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Presented by
  
Haslinda Amin

Original language(s)
  
English

Camera setup
  
Multi-camera

Country of origin
  
Singapore

No. of series
  
4

Location(s)
  
Singapore Flyer, Singapore

High Flyers is a business-themed television interview program, hosted by Haslinda Amin, which airs in selected regions on Bloomberg Television.

Contents

In each episode, Haslinda interviews prominent or senior business figures inside one of the passenger capsules of the Singapore Flyer Ferris wheel in Singapore. Multiple cameras, technical equipment and crew are present in the capsule as it completes a full revolution of the wheel during filming.

The initial series was sponsored by ANZ.

Broadcast

The series premiered in 2011 on Bloomberg Television's Asia Pacific feeds. An eight episode second season premiered in 2013, which also aired in Bloomberg's EMEA markets. The third season premiered on 6 June 2014 and a fourth season of the program premiered on 23 July 2015.

Guests

The following business leaders have been interviewed on High Flyers:

Season 1

  • Sandiaga Uno, co-founder of Saratoga Capital
  • Tony Fernandes, CEO of AirAsia
  • Ho Kwon Ping, founder of Banyan Tree Holdings
  • Season 2

  • Tony Fernandes, Group Chief Executive Director of AirAsia
  • Jimmy Choo, founder of the luxury shoemaker
  • Tetsuya Wakuda, celebrity chef and restaurateur
  • Erick Thohir, media mogul
  • Mokhzani Mahathir, the Executive Vice-Chairman of Sapura Kencana
  • Season 3

  • Malvinder Singh, Fortis Healthcare. Aired 6 June, 2014.
  • Noni Purnomo, BlueBird Group. Aired 13 June, 2014.
  • Justin Quek, celebrity chef. Aired 20 June, 2014.
  • Thomas Flohr, founder of VistaJet. Aired 27 June, 2014.
  • Sudhitham Chirathivat. Aired 11 July, 2014.
  • Peter Bond, CEO of Link Energy. Aired 18 July, 2014.
  • Ashley Isham, fashion designer. Aired 24 July, 2014.
  • Hiroshi Mikitani, CEO of Rakuten. Aired 31 July, 2014.
  • Alain Li, CEO of Richemont. Aired 7 August, 2014.
  • Hary Tanoesoedibjo, CEO of MNC Group. Aired 14 August, 2014.
  • Ken Dean Lawadinata. Aired 21 August, 2014.
  • Merrill Fernando and Dilhan Fernando, founders of Dilmah. Aired 28 August, 2014.
  • Season 4

  • Ruslan Kogan, founder of Kogan.com. Aired 24 July, 2015.
  • Rosaline Koo, founder of ConnecXionsAsia (CXA). Aired 30 July, 2015.
  • Anthony Tan, founder of GrabTaxi. Aired 6 August 2015.
  • Apichart Chutrakul, developer in Thailand. Aired 13 August 2015.
  • Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, founder of Biocon. Aired 20 August 2015.
  • Harald and Caroline Link, founding family of B. Grimm. Aired 27 August 2015.
  • Dato Sri Tahir, founder of Mayapada Group in Indonesia. Aired 3 September 2015.
  • Henry Nguyen, CEO of Vietnam's first venture capital fund. Aired 10 September 2015.
  • Ruben Gnanalingam, CEO of Westports. Aired 17 September 2015.
  • Serge Pun and Melvyn Pun, Myanmar business family. Aired 24 September 2015.
  • David Thompson, Australian chef. Aired 1 October 2015.
  • The Mouawad Family, family of jewelers. Aired 8 October 2015.
  • Season 5

  • Arun Pudur, founder - CEO of Celframe. Aired 7th July 2016
  • Technical

    The production has filmed the series using the Sony EX-3 camera, Canon C300 and GoPros.

    References

    High Flyers (TV series) Wikipedia