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2022年度大会议程

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大会议程

13 SEPTEMBER 2022
2022 年 9 月 13 日
14 SEPTEMBER 2022
2022 年 9 月 14 日
13 September 2022 | 2022 年 9 月 13 日
14 September 2022 | 2022 年 9 月 14 日

13 September 2022 | 2022 年 9 月 13 日

08.30am

Registration 入场登记

Hall 406, Level 4, Suntec Singapore | 新达城新加坡会议与展览中心 4楼 406展厅

09.15am
–
10.30am

SMEICC Conference Opening  大会开幕式

Hybrid Studio @ Hall 406 | Suntec Singapore

混合演播厅 @ 406展厅 | 新达城新加坡

Welcome Address   

欢迎致辞

Mr Kho Choon Keng
President, Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry

新加坡中华总商会会长 
高泉庆先生

Opening Address   

开幕致辞

大会主宾 大会主宾

Mrs Josephine Teo
Minister for Communications and Information

通讯及新闻部长
杨莉明女士

Opening Keynote

开幕主题演讲

Dr Kai-Fu LEE
Chairman & CEO, Sinovation Ventures and
President, Sinovation Ventures Artificial Intelligence Institute
创新工场董事长兼首席执行官 及
创新工场人工智能工程院院长
李开复博士
In Conversation with Dr Kai-Fu LEE | 与主题演讲嘉宾 李开复博士 对话
Dr Kai-Fu LEE
Chairman & CEO, Sinovation Ventures and
President, Sinovation Ventures Artificial Intelligence Institute
创新工场董事长兼首席执行官 及
创新工场人工智能工程院院长
李开复博士
Session Chair
Mr Chia Kim Huat
Regional Head, Corporate & Transactional Practice, Rajah & Tann Singapore

对话会主持:
立杰律师事务所新加坡有限责任合伙 公司和非讼业务部，区域主管
谢锦发先生
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10.30am
–
10.45am

Intermission 中场休息

10.45am
–
12.45pm

新形态商业模式：协同创新  凝聚动能 永续发展

Hybrid Studio @ Hall 406 | Suntec Singapore

混合演播厅 @ 406展厅 | 新达城新加坡

要想应对日益复杂的商业趋势和挑战，企业领导势必得采用更灵活的思维来鸟瞰商业格局的走向，才能有效地为企业制定具未来性和发展性的商业战略。其中同行和跨领域之间的协同合作，以及以创新及有效的采纳永续发展策略，已成为了企业在迈向未来时不可或缺的重要元素。

行业领袖与专家学者将以自身丰富经验出发，和参与者分享在新商业时代下，企业间应如何打破藩篱，互联互通携手合作，融会贯通谋求新布局以实现永续发展目标。在建立全新商业模式的同时，提早为企业的未来发展潜能与实力做好准备。
新加坡国立大学商学院
策略与政策系教授 兼
中文EMBA项目学术主任
傅强教授
绿联国际银行
副行长 兼
首席风控官
吴国华先生
叶水福集团
集团企业发展兼集团科技总监
陈顺利先生
论坛主持:
立杰律师事务所新加坡有限责任合伙
公司和非讼业务部，区域主管
谢锦发先生
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Drivers and Barriers to Going “Green” for SMEs

Rm 324, Level 3 | Suntec Singapore

3 楼  324 会议室 | 新达城新加坡

As the journey towards a green future deepens, SMEs increasingly need to adopt a regenerative business model.   Sustainability is not just your obligation to the environment but makes good business sense.

How can local business sectors be empowered to adopt a holistic approach amidst uncertainty over costs and risks?
Ms Cynthia Handriani Wijaya
Head of Business Development & Investor Relations
Daya Selaras Group
Mr Benjamin Soh
Managing Director
STACS
Mr Durwin Ho
CEO
StartupX
Session Chair
Ms Shipra Gupta
Senior Manager
Sustainability Center of Excellence for Accenture Growth Markets
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Trailblazers Ahead of Time

Rm 325, Level 3 | Suntec Singapore

3 楼  325 会议室 | 新达城新加坡

Meet the game-changers who have managed to thrive during some of the hardest storms in recent history. What can businesses learn from their experiences and strategies, and subsequently adapt for themselves?

Glean insights from their stories to propel you and your business ahead.
Mr Tommy Phun
Founder, Pyxis and
Director, Eng Hup Shipping
Mr Kelvin Lam
COO
YouTrip
Ms Nichol Ng
CEO & Managing Director, X-Inc and
Co-Founder, The Food Bank Singapore
Mr Lai Chang Wen
Co-Founder & CEO
Ninja Van Group
Session Chair
Prof Annie Koh
Professor Emeritus of Finance (Practice) & Senior Advisor, Business Families Institute
Singapore Management University (SMU)
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Establish Your Digital Core to Future Proof Your Business

Rm 326, Level 3 | Suntec Singapore

3 楼  326 会议室 | 新达城新加坡

The global endemic has brought about the highest level of digital adoption over the last two decades as businesses and consumers transit online when the physical world battles with lockdowns. Businesses that digitalised and survived are expected to thrive, while those who did nothing may be left behind for good.

Join our experts as they share the critical fabrics of business that requires urgent ‘digital rejuvenation’ if yet to be done as the transition towards a digital-first world accelerates.

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Mr Manoj Prasanna Kumar
Head of Technology, 5G, MEC and IoT
Singapore Telecommunications Limited
Mr Andrew Moey
Business Development (Security Fabric),
Southeast Asia & Hong Kong 
Fortinet
Mr Jonas Walker
Security Strategist, FortiGuard Labs
Fortinet
Ms Cecily Ng
Area Vice President & General Manager
Salesforce Singapore
Mr Julius Holmefjord-Sarabi
CTO & CFO
Aureus Group
Ms Susan Loh
VP, Marketing, Strategic Business Development and Customer Experience
SPTel
Mr Shawn Koh
Founder
IoT Workz
Mr Derek Tong
General Manager
Ratsense®
Session Chair
Mr Daniel Ng
Vice President of Marketing, Asia Pacific
Neo4j

12.45pm
–
01.45pm

Lunch Break 午休

01.45pm
–
03.30pm

中国经贸新时代：探索中国市场新趋势

Hybrid Studio @ Hall 406 | Suntec Singapore

混合演播厅 @ 406展厅 | 新达城新加坡

无论疫情和国际局势如何演变，中国市场依然蕴藏着巨大投资与发展动能。中国政局的最新发展、疫情的演变和市场供需的变迁等因素，势必为中国经贸走向增添新气象，也为本地企业在中国市场的发展带来许多新机遇。

座谈会邀请拥有丰富中国经贸经验的专家学者和企业翘楚，为参会者剖析中国市场的最新发展趋势，并分享他们在中国的经商之道与经验，让参与者撷取驰骋中国市场必备的最新资讯和动态，让企业快速适应和制胜瞬息万变的中国市场环境。
通商中国
主席
李奕贤先生
中国机电产品进出口商会
常务副会长 兼
专家委员会主任委员
郑超先生
荣盛石化(新加坡)有限公司
董事总经理
孟繁秋先生
用友软件新加坡私人有限公司
执行董事总经理
陈崑先生
论坛主持:
海底捞
执行董事兼首席战略官
周兆呈博士
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Beyond Traditional Mean$ for Business Expansion

Rm 325, Level 3 | Suntec Singapore

3 楼  325 会议室 | 新达城新加坡

In recent years, we have witnessed the completion of some of the biggest fundraising rounds and the birth of ground-breaking collaborations in the start-up sector.

What are the critical takeaways for SMEs? How can the power of strategic partnerships and non-traditional means of business financing be the new way of winning ahead?
Ms Roshni Mahtani Cheung
Group CEO & Founder
The Parentinc
Ms Carmen Yuen
General Partner
Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India
Mr John Cheng
Founder & Managing Director
Innovate 360
Session Chair
Prof Annie Koh
Professor Emeritus of Finance (Practice) & Senior Advisor, Business Families Institute
Singapore Management University (SMU)
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Making Business Sense out of Emerging Technological Trends

Rm 326, Level 3 | Suntec Singapore

3 楼  326 会议室 | 新达城新加坡

What is metaverse? Why is everyone so excited about Non-fungible tokens (NFTs)? Is Artificial Intelligence (AI) really taking over the world? What does all these technologies mean to your business?

Join our experts and leaders as they explain, in business context, what these emerging technologies are – whether they are still just hype, or there are indeed valid and important business cases which majority of businesses may be missing out.
Dr Jon Lee
Founder & CEO
Vizzio Technologies
Mr Mohit Sagar
CEO & Editor-in-Chief
OpenGov Asia
Assc Prof Yu Yinghui
Head, Master of Finance Programme,
School of Business
Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS)
Session Chair
Ms Michelle Khoo
Director, Centre for Edge
Deloitte Southeast Asia
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Complement your Business Growth with the Government’s Initiatives

Rm 324, Level 3 | Suntec Singapore

3 楼  324 会议室 | 新达城新加坡

While businesses have to grapple constantly with a rapidly changing business environment and increasingly competitive markets, they can take comfort in not having to work in silos. Hear from various government agencies on how your business can work in tandem with their initiatives to speed up growth in the new reality.
Mr Kong Weng Loong
Deputy Director, Policy and Markets Division
Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS)
Mr Ng Ming Jie
Deputy Director, Consumer Protection Division
Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS)
Ms Low Jin Wei
IP Strategist
IPOS International
(subsidiary of Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS))
Mr Julian Chee
Head of Enterprise Business Segment
Prudential Assurance Company Singapore
(On behalf of SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG))
Mr Jason Chan
Deputy Director, Enterprise Programmes Division
Workforce Singapore (WSG)
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14 September 2022 | 2022 年 9 月 14 日

10.00am
–
12.00pm

Workforce Reimagined: Competing Forces Shaping the Future of Work

Rm 325, Level 3 | Suntec Singapore

3 楼  325 会议室 | 新达城新加坡

The pandemic has changed the way we work. All indications point to the future of work as inevitably hybrid. However, getting it right in practice is a challenge that most businesses face.

How can businesses create productive hybrid workplaces that effectively engage staff, and foster innovation, agility and collaboration within the organisation?
Ms Lin Rui Wen
Executive Director
Sheng Siong Group
Mr Ng Yi-Xian
Group CEO & Executive Director
EtonHouse International Education Group
Mr Goh Jia Yong
Partner, People Advisory Services
Ernst & Young Advisory
Session Chair
Prof Jean Yeung
Provost Chair Professor, Department of Sociology & Founding Director,
Centre for Family and Population Research (CFPR)
National University of Singapore (NUS)
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The Future is Data: Capitalising on the Power of Smart Data and Digital Ecosystems

Rm 326, Level 3 | Suntec Singapore

3 楼  326 会议室 | 新达城新加坡

We often hear about the increasing importance of data and analytics for businesses. But are we leveraging effectively to create innovative data-driven business models? Embracing digital technology is not confined to making ad-hoc changes and investments in the digital arena but fully capturing the different values that digital technologies offer.

Join the panel of speakers who will share insights on the importance of data as the main driver for business growth and the impact on business in a data-rich environment.
Dr Bryan Tan
Chief Scientist
Carro

Mr Liau Eng Soon
Cluster Director, Digital Utilities Cluster
Sectoral Transformation Group
Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA)

Mr Philip Weiner
Chief Data Officer
bolttech
Session Chair
Mr Tay Woon Teck
Managing Director, Business Consulting &
Head of Private Client Services
RSM Risk Advisory
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市场新动能：永续发展大趋势中的创新营销与消费转型

Rm 324, Level 3 | Suntec Singapore

3 楼  324 会议室 | 新达城新加坡

全球消费市场在疫情和永续发展浪潮的影响下，逐渐衍生出和过往迥然不同的消费形态和趋势。现今企业不仅要面对因科技变革所带来的营销和销售挑战，疫情和可持续发展带来的供需变化更是彻底颠覆了消费行为和考量，让原本就瞬息万变的市场增添更多变数。

拥有丰富经验的专家学者将分享在永续发展的大趋势中，企业应如何重新审视自身产品与服务定位，为企业的营销与发展策略注入创新与可持续性要素，引领企业做好迎接新消费形态与趋势的准备。
新加坡国立大学
中文EMBA市场营销副教授 兼
学术副主任
李秀平副教授
新加坡永续科技公司
创始人兼首席执行官
陈秋豪先生
The Mask Fellows
联合创始人兼品牌总监 及
品牌达人
国际品牌策略顾问
陈姿韵女士
论坛主持:
德勤
亚太区及东南亚气候变化与
可持续发展服务领导合伙人
何智权先生
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Family Business: Building Longevity Across Generations

Rm 328 & 329, Level 3 | Suntec Singapore

3 楼  328 & 329 会议室 | 新达城新加坡

As Singapore restructures to meet future needs and challenges, family businesses as the primary segment of the business community are playing a pivotal role as key contributors powering recovery and growth.

With the transition from one generation to the next, the succeeding leadership must drive a robust transformation agenda for the future to come.  

Uncover insights from successful families who have beaten the age-old adage of generational wealth and made good their business succession.

Mr Edmond Wong
Director
Kim Choo Kuek Chang
Ms Sabrina Chong
Head, Corporate Development
Luxasia
Mr Chin Wei Yao
Group Chief Corporate Officer
HMI Group
Mr Lee Woon Shiu
Group Head, Family Wealth Planning
DBS
Session Chair
Mr Mark Lee
CEO
Sing Lun Holdings Ltd
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12.00pm
–
01.30pm

Lunch Break 午休

01.30pm
–
03.30pm

Writing the Next Chapter from Globalisation to Regionalisation to Thrive Ahead

Rm 325, Level 3 | Suntec Singapore

3 楼  325 会议室 | 新达城新加坡

In an ever-evolving world, businesses constantly face the complexity of globalisation amid a barrage of geopolitical tensions, rising costs, supply chain disruption, inflation, and keeping up with customer and industry demands.

Can regionalisation and globalisation play complementary roles to each other? How can businesses bounce back and stay resilient in times of crisis? Join the panel of speakers who will discuss the future of regionalisation and globalisation in the new reality, the disruptions to anticipate, and the opportunities it will present in the future.

Mr Chin Wei Yao

Executive Director & Chief Corporate Officer

HMI Group

Mr Michael Tan
Founder Director, Aquarii SG and
CEO, Aquarii BD Cambodia

Ms May Chng
Co-Founder & COO
Flexxon

Session Chair
Mr Satya Ramamurthy
Global Co-Head for Public Transport
KPMG
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Investing in Social Good: A Win-Win Proposition for Businesses?

Rm 324, Level 3 | Suntec Singapore

3 楼  324 会议室 | 新达城新加坡

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is often pegged as a one-off activity instead of a viable business model. How can leaders move beyond conventional approaches towards Total Societal Impact (TSI) to achieve returns on both their bottom line and society?

Hear the stories of how these companies leveraged their company’s strengths to transform their sustainability strategy and strengthen their business in the process.
Ms Shirley Lim
General Manager
Fullerton Health
Mr Ang Kian Peng
Director
Samsui Supplies & Services
Mr Seah Kah Howe
Director
Seah Kim Cheok Construction
Ms Melissa Kwee
CEO
National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre (NVPC)
Session Chair
Ms Fang Eu-Lin
Partner, Sustainability & Climate Change
PwC Singapore
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Going Digital is Simple with Supported Digital Solutions and Resources for SMEs

Rm 326, Level 3 | Suntec Singapore

3 楼  326 会议室 | 新达城新加坡

While SMEs are increasingly adopting digital solutions to bring their business to the next level, the pace is uneven, with some needing more aid, or guidance.

To ensure that every SME that wants to implement digital solutions can do so, the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) has been scaling our reach in supporting SMEs’ digitalisation. Learn about IMDA’s support in helping SMEs tap on technologies at various stages of their digitalisation growth through the Chief Technology Officer-as-a-Service (CTO-as-a-Service), a one-stop platform for SMEs to access end-to-end digitalisation resources and support at their convenience.
Dr Tan Teik-Kheong
Lead Digital Advisor
Accenture Singapore
Mr Lau Chee Dai
Assistant Director, SMEs Go Digital
Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA)
Ms Dahlia Navaratnam
Assistant Manager, SMEs Go Digital
Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA)
Ms Clara Goh
Senior Project Manager
Moh Sim Wood Products Pte Ltd
Mr Calvyn Ng
Business Owner
Ah Lock & Co
Mr Alan Lee
Business Owner
G20 Banana

Session Chair
Ms Eileen Tan
Executive Director & Head, IT Services
Stone Forest

主办机构

活动涵括

In Conversation with Dr Lee Kai-Fu
与主题演讲嘉宾 李开复博士 对话

Speakers' Profile
主讲嘉宾简介

Dr Lee Kai-Fu
Chairman & CEO, Sinovation Ventures and
President, Sinovation Ventures Artificial Intelligence Institute

创新工场董事长兼首席执行官及创新工场人工智能工程院院长 
李开复博士

Dr. Kai-Fu Lee is the Chairman and CEO of Sinovation Ventures (www.sinovationventures.com/) and President of Sinovation Venture’s Artificial Intelligence Institute. Sinovation Ventures, managing US$3 billion dual currency investment funds, is a leading is a leading venture capital firm focusing on developing the next generation deep tech companies in China. Prior to founding Sinovation in 2009, Dr. Lee was the President of Google China, and senior executives at Microsoft, SGI, and Apple. Dr. Lee received his Bachelor degree from Computer Science from Columbia University, Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University, as well as Honorary Doctorate Degrees from both Carnegie Mellon and the City University of Hong Kong. He is the Co-Chair of Artificial Intelligence Council for World Economic Forum Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Times 100 in 2013, WIRED 25 Icons, and followed by over 50 million audience on social media.

In the field of artificial intelligence, Dr. Lee built one of the first game playing programs to defeat a world champion (1988, Othello), as well as the world’s first large-vocabulary, speaker independent continuous speech recognitionsystem. Dr. Lee founded Microsoft Research China, later renamed Microsoft Research Asia, which was named as the hottest research lab by MIT Technology Review. While with Apple, Dr. Lee led AI projects in speech and natural language, which have been featured on Good Morning America on ABC Television and the front page of Wall Street Journal. He has authored 10 U.S. patents, and more than 100 journal and conference papers. Altogether, Dr. Lee has been in artificial intelligence research, development, and investment for more than 30 years. His New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling book AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order (aisuperpowers.com) discusses US-China co-leadership in the age of AI as well as the greater societal impacts brought upon by the AI technology revolution. His new co-authored book AI 2041 published in fall 2021 explores how artificial intelligence will change our world over the next twenty years.

Session Chair
Mr Chia Kim Huat
Regional Head, Corporate & Transactional Practice, Rajah & Tahn Singapore

对话会主持:
立杰律师事务所新加坡有限责任合伙
公司和非讼业务部，区域主管
谢锦发先生
谢锦发律师在整个亚太区域的公司交易方面有着丰富的经验。 因其法律敏锐性、商业洞察力和对本区域的深刻了解而广泛受到客户的好评。他能熟练地使用两种语言，是新加坡为数不多的能轻松地用中文起草和谈判的律师之一。鉴于他的经验和成就，谢律师被许多法律期刊列为领先律师，包括被《钱伯斯》列为 “杰出律师”、被《亚洲法律》列为 “精英律师”及被《法律500强》以及《最佳律师》列为 “领先律师 “。
新形态商业模式：协同创新 凝聚动能 永续发展

Speakers' Profile
主讲嘉宾简介

新加坡国立大学商学院
策略与政策系教授 兼
中文EMBA项目学术主任
傅强教授
傅强教授毕业于北京大学光华管理学院，并在美国印第安纳大学获得经济学博士学位，自2005年起执教于新加坡国立大学商学院，讲授管理经济学、产业组织理论、宏观经济、国际金融等课程，被评为新国大商学院EMBA最佳教师，于2017至2019年担任新加坡国立大学中国商务研究中心主任。傅强教授曾两次当选新加坡最具影响力40岁以下商科教授，为众多政府部门、金融机构与大型企业授课、咨询，担任多家金融、科技企业独立董事、监事等职务，在2015年至2021年历任韩国东洋人寿保险公司外部董事主席、议长等职务
 
傅强教授从事应用对策论的理论研究，曾担任德国巴伐利亚州财政部Max Planck 公共税收与法律研究所、加拿大CIREQ 经济研究所客座研究员。在国际一流学术期刊发表论文数十篇，其学术研究广泛发表于诸如the American Economic Review, Theoretical Economics, Journal of Economic Theory, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, Journal of Public Economics, Games and Economic Behavior等国际顶级学术期刊。
绿联国际银行
副行长 兼
首席风控官
吴国华先生
工作经历：
– 睿远基金管理有限公司 研究部 执行董事
– 韩亚银行（中国）有限公司上海分行 行长
– 上海农商银行 历任：行长助理、首席风险官(期间，挂职中国银监会农村金融机构部主任助理）
– 中国民生银行上海分行 历任：市南支行副行长、公司金融部总经理
– 上海浦东发展银行 总行公司金融部 历任：信贷员、项目科副科长、产品创新科科长
 
主要工作业绩：
在睿远基金管理有限公司研究部负责宏观经济、金融和地产行业研究，深入研究了几家银行在公司治理、精细化管理、科技赋能、激励约束机制、国际业务、企业信用风险管理、信用卡、消费贷款、小微贷款和理财等具有“护城河”竞争优势的业务上的成功之道。
在上海农商银行任首席风险官期间，主持制定并实施了全面风险管理规划、实施新资本协议工作规划，主持建设风险偏好与容忍度项目、操作风险与合规管理项目、信用风险内部评级项目和市场风险内部评级项目。期间，负责筹备自贸区分行，兼任自贸区分行行长，熟悉自由贸易账户体系。
在中国银监会农村金融机构部挂职主任助理期间，参与制定了十几项监管制度。在中共中央编译局主管的杂志《经济社会体制比较》上发表了1.5万字的文章“进一步完善中国农村普惠金融体系”，完成了98万字《巴塞尔协议III（综合版）》翻译工作。
在上海农商银行任行长助理期间，分管公司金融部、国际业务部和科技型中小企业融资中心。先后主持开发了对公网络银行和银税通产品。在分管国际业务部期间，国际业务从零起步开始发展，取得了全部外汇业务经营资格，在业务流程上实行“集中、专业”处理，既保证了操作风险的有效控制，又实现了业务高效率处理，并超额完成各项营销计划。
在担任中国民生银行上海分行公司金融部总经理期间，先后组织实施了多项制度性创新，包括制定客户经理考核办法、推行客户经理制、推行行业经理制、推行产品经理制、制定分行公司业务发展规划。开发并协同营销应收帐款保理业务。
在上海浦东发展银行总行信贷部工作期间，先后起草制定了中长期贷款管理办法、项目评估办法、私营企业贷款管理办法、助学贷款管理办法，制定按揭贷款多种还款方式下的还款本金和利息计算公式。结合工作体会，先后撰写了多篇工作建议文章在行刊和上海证券报上发表，并多次获行内外奖励。
叶水福集团
集团企业发展 兼
集团科技总监
陈顺利先生
Mr Jeffrey Tan is the Head of Group Corporate Development and Technologies at YCH Group. Mr Tan spearheads the development, communication and implementation of growth strategies and processes for the group with the Executive Chairman at YCH. With more than two decades of experience in driving business growth, technology adoption, digital innovation and business excellence across various industries, he provides executional leadership to develop new and grow existing business units to achieve the Group’s overall vision and grow its business presence in Asia.
As the Head of Technologies, Mr Tan is responsible for the Group’s overall technology strategy and roadmap, research and development to drive innovation and digital transformation initiatives for the Group. Previously, as the Group CEO of Y3 Technologies, a leading Supply Chain Management, CRM, Loyalty and e-Commerce technology company that is affiliated to YCH Group, Jeffrey managed a multi-million technology business with close to 500 employees across Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, China & India; and on the board of directors of all Y3 Technologies local & overseas subsidiaries & joint ventures such as; Ascentis, Meet Isaac, OctoRocket (a SPH & Y3 Technologies JV) & Rizon Technologies (a Chongqing Transport Holdings & Y3 Technologies JV).
Prior to joining YCH, Mr Tan held several positions across several organisations including Y3 Technologies, CrimsonLogic, Global eTrade Services (GeTS), Ascendas-Singbridge, Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), PSA Corporation, Singapore Exchange, and Cirque du Soleil.
Mr Tan is an active contributor in promoting the technology and standards adoption, and industry transformation within Singapore’s supply chain management and logistics sector. Aside from his key appointment in YCH, Mr Tan is the current President of Supply Chain Management Chapter at Singapore Computer Society (SCS). He is a member of the Technology and Transformation Function
Committee at Singapore Manufacturing Federation (SMF) and the Trade and Connectivity Standards Committee at the Singapore Standards Council.
Mr Tan contributes as a Council Member in the Singapore-Zhejiang Economic and Trade Council (SZETC) and the Andhra Pradesh-Singapore Business Council (APSBC) that aims to promote economic exchanges and cooperation between Singapore with China and India. Mr Tan is also a registered UN/CEFACT expert with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), an Expert Mentor for PortXL, the world’s first port and maritime accelerator. He is also the current chair of Winmark CIO Singapore.
Mr Tan serves as an Adjunct Faculty for The Logistics Academy (TLA), the training and education arm of Singapore Logistics Association (SLA), as well as for the Institute of Systems Science at National University of Singapore (NUS-ISS) and Singapore Sing-China International Training Group.
Mr Tan graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Computing. He was a recipient of the INSEAD Certificate in Global Management (CGM). He obtained his Professional Project Management (PMP®) certification from Project Management Institute; and a Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP®) as well as a Certified Business Process Management (BPM) Specialist (bpms) from International Institute of Business Analysis and Association for Intelligent Information Management respectively.
论坛主持:
立杰律师事务所新加坡有限责任合伙
公司和非讼业务部，区域主管
谢锦发先生
谢锦发律师在整个亚太区域的公司交易方面有着丰富的经验。 因其法律敏锐性、商业洞察力和对本区域的深刻了解而广泛受到客户的好评。他能熟练地使用两种语言，是新加坡为数不多的能轻松地用中文起草和谈判的律师之一。鉴于他的经验和成就，谢律师被许多法律期刊列为领先律师，包括被《钱伯斯》列为 “杰出律师”、被《亚洲法律》列为 “精英律师”及被《法律500强》以及《最佳律师》列为 “领先律师 “。
Drivers and Barriers to Going “Green” for SMEs

Speakers' Profile
主讲嘉宾简介

Ms Cynthia Handriani Wijaya
Head of Business Development & Investor Relations
Daya Selaras Group
At 18 years old, Cynthia Handriani Wijaya graduated as Valedictorian for her bachelor’s degree – Prof. Accounting in Macquarie University, Sydney. At the age of 19, she joined her family business which has been in the paper and corrugated carton packaging industry for more than 40 years. Daya Selaras Group (DSG) is a sustainable industrial hub linking the industrial loop from wastepaper material to corrugated carton packaging through its network of partners and/or affiliates in the paper recycling, industrial paper, corrugated carton, and logistics sectors, hence forming a circular value chain. Cynthia started off in the internal audit team and was later the Assistant Chief Financial Officer. Her strong passion for the circular economy and zero waste movement led the company’s projects to build a closed-loop or circular system for wastepaper. She is now the Head of Business Development and Investor Relations at DSG.
Mr Benjamin Soh
Managing Director
STACS
Benjamin Soh is the Managing Director of STACS, a Singapore FinTech company focused on ESG FinTech. STACS is a partner of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) for ESGpedia, which powers the Project Greenprint ESG Registry. STACS serves as the Nexus of ESG Finance with its live blockchain infrastructure that enables effective Sustainable Finance. Its clients and partners include financial institutions and corporates.

A serial FinTech entrepreneur who previously founded a B2B FinTech serving the needs of more than 100 financial services firms worldwide, Ben is also currently serving as the Chairman of the Green and Sustainable FinTech Sub-Committee of the Singapore FinTech Association (SFA).
Mr Durwin Ho
CEO
StartupX

Durwin Ho is the Chief Executive Officer at StartupX. He founded StartupX in 2018 following a decade working with early-stage founders across Asia and pioneered the pre-accelerator model for startups in Asia. In his current role, he consults with corporations and governments in Asia to drive innovation and accelerate the next generation of startups across the sustainability, Web3 and Industry 4.0 space.

In 2014, he launched Startup Weekend Singapore, a non-profit, volunteer-led initiative that has supported over 3000+ innovators from 70+ countries to kickstart their entrepreneurial journey through launching a startup over a weekend. He started his journey in tech and startups at growing startup AppBackr in Palo Alto. Prior to his current role, he took over the reins of his family’s business in early-childhood education and continues to serve as an advisor to the business today.

Durwin graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Masters of Science (Business Administration).

Session Chair
Ms Shipra Gupta
Senior Manager
Sustainability Center of Excellence for Accenture Growth Markets
Shipra Gupta is a Senior Manager in the Sustainability Center of Excellence for Accenture Growth Markets. In her role, Shipra works closely with clients to identify areas of impact and shape sustainability journeys that help clients accelerate their ESG agenda as well as drive business value.
Trailblazers Ahead of Time

Speakers' Profile
主讲嘉宾简介

Mr Tommy Phun
Founder, Pyxis and
Director, Eng Hup Shipping
Tommy Phun is a Director of Eng Hup Shipping. Under his leadership, the company has experienced significant growth – winning substantial contracts, diversifying into new sectors and expanding its fleet to over 70 vessels. He has successfully embarked on a digitalisation and decarbonisation journey to transform the traditional marine business. This led him to found Pyxis, Singapore’s first-of-its-kind electric vessel start-up that is positioned to advance the coastal maritime industry towards a sustainable future. Beyond his corporate responsibilities, he is also appointed as an MPA Maritime Digitalisation Playbook ambassador to promote digital transformation within the industry.
Tommy graduated as Salutatorian from Singapore Management University with a Bachelor of Business Management.
Mr Kelvin Lam
COO
YouTrip

Kelvin Lam is the Chief Operating Officer of YouTrip, a regional financial technology company dedicated to creating a next-generation digital banking experience in Southeast Asia. Having founded the YouTrip operations in Singapore, and expanded the brand overseas to Thailand, Kelvin manages and oversees the local market growth and regional expansion of YouTrip in Singapore, Thailand, and other upcoming future markets in Southeast Asia.

Prior to YouTrip, Kelvin was the Managing Director in Compare Asia Group, a regional fintech group focusing on helping consumers across Asia find the right financial products at the most competitive price. Before starting his entrepreneurial journey, Kelvin was an Associate Director in UBS Investment Bank, advising tech, consumer, and financial corporates on Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Markets transactions.

Ms Nichol Ng
CEO & Managing Director, X-Inc and
Co-Founder, The Food Bank Singapore

Nichol Ng is CEO and Managing Director of X-Inc Pte Ltd, the parent of a group of companies that has been in the food business since the 1930s. She oversees about 180 employees, more than 5,000 products, over 4,500 customers, and an annual turnover exceeding S$70 million. The X-Inc group comprises FoodXervices Inc, GroXers Inc, LogiXtics Inc, X Properties Inc, and PlotX Inc. Together, the companies bring to life dreams in the food ecosystem – from foodservice and retail to logistics and property. It was her passion for food as well as a desire to deliver service with a heart that drove Nichol to acquire the family business and rebrand and restructure the company in May 2007. Prior to this, she was a Marketing Executive of MediaCorp Radio Pte Ltd where she was part of the team in charge of re-branding all the MediaCorp radio stations, including Class 95, Y.E.S 933,Perfect 10 987 and Gold 90.

In 2012, Nichol co-founded The Food Bank Singapore (FBSG), a charity with a mission to eradicate food insecurity in Singapore by 2025. FBSG re-distributes excess foods to more than 300 non-profit organisations that reach out to more than 300,000 underprivileged. For her effort in feeding the needy, Nichol was named as one of the 10 honourees in The Peak magazine’s The Peak Power List 2016 and listed in Forbes Asia’s 2017 Heroes of Philanthropy and Harper’s Bazaar’s The Power List 2018. In 2021, she was the Southeast Asia honouree of the YPO Global Impact Award Regional, which recognises young CEOs for their impact outside of YPO, celebrating CEO impact that is both sustainable and scalable.

She has leadership roles and is actively involved in various local and global organisations:
• President of ONE (Singapore)
• Executive Committee Member of Young Presidents Organisation – Singapore Chapter
• Board Member of Global Compact Network Singapore
• Asian Representative of Global Call to Action Against Poverty
• Member of International Women’s Forum
• Executive Committee Member of St Nicholas Girls School Alumnae

More than just a successful businesswoman, Nichol is happily married to her partner of 25 years and believes that the best legacy to leave her four children (from ages two to nine) is not money but her values.

Mr Lai Chang Wen
Co-Founder & CEO
Ninja Van Group

Lai Chang Wen is CEO and Co-Founder of Ninja Van – Southeast Asia’s leading technology-enabled logistics company. The company was started in 2014 by him and his two other Co-Founders Boxian and Shaun when they realised the market potential of catering to the logistics needs of the e-commerce industry.

With a focus on taking the hassle out of the parcel deliveries for customers, Chang Wen and his team are dedicated to ensuring that logistics is a simple and seamless affair for their business partners and consumers. Specialising in e-commerce deliveries, Ninja Van believes in powering businesses with innovative logistics solutions. The company believes in offering a consistent hassle-free delivery experience for merchants across Southeast Asia and providing clients with a singular access point into the region. With plans to continue expanding and serving in the current markets the company operates in, Chang Wen’s vision is for Ninja Van to open Southeast Asia to a world of possibilities, one delightful delivery at a time.

Chang Wen graduated with a Bachelor of Finance from Singapore Management University and worked as a derivatives trader at Barclays before setting up men’s custom fashion retailer Marcella. His experience with the online retail business made him realise there could be a more efficient way of delivering and tracking packages, resulting in the creation of Ninja Van.

A natural-born entrepreneur, Chang Wen conceived his first business venture when he was a student, having discovered that putting together second-hand bicycle parts and selling the finished product could land him a neat profit. He is passionate about harnessing technology to improve lives and enjoys adapting classical mathematical models to provide real-world solutions.

Session Chair
Prof Annie Koh
Professor Emeritus of Finance (Practice) & Senior Advisor, Business Families Institute
Singapore Management University (SMU)

Professor Annie Koh is Professor Emeritus of Finance (Practice) at Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University (SMU). She is a renowned conference speaker, panel moderator and commentator. Professor Koh is appointed as Chairman of Prime US REIT. In addition, Professor Koh is a member of the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on New Agenda for Work, Wages and Job Creation. She also chairs the Asian Bond Fund 2 supervisory committee for the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and is a committee member of Singapore’s Customs Advisory Council and HR Transformation Advisory Panel. She is currently an independent director of AMTD IDEA Group, PBA Group, Prudential Assurance Company Singapore Pte Ltd and Yoma Strategic Holdings Ltd. She previously served on GovTech, Singapore’s CPF, HMI and K1 Ventures boards.

Professor Koh also advises privately owned enterprises such as Flexxon Pte Ltd. and TOP International, and startups such as Dedoco, Elevate Tech, Hyperscal Solutions Pte Ltd, Pyxis Maritime Pte Ltd, RABC Holdings Pte Ltd, StashAway, SWAT Mobility, and non-profits such as Cyber Youth Singapore and WWF Singapore. She has been an investment committee member of iGlobe Partners since July 2010, advisor to CUBE3 Ventures since October 2021, and Asia Food Sustainability Fund since February 2022. Previously held leadership positions at SMU include Vice President for Business Development; V3 Group Professor of Family Entrepreneurship; Academic Director of Business Families Institute and International Trading Institute; Associate Dean, Lee Kong Chian School of Business; and Dean, Office of Executive and Professional Education.

Professor Koh received her Ph.D. degree in International Finance as a Fulbright scholar from Stern School of Business, New York University in 1988. Her research interests are in Family Office and Family Business, Investor Behaviour, Alternative Investments and Enterprise Risk Management. She co-authored Financial Management: Theory and Practice, 2nd edition (2021), and Financing Internationalisation – Growth Strategies for Successful Companies (2004), co-editor of Asian Family Business: Succession, Governance and Innovation (2020), and author of a number of Asian family business cases and survey reports. In recognition of her contribution to education and the public sector, she was awarded the bronze and silver Singapore Public Administration medal in 2010 and 2016 respectively, and the Adult Education Prism Award in 2017.

Strategic Partner

Driving Collaboration with 5G-enabled Connectivity

Many businesses have adopted a hybrid workplace today, but do you know what truly makes a hybrid workplace work?

At the core of a hybrid workplace, collaboration tools are the driving force behind smooth and seamless collaboration. Collaborating on projects and hosting meetings online have all become second nature. To avoid delays and inefficiencies, it is crucial for businesses to make collaboration seamless by choosing one single platform for collaboration. With Singtel’s 5G-enabled connectivity, this further drives exponential possibilities for businesses – with ultra-fast connectivity speeds, ultra-low latency, and ultra-strong bandwidth capabilities to transform the industries and the way we do business-as-usual.

Join us as we evaluate and co-create potential use cases and merge ICT needs to catalyse business collaboration and innovation. Ready your business for the next wave of unimaginable growth and transformation with Singtel.

Mr Manoj Prasanna Kumar
Head of Technology, 5G, MEC and IoT
Singapore Telecommunications Limited

Manoj heads up the Engineering division for Singtel enterprise 5G, MEC and IOT offerings. Manoj is the chief architect for Singtel Enterprise 5G network and MEC (Edge computing) and his team builds 5G Paragon platform that Singtel uses to deploy 5G and MEC for all enterprise customers in Singapore and also in the region through associates. 5G Paragon platform has also been rolled out by Manoj’s team in the region in Singtel’s associate telco networks including Optus in Australia and AIS in Thailand. Manoj is also responsible for the software development of IoT solutions and his team is rolling out Smart access solution to over 12000 electricity substations in Singapore. Manoj is a data scientist by background with 15 years of experience in Telecom industry. His expertise is in Distributed Systems, Big data and Machine Learning. He holds over 20 international patents in this space.

Strategic Partner

Good Cyber Hygiene is Important for Business

Are you aware of the risks of cyber-attacks and the impact it has on your business? Do you want to find out how you can keep cyber-attacks at bay to safeguard your business?

While cyber-attacks on businesses may receive less attention in the headlines, its impact has far-reaching consequences in our connected world. It affects the lives and work of the people and organization we serve, and more importantly, it may also threaten the very existence of our business.

With businesses far more connected than before, having good cyber security should be a priority to prevent cyber criminals from gaining access to important and sensitive information such as payment information, healthcare records, personal identifiable information and sensitive business data, and stealing them. Businesses with a low level of cyber security are more susceptible to such cyber-attacks, putting themselves and their partners at risk.

That is why businesses should make having a good level of cyber security an imperative to deter cyber thefts and to ensure a stable and predictable partnership with their partners.

Learn more about the top cyber risks and their impact, and how modern ways of using technology can help you get your business’s cyber security in order to build trust between you and your partners in the long run.
Mr Andrew Moey
Business Development (Security Fabric),
Southeast Asia & Hong Kong 
Fortinet
Andrew Moey is part of Fortinet’s Security Fabric Business Team for the Southeast Asia and Hong Kong region, focusing on AI-enabled Security Operations solutions. As a seasoned technologist of over 20 years, Andrew has broad engagements across Enterprise and Service Provider environments with capacities across Engineering, Integration, Consulting and Strategy to drive digital innovation and technology right-adoption.

Strategic Partner

Good Cyber Hygiene is Important for Business

Are you aware of the risks of cyber-attacks and the impact it has on your business? Do you want to find out how you can keep cyber-attacks at bay to safeguard your business?

While cyber-attacks on businesses may receive less attention in the headlines, its impact has far-reaching consequences in our connected world. It affects the lives and work of the people and organization we serve, and more importantly, it may also threaten the very existence of our business.

With businesses far more connected than before, having good cyber security should be a priority to prevent cyber criminals from gaining access to important and sensitive information such as payment information, healthcare records, personal identifiable information and sensitive business data, and stealing them. Businesses with a low level of cyber security are more susceptible to such cyber-attacks, putting themselves and their partners at risk.

That is why businesses should make having a good level of cyber security an imperative to deter cyber thefts and to ensure a stable and predictable partnership with their partners.

Learn more about the top cyber risks and their impact, and how modern ways of using technology can help you get your business’s cyber security in order to build trust between you and your partners in the long run.
Mr Jonas Walker
Security Strategist, FortiGuard Labs
Fortinet

Jonas loves technology and lives in Asia’s technology capital Singapore. He is a digital native who is interested in offensive security and cyber. In his role at Fortinet, he works in a strategic engagement team. They combine data science with security strategy and facilitate tactics to support security portfolio planning. Jonas specializes in industry threat expertise with in-depth knowledge in threat intelligence, exploits, penetration testing, machine learning, and advanced malware concepts. As a cybersecurity professional, Jonas advises and engages clients and executive leaders on solution strategies in several industry segments. He works closely with FortiGuard Labs and Fortinet System Engineering to respond to advanced threats as they break – and proactively plans to stay ahead of the curve. He dedicates his free time to hacking, fitness, golf, and exploring Asian cuisine.

Strategic Partner

Fuelling Growth and Success: Driving Customer-Centricity with 360 Unified View

As customers’ expectations and behaviours shift in response to our digital-first world, how can businesses meet these expectations and create long-lasting and meaningful customer relationships? The Small Business roadmap for sustainable growth is centered around a 360 customer-centric vision that will put customers at the core of the experience.

In this session you will hear from customer Trailblazer Aureus Group who will share their approach to building a “Customer-First, Digital-First” roadmap to increase productivity, retain customers and unlock predictable growth with real-time revenue metrics. Join us to learn how you can build your own winning formula to innovate, succeed and grow in this ever-changing environment.
Ms Cecily Ng
Area Vice President & General Manager
Salesforce Singapore
Cecily leads the Singapore business at Salesforce as Area Vice President and General Manager of Singapore and is focused on enabling Singapore businesses in Asia to innovate, be more agile and connect with their customers in a whole new way. In this capacity, Cecily serves as a trusted advisor to the C-Suites of Asia’s large enterprises while leading a robust team that drives growth of Salesforce in this region. Cecily amassed 15 years of progressive experience and is a seasoned tech professional. Prior to Salesforce, Cecily worked with IBM, Microsoft and Sun Microsystems.  

An equality champion, Cecily is the Executive Sponsor for Salesforce Women’s Network in Singapore and is especially passionate about helping young women develop their careers. Dedicated to gender parity at Salesforce and in the technology industry, Cecily also keenly serves as a mentor for young women as part of the Salesforce-Halogen Foundation partnership programme BizAcademy
Mr Julius Holmefjord-Sarabi
Chief Technology Officer & Chief Financial Officer
Aureus Group
Julius, a serial entrepreneur, founded 2 successful companies in his teen years and early 20’s (Fratbacks and TITAEN) where he managed dozens of sales and IT representatives. A mechanical engineer by training, Julius single handedly developed the IT systems that have allowed Aureus Group to achieve its exponential year-on-year growth. His skillsets developed in his teen years have enabled Aureus to automate scheduling, billing and response systems for more than 200,000 lessons per year. As a recipient of the prestigious Forbes 30 Under 30 Award, Julius has transformed a traditional brick-and-mortar service into a cutting-edge education company. Julius currently services as the Chief Technology Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Aureus Group, where his primary focus is on IT Systems, Finance, and Operations.

Strategic Partner

Creating measurable business outcomes with IoT: Process Automation 

As we enter a phase of rapid recovery post pandemic, how can organisations ensure that they are fit for growth? With manpower issues, the increased focus on hygiene and sanitization as well as improving user experience being some of the key issues to consider to future proof your business, what part can IoT play to give you an edge in these areas?

In this session, SPTel shares how you can save cost and time to market in your IoT deployment as well as how IoT can fit in with your business strategy to scale as you needs increase. Joining them in this session is IoT Workz and Ratsense® who will be able to share more about successful IoT deployment use cases for healthcare, building management and F&B.

Key Takeaways:
(1) Insights on how to jumpstart your IoT journey, (2) Overcoming process challenges with technology, (3) Future proofing your IoT strategy, (4) Learning points from successful use cases
Ms Susan Loh
VP, Marketing, Strategic Business Development and Customer Experience
SPTel Pte Ltd
Ms Susan Loh is a consummate and passionate leader with more than 20 years of Telecommunications experience in sales, product and business development. ​ Her career has spanned many exciting domains such as cloud computing, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), cyber security and IOT. She has taken on leadership roles to champion Information Communications Technology (ICT) adoption with a team of SaaS and cloud computing sales managers through a 3-year ICT sales transformation project that focused on new revenue streams and deepening market share in emerging technology to achieve year on year revenue growth targets. ​

She has spearheaded the launch of Singapore’s first IoT Platform as a Service (IoTaaS). This revolutionary solution enables IoT service providers to deploy solutions on a common platform, leveraging Edge Computing for ultra-responsive device performance, and, has been showcased at leading exhibitions such as IoT Asia. It won an award at the Singapore Business Review’s Technology Excellence Awards 2019 in the IoT Telecommunications category. She is also in charge of building a vibrant IoT partner ecosystem as part of her strategic business development work which includes tie ups with institutes of higher learning and Government agencies. ​

Most recently, Ms Loh has led the launch of a documentary titled “Home-Grown with a Digital Edge” with CNA which won the CMO Asia Award for Excellence in Brand Innovation. ​
Mr Shawn Koh
Founder
IoT Workz
Mr. Shawn Koh is the founder of I.O.T. Workz that offers integrated IoT solutions that focus on healthcare domain, commercial and industrial applications. Mr. Shawn Koh holds a Master Degree in Technopreneurship and Innovation from Nanyang Technological University andis also an ACTA certified trainer.

He developed the first predictive online-data reduction system for a military data center to provide real-time health monitoring and alert when he was supporting data centers in 1996. Between 2003 and 2006, he formed the Ground-Based Radar System team in ST Electronics (InfoSoft) to support all radar systems in Singapore. During his tenure with SGX from 2007 to 2018, Shawn hold multiple portfolios and delivered many large-scale projects with his team.

Currently, in I.O.T. Workz, Shawn and his team delivers IoT solutions in the healthcare, commercial and industrial sector. Projects delivered includes wheelchair tracking systems for hospital, environment monitoring and alert system for medical centers, industrial IoT for contract manufacturing engineering and many other innovation initiatives.
Mr Derek Tong
General Manager
Ratsense®
With over 16 years of business development experience across various industries, Derek brings with him valuable understanding in areas such as branding, advertising and marketing, mobile applications, project management, F&B and IoT.

Since joining Cre8tec, he has taken on key responsibilities across various aspects of the business, establishing and maintaining strong relationships with strategic local and overseas partners, leading the technical team on major projects and helping to improve and refine both software and hardware, with a strong conviction on IOT and LPWAN technologies in enabling data-driven systems and outcomes.

Derek graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce, majoring in Information Technology and E. Commerce.
Establish Your Digital Core to Future Proof Your Business

Speakers' Profile
主讲嘉宾简介

Session Chair
Mr Daniel Ng
Vice President of Marketing, Asia Pacific
Neo4j

Daniel is a pioneer in the ICT industry and Marketing discipline. His 38 years of experience takes him from his Software Engineer beginning, through his Marketing leadership in companies like IBM, Red Hat, Microsoft and other global leaders, to his market development role is Sun Microsystems where he helped it achieved the first MSC status company as well as contributing to building the foundation of Malaysia’s Multimedia Super Corridor. His experience includes the journey ‘from MIPs, through Collected Data, to now Connected Data and Sustainability’.

Daniel is also passionate in serving organizations like Smart Cities Network, MAD Academy as well as Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry where in believe in giving back to the societies and communities he serves.

Daniel is a creative and innovative leader and speaker who is always keen to explore new aspects of improving a nation and a company’s end-in-mind in achieving the best through collaboration, open partnership and sharing.

中国经贸新时代：探索中国市场新趋势

Speakers' Profile
主讲嘉宾简介

通商中国
主席
李奕贤先生
李先生任职于新加坡华联集团，是该集团的常务顾问。他也同时兼任华联两个子公司的董事长：商业信托管理，华联-力宝医疗集团。李先生也是美国洲际交易所（新加坡分所）的董事长，吉宝集团的顾问，和天津生态城投资开发有限公司董事。
在社会工作方面，李先生在2016年被委任为通商中国主席。通商中国是一个非营利组织，2007年在建国总理李光耀先生和温家宝总理见证之下成立。通商中国的宗旨是要让新加坡的各界人士更好更全面的了解中国，并加强新加坡与中国的联系。 2022年3月，李先生被委任为新报业媒体信托董事会成员，负责监督新报业媒体集团的运营。2022年6月底，李先生被委任为华社自主理事会（华助会）信托局成员。
在2006-2015年期间，李先生在政府部门工作。他曾经担任新加坡贸易与工业部，国家发展部和人力部高级政务部长。李先生于2020年7月卸下政治工作，不再担任东海岸集选区国会议员。
在进入政坛之前，李先生于1990年至2006年曾在国防部，经济发展局，国际企业发展局工作。
2018年，李先生获颁“江苏省荣誉居民”称号。李先生于2013 年获颁新加坡国立大学工程学院工程师校友会杰出校友奖，并于2009 年获颁美国创意领导中心卓越校友奖。
李先生毕业于新加坡国立大学化学工程系，并在 1997 年完成美国国哈佛商学院行政管理课程，以及在 2001 年完成清华大学管理课程。
中国机电产品进出口商会
常务副会长 兼
专家委员会主任委员
郑超先生

国际工程与经济技术合作专家

曾任中国商务部对外投资和经济合作司副司长、一级巡视员(正 司级)

曾任中国驻泰国大使馆经济商务处二等秘书，中国驻新加坡大使馆公使衔经济商务参赞

曾任安徽省马鞍山市副市长

毕业于清华大学，现担任清华大学特聘教授、北京科技大学兼职教授

荣盛石化有限公司
董事总经理
孟繁秋先生
用友软件新加坡私人有限公司
执行董事总经理
陈崑先生

2007加入用友至今，16年初心不改，致力于推动企业信息化与管理进步。熟悉财务供应链、生产制造、人力资源、电商应用等企业信息化管理流程，在信息化系统规划、营销推广、销售渠道管理，建筑项目管理等方面具有丰富经验。

2010年履职新加坡用友，组织和带领团队专注于帮助一带一路的中资企业进行数字化转型，协助新加坡企业经商全球业务，参与、筹划并实施的咨询数字化转型方案有新加坡晟松超市、马来西亚Elken、新加坡SK珠宝、盛大集团财务、潍柴海外、印尼艾雪集团、极兔全球财务共享平台等项目，具备优良的海外管理模式规划和运行能力。

论坛主持:
海底捞
执行董事兼首席战略官
周兆呈博士
在政府部门与社区组织所担任的职位
• 新加坡江苏会会长
• 新加坡宗乡会馆联合总会理事、社会事务委员会主任
Beyond Traditional Mean$ for Business Expansion

Speakers' Profile
主讲嘉宾简介

Ms Roshni Mahtani Cheung
Group CEO & Founder
The Parentinc

Roshni Mahtani Cheung is the Group CEO and Founder of parent-tech company The Parentinc, whose triumphs include: theAsianparent, the world’s highest-rated parenting app and SEA’s largest content and community platform for parents reaching 35 million users monthly; Mama’s Choice, an award-winning direct-to consumer brand that manufactures and retails safe, natural, and Halal pregnancy, nursing, baby care, and household products; and Webtretho and Bé Yêu, Vietnam’s largest community platforms for women and mothers.

Roshni has over 15 years of media and marketing experience across the US and Asia Pacific. She is also actively involved in the startup community. In 2015, she co-founded the 2,000-member strong Female Founders Network, a non-profit organisation with the vision to accelerate the female founder ecosystem in Singapore.

Besides her interest in the startup world, Roshni is also an executive producer of Untouchable: Children of God, a documovie about young girls in the brothels of India and how they are sold and trafficked from Nepal. Roshni is also an Obama Leader and a member of its inaugural APAC 2019/2020 batch.

Outside of leading a company, fundraising, or mentoring female founders, Roshni spends precious moments with her husband and their daughter.

Ms Carmen Yuen
General Partner
Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India

Carmen Yuen joined Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India in 2014. She has served many years in Singapore’s government-backed venture capital initiatives including EDB Investments. Not only was she working with overseas startups, she was also involved in investing in local promising enterprises including journeying with some of them to IPO / exits. Thereafter, Carmen was GM at Spring SEEDS Capital where she worked closely with many startups & early stage investors in Singapore, and formulated policies to steer more funds to the early stage scene.

At Vertex, Carmen seeks out investment opportunities in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. She currently serves on the Board of TickledMedia (dba TheAsianParent.com), Sunday Insurance, Speedoc and Turnkey Lender. Carmen received her BBA from Simon Fraser University.

Mr John Cheng
Founder & Managing Director
Innovate 360

John Cheng is the Founder and Managing Director of Innovate 360, Singapore’s first venture capital food accelerator with facilities. It helps more than 80 agri-food tech startups in areas of mentorship, venture funding, expertise, and access to markets since 2018. It is an accredited mentor partner supported by the Singapore government and recognized as a technical partner by Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Policy Partnership on Food Security. In 2021, he launched foodculture.sg, an e-commerce platform that helps companies go digital, engage consumers, and go global. Prior to Innovate 360, he worked at his 75-year-old family business, transforming and modernizing the business for more than 12 years.

John is a key driver in the Singapore food innovation ecosystem. He is the co-founder and chairman of Feed 9 Billion, an open innovation ecosystem platform, that looks at promoting sustainability and innovation through collaboration to feed 9 billion people by 2050. Under his leadership, it launched the Good Food Startup Manual: Singapore edition to help food entrepreneurs in their startup journey and the alternative protein database. He is a member of the Ministry’s of Trade’s Pro-enterprise Panel (PEP) that helps companies overcome regulatory hurdles, as well as part of the Singapore Food Story (SFS) Thematic Scientific Evaluation Panel that helps scientists receive grants for their research. He also is an academic advisory committee member for Chemicals & Life Sciences at the Institute of Technical Education(ITE).

Outside of work, he is an active alumnus at his alma mater, the Singapore Management University(SMU). He is co-founder and president of the SMU Business Families Alumni Group. He was part of SMU “Imagine Better” project that raised funds to help students with financial needs in 2019 before joining the SMU Alumni Philanthropic Council, where he currently advises the school on raising funds. He has been a member of Club-100 @ North West Community Development Council since 2017 fostering the culture of community involvement and philanthropy. He holds position at the Singapore Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (SCCCI)’s Youth Business Affairs Committee Executive Committee and the Singapore Manufacturer Federation’s Youth Network Committee. In 2019, he was recognized as The Peak’s “Future Shaper” and Prestige Magazine’s 40 Under 40. He is on the 2020 Gen.T list by Tatler Magazine recognizing leaders of tomorrow who are shaping Asia’s future. He was also a nominee for the Straits Times Singaporean of the Year for 2021.

Session Chair
Prof Annie Koh
Professor Emeritus of Finance (Practice) & Senior Advisor, Business Families Institute
Singapore Management University (SMU)

Professor Annie Koh is Professor Emeritus of Finance (Practice) at Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University (SMU). She is a renowned conference speaker, panel moderator and commentator. Professor Koh is appointed as Chairman of Prime US REIT. In addition, Professor Koh is a member of the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on New Agenda for Work, Wages and Job Creation. She also chairs the Asian Bond Fund 2 supervisory committee for the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and is a committee member of Singapore’s Customs Advisory Council and HR Transformation Advisory Panel. She is currently an independent director of AMTD IDEA Group, PBA Group, Prudential Assurance Company Singapore Pte Ltd and Yoma Strategic Holdings Ltd. She previously served on GovTech, Singapore’s CPF, HMI and K1 Ventures boards.

Professor Koh also advises privately owned enterprises such as Flexxon Pte Ltd. and TOP International, and startups such as Dedoco, Elevate Tech, Hyperscal Solutions Pte Ltd, Pyxis Maritime Pte Ltd, RABC Holdings Pte Ltd, StashAway, SWAT Mobility, and non-profits such as Cyber Youth Singapore and WWF Singapore. She has been an investment committee member of iGlobe Partners since July 2010, advisor to CUBE3 Ventures since October 2021, and Asia Food Sustainability Fund since February 2022. Previously held leadership positions at SMU include Vice President for Business Development; V3 Group Professor of Family Entrepreneurship; Academic Director of Business Families Institute and International Trading Institute; Associate Dean, Lee Kong Chian School of Business; and Dean, Office of Executive and Professional Education.

Professor Koh received her Ph.D. degree in International Finance as a Fulbright scholar from Stern School of Business, New York University in 1988. Her research interests are in Family Office and Family Business, Investor Behaviour, Alternative Investments and Enterprise Risk Management. She co-authored Financial Management: Theory and Practice, 2nd edition (2021), and Financing Internationalisation – Growth Strategies for Successful Companies (2004), co-editor of Asian Family Business: Succession, Governance and Innovation (2020), and author of a number of Asian family business cases and survey reports. In recognition of her contribution to education and the public sector, she was awarded the bronze and silver Singapore Public Administration medal in 2010 and 2016 respectively, and the Adult Education Prism Award in 2017.

Making Business Sense out of Emerging Technological Trends

Speakers' Profile
主讲嘉宾简介

Dr Jon Lee
Founder & CEO
Vizzio Technologies
Dr. Jon Li completed his Ph.D. in Computer Science at Cambridge, specializing in machine learning, computer graphics, embedded systems and parallel processing. He is also the inventor of over 300+ patents filed to date with USPTO and China PTO. Trying to put real-world cities into Minecraft piqued Jon’s interest in making immersive copies of the real world. His research centers on applying the algorithmic lens to interdisciplinary problems. Jon’s interest in semantic modeling of built environments stemmed from a desire to automatically simplify models of real-world landmarks while preserving their iconic features.
Mr Mohit Sagar
CEO & Editor-in-Chief
OpenGov Asia

Mohit is the CEO at CIO Network, a content-sharing platform that connects governments with an added focus on Education, Healthcare, and Financial Service Industries. He spearheads and drives all strategies and operations in Singapore, UK, and Australia offices. In a career spanning 20 years, he has held a number of senior roles in the conference & media industry in the US, UK, Middle East and Asia. He has successfully negotiated multiple joint ventures with governments and delivered high-quality events.

Assc Prof Yu Yinghui
Head, Master of Finance Programme,
School of Business
Singapore University of Social Sciences
Yinghui heads the Master of Finance programme and the Graduate Diploma in Financial Technology programme at the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS). She has a PhD in finance and worked as a derivatives trader with a global investment bank for eight years before she joined SUSS. Other than designing and teaching programmes and courses ranging from investments, risk management to financial technologies at SUSS, Yinghui also serves on the academic council of Global Fintech Institute and supports the Chartered Fintech Professional (CFtP) qualification programme. She is also an active member and contributor to SUSS NiFT (Node for Inclusive Fintech), which aims to deliver high-quality research, public education, and policy advocacy for inclusivity in the financial technology sector for the benefit of society.

Yinghui’s research interests include asset pricing, alternative investments, and financial technologies and innovations. Her research has been published in journals such as the Journal of Finance.

Session Chair
Ms Michelle Khoo
Director, Centre for Edge
Deloitte Southeast Asia

Michelle Khoo is the Director for Deloitte’s Center for the Edge, Southeast Asia – a futures think tank exploring opportunities on the edge of business and technology. She leads the Center’s research efforts, bringing over a decade of experience in advising business and government leaders about strategies for the long term. She is passionate about shaping a more sustainable, fairer and inclusive future whether in the physical or digital realms, applying her policy experience to analyze the implications of future business models and technologies. Key research topics for the Center are the next internet (including the metaverse), the future of work, sustainability, disruption, innovation and transformation.

Complement your Business Growth with the Government’s Initiatives

Speakers' Profile
主讲嘉宾简介

Mr Kong Weng Loong
Deputy Director,
Policy and Markets Division
Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore
Kong Weng Loong is Deputy Director (Policy & Markets) and also Co-Supervising Director of the Data Management & Analytics Unit at the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS). He has been with the Commission since 2011 and supervises teams handling various competition matters such as mergers and abuses of dominance. He is also involved in advising other government agencies on competition matters affecting Singapore markets and dealt with competition and market access regulations for the telecommunications sector while he was on secondment to the Info-communications Media Development Authority.

As Co-Supervising Director of the Data Management & Analytics Unit, Weng Loong supervises various projects to develop analytics tools to assist the Commission’s work.

Mr Ng Ming Jie
Deputy Director,
Consumer Protection Division
Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore

Ng Ming Jie is the Deputy Director of the Consumer Protection Division at the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS). In his role, Ming Jie supervises the conduct of investigations against errant suppliers who persistently engage in unfair trade practices under the Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) Act 2003. He also supervises the conduct of market studies to better understand and improve the state of competition and consumer protection in different sectors and industries in Singapore.

An economist by training, Ming Jie joined CCCS in 2009 after graduating with a Bachelor of Social Science (Honours) from the National University of Singapore (NUS). Prior to joining the Consumer Protection Division in April 2022, Ming Jie was the Deputy Director of the Business & Economics and Policy & Markets Divisions. Ming Jie has completed a Post-Graduate Diploma in European Union Competition Law from King’s College London in 2014. Ming Jie was awarded the Commendation Medal of the National Day Award in 2020.

Ms Low Jin Wei
IP Strategist
IPOS International
(subsidiary of Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS))

Jin Wei has over a decade of experience advising companies on intellectual property matters at the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS). She has delivered strategic IP management solutions to diverse industries including agritech, manufacturing, medical and health technology, information technology and retail. She was also involved in impact-driven IPOS initiatives which helped shape Singapore’s innovation ecosystem such as the IP Management programmes for government agencies and enterprises as well as the recent Singapore IP Strategy 2030.
Jin Wei has an Honours degree in Biological Sciences from Nanyang Technological University, a Graduate Diploma from Singapore Management University in Communication Management and Innovation and a master’s in intellectual property and innovation management from the Singapore University of Social Sciences. She is also a Registered Management Consultant (RMC) and is recognised as one of the world’s leading IP Strategists by IAM Strategy 300.

Mr Julian Chee
Head of Enterprise Business Segment
Prudential Assurance Company Singapore
(On behalf of SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG))
With over 15 years in the FMCG, HNW and employee engagement sectors, Julian Chee was blessed with the opportunity of launching AIA’s Corporate Vitality in 2016, with resounding success. Currently helming the Enterprise Business Segment in Prudential Assurance Company Singapore (PACS), he and his team are focused on developing the right tools and propositions to empower PACS’ distribution channels towards excellence in the group insurance business.
In particular, the SME Skills Accelerator program was borne out of PACS’ dedication to serving and supporting our SME community and partners. By providing them with customised content, advice and training, the program aims to enable and future-proof their businesses to not only survive but thrive in this “new normal”.
Mr Jason Chan
Deputy Director, Enterprise Programmes Division
Workforce Singapore
Jason Chan oversees the Programmes and Partnerships & Outreach teams as well as the Job Redesign (JR) – Centre of Excellence at the Enterprise Programmes Division at Workforce Singapore. He works to promote Job Redesign for businesses, develop programmes that enable business productivity and focusses on WSG’s programme outreach through the various touch points such as the TACs. In this session, he will share an overview of WSG’s programmes that enable businesses to remain resilient as they embark on their workforce transformation to achieve business sustainability, productivity gains and address manpower-related issues.
Workforce Reimagined: Competing Forces Shaping the Future of Work

Speakers' Profile
主讲嘉宾简介

Ms Lin Rui Wen
Executive Director
Sheng Siong Group

Lin Ruiwen is the Executive Director of Sheng Siong Group Ltd. She is responsible for identifying, charting and implementing sustainable business strategies in new growth areas, especially in merchandising, marketing, management and business development for fresh fruits and vegetables. She also chairs the Business Excellence, Sustainability and Risk Management committees of the Group.

Before taking on the role of Executive Director, Ms Lin joined the Group in 2009 as a Manager of International Business Development and was promoted to Senior Manager in 2014. At that time,
she was already managing the direct sourcing, import pricing, marketing and merchandising of the company’s fresh fruits and vegetables.

From 2021 to 2023, Ms Lin is appointed as a member of the Standards Development Organisation’s Technical Committee on Food Processing and Distribution. She has also been appointed as a member of the Singapore Business Federation Jobs and Skills Advisory Committee from 2021 to 2022. Ms Lin obtained a Master’s Degree in Public Affairs from Sciences Po Paris, France, in 2009. She graduated from Singapore Management University in 2005, with a Bachelor of Science (Economics) Degree. Currently, Ms Lin serves as the Secretary to the CDAC@Ang Mo Kio Management Committee.

She is also the daughter of the Group’s Executive Chairman, Mr Lim Hock Eng.

Mr Ng Yi-Xian
Group CEO & Executive Director
EtonHouse International Education Group

Ng Yi-Xian oversees the operations of the EtonHouse International Education Group which runs schools from infant care to high school in 11 countries across 120 campuses. As a second-generation entrepreneur and son of founder Ng Gim Choo, he is driven to take the group to the next level — he has been instrumental in the creation of new brands such as the Middleton International School, a revolutionary niche of affordable international schools in Singapore and The Eton Academy, that provides inquiry led academic enrichment programmes from Nursery to Primary 6.

Prior to joining EtonHouse, Mr. Ng worked in finance in the United States. He was an investment banking analyst at Credit Suisse’s New York Global Industrials Group, where he focused on mergers, acquisitions, and debt and equity financings. Thereafter Mr. Ng joined North Run Capital, a hedge fund based in Boston, where he sourced, researched, analysed and executed on investments.

In his free time, he enjoys the outdoors, adventure sports, and pursuing mindfulness as he leads the culture of mindfulness and well-being in the organisation. A father of twin boys, Yi-Xian is experiencing the joys and challenges of parenthood while he also oversees the education and well-being of more than 20,000 students in the EtonHouse schools.

Mr Goh Jia Yong
Partner, People Advisory Services
Ernst & Young Advisory

Goh Jia Yong provides a wide range of people consulting services that support digital and workforce transformation projects in multiple sectors — such as public services, manufacturing and telecommunications — by linking business strategies to people-organization dynamics. These cover the design of organization structures, job redesign, manpower planning, development of a high-performance culture, talent management, succession planning, as well as business process review and optimization.

Jia Yong is a Professional Singapore Certified Management Consultant with TUV SUD. He holds an MBA from Singapore Management University, as well as an MA in Applied Economics and a BA in Political Science and Economics from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, US.

Session Chair
Prof Jean Yeung
Provost Chair Professor, Department of Sociology & Founding Director,
Centre for Family and Population Research (CFPR)
National University of Singapore (NUS)

Professor Yeung Wei-Jun Jean is a Provost-Chair Professor in the Department of Sociology at the National University of Singapore (NUS). Before Singapore, her academic career includes more than 20 years at the University of Michigan and New York University. She is the inaugural President of the Population Association of Singapore and the founding Director of the Center for Family and Population Research in NUS. She is a council member of the International Sociological Association RC06 and was a council member of the Asian Population Association in 2018-2021. Professor Yeung has received many prestigious awards and led national surveys on family and children’s well-being in countries including the USA, China, and Singapore. Professor Yeung’s current research includes various family demographic issues in Asia. She has published extensively in leading journals, cited widely in academic publications and high-impact global media, and served on the editorial boards of many leading international journals. Her recent publications include volumes on Family and Demographic Transition in Southeast Asia, Family and Population Changes in Singapore, Productive Aging, Young People in Uncertain Labor Markets, Family and Economic Stress in Asia, Family Policies and Care Regime in Asia, and Migration and Marriage in Asian Contexts.

The Future is Data: Capitalising on the Power of Smart Data and Digital Ecosystems

Speakers' Profile
主讲嘉宾简介

Dr Bryan Tan
Chief Scientist
Carro

As Carro’s Chief Scientist, Bryan Tan leads technological innovations in Carro’s Southeast Asia operations for various countries in South East Asia, each with unique market dynamics. This includes the wide deployment of data analytics and statistics, data modelling and machine learning to actualise business objectives.

Data is a vital ingredient in market disruption. Here at Carro, we harness data, science and tech to drive innovative projects like Carro Anywhere, Singapore’s first contactless car selling platform. Technical advances include usage-based insurance on mileage and even usage based insurance leveraging on telematics, computer vision and engine sound analysis to reduce subjectivity in manual inspection.

This tech-centric approach has been a leading factor in establishing Carro as a top used car marketplace in Asia. Carro has experienced an impressive rate of expansion, achieving a landmark unicorn status in 2021. Their remarkable valuation has bolstered their financial services and set the stage for additional regional expansion and accelerated AI development.
Bryan is also an established academic, obtaining his PhD from the University of Cambridge in Earth Science. He has taught and spoken at renowned academic institutions including Goldschmidt-Paris, University of Cambridge, Oxford University and Australian-ANSTO on a wide variety of topics ranging from nuclear physics to computer engineering. He is also an esteemed associate/ fellow of professional organisations such as The Geological Society, London, The Oxford and Cambridge Society of Singapore, Society of Medical Physicists (Singapore) etc.

Mr Liau Eng Soon
Cluster Director, Digital Utilities Cluster
Sectoral Transformation Group
Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA)

Liau Eng Soon joined IMDA from A*STAR in May 2020 as Cluster Director for Trade and Connectivity (T&C). Although Eng Soon is new to IMDA, the work areas are not new to him. He led the Industry Development Group (IDG) in A*STAR, where T&C was part of the portfolio. During his time in A*STAR, he worked with both MNCs and local enterprises, including SMEs, helping them with technology innovations and productivity improvement. He strongly believes that technology and digitalization will help our companies gain competitive advantages in the marketplace.

Eng Soon assumed Cluster Director for Digital Utilities in Apr 2022. In this new portfolio, he oversees the Digital Utilities Strategy, as well as the development of IMDA’s current suite of Digital Utilities – E-Invoice, TradeTrust and SGTraDex. He is also concurrently the CEO of SGTraDex Technologies Pte Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of IMDA.

Eng Soon is an Aeronautical Engineer by training and he spent 20 years in the Republic of Singapore Air Force as an Air Engineering Officer. He joined IMDA after spending 8 years in A*STAR.

Mr Philip Weiner
Chief Data Officer
bolttech

Philip Weiner oversees the data insights function at bolttech. Over his career, Philip has used his passion and creativity to put customers’ needs first and create new and unique data-driven solutions. Prior to joining us, Philip worked in insurance and consulting across various functions including product, finance, and risk management.

When not in the office, he spends most of his time chasing his three young kids around his apartment.

Session Chair
Mr Tay Woon Teck
Managing Director, Business Consulting &
Head of Private Client Services
RSM Risk Advisory

Tay Woon Teck is currently the Managing Director of RSM’s Business Consulting and Head of Private Client Services. He consults and assists entrepreneurs to build a corporate culture of resilience. His area of work focuses on helping entrepreneurs discover and preserve value in their business, create or co-create values through innovation and digitalisation, rehabilitate ailing companies and recover from failures.

He works with our economic agencies to promote Singapore as a hub for global businesses, assist our entrepreneurs connect with ASEAN and the world through RSM network of firms. He is a frequent speaker on ASEAN, Internationalisation and Managing Digitalisation and Transformation.

He is currently a member of the Global Connect Committee under Singapore Business Federation; and a member of the Industry and Commerce Committee under Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He is a Board Director at the Singapore Centre for Chinese Language. He is the Chairman of The Chartered Management Institute, Singapore Branch, and the First Vice President of The Society of Modern Management.
 
Woon Teck currently teaches corporate governance and risk management in the School of Business (Accountancy) of the Singapore University of Social Sciences. He co-authored the “Doing Business in ASEAN” guide jointly published by RSM, Rajah & Tann Asia and United Overseas Bank in 2015 and 2016, as well as the booklet on “Building a Treasury Centre for Sustainable Growth” in 2018.

市场新动能：永续发展大趋势中的创新营销与消费转型

Speakers' Profile
主讲嘉宾简介

新加坡国立大学
中文EMBA市场营销副教授 兼
学术副主任
李秀平副教授
李秀平， 新加坡国立大学商学院终身教授（副教授）， 新加坡国立大学中文EMBA学术副主任。她在加拿大多伦多大学罗德曼商学院获得营销专业博士。主要从事消费心理学的研究。研究方向是消费环境对消费者判断和认知的影响以及感官营销。她的研究成果发表在消费心理学及市场营销领域最顶尖的期刊里。
新加坡永续科技公司
创始人兼首席执行官
陈秋豪先生

Ted Chen is the Co-Founder and CEO of Evercomm Singapore – “one of Asia Pacific’s fastest growing Sustainability AI companies in the cleantech sector.” Evercomm is a Singapore Digital (SG:D) Accredited company and works closely with the United Nations and various governments worldwide to pilot industry-scale sustainability transformation initiatives. He is also the youngest to receive the prestigious Singapore Energy Award and recognized as one of the digital pioneers by the Singapore Committee on the Future Economy (CFE).

Beside Evercomm, Ted is an expert technical partner for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), International Telecommunication Union’s Generation Connect board member, Science Policy Focal Point for the United Nations Major Group for Children and Youth (UN MGCY), and a Global Public Entrepreneurial Policy Liaison on the 2021 IEEE Entrepreneurship Steering Committee. Ted has notably received the Nanyang Outstanding Young Alumni Award from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and made it to World Cities Summit Young Leader and Forbes’ Inaugural 30 Under 30 Asia List.

The Mask Fellows
联合创始人兼品牌总监 及
品牌达人
国际品牌策略顾问
陈姿韵女士

国际品牌顾问陈姿韵有超过十五年的丰富品牌策略设计经验，品牌公司The Brand Fellows为新加坡中小型企业打造了不少辉煌成绩。

她的顾客群也包括跨国公司，政府部门,《福布斯》500强企业，例如Citi, Royal Bank of Canada, Raffles Hotels & Resorts, Unilever, Dow, Hilton Worldwide, Prudential 等等。

她的品牌建设过程独一无二，因为多年面对对生意，设计和品牌毫无概念的管理层，所以她自创了自己的品牌规划模式，让许多不了解品牌管理的人都可以加入策划。

2013她获得由新加坡英国商会颁发的优秀专业人士奖，2020年在疫情高峰在我国设立了口罩工厂The Mask Fellows。

论坛主持:
德勤
亚太区及东南亚气候变化与
可持续发展服务领导合伙人
何智权先生

Brian Ho is a Partner and the Climate and Sustainability Assurance Leader for the Asia-Pacific and Southeast Asia at Deloitte. He has 20 years’ experience in sustainability and providing professional services to clients. Before joining Deloitte, he spent 8 years as a sustainability leader at an international professional firm, and 10 years as the China Director of an APAC based sustainability consulting firm. Brian has been leading engagement teams to work with clients on ESG implementation such as ESG strategy, ESG investment frameworks, governance and management, internal controls, data management, sustainable finance assurance for issuers. He holds a number of positions in sustainability sector and now are proactively promoting the development of climate and sustainability in the region. He is also a PhD candidate focusing on governance and ESG.

Family Business: Building Longevity Across Generations

Speakers' Profile
主讲嘉宾简介

Mr Edmond Wong
Director
Kim Choo Kuek Chang Pte Ltd
Ms Sabrina Chong
Head, Corporate Development
Luxasia
Mr Chin Wei Yao
Group Chief Corporate Officer
HMI Group
Mr Lee Woon Shiu
Group Head, Family Wealth Planning
DBS

Lee Woon Shiu is Group Head of Wealth Planning, Family Office and Insurance Solutions at DBS Private Bank.

Lee has over 20 years of experience in advising multi generations of ultra-high net worth families in Asia Pacific on the strategic structuring of their governance, succession and philanthropy concerns. He has been active in driving the growth of the wealth planning and family office business of DBS in Greater China, Indonesia, Malaysia and USA, leading DBS to score accolades as Best Bank for Family Offices from Asiamoney and Professional Wealth Management.

Lee graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from the National University of Singapore. He is an Advocate & Solicitor of Singapore, a Solicitor of England & Wales and an accredited Trust & Estate Practitioner. He is also concurrently Adjunct Associate Professor at the Nanyang Technological University of Singapore where he regularly lectures for family offices, bankers, and trust practitioners.

Session Chair
Mr Mark Lee
CEO
Sing Lun Holdings Ltd
Writing the Next Chapter from Globalisation to Regionalisation to Thrive Ahead

Speakers' Profile
主讲嘉宾简介

Mr Chin Wei Yao
Executive Director & Cheif Corporate Officer
HMI Group
Mr Michael Tan
Founder Director, Aquarii SG and
CEO, Aquarii BD Cambodia

Michael Tan is Aquarii’s Founding Partner and a member of the board of directors in Singapore and Cambodia. He has over 20 years of experience in Asia. Prior to establishing Aquarii, he was the Singapore Ambassador to Cambodia from 2016 to 2020, where he took an active role to promote trade, collaboration, crossborder business partnerships, and knowledge-sharing between the two countries. Michael has served in several overseas assignments in Myanmar, South Korea & Japan. Michael has been the key driving force in formulating the strategic direction and development of the Aquarii SG’s business, including Aquarii’s expansion into Cambodia. Michael is based in Cambodia and leads the executive management team in Aquarii BD Cambodia as its founder and CEO.

Aquarii BD (Cambodia) is a Business Strategy and Development company incorporated in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It is a subsidiary of Aquarii SG, a Singapore holding company that has been established through the partnership of Oceanus Group, a public listed company on SGX and Mr Michael Tan.

Aquarii aims to partner and connect businesses and investors, create opportunities and relationships, and help grow their partnerships, investments and projects
based on the values of trust, integrity and transparency, underpinned by the Singapore brand of efficiency, accountability and long-term planning. Specifically
for the Cambodian market, Aquarii endeavours to position itself as the bridge or gateway for foreign investors and businesses to the Kingdom through a blended
offering of its free access online business accelerator platform (www.AquariiBD.com), its network of preferred partners and resources, and a compendium of pragmatic advisory services that offer insights on local market conditions, prospective partners, domestic political and socio-economic developments, among others.

Ms May Chng
Partner & COO
Flexxon

May Chng joined Flexxon as part of the pioneer team, and currently oversees the company’s business strategies and operations. An integral part of Flexxon’s leadership team, Ms Chng has over 18 years of experience in the Electronics and Memory industries, specialising in business development, strategic planning, and industry partnerships. Equipped with wide-ranging experience and knowledge in executive management and business operations, Ms Chng’s innate leadership competencies enable her to surpass all obstacles and achieve commendable results for the company.

Ms Chng has played an key role in representing the company’s market-leading technologies and products on local, regional and global platforms. At TechInnovation 2020, an annual technology-industry brokerage event organised by IPI, Ms Chng presented Flexxon’s latest innovation – the X-PHY® Cyber Secure Solid-State Drive (SSD) – to a virtual crowd of numerous industry leaders and partners. The event saw innovators and collaborators come together to discuss the latest innovations and technological solutions to address the challenges of tomorrow, fostering greater collaboration between Flexxon and key industry partners and investors.

Session Chair
Mr Satya Ramamurthy
Global Co-Head for Public Transport
KPMG
Investing in Social Good: A Win-Win Proposition for Businesses?

Speakers' Profile
主讲嘉宾简介

Ms Shirley Lim
General Manager
Fullerton Health

Shirley Lim is the General Manager of Fullerton Health Foundation and the ESG Officer for Fullerton Health.

Shirley is uniquely positioned to Do Good for the company through the Foundation, promoting Affordability and Accessibility to Healthcare. She has successfully led the Foundation to achieve a charity status and implemented the sustainability program for Fullerton Health as the ESG Officer. Shirley resided in the US for almost 30 years and was part of the American Red Cross as their Branch Manager with the Greater Hartford Chapter in Connecticut.

Due to her passion for the philanthropic sector, Shirley returned to Singapore to continue her calling of being of service to others and bringing much-needed programs to vulnerable communities.

During the early days of COVID, she successfully pivoted the Foundation’s programs from in-person to virtual events by leveraging technology. Utilizing Fullerton Health’s digital app, she offered teleconsultations to the beneficiaries, allowing them to stay home while still having continuous access to medical attention when needed.

Shirley is a Fellow of the NVPC Company of Good Intake 4 Fellowship.

Mr Ang Kian Peng
Director
Samsui Supplies & Services

Ang Kian Peng oversees the food processing business, procurement and FMCG. He is also in charge of CSR outreach for the Group. Samsui is the winner for President’s Volunteerism and Philanthropy Award – SME for 2016. Kian Peng is also a Channel News Asia’s 20 Champion for Change.

Mr Seah Kah Howe
Director
Seah Kim Cheok Construction

Seah Kah Howe is a Director at Seah Kim Cheok Construction Co. (Pte) Ltd. Being in a family business, they believe in constructing beautiful homes for families to grow. Kah Howe is active in the Built Environment as Singapore Construction Association Ltd Young Leader. Together with his family, he looks after the construction and property development business. They strategise their business to grow financially while maximizing social value. Having participated and learnt from the National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre’s Company of Good scheme, they have clinched the top project of creating a mobile application called Grow Studio for migrant workers. Their CSR scheme helps migrant workers to improve by teaching English language and other skills in their native mother tongue such as Tamil, Burmese, Chinese etc. With better communication skills, the migrant workers can have a better chance of climbing the career ladder. The project benefits both the construction company and the migrant workers, creating value for both.

Ms Melissa Kwee

CEO
National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre (NVPC)

Melissa Kwee is the third Chief Executive Officer of the National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre (NVPC). As the spokesperson for a wide range of causes, she has been involved in mobilising resources and people to aid in community development. She has assumed roles as the Chairman of Halogen Foundation, a
youth leadership organisation and President of UN Women Singapore (formerly known as Unifem Singapore), where she tackled trafficking issues and initiated various community campaigns to engage and empower youth as advocates.

She received the Singapore Youth Award in 2007 and Asean Youth Award 2008 for her leadership and service. To help teenage girls on probation reintegrate into society, she founded Beautiful People, a programme of Beyond Social Services, which pairs mentors with teenage girls to offer guidance, life skills, and friendship. Upon returning to Singapore, she started Project Access — a values-based
leadership education initiative to inspire and equip girls and young women to be role models for positive change.

Her career has spanned the public, private and community sectors as anthropologist, researcher, educational programme designer, social innovator and as a catalyst in the private sector. She has served on many public service
and community boards to advance the mission of causes she believes in including the National Arts Council, the Singapore Repertory Theatre, the ITE Board of Governors and Prison Fellowship International. She is currently on the
boards of Crest Secondary, a specialised school for technical education in Singapore; 70×7, an initiative by the Prison Fellowship Singapore, Pontiac Land Group and Honestbee.

She holds a degree in anthropology from Harvard College and received a Fulbright Scholarship to study ethnic-based community leadership in Nepal.

Session Chair
Ms Fang Eu-Lin
Partner, Sustainability & Climate Change
PwC Singapore

Fang Eu-Lin is a Partner with PwC Singapore. She leads the Sustainability and Climate Change practice in Singapore and is part of the wider Global ESG Leadership team. She has over 19 years of experience at PwC (Singapore and London) and has extensive experience in sustainability and climate advisory and assurance engagements. During her career, she has led projects including across financial services (consumer and corporate banking primarily), real estate, oil and gas, utilities, shipping, telecommunications, resources and healthcare. Eu-Lin also serves on the Expert Board for Appeals under Singapore Carbon Pricing Act at Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, ACCA’s global sustainability advisory member and advisory board member of NUS Centre for Governance, Institutions and Organisations (focused on sustainability reporting research). She is also the Audit and Risk Chairman of a healthcare-related not-for-profit and the Audit and Risk Chairman of a education institute in Singapore.

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Salesforce helps SMEs across the globe, Asia and Singapore to find more quality leads, win more deals faster, and keep more customers with personalised service in this digital-first world.

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SPTel is an ST Engineering and SP Group JV that provides unique connectivity and digital services for our customers as their business class digital services provider of choice. We own and manage a fibre network that is physically diverse from the incumbents and deliver <1ms latency performance island-wide. With Singapore’s first born-in-the-cloud network that is end-to-end software defined with network functions virtualisation we provide cutting edge solutions such as bandwidth and cyber security on demand. Our business class digital network is further enhanced with Edge Cloud capabilities via our access to secure pervasive hubs. SPTel’s award winning IoTas-a-Service is one solution that leverages this capability to perform analytics closer to the things, events and people for optimum device and network performance.

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