Adeline Tiah is an accomplished marketer with more than 20 years' of experience across top banks, telcos and startups. She is passionate about building brands and high-performance teams. A certified practitioner in human-centered design thinking, Adeline facilitates design thinking workshops at work and in universities. She is currently an adjunct lecturer at a local university, teaching a module on digital and social media marketing. Adeline also partners with high-growth startups to help them identify strategic blind spots, create their value propositions, and develop their go-to-market strategies in the VUCA world. She is also an International Coaching Federation-certified executive coach with more than 250 hours of coaching experience. Adeline exemplifies the reinvent mindset - always keeping abreast of emerging trends, finding opportunities for growth, and building her network and multi-disciplinary skills.
Jochen Wirtz is Vice Dean MBA Programmes and Professor of Marketing at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He is a leading authority on services marketing and management with more than 200 academic publications. His books include Intelligent Automation: Learn How to Harness Artificial Intelligence to Boost Business & Make Our World More Human (2021), Services Marketing: People, Technology, Strategy (9th edition, 2022), and Essentials of Services Marketing (4th edition, 2023). With translations and adaptations for over 26 countries and regions, and combined sales of over 1 million copies, they have become globally leading services marketing textbooks. He has worked with international consulting firms, including Accenture, Arthur D. Little and KPMG, and major service firms around the world. He has also been an angel investor in a number of start-ups like Dataswyft (www.dataswyft.io) and TranscribeMe (www.TranscribeMe.com).
Victor Mills, with a dedicated 37-year commitment to Singapore, currently serves as Chief Executive at the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce. Bringing 29 years of Asia-Pacific finance experience, he holds pivotal roles at ESSEC Asia Pacific, IRAS, and esteemed institutions, providing transformative leadership to the business, academic, and public service sectors. Victor's dynamic leadership, coupled with a diverse skill set in areas like business development, change management, securities, financial risk, and team management, positions him as a valuable contributor across academia, public service, and the industry. His adept navigation of complexities and strategic execution showcases a robust career trajectory, leaving a lasting impact on various sectors.
Mimi Nicklin is a renowned HRD certified global leadership and motivational speaker with clients such as Aditya Birla Group, Big Basket, Coca-Cola, KPMG, Emirates, Standard Chartered, and many more. Her engagements focus on changing needs of the diverse employee groups that organisations are committed to motivating, engaging and leading into the future - and how to match organisational goals with those of the individuals responsible for driving them. Her areas of intervention and focus are overcoming conflict, listening-led leadership, enabling communication to drive performance and working in a multi-generational and cross-team environments that leaders and managers need today. She leverages the latest insights in high performance and leadership into commercially sound strategies for people and companies to do their best work by putting emotional intelligence at the core. As an inclusive leader, she passionately talks about empathy as the road to engaged culture, consistent performance, transformational management skills, psychological safety, and inclusive team success.
Clarice’s life experiences bring about powerful and inspiring messages. She inspires change through her courageous, vulnerable, and authentic speeches. Her mission is to help more people attain Adaptability, Resiliency and Transformability in their personal or corporate lives. She believes adaptability and resiliency go hand in hand and shares how internal perspectives are impactful in achieving resiliency, helping individuals bounce back from adversity and adapt more effectively. Encouraging an adaptive mindset can help individuals recognise that change is inevitable, both personally and within organisations, and should be seen as an opportunity for personal growth and development.
Manoj Menon is the founder and CEO of Twimbit. Prior to founding Twimbit in 2018, Manoj was a Senior Partner and Asia Pacific Managing Director at Frost & Sullivan. He was a founding member of the team in Asia, joining them in 1996 as an analyst. He went on to help them expand their presence in over 13 countries and become a leading advisory firm in the region. Manoj is passionate about technology, innovation, telecommunications, and customer experience. He defines the research agenda for Twimbit and works with some of the largest companies to help them drive change, integrate technology, and build better experiences for all stakeholders. Manoj has spoken at over 1,000 seminars and private conferences in the last decade across all continents. He has a strong background as a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Bachelor's degree in computer science engineering and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Business Administration.
Andrew Sng, the Senior Partner and Managing Director of DPI Asia, brings over three decades of expertise in strategic leadership. With a diverse business background in technical, sales, marketing, and training roles, Andrew founded DPI's Asian operations in 1982. Throughout his career, he has facilitated the development of strategic profiles for over 300 organizations in the Asia Pacific region and has trained more than 20,000 executives in DPI's critical thinking processes since 1983. Andrew have assisted over 300 organizations from across a wide range of industries (from family business, promising SMEs, apex bodies of industries, government & government-linked companies to foundations and social services oragnisations) in the Asia Pacific region to formulate their strategic blueprints.
KV Rao is a distinguished corporate leader with an illustrious career spanning diverse industries and enterprises. Currently serving as the Resident Director – ASEAN for Tata Sons Limited, the flagship company of the Tata Group, KV is a seasoned professional with a wealth of experience and expertise in international business. With leadership roles in various industries and a notable tenure with the Singapore Civil Service as a Director with International Enterprise Singapore, KV's professional journey is marked by a strategic focus on Asia. His experience spans across 40 countries, covering both developed and emerging markets, showcasing his prowess in global business dynamics. KV serves as the Chairman of significant Tata subsidiaries, including Trust Energy Resources, Tata Power International, Tata Capital, and Tata Capital Advisors in Singapore.
Jacky D. Teng, a prominent figure in the tech world, has made significant strides in innovation and entrepreneurship. Awarded the Singapore Top 100 Entrepreneur Award in 2022, Jacky has been recognized for his contributions to technology and innovation. His work includes developing a pivotal app for COVID-19 testing and screening, contributing to cancer technology research through apps, and participating in the Google Coding World Championship. Additionally, he has launched NFTWetMarket, a leading platform for NFT and Web3 trading, and created educational apps like QuizWe and Count Safe. In the medical field, his AI-based application for early cancer detection showcases his commitment to healthcare technology. His consistent ranking in the Slingshot World Championship from 2019 to 2020 highlights his competitive spirit and technical proficiency. Jacky's diverse skills range from video content creation to business consultancy, reflecting his versatile and impactful career in technology and entrepreneurship.
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