cult Gallery, which promotes contemporary Southeast Asian art. Suryani has significantly shaped Malaysia’s socio-cultural landscape, championing gender equality through law reform and revitalising traditional crafts. As Chairperson of the National Craft Corporation, she led the digitisation of Malaysian crafts with Google Arts & Culture and rebranded crafts through storytelling. As Chairperson of the Tuanku Nur Zahirah Foundation, she modernized traditional textiles through design innovation. Her earlier career spans corporate law and investment banking in Malaysia, London, and Singapore, including practicing international law at the UN in Geneva. She was Group General Counsel at AirAsia, Senior Vice President at Khazanah Nasional, and was a policy advisor at the Prime Minister’s Office. Suryani holds law degrees from the International Islamic University and the London School of Economics. She completed leadership programs at Harvard and Oxford universities. She is a fellow of the WEF Young Global Leaders and Asia 21 Young Leaders.