Catherine Khaw is a data literacy advocate and Founder of DNA Capitals, where she helps organizations build competitive advantage through digital and analytics-driven transformation. Awarded the 2021 SkillsFuture Fellowship by the President of Singapore, she works at the intersection of data strategy, business design, and decision science. Catherine champions the idea that data should be as fundamental to leadership as finance—moving beyond dashboards and governance to real-time, strategic insight. She partners with leaders to embed analytics into core planning, operating models, and innovation agendas, reframing analysts as creative contributors to business model design.
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Awarded as one of Asia's Top-10 Women in IT, Dr. Meadows leads an Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center at S P Jain School of Global Management -- a Forbes Top-20 International Business School -- creating growth initiatives at the intersection of IT, business strategy, and design. Her research, teaching, consulting, and coaching span Design Thinking, Leadership, Creativity, Entrepreneurship, Sustainability, and the Future of Work (FoW) and Education (FoE). She co-founded and chairs a corporation working for tiger conservation, ecologically- and socially-sensitive economic growth (sustainability), and people programs. Holding a Doctorate in Business Administration & IT from Harvard Business School, Dr. Meadows has over 25 years’ experience in Asia, Europe, and North America as a consultant, coach, entrepreneur, eBusiness builder, innovation lab co-founder, and Accenture IT & Business Strategy consultant.
Jin Chong is a versatile technology entrepreneur and developer with 30 years of experience in the Asian IT ecosystem. He is the Founder and Managing Director of 7-Network Pte Ltd., having worked with global enterprises including Murex, Philip Morris, Fuji Xerox, Aspen Insurance (UK), Euromonitor International, and McDonald’s Asia Pacific. A prolific creator of robust client-side software solutions, Jin has built multiple technology ventures. In 2013, he founded Sync4DR, an infrastructure-centric data protection platform enabling affordable business continuity solutions. In 2017, he founded JET Workflow, a codeless enterprise workflow platform that pioneered the integration of Design Thinking, Fail Fast, and DevOps to shorten software development life cycles and accelerate digital transformation outcomes.
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Walter de Oude is a fintech entrepreneur and insurance innovator best known for founding Chocolate Finance and Singlife. As Founder and CEO of Chocolate Finance, he is reimagining how people grow their spare cash by offering a simpler, more accessible alternative to traditional savings products, built around the idea that better returns can help people live richer lives.
Previously, Walter founded Singlife in 2014 and led its growth into one of Singapore’s most significant financial services success stories, scaling the business to a valuation of S$3.2 billion by 2020 through organic and inorganic expansion. Before Singlife, he held senior leadership roles at HSBC Insurance Singapore, including CEO, and also served as a Director of HSBC Asset Management. His earlier career included actuarial and consulting roles with Swiss Re and Willis Towers Watson.
Walter is also the founder of Chocolate Ventures, investing in early-stage companies where he can add strategic value.
João Custódio is an accomplished business leader with over 15 years of experience in customer success, sales, and revenue management across the Asia-Pacific, Japan, and China (APJC) regions. As Managing Director of APJC Renewals and Revenue at Cloudflare, João drives customer retention and revenue growth by leading renewals, optimizing customer success strategies, and fostering strong client relationships in the digital security and performance space. He has expanded his expertise to cover key regions, including ASEAN, India, and Korea, focusing on customer satisfaction and business innovation. João also shares his industry insights as a Thinkfluencer at Tigerhall, a mentorship platform bridging the gap between education and real-world success. Previously, he held senior roles at Autodesk and Cisco, where he led sales and subscription renewals initiatives across the APJC region. João holds a Master's in Computer Science from FCUL and executive education in Business Administration from the National University of Singapore.
Eric Neo Say Wei is a senior business leader and fintech ecosystem builder specialising in capital markets, fintech, and digital exchange platforms. With 21+ years of combined experience across entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship, and VUCA leadership, he has held senior leadership roles across BT Group, UOB Kay Hian, CMC Markets, RTS Realtime Systems, and FlexTrade Systems. Eric is a Board Director at Medway Investments (family office with $100M+ AUM, established 1980) and former President of Hg Exchange, a digital private securities exchange recognised by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) in 2021.
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Michael Henry is a global leadership specialist with over two decades of experience driving digital transformation and large-scale systems integration across Australia, Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas. He has led complex global infrastructure services, influenced organizational direction in highly complex environments, and driven structural alignment to improve capability and business outcomes. Michael’s work spans leadership development, enterprise transformation, and large-scale change programs across multinational organizations.
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Amit Agrawal is an investment banking and corporate finance professional with 20+ years of experience across M&A advisory, transaction structuring, restructuring, family business advisory, capital raising (Angel, Seed, VC, PE), debt syndication (INR and ECB), business planning, and valuations. He has advised clients across India, the US, the Middle East, and Asia and serves as guest faculty and entrepreneurship mentor at institutions including FMS, MDI, SRM, FORE, FIIB, IILM, and Jaipuria.
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Arvinder Gujral is CEO of WATI.io, where he scaled the B2B SaaS company from seed to Series B ($30M+ funding), serving 8,000+ customers across 80 countries. Twitter’s first India hire, he built APAC operations pre-IPO and delivered 750% growth as SEA Managing Director. Earlier, he led Aircel’s pan-India 3G rollout, generating $100M+ revenue, and was named to Infosys 30 Under 30 during his Silicon Valley stint. Arvinder now advises startups on APAC expansion and SaaS scaling as an investor and board member (TiE Singapore, IAB).
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Amit is a highly accomplished serial entrepreneur and technologist, who set up CarDekho, utilizing technology to provide a smooth car buying and selling experience for users, disrupting a traditionally unorganized market. Following his roles with software companies, he ventured into entrepreneurship and established his own startup. During his stint in Texas, he set-up a software outsourcing company, GirnarSoft, before realizing the opportunity in the used car space, which led him to set up CarDekho. Amit’s trajectory from a IIT-graduate software engineer to an entrepreneur underscores his unwavering commitment to innovation and leveraging technology for the benefit of users. His remarkable achievements have cemented his reputation as a trailblazer in the industry, inspiring others to pursue their entrepreneurial dreams while creating meaningful impact. He is currently an investor and also features as a judge on Shark Tank India while being involved in scaling up his ventures
Amit is an internet product manager by profession and an entrepreneur at heart, passionate about understanding customer needs and delivering simple, technology-driven solutions. With a wealth of experience, he has built and led global cross-functional teams at OLX Autos, OYO Hotels & Homes, Times Internet, and People Interactive. Amit’s unique working philosophy and design practice approach have consistently empowered his design teams, giving them stronger voices and greater influence within organizations. His dedication to product development is driven by a commitment to creating impactful, user-centric solutions that meet the evolving demands of the digital marketplace.
For 12+ years at Google, across New York, London and Singapore, Gautam led marketing, sales and business development teams in matrixed environments to deliver business results at scale for almost every major Google B2B and B2C product - including Android, Chromecast, Chromebooks, Google Cloud Platform, Google Ads, Google Play Store, Google Assistant, YouTube Premium and YouTube Music. He is now bringing his global experience to other businesses by founding his own strategic advisory practice, Snowbird, where he takes on short-term assignments to help businesses find their next step. He's appeared on Harvard Business Review's QuickTake and speaks at prestigious conferences such as HubSpot Connect and European Stratup Festival. His passion lies at the intersection of tech and culture, where he explores how they shape each other and what that means for brands and people.
Sabrina Ho is a dynamic leader in Singapore's tech and business sectors, currently serving as a Technopreneurship SIG Executive Committee Member at the Singapore Computer Society since March 2022. In this role, she spearheads initiatives to nurture innovation and partnership among tech startups, focusing on the Business to Business segment. As the Founder & CEO of half the sky®, Sabrina empowers women across Asia Pacific by connecting them with career opportunities at organizations committed to diversity and inclusion. Co-founding KS Global Group in 2018, she drives initiatives like Half The Sky and Candid-I, dedicated to advancing women's careers and optimizing talent acquisition. With extensive expertise as Managing Director of KS Partners and R.E.D Partners, Sabrina specializes in legal and HR recruitment across Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa. Her career is defined by a steadfast commitment to fostering diversity, innovation, and impactful leadership in global business environments.
Gautam Prakash is a technology and business strategy professional with extensive experience aligning IT solutions with business objectives. He has led client engagements focused on translating complex technical concepts into actionable insights for business leaders. Gautam brings hands-on experience across modern frameworks, delivery methodologies, and solution architecture, with a strong track record of stakeholder engagement and partner collaboration. He is known for delivering structured presentations that bridge technical depth with commercial relevance.
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Yul Bahat is a veteran global cybersecurity expert and Director of Cybersecurity at Kiteworks, with over 20 years of experience spanning public and private sectors. He has led cybersecurity and intelligence initiatives at GOV.IL, shaping national-level threat detection and proactive defense, and later served as a CISO/CTO in international organizations across Europe. At Kiteworks, Yul drives bug bounty programs, internal red team development, and application security efforts—integrating threat modelling and continuous web-application pentesting into secure CI/CD processes. A thought-leader and keynote speaker, he advocates for advanced approaches such as isolation over mere detection. Yul also mentors cybersecurity professionals and coaches career development, shares insights on AI, ML, and bug bounty cycles, and consistently champions secure-by-design principles across cloud and enterprise environments
Max Ang is an insurance technology advisor and data science specialist with deep experience advising insurers and fintech firms across Asia-Pacific. Based in Singapore, he spent over five years at Celent, where he led technology research, market forecasting, and strategic advisory for C-suite leaders navigating digital transformation.
Earlier in his career, Max worked as a machine learning engineer and data analyst at organizations including OneConnect, OCBC, and DBS Bank, focusing on credit risk, OCR solutions, and enterprise analytics. He holds a Master’s degree in Enterprise Business Analytics from the National University of Singapore.
As a speaker, Max explores AI adoption in insurance, data-driven decision-making, and the role of storytelling in analytics. His sessions blend technical depth with industry relevance.
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