Antonio I. Basilio
Chair, APYEA Advisory Board
Director, APEC Business Advisory Council Secretariat
About APYEA
Asia Pacific Young Entrepreneurs Alliance (APYEA)
Founded in 2023, the Asia Pacific Young Entrepreneurs Alliance (APYEA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization working across the 21 APEC member economies. APYEA brings together founders, investors and next-generation family business leaders, and carries their perspective into the region's business dialogue. Its work runs through the year and includes bilateral business delegations between economies, mentorship programs pairing young founders with established business leaders, and the Asia-Pacific Young Entrepreneurs Report, a multi-year effort to document the conditions young founders face across the region. The Alliance's flagship gathering takes place each year alongside the APEC host economy — San Francisco in 2023, Lima in 2024, Busan in 2025, and Hong Kong in 2026.
Team
Xiaoning Lyu
President & Co-founder, APYEA
Initiatives
Annual Summit
The annual flagship convening connecting the next generation of Asia-Pacific business leaders.
Asia Pacific Young Entrepreneurs Report Initiative
A multi-year initiative building a comparable evidence base on next-generation entrepreneurship across APEC economies.
Regional Engagement
Cross-economy dialogue, international engagement and regional collaboration connecting APYEA's wider network.