About
The most powerful cultural forces today wear a balance sheet, and the leaders who grasp that are the ones determining what luxury becomes next.
Luxury coverage typically fixates on product and aesthetic. Business journalism examines the sector through spreadsheets alone. Beyond the Boardroom bridges that divide, uniting culture, commerce, and craftsmanship through rigorous analysis and lived editorial expertise. Our contributors have shaped luxury from the inside, as editors at its most influential publications and as executives steering its most defining media brands.
Beyond the Boardroom is where industry leaders and cultural architects come for clarity on what's unfolding now and what's taking shape next. Our regional lens follows the ideas, capital, and decisions redefining luxury across Asia-Pacific and the Middle East, from boardroom ambition to cultural resonance. We chronicle the forces driving the industry's evolution, because luxury today is not static. It's directional.
From executive vision to embodied experience, we mind your business.
The Founders
President of Media Publishares and co-founder of Beyond the Boardroom, established in 2025 as a joint venture between Media Publishares and R.S.V.P. Over two decades of global media experience leading the launch and growth of titles including Vogue Singapore, Robb Report and BURO across Southeast Asia.
Bettina von Schlippe
Co-founder
Co-founded Beyond the Boardroom in 2025 to document and decode the exchange between business and culture. Two decades launching and leading Asia's most influential media brands, including Vogue Singapore, Buro. and Robb Report.
Rahat Kapur
Co-founder & Editorial Director
The editorial mind behind Beyond the Boardroom, shaping the platform's vision for culturally fluent business journalism. Previously Managing Editor at Campaign Asia-Pacific, Editor-in-Chief at Esquire Singapore, and Publisher & Editor-in-Chief at Buro Singapore.
Alexander Trefilov
Director & Co-founder — VP, Media Publishares
Leads commercial strategy, partnerships and growth for Beyond the Boardroom. Over 15 years in international publishing, overseeing corporate finance, investor relations and business intelligence across Media Publishares' Southeast Asian portfolio.