FOCUS Magazine - Cybersecurity

FOCUS | 2019 – Issue 69 | Cyber security

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Alcatel: Cybersecurity and the Healthcare Industry

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Idemia: Identity security reinvented

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Put on the Map: Jumpster

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Lazada: Fighting Cybercrime: On the Defence With AI

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Patron Member Spotlight: Coface

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Thales: Securing cyberspace

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Alstom: Cybersecurity and the Railway Industry

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Exclusive Network Asia: Innovating, Disrupting, Securing

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Webdrone: AI powered cyber investigations

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Orange Business Services: Cybersecurity in a Digital Ecosystem

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Business Services French Chamber Events

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Markus Braendle

Head of Airbus CyberSecurity

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ybercrime has become one of the biggest threats to everyday life, not just to individuals but to industries all over the world. It’s now as complex and unpredictable as ever. To cope with the ongoing threat, organisations are moving away from simply building high walls to focused investment on forward planning, intelligence, real-time detection and response, all of which can be costly, time consuming and overwhelming.

At the other end of the network connection, highly motivated hackers are acting like entrepreneurs in a world full of opportunities. They use simulation techniques to test which methods can evade regular protection systems, for instance anti-virus software. They target smaller organisations and public administrations which have limited resources for cyber protection or have long reaction times, and reuse some of the extremely powerful cyber weapons used by governmental organisations.

On the industry side, the exponential use of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) within manufacturing has made it a prime target for cybercrime especially extortion attacks. Industry 4.0 and its use of IIoT technology for real-time data collection of production processes is

creating an additional risk due to the low maturity of cyber security protection devices.

Another worrying trend is how ransomware is now a real issue for public sector organisations. With ransom sums rising dramatically in 2018, a growing number of organisations have been paying up. This isn’t sustainable, especially in the public sector, but banning ransom payments might deter extortion attacks and encourage investment in security designed to avoid them happening.

Cyber-security should be assessed at board level and managed as part of an organisation’s corporate riskmanagement. Having a multi-skilled team who are able to collaborate internally and externally can also be the difference between survival or falling victim to cybercrime. No single department or organisation can fight cybercrime alone. It takes a collaborative effort from everyone in the business.

Being prepared is key to overcoming a cyber-attack. It is not easy but knowing what your organisation could potentially face is the start of putting a successful plan of action into place. F

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JCDecaux Expands Cinema Advertising Network JCDecaux Singapore announced an expansion of its cinema advertising network with the addition of two new cineplexes. Advertisers will be able to reach out to more cinema audiences with the opening of Shaw theatres in Jewel Changi Airport in the first half of 2019 and in Paya Lebar Quarter.

Mathieu Girardin, Vice President CMA CGM Asia Regional Office, accepted the award on behalf of the Group and declared: “We are very pleased to receive this award which highlights our commitment to Singapore, where we have established our regional hub for Asia-Pacific and where we have launched a series of initiatives and collaborations with homegrown maritime companies. We are proud to thereby actively contribute to Singapore’s status and development as an international maritime center.”

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The CMA CGM Group, a worldwide leading shipping group, has been awarded the International Maritime Centre (Corporate) Award at the Singapore International Maritime Awards 2019, which are organised by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA). This award recognises the company which has contributed the most significantly to Singapore’s economy and to its development as an international maritime center.

Brands looking to advertise in cinemas will be able to select from 21 cineplexes islandwide, an increase from the previous range of 19 cineplexes. The opening of two new cineplexes will also raise the number of

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CMA CGM receives the International Maritime Centre (Corporate) Award at the Singapore International Maritime Awards 2019

halls from the current 151 to over 170 halls. Jewel, the first of the new cineplexes to open, is expected to be able to accommodate over 800 seats. With this expansion in coverage, JCDecaux will own nearly 70% of the cinema advertising market share based on the number of cineplexes, up from the previous 60%, reinforcing its position as the largest cinema advertising network in Singapore.

ENGIE Factory launches in Singapore to Boost Asia-Pacific’s Energy Transition and the Energy Startup Ecosystem ENGIE has launched ENGIE Factory Asia-Pacific in Singapore, the company’s strategic venture arm for the Asia-Pacific region.

It will focus on driving world changing solutions and greater efficiencies in renewable energy through new, critical ventures with startups, corporate partnerships, and strategic investments.

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We work with great founders and startups alike that solve real issues. For the f irst time, ENGIE Factory Asia-Pacif ic will enable them to access vital funding and expertise in the region to help fast-track their solutions. With Enterprise Singapore’s support, we were able to understand the startup landscape, and get connected to various startups, SMEs, and ecosystem enablers.

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Ubisoft startup programme expands into Singapore as Ubisoft Entrepreneurs Lab U bisoft revealed the opening of an all-new Southeast Asian division of the program. D ubbed the U bisoft Entrepreneurs Lab, this new initiative will be headed by U bisoft Singapore as part of a greater push to launch U bisoft into the international startup space. The expansion will be the U bisoft Entrepreneur Program’s first venture

outside of North America and Europe, and into Asia. The introduction of the Singapore studio into U bisoft ’s Station F program not only situates the studio as a committed player in the region’s startup ecosystem, but also allows U bisoft experts to collaborate with external talent in an all-new way. F

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Strate School of Design, Singapore opened a campus, hosted at the National Design Centre to explore new ways of urban development through a Master in Design for Smart Cities, in both part-time and full-time formats, and a comprehensive yet thoughtprovoking suite of short programs and Lifelong Executive Education trainings.

Visioglobe completes interactive map for Jewel Changi Mall

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The mall has opened its gates on the 17th of April an its live application allows visitors to find their way within the center and have a global view of the 300 shops, restaurants and hotels via/through their mobile.

This futuristic mall of 365 000 sqm is also connected to the 3 airport terminals, houses an indoor forest on 5 floors and the biggest indoor fountain worldwide which is 40 meters high.

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Air France announces exclusive partnership with Michelin-starred chef Julien Royer, offering new exceptional dishes in La Première and Business cabins From April 2019 to March 2020, Chef Julien Royer’s new signature dishes will be ser ved exclusively in Air France’s La Première and Business cabins departing Singapore, available on-board long-haul flights from Singapore to Paris-Charles de Gaulle This is Air France’s first Michelin-starred chef partnership in SingaporeFrom April 2019 to March 2020, the acclaimed twoMichelin-starred chef, Julien Royer has designed a new tailormade and regularly renewed menu for Air France passengers travelling between Singapore and Paris-Charles de Gaulle.

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Marina Bay Sands, has appointed Lagardère Sports, one of the world ’s top sports and entertainment marketing agencies, as its Sponsorship Consultant to market commercial opportunities for the world-class integrated resort in Singapore.

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Nicolas Ricard, Countr y Manager for Air France Singapore said: “Air France is privileged to embark on this exciting partnership with Michelin-starred Chef Julien Royer of award-winning restaurant, Odette. This is the first collaboration of its kind in Singapore, and we believe that the 12 remarkable dishes he has created exclusively for Air France are testaments of our commitment to bring only the best of French offerings to our customers.”

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Partnering healthcare institutions to drive consumer satisfaction: A quality of life perspective Sodexo, the world leader in Q uality of Life Ser vices, opened with a keynote speech about quality of life in the healthcare industr y during the Institute of Ser vice Excellence at Singapore Management University ’s 2018 results announcement.

Blancpain awarded in Singapore for its commitment towards ocean protection On the occasion of the Asia Dive Expo (ADEX) Blancpain was awarded a prize for its longstanding commitment in support of ocean conser vation. Receiving the Asia Dive Expo’s inaugural “Dedication to Ocean Conser vation Award ”, Ms. Emmy Tellier, Blancpain Regional Brand Manager Southeast Asia, expressed her gratitude on behalf of the brand to all passionate divers, under water photographers and Blancpain partners who have been strong supporters of the Manufacture’s numerous projects and endeavours towards ocean exploration and preser vation.

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Sodexo APAC House welcomed participants from the healthcare, banking and insurance industries at the 2018 full year results announcement for the Customer Satisfaction Index of Singapore (CSISG) by the Institute of Ser vice Excellence at Singapore Management University (SMU). According to the study, Singapore’s customer satisfaction level rose for a third consecutive year, with all eight measured industr y sectors recording higher scores. F

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The Future of Trade Credit Insurance In an interview with our Patron Member, Bhupesh Gupta, CEO Asia Pacific, Coface shares about the business of trade credit insurance, the company’s strategy in Asia, and the importance of Singapore to the organization.

Do share with us about your career at Coface.

I joined Coface as the Chief Executive Officer for the Asia Pacific region since October 2016.

Prior to this, I was the Chief Risk Officer for Asia Pacific of GE Capital, responsible for risk and credit oversight of businesses and joint ventures with consumer and commercial finance assets - at peak, of around $90B in the region.

At Coface we have made significant improvements to customer focus and our expertise to drive smart customer outcomes. At the same time we ensure that we leverage our shared service center in Bangalore to drive efficiencies and project excellence while ensuring risk and client management remain decentralised and close to clients.

As a result our turnover was the highest ever in 2018 and our profits significantly exceeded budgets. Both our client and intermediary surveys show a high level of satisfaction. We continue to drive focus in all these areas and hope to continue to drive strong business results across the Asia Pacific region

Could you tell us about Coface’s strategy in Asia?

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Coface has offices in 13 countries in Asia Pacific. We are the first credit insurer to enter the Asian market and with the most extensive network in the region. Our strong local support provides our customers with the best services in terms of response time and local understanding of risks.

As Asia is still the fastest growing region in world trade, we are

committed to provide services that enable our customers to trade safely with their trading partners in more than 200 countries even in existing difficult environments. In addition to credit insurance, we have also introduced business information services and debt collection services to strengthen our role as the partner of our customers in managing trade risks.

How important is Singapore to your organisation?

Coface entered the Singapore market in 1994. It is the first country we started our business in Asia. We have been a Sponsor Partner of Enterprise Singapore’s Loan Insurance Scheme since 2004.

Singapore provides an excellent base for our business. The ethos of the Singapore government strongly supports our own “Coface - For Trade” philosophy and approach.

According to the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), about 4,200 firms have regional headquarters in Singapore compared to about 1,500 in Hong Kong and 500 in Shanghai. It is also the regional headquarters for many of our business partners like brokers and banks.

What are the challenges and opportunities for Coface in Asia?

Trade credit insurance is more developed in Europe. It is estimated about 15% of European companies buy credit insurance. However, the penetration rate could be as low as less than 5% in Asia. The main reason is that the awareness of trade credit insurance in Asia is still

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very low. Most of the companies in Asia still do not have a strong understanding of the importance of receivables risk management. One of our major challenges is to build awareness of the product and getting companies to understand how well our solutions can protect them and facilitate their trade.

Accounting to WTO, Asia accounts for more than 28% share of world’s export reaching USD4,875 billion in 2017, which is the largest among other regions. The market is huge and gives us great opportunity to develop. Coface has more than 70 years of history in the trade credit insurance. We insure the unpaid receivables risk for over 2 million buyers in more than 200 countries.

Our expertise in trade risk provides the most reliable protection to companies in Asia to trade with new and existing buyers in the world.

In 2019, we also see surging political risks arising from Brexit, trade wars between US and China, and instability in Middle East which will have impact on international trade.

Thanks to our strong economic research department, we are closely monitoring country risk in 160 countries and 13 sectors to ensure that we can provide the best advice to our customers on their trading partners.

Could you briefly share with us Coface’s credit insurance process?

Trade Credit Insurance (TCI) is an effective financial risk management tool that protects a seller against losses from non-payment of a commercial trade debt. After our customers sign the TCI agreement with us, they will be given access to our on-line policy management system which they could apply for a credit limit of any buyer company in the world. Coface will then inform our decision to our client via the tool.

Our client could trade with its buyer within the credit limit approved by

us. If the buyer defaults in payment or go bankrupt, our client can apply a claim and we will indemnify up to 90% of the trade amount.

With strong protection on the trade receivables, our clients can focus on their resources to develop more business with new and existing buyers. Besides, TCI also secures the financial operation of our clients which can also help them get better financing.

Any latest initiatives in Singapore to share with us?

Through discussions with local governing bodies, I recently agreed to relocate to Singapore and now Singapore is the Asia Pacific regional headquarters. As South East Asia is now the growth engine in the region, we are working on some new strategies to expand our development in South East Asia with the market access advantage of Singapore. We will also organise our annual flagship event ‘Country Risk Conference’ in Singapore in November.

As a strong supporter of the French Chamber, how would you describe its role for French companies in Singapore?

I think the French Chamber provides a good platform for French companies to develop their business in Singapore. It provides different advisory services, business matching and networking opportunities for French companies in Singapore. We also join the annual Gala dinner and other events organised by the Chamber every year. We are proud to be a patron member of the Chamber again this year. F

th e wat e r cool e r ch at What time are you at your desk?

– Generally between 9 and 9:30am, but I start working early in the morning - generally clearing emails received overnight so that I can reach office with a “lighter” inbox.

A business/management book you’re reading?

– One of my favourite recent books is Blink by Malcolm Gladwell.

Who inspires you?

– Actually many people I have worked with over the years. I have tried to emulate expertise and practical philosophy from many of the really good professionals I have worked with over the years.

Cannot really pick one.

Your motto in life?

– “Tender-handed stroke a nettle, and it stings you for your pains; Grasp it like a man of mettle, and it soft as silk remains.”

When something needs to be done, approach it sensibly but firmly and drive execution – don’t take up things if you are going to be doing it half-heartedly.

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Cybersecurity and the Healthcare Industry Do you have any exciting security projects or initiatives that you can share with us?

We believe that a detailed security policy that defines rules that limit access based on the time of day, the device in use, among other factors, is key to managing cyber risks. A secure digital infrastructure must be able to validate data, behaviours, and destinations, and it must automatically respond to threats.

Control at the access level is clearly one of the most effective layers for network defence and, it’s never been more important. User and device authorization prior to connecting to a network asset is critical. The ability to quarantine suspicious activity and run health checks on devices can stop a breach before it happens. In addition to providing ALE customers with solutions that mitigate the risk of cyber attacks, our privacy by design approach adheres to European GDPR requirements to ensure that customer data is protected. We also build security into our own networks, for example, we recently implemented a multifactor authentication (MFA) process to protect employee email accounts from phishing attacks.

Today the healthcare industry is experiencing a spike in the number of devices and sensors coming into their facilities. Manually onboarding and configuring these devices is just not an option. Never mind the potential for human error. From staff, to visitors, to the actual medical devices, each one brings a potential security risk.

Security breaches that impact patient data or medication records are not unique to any particular part of the world. The fact is, they are happening more frequently, everywhere, and they are impacting lives. At ALE, we believe in a layered approach to cyber security.

At the foundation is a secure LANWLAN infrastructure. Next, security policies need to be defined for users and devices. Virtual segmentation of Internet of Things (IoT) is key to creating a secure environment.

Layering in location-based services that identify the location of staff, patients, devices and assets can also help administrators keep their fingers on the pulse.

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Pierre Samson, Senior Vice President, APAC, AlcatelLucent Enterprise, shares about the case for a layered approach to cyber security in the healthcare industry.

We know that security is top of mind for all enterprises. Whether it ’s our healthcare, education, transportation, hospitality or government customers, they all share the same concern. How do we reduce the risk of a cyber attack?

We believe that taking a standardsbased approach is key to protecting their business. And, we were pleased to announce, earlier this year, that we had achieved ISO 27001 Certification.

This certification is an internationally recognized standard that addresses security risks and asset management in an Information Security Management System (ISMS). The good news for our customers is that with the ISO 27001 standard built into our solutions, they benefit from best-practice information security management.

IDENTItY SECURITY: REINVENTED Tim Ferris, APAC President of IDEMIA shares with us on augmented identity and challenges in identity security.

Do tell us about IDEMIA and what is augmented identity?

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IDEMIA, the global leader in Augmented Identity, provides a trusted environment enabling citizens and consumers alike to perform their daily critical activities (such as pay, connect, travel and vote), in the physical as well as digital space.

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Our leitmotiv, we stand for Augmented Identity, means that only you can be you, and only you can prove it.

We allow each identity to ensure privacy and trust and guarantees secure, authenticated and verifiable transactions.

By designing market-conquering solutions with biometric data, your identity can be verified with a simple glance or the tap of a finger.

IDEMIA has strong expertise with the merger get together of two complementary and unique firms: Oberthur Technologies, a big digital security firm, and Morpho, security and identity solutions world leader.

IDEMIA provides Augmented Identity for international clients from Financial, Telecom, Identity, Public Security and IoT sectors. With 13,000 employees around the world, IDEMIA serves clients in 180 countries, striving to combine security and user-friendly practices.

How do you see today’s challenges in identity security evolving?

Our first challenge is to secure our identity as it becomes mission critical in the world we live in today: nowadays people use their identity to pay, travel, cross borders, get to work, have fun, open bank accounts, request medical attention and use their smart devices. This list will only get longer in years to come. Regarding the wide range of environments and usages, identity security has become paramount.

IDEMIA strives to dream up the future with innovations that will radically change people’s daily lives. We reinvent the way we think, produce, use and protect one of our greatest assets – our identity – whether for individuals or for objects, whenever and wherever security matters.

Could you imagine a world infinitely secure and yet so simple? A world without queues, administrative formalities or time consuming paperwork. Or imagine hiring a car without getting your wallet out: a quick smile at your smartphone and no more paperwork. Think of a world where your smartphone and love of music are all you need to get to a concert: with our pre-check technology and a smartwatch, waiting in line will be consigned to history. Think of a future where you could open a bank account in just a few seconds, on-site or remotely or where you can get to an airport’s Duty Free area in less than 10 minutes: a mere selfie is enough to check your identity and you can securely pass through all ID checks. All this is now possible thanks to IDEMIA. We, at IDEMIA, are determined to turn this world into reality by reinventing identity and we have already great success stories across the Asia-Pacific region.

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Can you tell us about some new technologies at IDEMIA? Our Research & Development has always been a core IDEMIA feature. It underpins our business as our R&D teams are striving daily to develop big tech innovations of the future. Nearly 1,500 patents have been filed in biometrics, digital identity, artificial intelligence, cryptography, security measures, identity systems, security protocols, airport terminals and cards. With an innovation-centric mindset, IDEMIA develops 10% new patents every year and, from 2018 and over the next five years, we will invest €1 billion in R&D. Furthermore, IDEMIA has developed strategic partnerships to roll out cutting edge tech solutions in booming markets. For instance, as a big step forward in the security and identification market, IDEMIA partners with Singapore Changi Airport to use biometric technology giving passengers a secure, modern and seamless experience. The airport held up as the world’s most innovative airport terminal.

IDEMIA has also teamed up with big blue-chip banks to offer F.CODE cards, a banking card to turn fingerprints into pin codes! F

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Put on the Map: jumpster Sebastien de Peretti, Co-Founder of Jumpster

Who is Jumpster and why did you decide to concentrate on cybersecurity?

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Jumpster is a business development and tech venture company based in Singapore. We help innovative companies to accelerate in the region by finding new customers and sales partners, and then co-investing to build their local entity.

Amongst others, we are concentrating on cybersecurity as a key market sector in the region, because of the very high stakes it represents for businesses and government alike, and the increasing need for very innovative solutions to mitigate these risks.

Why have attacks been so successful?

Cyber attacks have evolved from “Hackers in their garage” to much more advanced organisations of cybercriminals and even statecommanded ones.

Fraud actors are now using cyber reconnaissance techniques to spy and select their targets, and automated tools (increasingly using AI) to create never-seen-before malware attacks (aka “Zero Day”) to achieve their goals. They are very well organized, and an entire value chain exists on the so-called dark web, where various types of data can sell between fifty US cents to tens of US dollars each. Bad actors are therefore pocketing large financial benefits and are extremely motivated to continue to bypass IT defenses.

Additionally, cyber criminals are making attack kits available for non-technical wannabe hackers to launch cyber attacks. This results in a rapidly increasing volume of advanced, evasive cyber threats.

How are businesses and government agencies responding?

Many countries throughout the Asia Pacific Region have recently started to implement Notifiable Data Breach schemes: when a business suffers a data breach, it must notify affected parties and the relevant government body about data breaches which are likely to result in serious harm.

Singapore, Australia are leading the way in that effort.

At enterprise level, IT security is fast becoming a Board-level priority.

But SMEs are still under-equipped to protect themselves, traditional security solutions are no longer up to the task when it comes to protecting organizations and skilled IT security professionals are in high demand, same as innovative tools that can support tomorrow’s next attack.

How is France perceived in Singapore for cyber solutions?

France ANSSI and Singapore CSA have had a long-lasting relationship and strengthened their collaboration since the signature of a MOU in 2015. French technology providers are very well perceived, and mid to large companies have already paved the way, as confirmed by the presence and success of THALESGEMALTO, OBERTHUR,

SOPRA STERIA, OBS and we see now more startups and SMEs flourishing in the region as BERTIN, QOSMOS, SECURE IC, WALLIX, WEBDRONE… Also, Singapore attained in January 2019 the status of a Certificate Authorising Nation under the Common Criteria Recognition Arrangement, which is a real opportunity for French solutions already certified!

How is Jumpster participating in the cyber eco-system?

Through the French Tech initiative, we are actively participating to the French Tech Cyber Community, that is gathering around cyber topics.

In parallel to our activity, we are also tying strong relationships with local communities like ICE71, Div0 and Cylon, participating as mentors to their cohorts, introducing local startups to our network of potential investors and customers.

It’s important to understand the challenges faced by the corporates and what type of technology would make sense to bring to the market. Attackers are wiser and wiser, but technology is evolving fast as well.

Hence, we are seeking motivated and very innovative French cyber startups to accelerate in Asia-Pacific and facilitate their access to the region. We interrogate our channel partners and potential customers in the region if they would integrate such solution. We have a very pragmatic approach to be able to deliver real projects fast. F

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Fighting Cybercrime: On the Defence With AI What is your approach at your organisation at Lazada?

How important is cybersecurity for Lazada?

What are today’s concerns?

Cybersecurity is an integral part of Lazada’s identity and a differentiator between us and our competitors.

Nothing is more important to us than our customers - both buyer and sellers - and protecting their data is our responsibility. Lazada has been investing a lot in cybersecurity for many years in order to protect our customers data (we have millions of daily users). Today, our cybersecurity team is made up of 40 professionals and we are still growing.

Nowadays, everything is interconnected and any software or system is vulnerable. We cannot rest on our laurels, thinking that we will never be hacked. Cybercriminals are well-organised and can attack from anywhere in the world through the internet. They sell personal data, credit card numbers and even Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) on the dark web in exchange for money.

Companies who are not well protected will suffer from DDoS, intrusion, malware, etc. A challenge for a major e-commerce company like Lazada is to stay safe and secure. We need to be nimble enough to adapt to everevolving risks to protect the business. Also we operate at scale: we process huge amount of data and have to analyse in real time to pick up any malicious activity.

So our approach is to collect comprehensive and relevant data, define/implement detection algorithms and automated responses, analyse alerts for potential false-positive and sharpen our algorithms. To ensure we are always spot-on, we constantly test our defences with our cybersecurity teams.

What do you find the biggest challenge in safeguarding a cybersecure ecosystem for Lazada?

One of our main challenges is to find cybersecurity professionals who can outsmart the bad guys who are trying to hurt us. Cybersecurity professionals, like Data Science specialists, are one of the most in-demand people today. As we rely massively on automation and artificial intelligence, we need to recruit the best and the brightest to run and implement the automation and train the AI. What matters most are the human brain and wits behind the machine.

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For example during web attacks, we can block about 10 millions of malicious requests per month with our WAF ( Web Application Firewall). This technological innovation was developed by Alibaba. Our web traffic is automatically analysed by our big-data platform and machine learning algorithms to detect malicious traffic. When a vulnerability is detected and can be blocked by our WAF, it is completely automated. The only human intervention needed is reviewing potential false-positives (a false positive is when there is an alert triggered by a genuine activity) that has been detected

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Standard approaches to cybersecurity do not work in our context. For example, our websites have thousands of pages, and the content changes daily. It is impossible to rely on a manual approach. Instead, we invest heavily on automation and artificial intelligence. There is hardly any need for human intervention as automation frees up the people and man-hours required to monitor alerts and respond to them manually.

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Could you tell us about Thales and the business of cybersecurity?

Lee Siu Min, Director of Security & Services at Thales Singapore, shares about the company’s recent initiatives in the domain of cybersecurity and particularly in the context of Singapore.

The people we rely on to make the world go round – rely on Thales.

Our customers (governments, institutions, enterprises and even cities) from civilian and defence businesses across market segments including aerospace, space, ground transportation, security, defence and digital security - come to us with big ambitions: to make life better, to keep us safer. Following the acquisition of Gemalto, our cybersecurity business has certainly expanded as we set out to create a world leader in digital security. We now have a broad portfolio of digital security solutions based on technologies such as digital identity, data protection, biometrics and more broadly, cybersecurity.

Indeed, as businesses digitise and become more interconnected, the need to protect the entire

digital lifecycle – from enrolment, authentication, encryption, and the right to be forgotten – is critical.

Our customers are looking for endto-end solutions that allow them to ensure their digital interactions are trusted, protected and secure.

To better support the digital needs of our customers, we created a new global business unit: Digital Identity & Security (DIS), which incorporates all legacy businesses from Gemalto, and Thales’s existing digital activities including Thales eSecurity, Guavus, and the Digital Factory.

Combining this with our expertise in artificial Intelligence (AI), big data, cybersecurity, connectivity, Internet of Things (IoT), mobile and the cloud, Thales is now in a better position to accelerate the digital transformation of the Group, whilst addressing our customer’ needs in securing their digital infrastructure and assets.

space, including our acquisition of Vormetric, which provides data protection solutions, and Guavus, a company providing real-time big data processing and analytics; not forgetting to mention the Thales Digital Factories that were launched in Paris, Montreal and Singapore.

Our goal is to be able to cover all of the digital needs of our customers and DIS will be instrumental in accelerating Thales’ and our customers’ digital transformation.

What are the biggest cyber threats you have encountered here in Singapore?

Thank you! It was certainly a major milestone for us.

Digital security is of increasing importance and relevance to customers in every sector of our business. Gemalto joins us with great talents and key capabilities in identity authentication and data protection technologies, putting us in a leading position in digital security – be it security software, expertise in biometrics, multifactor authentication or the issuance of secure digital and physical credentials.

Let me give you two examples of how our customers can experience greater value from our combined portfolio of solutions. In the banking sector where we have helped banks to securely authenticate mobile and online transactions at lighting fast speed, together with Gemalto, we can now provide banks with adaptive authentication and even greater security using AI and advanced analytics. Another example is in aerospace where we are seeing the trend of connecting devices and things. Together with Gemalto’s IoT solutions, we can connect drones and pilots to Thales Traffic Management systems and ensure all information and data exchanged are secured, and drone identities are authenticated in real-time.

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What Singapore needs to do to combat the multi-faceted and rapidly-changing threat landscape, is to have an allrounded, comprehensive cybersecurity strategy.

This includes having safeguards built-in from the onset, in the system architecture and ensuring defence systems are fail-safe by continually testing them as hackers are also constantly coming up with new techniques.

Of course, a comprehensive cybersecurity strategy is nothing without skilled cybersecurity experts and citizens who are highly aware of cyber threats and risks. Aside from enhancing the technological capabilities, Singapore also needs to continue to develop the cybersecurity talent pool in the country.

This includes developing the skills of veteran IT professionals for cybersecurity roles through the acquisition and exchange of knowledge and experience plus training the wider workforce to be more proficient in cybersecurity.

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Congratulations on the successful acquisition of Gemalto this April! How does this change your portfolio in cybersecurity?

Some of the biggest cyber attacks we have seen in Singapore include the database breach of Singapore’s largest public healthcare group, SingHealth, where hackers stole information on 1.5 million patients. However, being a successful, developed nation with attractive assets, Singapore can be perceived as a prime target for hackers.

Additionally, as methods used by cyber criminals to gain access into critical digital infrastructure, systems, and data become more sophisticated, Singapore needs to maintain a high level of vigilance on the digital security front.

Cybersecurity and the Railway Industry Eddy Thesee, VP Cybersecurity of Alstom shares about how cybersecurity concerns the railway industry and its latest efforts in the domain.

How is cybersecurity related to the railway industry?

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What has always been key to the railway industry are the core tenets of reliability and safety. Over the last few years, the railway industry has seen various deployment of technologies, and railway systems have become more vulnerable to threats and possibilities of attacks.

From WIFI communication systems to external components used in the railways, new systems are opening up doors to risks, threats, and possibilities of cyber attacks. It is thus important that the railway industry looks carefully at putting in place cyberprotection and resilience measures, and deploy technologies to close these gaps. It is also key to deploy an efficient vulnerability management process to support the long lifecycle of our products and solutions in a fast changing world.

What are the latest efforts at Alstom regarding cybersecurity?

The new challenge over the last few years has been to reorganise the delivery roadmap and maintenance of our products. This means making changes not only to the development in our products, but also in the way we are training people and introducing new technologies.

One way where we go about doing this is finding existing best practices with industry partners; a notable example is an agreement we have embarked on with Airbus to introduce some aircraft best practices and standards in the railway business.

At Alstom, we are certified CMMI level 3, which is a certification given to organisations able to operate homogenously across the world. This means that when we implement or redefine new processes, for instance in the context of emergency protocols, these processes are updated worldwide. When we implement new measures, we are careful to ensure that they are robust and well-trained, so as to be deployed everywhere.

Tell us more about your partnership with Airbus. What are the similarities between your industries?

Well firstly, the aircraft and train industry are in the same business of moving people and goods. And both industries involve critical infrastructure. What is a core aspect of our industries - common to our DNA - is in fact, ensuring safety.

What is different then is the level of standardisation in our practices and protocols. Processes are more or less more standardised in the aircraft industry, whereas it is more localised in the railway industry.

Sharing an initiative like this has helped us bring together expertise from the transportation industry to ultimately meet a common goal, which has been our mission from the beginning - to move people safely and efficiently.

Are there certain cyberthreats that are more prevalent in France or Singapore than others?

We are living in a connected world today, a worldwide system where everyone anywhere could be a target. It is absolutely true that in Singapore, communication systems are well-developed and cyber defence has been made a priority on a national level.

But the dangers of cyber threats can be located remotely everywhere, seeing that all systems are becoming increasingly connected. The fact that we no longer live just in a physically connected world means that threats are more or less the same everywhere.

Are there special plans to implement your practices in cybersecurity in Singapore?

Singapore is very connected and the communication systems are well-developed; therefore cybersecurity has been made a priority. In Singapore, we are collaborating with cybersecurity stakeholders, for example with the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore. We are very happy to introduce what we are working on in cybersecurity in Singapore, as the country would be a great showcase for such new technologies, and for Alstom to demonstrate how a mature, efficient, protective railway system can function. F

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What kind of business challenges do you see vulnerable to cyber threats today?

More and more businesses are embarking on a digital transformation journey, making use of big data, IoT, etc. to address traditional problems.

Digital transformation seeks to address many key business challenges such as speed to market, and to maintain business agility in a facepaced environment.

Cloud services and applications are more widely used than ever, and with this comes security challenges. While businesses strive to embrace digital transformation, they also think of how to maintain the same, if not similar, security posture as an onpremise setup. Skills and knowledge are key to ensuring businesses remain secure.

Exclusive Networks carries more than 10 top tier cybersecurity vendor brands, all of which continue to evolve, in terms of product lines and available features, to help businesses address the latest cyber threats.

Solution integration plays an integral part of delivering effective security.

For example, in the healthcare sector, we could deploy Forescout NAC (network access control) with Palo Alto Networks NGFW (next generation firewall) integration.

This combination helps to provide great visibility into connected devices within the environment, and help control and identify any noncompliant or rogue devices that are connected to the network. With Palo Alto integration, a foreign device can be locked down and/or quarantined in no time.

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Exclusive Networks has an ambitious mission.

Headquartered in Paris, the global specialist VAD for cybersecurity and cloud solutions operates in 100+ countries with Euro 2 billion in revenue and 1,800 employees.

Exclusive Networks is on a mission to help partners innovate and disrupt at scale; addressing the widening skills shortfalls in cyber and cloud that threaten to undermine the digital evolution of millions of organisations worldwide.

With a proven platform for growth, Exclusive Networks is able to accelerate market opportunities for technology vendors that are both leaders and disruptors. This is complemented with a broad suite of compelling services and skill competencies that ensure the longterm relevance of channel partners in the face of fast-moving customer challenges.

With this winning formula, Exclusive Networks has enjoyed unprecedented global growth by capitalising on the explosion and rapid adoption on cyber and cloud solutions.

Could you share with us the latest technologies at Exclusive Networks regarding cybersecurity?

Any of these examples in Singapore?

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Jonathan Juay, Vice President Asia of Exclusive Networks Asia shares about the business challenges that are most vulnerable to cyber threats today.

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AI powered cyber investigations Emilie Philippe, APAC Managing Director, Webdrone, shares with us about the cybercrime the company tackles and how it uses AI in its investigations.

Could you tell us about Webdrone and the cybercrimes you tackle?

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Webdrone is the leader in cybercrime investigation software and services with 2 awards won in 2018 (Global awards anti-counterfeiting + Security Trophy of Brands & Products protection). Currently, more than 80 clients including top brands around the world use Webdrone to expose and fight online illicit trade.

Founded by a team of former cybercrime and economic intelligence experts formerly from the French military police, the company is based in France, with offices in Singapore and the Philippines.

Webdrone technology has been successfully used to solve critical cases over the world in many different domains such as counterfeiting of luxury and life products (foods, beverages, cosmetics, pharmacy, etc.), human and wildlife trafficking, investigating on fraud or the root of an event… Three concrete examples: • Fake medicines Fake medicines are not only illegal drugs, it is a very important threat for health that kills hundreds of people every year. In addition, terrorists used it for financing their activities. A mission performed all over South East Asia detected and identified fake medicines vendors networks.

• Illegal animal trafficking The world is dealing with an unprecedented spike in illegal wildlife trade, threatening to overturn decades of conservation gains. Ivory estimated to weigh more than 23 metric tons was seized in the 13 largest seizures of illegal ivory in 2011. Poaching threatens the last of our wild tigers that number around 3,890. Wildlife crime is a big business! Run by dangerous international Organized Crime Groups (OCG), wildlife and animal parts are trafficked much like illegal drugs and arms.

The Webdrone platform has been used to monitor

forums, market places and the darknet to both evaluate the traffic and detect its agents.

• Compliance Due Diligence More and more companies are attentive to deal with the good partner, to hire the correct person, to buy and merge with the company who which has no reputational issues (corruption, money-laundering, financing terrorism, fraud…) on the Market. High-level makers request us to investigate on the digital footprints of a person or a legal entity to assess the business opportunity or strategic hiring.

How are you using technology to fight cybercrime?

Webdrone’s team developed proprietary web (clear, deep and dark) crawling technology, investigatory logic and parsing algorithms. It is a flexible configuration system where a specific mission is defined based on the ontology, the goals (the targets to detect), the connectors (websites, marketplaces, forums, etc) and the extractors (information from textual document, images, video…).

Data-driven investigation engines called ‘virtual drones’ are launched to crawl the Internet and collect the data. The engine then recomputes in real time the best investigation plan and orchestrates the tasks. They act as a cyberinvestigator specialist but faster.

The ‘virtual drones’ execute the investigation to find the documents, analyze and score them. If the information is interesting in the framework context of the mission, the extracted entities are returned to the investigation engine.

At the end, the virtual drones draft links and map an unprecedented scope of online activities and criminal networks.

What are the costs of not doing enough to protect our business?

Clients are partners, they are trained to use Webdrone’s system directly and the expertise is shared. Some of them prefer to outsource their investigations to the Webdrone’s team who works closely to define the strategy, debrief the results found and provide recommendations. At the end, it is the same common goal, to fight against illegality and immorality.

The costs of not doing enough to protect businesses is to lose marketshares, to let the place to bad guys to sell untrusted products to your consumers, to not care on the future and let the Internet becomes a trashbin of fakes and immoralities… But the key cost is to affect the reputation of the company / individual built hardly during several years and which could be lost within few days.

lie.philippe@w e bdr one.f r - V isit us at Singapor e Inte r pol Wor ld booth 2nd 4th July 2019

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“Our Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) based in Singapore analyzes cyberthreats in the AsiaPacif ic region” Thanks to monitoring tools managed in conjunction with ten Security Operations Centers (SOCs) which are spread across the globe, we can ensure the constant monitoring of companies’ computer equipment. This allows us to react quickly when unusual behaviour is detected: machine learning tools are continuously fed with a mass of technical information extracted from companies’ infrastructure.

This artificial intelligence assists analysts in developing response scenarios. Its algorithmic capacity

“Like in a hospital, we monitor viruses in a highly secured epidemiology laboratory” Via its epidemiology lab and Signal Intelligence Orange Cyberdefense brings together rare expertise to analyse malicious software. Like medical teams specializing in viruses, the Orange Cyberdefense teams study these aggressive programmes in different technical environments. This is done in order to understand their characteristics and the intentions of their developers: this empirical approach is useful in identifying

Orange Cyberdefense in brief • Turnover : 353 M€ in 2018 • Over 1500 people • + 1600 multinational and thousands of SME customers worldwide • https://cyberdefense.orange.com/en/

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This expertise is brought together in order to help prevent a potential cyber-attack or to identify and limit the impact of an actual breach. In the circumstance where an attack could not be prevented incident response specialists (CSIRT, Computer Security Incident Response Team) are available to rapidly intervene and contain an incident regardless of the geographic location. This ability to mobilize experienced practitioners to intervene quickly and take appropriate actions to protect the client’s interests, preserve evidence and promote a return to normality is a major differentiating factor in choosing one’s cybersecurity partner.

Orange Cyberdefense is dedicated to providing services to support decision-makers and companies at a time when cyber-attacks are at their most destabilizing. Being the trusted partner in the protection of a company’s essential data goes to the core of Orange Cyberdefense’s mission.

In terms of the digital economy, one must be in the position of guaranteeing availability, integration and interoperability of the data which is collected and exchanged.

We ensure that we are present at each stage of the production cycle and exploitation cycles in order to verify that its use corresponds to the interests of its owners.

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The Digital economy requires permanent access to your data and information systems. This digitisation certainly achieves value creation but is also likely to find itself weakened by insufficient consideration to cybersecurity criteria. This is particularly the case when equipment falls victim to hacking and especially when the attack is executed in succession in order to maximise the effect on production lines, financial exchanges or the availability of public services.

attack strategies used by hackers.

Their classification, informed by the analysis of the laboratory’s experts, enhances their ability to anticipate digital aggressions.

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Nicolas Arpagian, VP Strategy and Public Affairs, Orange Cyberdefense, shares about the cybersecurity and the digital economy.

enables the exploitation of billions of security events. This analysis is further enhanced with technical signals captured by the Orange group telecom network. Our global scale and presence provides observation capabilities unparalleled among security service providers. The sharing of information via the international alliance of Computer Emergency Response Team (CERTs), of which Orange Cyberdefense is a member, completes the grid for malware in circulation. Our Singapore based CERT team analyzes cyberthreats in the Asia-Pacific region. It is crucial to have a worldwide presence in order to be in a position to acquire and assess information on a global scale. Our experts located in Kuala Lumpur contribute to the collection and exploitation of data pertaining to virus and malwares. This regional cooperation is key to developing the most effective responses to facing down the opportunistic tactics adopted by today’s hackers.

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Companies that the French Chamber helped to incorporate: Hack40 With a track record of tech startup global deployment since 2001, Fabrice Tranier and Sofian Meguellati met in “Silicon Sentier”, the parisian startup district, in 2013.

Together, they participate in the creation of four startups accelerators. Sofian focuses on user acquisition and business development when Fabrice reinforces products and technologies. They gathered an international network of experienced entrepreneurs who have mentored 500+ startups so far.

Since 2014, they have shared their entrepreneurial experiences via Hack40, a corporate accelerator headquartered in Paris & Singapore which supports innovation and digital transformation for MNCs (L’Oréal, Carrefour, Décathlon, Unilever, Axa, Sodexo, Disneyland Paris, Club Med).

They believe that hacking is the right mindset when it comes to deliver innovations on the market.

As a corporate, this is a new culture of thinking and working. Hack40 entrepreneurs embody and share their experience with energy, pedagogy and pragmatism to allow corporate employees work as intrapreneurs: intrapreneurship programmes, project accelerators, leadership bootcamps. F

MMG Consultancy MMG Consultancy was registered in Singapore early 2018 to service clients in South-East Asia. MMG consultancy is a subsidiary from the MM Group headquartered in Hong Kong since 2012. The company provides specialised subsurface services to the upstream oil and gas industry within the SouthEast Asia, Australia and New Zealand region. MM Group Limited delivers services through the whole subsurface value chain, from exploration to production.

MM Group limited is a solution-orientated company that aims to bring the maximum value to our clients by tailoring our processes to the client’s requirements.

Our consulting services range from expert advisory roles across all subsurface disciplines such as geology, geophysics, reservoir engineering to the management of technical integrated project studies including economic modelling.

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Kiwisoft KIWISOF T is a Machine Learning consulting firm specialized in TensorFlow & Keras.

We provide assistance at any stage of an A.I. project, from conception to deployment and training. Our expertise includes deep learning, computer vision, natural language processing, recommender systems, knowledge graphs, anomaly detection and more.

KIWISOF T offers services for financial & insurance institutions, media & telecom companies, healthcare and manufacturing.

KIWISOF T’s CTO, Aurélien Géron, led YouTube’s video classification team from 2013 to 2016 at Google.

He is a Google Developper Expert and the author of the #1 worldwide best-selling technical book on Artificial Intelligence: “Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn and TensorFlow” (O’Reilly, 2017), translated in 8 languages. A new edition will be released mid-2019. Previously he has co-founded WIFIRST in 2002, the French leader in managed WiFi on the Hospitality & Residence markets. F

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n a business and friendly environment, the Business Centre is a platform that allows our members to meet companies, to promote business, expand business contacts, exchange ideas and share their experiences and common concerns.

Spacious and modern office spaces on Orchard Road are, a strategic location in Singapore, available for start-ups to subsidiaries of large MNCs to carry out their business activities in Singapore.

On site, hosted companies take advantage of sectorial committees, more than 150 networking events per year, Asia business development workshops and regular get-togethers for our tenants, as well as the access to all the business services deployed by the French Chamber.

Integrated with the French Chamber’s team, every company using our premises benefits from this proximity.

An exclusive address on Orchard Road to start business in Singapore straight away • Plug-and-play solution for 17 closed offices and 9 open spaces that can accommodate up to 40 people • Flexible service agreement contracts with durations adapted to company needs (3, 6, 12, 24 months) • Receptionist to handle visitors and phone calls • Free access to our meeting rooms (4-5 people) • Conference room (20-30 people) at a preferential rate • IT support • Photocopier / printer, personal phone, daily newspapers, equipped pantry and other services.

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Prospection MissionS The new “Team France Export ”, born from an ambitious public-private partnership between Business France and the French Chamber of Commerce in Singapore, has already served around 30 companies. As a “one-stop-shop”, the French Chamber of Commerce in Singapore assisted these companies in exploring the Singapore market and helped the representatives to meet with potential partners. Numerous sectors are represented, from aviation to health, F&B, HR, lifestyle, sustainability… with always great feedbacks and business perspectives. F

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This business matching session was very interesting and allowed us to identify two potential distributors as well as a company interested by our Master Franchise offer. We are contacting these companies for now but it is likely that we will use the Business Services of the Chamber again, to follow-up with one company in particular .

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Very interesting mission that allowed us to get a very precise idea of the country and its potential.

The prospects were very well chosen and the meeting assistance provided by Wendy Chng-Petit was of a very high quality. She has a great knowledge of the market and is very well organised.

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n France, companies are often struggling with export development. Noticeably for Asia, appropriate human resources and specific budget are needed to face distance, language, cultural differences.

In Singapore, the market is mature and competition is high. Overseas companies often need a local presence to succeed.

Therefore, the French Chamber in Singapore successfully launched a Company Pool Manager services. The aim is to dedicate Singaporean sectoral experts from our team to develop French company sales in Singapore on a part-time basis in short- to middle-term renewable contracts.

Our company pool managers are in charge of companies’ Business Development for strategic as well as for operational purposes like promotion, prospection, follow-up…

Adapted to the Singapore market, this solution lowers the risks taken by the companies and improves the performance of commercial actions undertaken: • it assures local presence on the ground by a sustained follow-up, particularly important in very competitive markets like Singapore • it needs a low financial and no legal commitments from the company • these people have a detailed knowledge of the market and the actors, speak local languages (English, Mandarin, Hokkien) and are able to anticipate and solve intercultural gaps Furthermore, our company pool managers can take care of up to 4 companies, reducing drastically the cost compared to a unique Commercial Director and his expenditures on-site or back and forth trips between France and Singapore.

The companies using this service have concrete results in a high price performance rate: • it confirms potential business interest in this distant country • based on volumes identified during the commercial development, this service can be a good tool to validate a set-up project in Asia Please have a look at our website and/or contact us for a personalised action: bizsupport@fccsingapore.com F

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TradeshowS Broaden your exposure with the French Pavilion INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS AT THE FRENCH PAVILION AT BROADCASTASIA AND NXTASIA 2019 IN SINGAPORE 18 - 20 June 2019 The French Chamber in Singapore organised the French Pavilions at BroadcastAsia and NXTAsia, two focused tradeshows at ConnecTechAsia, Asia’s mega technology event representing the convergence of technologies and industries.

The active involvement of the 19 French companies under our Pavilions this year demonstrates the innovating abilities of French technology companies as well as the importance and influence of these two international tradeshows in the region.

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Themed “The Enchanted Forest“, it was a splendid evening at the Shangri-La on 12 April 2019.

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The French Chamber Gala brought together the Singaporean and French business communities under the patronage of our Guests-of-Honour, Dr Koh Poh Koon, Senior Minister of State for Ministry of Trade and Industry Singapore, and H.E. Marc Abensour, Ambassador of France to Singapore.

Thanks to the very talented Two-Star Michelin Chef Philippe Mille, our guests experienced some of the finest French cuisine in Singapore, accompanied by delicate French wines by One B Wine, Vintage Club and champagne by PerrierJouët.

Special thanks also to the French artists under the direction of Vanessa Guyon from Kurioza Company for the exciting performances, Franco-Cambodian designer Romyda Keth (distributed in Singapore by Rouge) for the glamourous fashion show, and to Nicolas Laville for the beautiful dresses for the emcee Caitanya Tan! Thank you to all our guests for joining the French Chamber Gala Dinner celebration!

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Great thanks to Président (Lactalis Group), Maison Kayser and Danone for a delightful French buffet of cheese and charcuterie, bread, cakes and galettes des rois throughout the day, and also to Club Med, Ginett, Maison Kayser, Merci Marcel, Virtual Room for the great lucky draw prizes for the lucky students!

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SPEAKERS • Antonio Scaramuzzino, Director - Outsourcing Services at SHAFT Ph Consulting • Sharon Lee, Co-Founder of HReasily • Alvin Lim, Small Business Evangelist at XERO • Jamie Tredgold, Founder of The Legal Collective

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AML-KYC - Reporting Obligations and Reputational Risks: A Case Study An insight on Legal & Regulatory Context : France & Europe, Extraterritoriale Application: Overseas French, Cross-Jurisdictional Issues: Local Regulations, Illustration : Case Study. F SPEAKER • Delphine Constantin, Partner, LPA Law, Singapore

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SPEAKERS • Yoon Kim, Country President, Schneider Electric Vietnam, Myanmar and Cambodia • Aymar de Liedekerke Beaufort, Country Head of Vietnam, CEO of BNP Paribas S.A. HCMC branch • Benjamin Yap, Senior Partner, RHTLaw Taylor Wessing Vietnam • Gilles Pascual, Partner, EY (Moderator)

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Embedding Sustainability Reporting into Risk Management – understanding the ASIAN approach Contextualising ERM and SR in the Asian way by cross-fertilising the western philosophy of ERM and SR with Asian culture to navigate the complex business landscape. F SPEAKER • Wee Kwang Koh, Director of CA Trust

Asia Indonesia: Economic Challenges of the Election Winner The challenges and expectations on future policies that could be implemented in Indonesia. F SPEAKER • Alan Lau, Economist, OCBC Bank

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Schneider Electric East Asia & Japan Headquarter and Innovation Hub A visit of the Innovation Hub and the journey of this award-winning building. F SPEAKERS • Damien Dhellemmes, Country President, Schneider Electric Singapore • Lim Chee Kiang, VP Safety, Environment & Real Estate, Schneider Electric EAJP

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ASEAN Smart City Network – Business Opportunities A presentation on the ASEAN Smart City Network and the related business opportunities. F SPEAKERS • Mr Lim Teng Leng, Deputy Director at Centre at Liveable Cities, Ministry of National Development • Mr Borg Tsien Tham, Deputy Director at Ministry of Foreign Affairs Singapore

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A wrap-up of the 2018 Year of Innovation‘s breakfast reception. F SPEAKERS • Singapore EDB, Enterprise Singapore, and Singapore Ministry of Manpower • Pascal Lambert, President of the French Chamber in Singapore

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Singapore Land Authority’s Innovative Geospatial solutions @Geoworks Up-close and personal talks on the innovative use of location data and technologies in powering businesses and smart cities. F SPEAKERS • Ng Siau Yong, Director, Geospatial and Data Division Singapore Land Authority • Pablo Viejo, CEO, PTGEM • Lek Waimun, Chief Data Scientist Schoolber • Speech by Png Bee Hin, CEO LDR Technology Pte Ltd • Hon Chu, Head of APAC Business Operations AirMap

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Capturing Infrastructure Opportunities in Asia This briefing by Infrastructure Asia was targeted at firms providing infrastructure-related services in the region, across various segments of the infrastructure value chain. F SPEAKER • Seth Tan, Executive Director of Infrastructure Asia

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Joint Networking Event Aero / Defence / Maritime & Supply chain At DS Showroom, a networking event jointly organised by our Aeronautics, Space, Defence & Security, Maritime, and Sourcing & Supply Chain committees, a great opportunity to network and exchange with like-minded professionals. Located at the brand new DS Showroom, kindly made available and sponsored for this networking by our member Cycle & Carriage, it was a great warm and relaxed atmosphere for meeting new contacts. F

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An up close and personal conversation to understand best practices and understand how CMA CGM is using digital transformation to better serve its customers. F SPEAKER • Mr Mathieu Girardin, Chief Executive Off icer Asia Pacif ic, CMA CGM M od e r ato r • Frederic Vazzoler, President of Maritime Committee at the French Chamber of Commerce and Global Sales Director at Total Marine Fuels Global Solutions

Offshore project experience sharing – Culzean Topside supply Experience sharing on the global project management, the successful campaign that helped SembCorp Marine to deliver three platforms topside to Total in May 2018. F SPEAKER • Martin Jeandel, Air Liquide Oil and Gas Region Sales Manager

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Digital and E-procurement : A case study of project implementation A case study to give a real view on implementation pain points, success factors and ultimately what ROI has been achieved with e-procurement. F SPEAKERs • Ken OOI, Director of Tenderboard • Julie LE, Senior Consultant at Optimal Cost

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What IoT can bring to your business?

A case study including data value, energy saving solution, space management, with a focus on smart nation. F SPEAKER • Zach Wilson, Managing Director, AlfaTech

F&B Industry Internationalisation, How to make it faster with less risks?

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Best practices and out of the box examples of agile strategies and structures applied by multinational agri-food companies who made successful international growth the past few years. F SPEAKER • Jean Veillon, President of EFESO

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How to boost profitable growth with Sales & Operations Planning An overview of S&OP, the 5.5 key components that drive growth, with a case study on how to manage today’s complex world. F SPEAKER • Frederic Gomer, Partner of B2G Consulting

Supply Chain & Logistics Transfer Pricing Updates in Singapore An overview of the changes in Singapore transfer pricing regulations and commonly asked questions on how to prepare and implement transfer pricing documentation and policies. F SPEAKER • Felicia Chia, Partner in the Transfer Pricing Practice of KPMG Singapore

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Exploring new retail tech innovations and how it impacts the shoppers and the retail industry ecosystem. F SPEAKER • Bruno Zysman, Retail Transformation Executive, CEO of DominoPos

Marketing & Communication Luxury & Retail Digital marketing: back to basics - How to start a digital marketing strategy An interactive workshop on how to start a digital marketing strategy, how to optimise a website, how to generate traffic, how to manage all social networks, and how to set up a content calendar. F SPEAKER • Marie Nadal-Sharma, Founder & Director of Them You & Me

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An primer on digital marketing for B2B businesses with examples and a framework to getting started. F SPEAKER • Patrick Sim, Head of Customer Experience Sales – ASEAN, Oracle

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B2B e-commerce - What are the opportunities and how to address them?

Different specificities and challenges of “digital” B2B, and exploring what capabilities companies need to set-up and the approach they could take, with concrete case from customers in the region.

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WeChat, the shape of the connected China Dechiphering the success factors behind the strategy that WeChat ’s founders were able to roll out since 2011 to analyse all the competitive dynamics in this new economy, its performance levers and its global development strategy. F SPEAKERs • Sylvain Joandel, General Manager, Fabernovel Asia

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Understanding the massive improvement in the technology for the hardware and also the new capabilities for the software development: the evolution in the ecosystem and the functionalities to come. F

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Data & APIs: Winning Strategies to Master Your Digital Transformation The concepts & strategies related to data management & APIs and the best practices from a case study on a fast & large-scale digital transformation of a Fortune 500 company. F SPEAKERs • Thomas Vermersch, Director Asia-Pacif ic of Moskitos

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Business Accelerator Lab Every month, the French Chamber’s Business Accelerator Lab meets an entrepreneur seeking to present his or her business to get advice, recommendations and contacts from advisors composed of a panel of successful entrepreneurs and professionals from various sectors and functions.

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DUO Mentoring Programme A co-initiative with the French Trade Advisors and the French Chamber’s DUO Mentoring Programme provides an opportunity for French entrepreneurs and SME subsidiary representatives to exchange on business issues in 1-to-1 with highprofile business executives from MNCs who volunteer to mentor for up to 12 months. F

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These past months saw sessions with Geraldine Gauthier, Founder of W2P Consulting, Nicolas Payen, Co-Founder and CEO of Positive Energy, Vincent Descamps and Leonard Canitrot, Co-Founders of Ashenfeld, and also a special sharing session hosted at Viseo to thank our co-Presidents, Laetitia de Seroux and Olivier Grometto, and our Advisors for their involvement through all the year!. F

Entrepreneurs represent 25% of our business community. This informal networking session is great for entrepreneurs and new members to meet peers and exchange experiences, tips, best practices, and contacts, in a convivial environment. F

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If you are a French entrepreneur whose company was created in Singapore and has seen a minimum of one year of activity, apply to join this free programmne. contact: apoumaer@fccsingapore.com

Women Entrepreneurs Round Table This regular roundtable enables women entrepreneurs to present their business and challenges and gain feedback from fellow women entrepreneurs in a supportive community. F

Business Women Start-ups & Entrepreneurs If you are a woman entrepreneur member, join our luncheons, masterclass sessions, and other dedicated events. contact: mfremaux@fccsingapore.com

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CEO Tech Club The latest meetings of the French Chamber CEO Tech Club presented opportunities to discuss the topics of retargeting is as a type of online advertising, and Board Advisory composition, and share among the tech start-up CEO community business experiences and challenges. F

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Experience sharing on the global entrepreneurship journey of Michel Huguenin, from first starting out to expanding portfolio of activities in the Asia region and worldwide with seven active companies operational. F SPEAKERS • Michel Huguenin, CEO of Planitswiss and imavox Group

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Meet the CEO The latest sessions of Meet the CEO had been held with Denis Bonhomme, Managing Director, Global LNG APAC of Total Gas & Power Asia Private Limited, Goh See Wee, Managing Director Singapore of Atos. F

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The Future of Work and Preparations for a world of AI In an environment fraught with hype, inaccuracies and unsubstantiated claims, this precise and holistic presentation clearly stated the facts and outlined various scenarios with their likelihood about what’s to come in an age of AI. SPEAKER • Bernard Golstein, CEO, sharperAI

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Talent Management in a Multicultural Environment Insights on the impact of culture in business with a focus on talent management, attitudes towards job interviews, giving and receiving feedback, non-verbal communication, hierarchy, building trust etc. F SPEAKER • Laura Weller, Timeo-Performance & Akteos Asia

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Transforming Business Strategies with Talent Insights A look at the emerging skills and jobs, and how HR Leaders can leverage data and insights into talent strategies and workforce planning. F SPEAKERS • Isabel Choo, Insights Analyst, Linkedin • Alex Martinet, Relationship Manager, LinkedIn Talent Solutions

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Managerial Innovation: how to empower the HR function to instill cultural change and new management behaviors A look at how to strengthen skills and influence towards managers, through lessons learnt taken from past experiences. F SPEAKERS • Nicolas Thuilliez – Partner at Weave Consulting

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Diversity and Inclusion - Disability Awareness Talk Raising awareness of the business case for hiring persons with disabilities and sharing how employer organisations can get started on the disability inclusive employment. F SPEAKERS • Winnie Lewis and Tonia Lim, Employer Consultancy at SG Enable

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Responsible Food Systems - A Sodexo Perspective A deep dive into “Responsible Food” from healthy and sustainable menu offers, to responsible supply chain, animal welfare issues, and food waste. F SPEAKERS • Roshith RAJAN, Director Corporate Responsibility, Asia Pacif ic at Sodexo

Activity Based Working – an underutilised lever for engagement and business success?

Understanding the principles of Activity Based Working as a philosophy and catalyst for organisational change, the HR, leadership, design, real estate and IT of an ABW programme and how to measure its success. F SPEAKERS • Dina Sagia, Senior Workstyle Consultant, Veldhoen+Company • Fleur Groeneveld, Senior Workstyle Consultants, Veldhoen+Company

Compliance Challenges and building a successful Payroll business case Insights on the complexities of payroll & HR legislation in Asia Pacific, the compliance to financial reporting obligations, the changing privacy & data Protection requirements in Asia Pacific, and the cost benefit analysis to make important payroll decisions. F

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Investir dans le vin : quels intérêts pour les expatriés?

A look at the interests for expats in investing in wine. F SPEAKER • Thierry Goddet, CEO, Cavissima

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SPEAKERS • Clémence Blondel, Executive Coach & Learning Consultant - OIA PTE LTD

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Gem Appreciation Seminar: Diamonds & Precious Gemstones combine beauty and investment value Expert insights on how to choose and evaluate diamonds and precious gemstones and how to invest in diamonds and gemstones: basics and keys to invest. F SPEAKERS • Sylvie Khau, Managing Director of L’Excellence Diamond in Singapore

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Galette Des Rois Set amidst the lush greenery in the tranquil poolside surroundings of Grand Hyatt Singapore‘s Oasis restaurant, there was a great atmosphere for this year’s Galette des Rois networking event.

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Networking Luncheons Each month, the French Chamber organises a business luncheon at a different restaurant, enabling informal discussion to exchange opinions and develop new contacts over a French meal. The latest luncheons took place at Gaston, Ginett, Les Bouchons, Bistro du Vin and Taratata Brasserie. F

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Contact: Mr. Emmanuel MONTET, Managing Director & Senior Partner Life Sciences Practice Website: actaviaconsulting.com Sector: Consulting

AIRCON GURU

Contact: Mr. Marc-Antoine HAGER, Director Sector: Facilities Management

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Contact: Mr. Sébastien TRAN, CEO Website: outcom-events.com Sector: Interior Design

ASHENFELD

Contact: Mr. Jean-Vincent VAURY, Co-founder and Head of Finance and Supply Chain Website: ashenfeld.com Sector: Fashion

ASSISTANCE IN CHEMISTRY, GEOCHEMISTRY & ENVIRONMENT PTE LTD

Contact: Dr Bernard GAUTHIER Website: acge.sg Sector: Chemistry & Geochemistry

C P CONSULTANCY SERVICES PTE LTD

MONEY OVER IP Contact: Mr. Eric BARBIER, CEO Website: moneyoverip.io Sector: Blockchain / FinTech

NOVEFI LLP

Contact: Mr Bruno SCHRICKE, Managing Director and Dr Henriette LIE ep SCHRICKE Sector: Corporate Advisory and Business Development Assistance

OPENSENSE PTE LTD Contact: Mr. Fabien KERBOUCI, CEO Website: opensense.asia Sector: Data

ORA INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS PTE LTD

Contact: Mr. Christophe LAMY, Founder & Audio Designer Website: ora-audiosystems.com Sector: Audio-visual systems

PUFFERFISH PARTNERS

Contact: Mr. Yann LE MOEL, Managing Director Website: pufferf ishpartners.com Sector: Tech

SEATRENDY

Contact: Mr. Paul BARCLAY, Managing Director Sector: Business Consulting

Contact: Mrs Marie-Christine IONINE, Founder Website: seatrendy.com Sector: Retail

Contact: Mrs. Emmanuelle LE STRAT, Founder - Coach, Trainer & Facilitator Website: elestrat.com Sector: Consulting

Contact: Mr. Matthieu GUIBERT, Owner Website: studioemoi.com Sector: Jewellery

E-LE-STRAT PTE LTD

FRED’s MARKETING & BUSINESS CONSULTING

Contact: Mr. Frédéric GALOPIN, Managing Director Sector: Marketing Services

GASTON PTE LTD

Contact: Mr. Geoff rey DAURELLE, General Manager Website: bistrogaston.sg Sector: F&B

HACK40

Contact: Mr Fabrice TRANIER & Sofian MEGUELLATI, co-founders Website: hack40.com Sector: Incubator

LUMINEUX

Contact: Mr. Charles Baptiste GERARD, Operations Manager Website: lumineux.com.sg Sector: Entertainment

STUDIO EMOI

THE GOURMET TRAVEL

Contact: Mrs Anne-Charlotte SAGLIO, Owner Website: thegourmettravel.com Sector: F&B

THE HOUSE OF RUM Contact: Mrs. Delphine ISAUTIER, Director Website: houseofrum.com.sg Sector: F&B

TURN THE TIDE

Contact: Mr. Arnaud DE FONTGALLAND, Founder and Director Website: turnthetide.xyz Sector: Cosmetics and Perfumes Consulting

WILD LINES

Contact: Ms. Ludivine PERRIN, Artistic Director & Founder Website: wildlines.com Sector: Creation Agency

CORPORATE MEMBERS INTERCONTINENTAL GROUP

Contact: Mr. Bruno CRISTOL, General Manager Website: robertsonquay.intercontinental.com Sector: Hospitality

Contact: Mr. Cedric MARTIN, General Manager, ASEAN Website: adenservices.com Sector: Facilities Management

Contact: Mr. Thomas VERMERSCH, Director Asia-Pacif ic Website: moskitos.asia Sector: Digital Transformation

BARAT DOORS ASIA

Contact: Mr Loic DE MOURA, Sales Manager Website: barat.com Sector: Safety

BARCO SINGAPORE

Contact: Mr Olivier CROLY, APAC Senior Vice President Website: barco.com Sector: Equipment

BSI GROUP SINGAPORE

Contact: Dr. Nadege CLAUDEL, General Manager Website: bsigroup.com Sector: Certif ication

CLARAVISTA

Contact: Mr Antoine JOUANJEAN, Managing Director Website: Wlaravista.sg Sector: Digital Marketing

DOMINOPOS

Contact: Mr Bruno ZYSMAN, CEO Website: dominopos.com Sector: Consulting

EDF HQ SINGAPORE PTE LTD

Contact: Mr. Jean-Philippe BUISSON, Senior VP Asia, EDF International Division Website: edf.f r Sector: Energy

FLUXYM APAC PTE LTD

Contact: Mr. Michael ROUVIERE, Executive Director - VP Asia Pacif ic Website: fluxym.com Sector: Software

SILLIKER

Contact: Dr Renaud JONQUIERES, Senior Vice-President, MEA-ASPAC Website: merieuxnutrisciences.com Sector: Healthcare

SIMMONS & SIMMONS JWS

Contact: Mr. Lucas NICOLET-SERRA, Avocat | Solicitor Website: simmons-simmons.com/en/regions/ asia/singapore Sector: Legal

SPHERE CONSUMER PRODUCTS ASIa

Contact: Mr. Erwan CARIOU, Managing Director Website: sphere.eu Sector: BTP / Environment

THE RING BOXING COMMUNITY SINGAPORE

Contact: Mr. Ruchdi HAJJAR, Founder Website: thering.sg Sector: Events / Sport

THINCLAB SINGAPORE

Contact: Ms. Nadia ALBAHAR, Community Manager Website: adelaide.edu.au/thinclab/singapore Sector: Incubator

TLB CS PTE LTD

Contact: Mrs. Vanessa TOURNADREGAUDECHON, Manager-Corporate Secretarial Services Sector: Company Secretary

VIA ID ASIA PTE LTD Contact: Mr. Yann MARTEIL, CEO Website: via-id.com/en Sector: Accelerator

VIRTUOS HOLDINGS Contact: Mr. Gilles LANGOURIEUX, CEO Website: virtuosgames.com Sector: Video Game Content Production

VISIOGLOBE Contact: Mr. Eric BERNARD, CEO Website: visioglobe.com Sector: 3D Mapping

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Contact: Mr Patrick GRANJARD, Executive Director Website: axxessbio.com Sector: Healthcare

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Contact: Mrs. Stéphanie DAUSQUE, CEO ADDACTIS Asia Website: addactis.com Sector: Fintech

INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS IMPACT INVESTMENT EXCHANGE (IIX)

RTM INTERNATIONAL

Contact: Mr. Aubin HURET, Analyst Website: iixglobal.com Sector: Investment

Contact: Mr. Adrien DE SOUSA, Head Trader Sector: Commodity trading

L’ASSEMBLAGE

Contact: Mrs Mathilde THOONSEN, Director, Global Change Engagement Website: sc.com Sector: Banking

Contact: Mrs. Cécile BAGOT, Consultant Partner Website: lassemblage.eu Sector: Consulting

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK

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ADR PRODUCTION

Contact: Mr. Antoine DRAY, Founder & Chief Executive Off icer Website: agenceadr.f r Sector: Luxury and Fashion Agency

ASTERYOS Contact: Stephane BUNOUF, CEO Website: asteryos.com Sector: Crowdfunding

CAVISSIMA

Contact: Mr. Thierry GODDET, President Website: cavissima.com Sector: Wine

D2A SINGAPORE

NANYANG BUSINESS SCHOOL

Contact: Mr. Puneet KUMAR NARULA, Country Director, India, Office Of Executive Education Website: nbs.ntu.edu.sg/Pages/default.aspx Sector: Education

OZITEM GROUP

Contact: Mr. Simon BRYARD, Business Developer APAC Website: groupeozitem.com/?lang=en Sector: IT

SHOUXBIJOUX PTE LTD

Sector: Fashion

SIBELEX CONSULTING

Contact: Mr. Matthieu TIXERONT, CEO Website: d2asia.asia Sector: Distribution

Contact: Mr. Benoit LIGOT, Managing Director Website: sibelex.be Sector: Healthcare

Contact: Mr Frederic SEGURA, Gerflor Asia CEO Website: Website: gerflor.com Sector: Interior flooring and wall

Contact: Mr. Jean-Michel BRIFAUD, Enterprise Sales - Named Accounts Website: surgiris.com Sector: Surgical LED Lights

GERFLOR ASIA LIMITED COMPANY

IQVIA PTE LTD

SURGIRIS

TABLEAU SOFTWARE

Contact: Ms. Neha RAO, Associate DirectorStrategic Marketing Website: iqvia.com Sector: Healthcare

Contact: Mr. Thomas MERRITT, Enterprise Sales - Named Accounts Website: tableau.com Sector: Data

Contact: Mr. Tim MACCARTNEY, General Manager Website: millerheimangroup.com Sector: Training

Contact: Mrs. Helene SIRONNEAU, Associate Website: wr.no/en Sector: Shipping, Offshore and Dispute Resolution

MILLER HEIMAN GROUP

MLS COMPANY SECRETARY

Contact: Mrs. Maëva SLOTINE, Founder & Director Website: mlscompanysecretary.com Sector: Company Secretary

WIKBORG REIN SINGAPORE PTE LTD

WORKFUSION

Contact: Mr. Ronen LAMDAN, Managing Director Asia Pacif ic Website: workfusion.com Sector: Software

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GastroMonth

The month of March was a mouth-watering homage to French cuisine. With a delectable repertoire of French wine and dining highlights, indulgent recipes, interviews with award-winning French chefs and So Chic gastronomy experiences, So Chic truly put the spotlight on the joie de vivre of French culture and cuisine in Singapore.

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stories

Quel week-end! French brands, French workshops, French discoveries with So Chic at Boutique Fairs Singapore!

Oh la la! From 29-31 March 2019, So Chic and French brands were out in full force at the shopping extravaganza Boutique Fairs Spring/Summer 2019! A charming little French marché, plenty of activities and workshops from beauty to art de vivre and gastronomy, many new French brands to discover, the F1 Pit Building Singapore was buzzing with excitement, originality, and French chic.

So Chic brought together a French marché, a typical French marketplace with tastings and lot of surprises.

From beauty to fashion, interior and gastronomy, more than forty French brands for everyone to discover with our So Chic ambassadors.

Throughout all three days, So Chic organised workshops and fun French activities with lots of different brands and people! As part of #SoChicGastroMonth, we had brought together many tastings of delicious French food. Gastronomy-wise, we enjoyed a jam tasting with Conscious Delights and a rum tasting with House of Rum, we also had a tea tasting with Crème Simon and a chocolate tasting with The Gourmet Travel. We had a Frenchy Breakfast with Maison Kayser and then we ate again with So France and with La Petite Boutique for cheese, and guess what, we ate again a French brunch with Ginett. Lifestyle-wise we had an accessorising workshop with Les Georgettes by Altesse and an Art of Table setting with Christofle.

And finally, not to forget, an online and offline lucky draw to win: a dinner for two at your favourite French restaurant, and there were many on our list! Did you win? Bon appétit and enjoy! Special thanks here to French restaurants Bistro du Vin, Gaston, Ginett, L’Angelus, Les Bouchons, Napoleon, Odette, Taratata Brasserie.

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Want to be featured on So Chic?

So Chic is an initiative of the French Chamber of Commerce in Singapore and its retail members, and showcases French shopping and dining in Singapore, from prestigious luxury brands, to relaxing bistros, designer shops, online stores and more. Contact us at hello@sochic.sg.

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Behind-the-Scenes with French Chefs, Artists, Sommeliers in Singapore

MORNING JUNE FOUNDER JESSICA LEFORT

ANIMA ARTIFICIALIS AT MAZEL GALERIE

EVERYDAY ELEGANCE WITH LONGCHAMP

Jessica overflows with energy and freshness as she tells us about her journey, her values and the story of Morning June. F

Art meets artefact as French artist Quentin Garel presents his first solo exhibition at Mazel Galerie. F

Mollie Jean De Dieu walks us through Longchamp’s story, her journey and her love for the brand as we dived into the Longchamp universe. F

(MICHELIN)-STARSTRUCK WITH JULIEN ROYER

INTERVIEW WITH 2-MICHELIN STAR CHEF PHILIPPE MILLE

AT THE YACHT SHOW WITH CHAMPAGNE COLLET

Chef Julien shares with us his comfort food, his guilty pleasures, what being a Chef means to him, and the story of his restaurant Odette. F

Chef of the French Chamber Gala, Chef Philippe Mille, “Meilleur Ouvrier de France” and “Bocuse de Bronze”, revealed to us the secrets of his sumptuous dinner. F

David Rieu shares with us his passion for champagne, the history and secrets of the Collet house, how he cannot imagine life without champagne! F

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So Chic Experiences: Live a unique French experience in Singapore So Chic has launched So Chic experiences, to bring a touch of France to Singapore, for all who are in search of experience and inspiration that is French, from gastronomy to art de vivre, fashion, beauty and luxury.

An immersion in the French cultural ecosystem, So Chic experiences allow participants to attend masterclasses and take part in new French experiences.

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So Chic x Christofle

So Chic x Vintage Wine Club

An exclusive workshop with the luxury French brand of fine silverware Christofle about the secrets of a French table’s refined setting, conducted by Madam Catherine Soulas-Baron. F

Pairing local Singapore food with French wine with French sommelier Stéphanie Rigourd of Vintage at the New Ubin Restaurant at Chijmes.

Who knows what wine goes best with chilli crab? F

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So Chic x Capsule Collection by Juliette

A girl’s night out of pampering with Capsule Collection by Juliette at the cosy House of AnLi Bistro, choosing outfits, getting make-up, practising a catwalk, and capturing the moment in a photoshoot with Cédric Vrolant. F

Privilege Card

Member Privileges

EXCLUSIVE OFFERS FROM OUR MEMBERS FOR OUR MEMBERS Being a member of the French Chamber allows members to get the Privilege Card and enjoy exclusive offers from a wide range of member partners in Singapore and the CCIFI in France.

Participating members increase their brand and business exposure through the FCCS Community for free by partnering with us.

All members providing services or selling products can join the Member’s Privileges Programme.

Contact: businessclub@fccsingapore.com

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About the card The Privilege Card is personal and is exclusively reserved to members of the network of the French Chamber of Commerce in Singapore. It gives access to many benefits in Singapore and even more in France!

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