SCCCI CWG International Women's Day Conference Booklet

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In 2022, we celebrated yet another great year for workforce gender inclusivity, with a record of 44 female CEOs in the Fortune Global 500. At the dawn of the millennium, only 2 women held these positions. This rise in female leadership revolutionised the concepts of authority and gender stereotypes, impacting the social and economic landscape in a way history has never seen before. Join us as our female speakers from different sectors deliberate over approaches on breaking down barriers and opening new horizons.

ABOUT SCCCI CAREER WOMEN'S GROUP (CWG)

Founded in Year 1994, the SCCCI Career Women’s Group (CWG) is a business interest group under the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCCI). The SCCCI CWG was set up with the aim of attracting more career women to participate in the SCCCI activities, expand their network and to promote the holistic development of career women. To-date, CWG has more than 900 members in its community.

The SCCCI CWG is Singapore’s de facto community of women across professions, key businesses and entrepreneurs, and has been a key force in influencing the community to promote greater thought leadership and support for women across their respective fields since July 1994.

Together with our experienced Advisors, Ms Claire Chiang, Co-founder of Banyan Tree Holdings and Ms Koh Soo Boon, Managing Director of iGlobe Ventures, the SCCCI CWG is currently led by Chairperson Dr Hwang Yee Cheau, Managing Director of TP Dental Surgeons.

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY (IWD)

The largest flagship event of the year for CWG is our annual International Women’s Day (IWD) Conference, a high-profile event attended by senior government officials, diplomats, SCCCI Council members and members, business leaders and representatives from the cultural and education fields.

Through the IWD event, the CWG also hopes to unite career women from diverse groups by showcasing prominent international female leaders who often talk about their path less travelled.

www.sccci.org.sg/cwg

membership@sccci.org.sg

+65 6337 8381 SCCCI.CWG

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY ORGANISING COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Advisor:

Adj. A/Prof Hwang Yee Cheau

SCCCI CWG Chairperson

SCCCI Research & Publications Committee Chairperson

Chairperson:

Ms Cindy Goh Su Min

SCCCI Council Member

Vice-Chairperson:

Ms Fenny Tan

Committee Members:

Ms Kathy Lim

Ms Violet Lim

Ms Angelia Tan

Ms Inna Yao

PROGRAMME

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Michelle, a 4th generation family business leader at Woh Hup Construction Group, joined in 2007 to take the helm of the property development arm, Aurum Land.

In 2018, she launched Core Collective, a fitness, wellness, and lifestyle centre of excellence which has propelled the professional growth of hundreds of practitioners and business owners, by providing a convenient and cost-effective plug-and-play solution to start or grow their businesses.

In 2022, she partnered with Singapore Medical Group to launch an innovative medical coworking concept, Core Clinic, that provides similar benefits to medical specialists from diverse disciplines.

Michelle Yong CEO, Aurum Land CEO and Founder, Core Collective

PANELISTS

National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre

Melissa Kwee is the Advisor of the National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre (NVPC) and the centre’s former Chief Executive Officer from 2014 – 2022.

Besides being the Chairman of MHPL, a Pontiac Land company, she has founded, run, and served on the boards of several non-profit organisations and ground-up initiatives relating to youth, women, the arts, the prisons, community development, healthcare and education.

She believes that genuine friendships are the purpose of life and is passionate about building a culture of giving and other centeredness where people give their best for others.

Melissa Kwee Advisor

PANELISTS

Charmain Tan CEO and Founder QuickDesk Pte Ltd

Charmain Tan is the founder of QuickDesk which provides one-stop digital sales and marketing solutions as well as training for SMEs and business professionals. QuickDesk equips sales and marketing teams with digital tools and solutions to help them close sales more effectively.

“It is not just about giving companies the fish (leads) and fishing rod (digital tools) but to teach them how to fish effectively with the fishing rod.” With this belief, besides providing digital solutions, she also writes curriculums and train professionals and business owners in the realm of digital sales transformation.

PANELISTS

Tan Su Shan

Managing

Director,

Group Head of Institutional Banking DBS

Tan Su Shan, Group Head of Institutional Banking at DBS, also serves as the President Commissioner for PT Bank DBS Indonesia.

In 2019, The Asset named her as one of the six women in Asia who are likely to influence and feature prominently in shaping the banking and associated financial services industry in Asia. She was the first Singaporean to be recognised as the world’s “Best Leader in Private Banking” by PWM/The Banker in 2014, amongst her other accolades.

Besides her outstanding track records, Su Shan is actively involved in fund-raising efforts for various charities and sits on the board of Singapore’s KK Hospital Health Endowment Fund, a member of the International Women’s Foundation and the Young Presidents Organisation as well as advisor to Hwa Chong Institution and Lincoln College at Oxford University. She also founded the Financial Women’s Association in Singapore in 2001.

PANELISTS

Jean Yip Group Founder and Chairman

Jean Yip Group

Jean Yip is the founder and CEO of Jean Yip Group, a leading group of more than 85 hair, beauty and wellness salons in Singapore and Malaysia. The group has expanded its presence in the boutique real estate development scene in Singapore, Japan and Australia.

She is a firm believer of continuous learning and is an alumni member of the Tsinghua University - Singapore Executive Program. Besides developing training programs for the Group, she also devoted time to training and inspiring her team to share her vision, commitment, and work ethics.

Jean is heavily involved in community works such as Corporate Assistance Scheme for Drug Rehabilitation Centre, “Hair for Hope” –Fund Raising Project for Cancer Patients and many more.

MODERATOR

Violet Lim CEO and Founder Lunch Actually Group

Violet Lim is the heart and soul of Lunch Actually – a dating and matchmaking company that she co-founded with her then fiancé, nowhusband Jamie Lee back in 2004. Her inspiration came from observing her colleagues who did not have time to date, due to their busy lives around work.

Today, Lunch Actually is Asia’s biggest lunch dating company with offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. Lunch Actually’s philosophy is to help singles find love by being, meeting and choosing the right one. Leveraging on both technology and the human touch, Lunch Actually has successfully arranged more than 140,000 dates and brought together more than 4,000 successful and married couples.

TABLE LUMINARIES

The “Table Luminary” is a notable and accomplished female leader from varying fields and industries, whose experience and insights are highly sought after. With their presence at your table, we are bringing thought sharing and networking to a more intimate level.

TABLE LUMINARIES

Dechert LLP

Industry: Legal Service

Website: www.dechert.com

Siew Kam, co-head of Dechert’s private equity group, practises in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, private equity and emerging growth and venture capital, with significant experience in the technology, healthcare and life sciences, outsourcing, media, telecommunications, FMGC, energy, infrastructure and resources industries.

Ms Boon has been listed in Best Lawyers in Singapore for corporate law since 2020. She has been recognised as a foreign expert based in Singapore for corporate and M&A in Chambers Global and Chambers Asia for nine consecutive years since 2012.

Most recently, she has also been ranked as leading lawyer in the Startups & Emerging Companies chapter by Chambers Asia 2021.

YouTrip

Industry: Technology

Website: www.you.co/sg

Caecilia was named to the global list of Top 50 Financial Technology CEOs in 2021. She was also ranked amongst the Top 10 Fintech Leaders in 2020 and 2021 by the Monetary Authority of Singapore and recognised as the Tech Leader of the Year by the Singapore Computer Society in 2022. Caecilia is also an independent director at SGX listed iFAST Corporate Ltd.

Prior to founding YouTrip, Caecilia worked at Citi overseeing growth investments in the technology and consumer sectors, and at McKinsey advising financial institutions across Asia on product and growth strategies.

Caecilia has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a bachelor’s degree in finance (summa cum laude) from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Boon Siew Kam

Partner

Caecilia Chu Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

TABLE LUMINARIES

Deputy Managing Director

Teckwah Industrial Corporation

Industry: Packaging Printing and Supply

Chain Logistics Management

Website: www.teckwahgroup.com

Being the 3rd generation business owner and successor, Ai-Ling is concurrently spearheading the digital transformation journey and the future growth of the company.

Group ONE Holdings

Industry: Sports Website: groupone-holdings.com

Jesley is the CFO of Group ONE Holdings (ONE). In this role, she is responsible for investor relations and capital markets, corporate and strategic finance. She was previously Head of Corporate Finance, and also served as interim COO of ONE China.

Prior to ONE, Jesley spent over a decade in asset management including 8 years at GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, where she started her career as a research analyst, before transitioning to public and private equity investing. She was also cofounder of a leading alternative lending fund in Southeast Asia, where she led capital raising and portfolio management. Her experience spans global investing, strategy, and capital raising.

Chua Ai-Ling

Jesley Chua Chief Financial Officer

TABLE LUMINARIES

Anna Gong

Chief

executive

Officer and Founder

Perx Technologies

Industry: SaaS Technology

Website: www.perxtech.com

Anna Gong is the CEO and Founder of Perx Technologies, a category creating Lifestyle Marketing SaaS company, backed by the co-founder of Facebook Eduardo Saverin, LINE Ventures, and Golden Gate Ventures. Previous to founding Perx, Anna was Vice President of Channels Sales for Asia Pacific & Japan at Infor where she was responsible for the go-to-market strategy and execution of the channels sales business.

A winner of the Singapore Women Entrepreneur Award 2017, LinkedIn 2017

CEO Power Profiles, and Singapore 100 Women In Tech, Anna has also been featured in CNBC, Bloomberg, and Forbes. Anna has also spoken at many key tech conferences and as a keynote on leadership, digital transformation and entrepreneurship for large corporates such as HSBC, VMWare, Aviva and many global conferences.

She is also a Mentor to Google’s SE Asia Startup Accelerator Program.

June Goh Djong Hoa Chief Executive Officer

LikeMedia10

Industry: Media

Website: www.likemedia10.com

With over 38 years in the media industry, she spent her entire career contributing to its development and evolvement. To say she pioneered the media industry in Singapore is an understatement.

Today, Djong Hoa is taking a leap into entrepreneurship, by setting up her own media company and continuing her contribution in other ways. LikeMedia10 is a one-stop company that covers Media Production, Talent Management, Content Ideation & Creation, Content Marketing and Event Management.

TABLE LUMINARIES

Prof Annie Koh

Professor Emeritus of Finance (Practice)

Singapore Management University

Industry: Education

Website: www.smu.edu.sg

Professor Annie Koh is a renowned conference speaker, panel moderator, and commentator. Professor Koh is Vice President for Business Development, V3 Group Professor of Family Entrepreneurship, and Professor of Finance (Practice) at the Singapore Management University (SMU). She is also the Academic Director of two university-level institutes – the Business Families Institute and International Trading Institute. She has previously held the positions of Associate Dean, Lee Kong Chian School of Business, and Dean, Office of Executive and Professional Education, at SMU.

Koh Shiyan

Co-Founder and Managing Director

Hustle Fund

Industry: Venture Capital

Website: www.hustlefund.vc

Shiyan is an experienced operator and investor. She was most recently VP of Business Operations & Corporate Development at NerdWallet (employee #10), growing annual revenue from $1M to $150M+.

Prior to NerdWallet, she was an investor at Institutional Venture Partners, a growth stage venture capital fund with $7 billion of committed capital and a 38year IRR of 43.1% and Bridgewater Associates, a global macro hedge fund with $160B under management.

Shiyan holds a BS in Biomechanical Engineering and a BA in Economics from Stanford University as well as a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard Business School.

TABLE LUMINARIES

Kwee Wei-Lin Senior Vice-President, Hotels

Pontiac Land Group

Industry: Hospitality

Website: www.pontiacland.com

Ms Kwee Wei-Lin is Senior Vice President, Hotels at the Pontiac Land Group, a leading real estate development and investment company with over half a century of expertise and experience in luxury property development. The Group has hospitality, office, retail, medical and residential developments spanning Singapore, New York, Sydney and Maldives.

Wei-Lin is the President of the Singapore Hotel Association (SHA). She is currently a member of the Future Economy Council (FEC), a council member of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCCI), as well as the Singapore Business Federation (SBF). Wei-Lin is also a member of the Workplace Safety and Health Council (WSHC), and an international advisory board member of the IE Business School, Spain.

Jamie Lim Chief Executive Officer

Scanteak

Industry: Furniture Retail

Website: www.scanteak.com.sg

Scanteak is a furniture retail company that operates in Singapore, Japan and Taiwan and with presence in Malaysia. We have over 160 outlets.

Jamie is the 2nd generation of the company and her parents founded the business over 40 years ago.

TABLE LUMINARIES

Lin Youyi

TV Presenter / Presentation Coach

Got Talent Pte Ltd

Industry: Media / Education

FB: https://www.facebook.com/yyyouyi/

Lin Youyi, or Iriana Halim, has anchored numerous news and current affairs programmes with MediaCorp since 2008. Over the span of twenty years, she has also been a radio DJ, actress, and travel host. Drawing from her own experience and formal training, she now focuses on being a presentation coach dedicated to helping professionals become more engaging speakers.

Angjolie Mei

Founder & Funeral Director

The Life Celebrant

Industry: Funeral

Website: www.thelifecelebrant.sg

Angjolie is the founder of The Life Celebrant, a funeral company that personalises and customises funerals commemorating the departed's life. She is an award winner of the Pulsar Category of the Women's Entrepreneur Award 2019, and also won additional recognition as a winner of The Most Innovative Award. She also bagged the Spirit of Enterprise Award in 2019.

Nahappan Conceptual Artist

Studio K Industry: Arts

TABLE LUMINARIES

Kumari is a Malaysian-born Singaporean contemporary artist best known for her large-scale public sculptures that often depict natural subjects such as fruit, seeds, and spices. Her most well-known public sculptures in Singapore include Saga (2007) for Changi Airport Terminal

3, Nutmeg & Mace (2009) for the ION Orchard, Pedas-Pedas (2006) for the National Museum of Singapore, and Pembungaan (2011) for OUE Bayfront. She won several awards, including the Artist of the Year Award in the 15th edition of the Shanghai Art Fair, and the Ksatria Seni Award in 2004 by the Museum Rudana in Ubud, Bali.

She Loves Tech

Industry: Technology

Website: www.shelovestech.org

Leanne is an entrepreneur, startup advisor and community builder She is the CoFounder of She Loves Tech, the world’s largest startup competition and accelerator program for women-led and women-impact tech startups. Now operating in 72 countries, She Loves Tech is committed to building an ecosystem for technology, entrepreneurship and innovation that creates opportunities for women and closes the gender gap in startup funding.

An active presence in the Singapore startup community, Leanne is also a mentor for the Singapore Tourism Board tech accelerator program.

In 2019, Leanne was selected as an Obama Leader (Asia Pacific) and was awarded Booking.com’s Tech Playmaker of the Year award and Champion of Change award 2020. Leanne was also named Singapore’s Top 100 Women in Technology by the Singapore government in their inaugural list.

Leanne has founded a diverse portfolio of businesses, including Comish (an art x technology platform), a fintech service platform in New York and a lifestyle company that built and managed boutique hotels and F&B outlets in SEA

Kumari

Leanne Robers Co-Founder

TABLE LUMINARIES

Rachel Sim

Deputy Managing Director

TWG Tea

Industry: F & B

Website: twgtea.com

Ms Sim is currently Deputy Managing Director at TWG Tea. She is responsible for overseeing business objectives, focused on corporate communications, digital expansion, strategic company growth and the overall performance of the business.

She comes from the 2nd generation of the owner family of V3 Group, under which sits V3 Gourmet.

Tay Su-Lyn

Creative director

Violet Oon Singapore

Industry: F & B

Website: violetoon.com

Tay Su-Lyn is the Creative Director of Violet Oon Singapore and Violet’s daughter. Su-Lyn’s mission is to showcase and celebrate the fine flavours of Singapore’s rich culinary heritage and her mom’s legacy through their restaurants Su-Lyn’s early years in the fashion industry gave her a strong foundation for her current role. She was Co-Founder and designer of international fashion label T-Bags Los Angeles from 1998 to 2012. T-Bags was sold in over 20 countries and carried in leading retailers such as Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Harvey Nichols, and on-line luxury retailer Neta-Porter.

TABLE LUMINARIES

Janine Teo Chief Executive Officer

Solve Education!

Industry: Education

Website: solveeducation.org

Janine Teo is the CEO of Solve Education!, an education technology not-for-profit with the mission of delivering quality education to everyone, focusing on the BOP (Bottom of Pyramid) demographic. She is the first Asian to receive the International Intellectual Benefits to Society Award by Mensa International. Janine is also an advisor to Asian Development Bank on Digital Technology for Development, and a fellow of the University of Pennsylvania - Global Social Impact House.

Sharon Wong

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Motherswork

Industry: Retail

Website: motherswork.com.sg

Sharon Wong is founder and CEO of Motherswork, where she serves as its Creative Director. She aims to help make the journey into motherhood easier, and empower mothers to keep their children safe and happy, while balancing career and quality time. To do so, she started Motherswork as a onestop retail partner for women as they journey through motherhood, from the moment they discover their pregnancies, to holding their babies for the first time to when they send their children off to school and all the little adventures in between.

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Lucky Draw Prize Sponsors: Ms Cindy Goh Su Min

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