Speakers
Featured Speakers
Mr Gautam Banerjee
Mr Alfie Othman
Ms Theresa Sim
Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam
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Mr Gautam Banerjee
Gautam Banerjee is a Senior Managing Director and Chairman of Blackstone Singapore. Gautam served as Executive Chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Singapore for nine years until his retirement in December 2012. He spent over 30 years with the firm in various leadership roles in Singapore, India and East Asia.
Gautam’s roles outside of Blackstone include serving as an independent director on the Boards of Singapore Airlines Limited, Singapore Telecommunications, and GIC Private Limited.
During his nearly four decades in Singapore, Gautam has worked closely with the not-for-profit sector, statutory boards, educational, art and cultural institutions. He is currently a term-trustee of SINDA, Chairman of the Singapore Centre for Social Enterprise, raiSE, pro-chancellor of the National University of Singapore and a board member of the Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA). His former roles have included being a member of the Legal Service Commission, a board member of the Economic Development Board (EDB), the National Heritage Board and a member of the Governing Boards of the School of the Arts and Yale-NUS college.
Gautam was a Nominated Member of Parliament in Singapore from 2007 to 2009 and was awarded the Public Service Medal by the Singapore Government in 2014.
Mr Alfie Othman
Alfie Othman heads the Singapore Centre for Social Enterprise, raiSE. Alfie has had a successful banking career of over twelve years in the banking sector. Alongside his private sector work, Alfie has devoted significant time to the public sector and civil society. He founded his own social enterprise and has served as advisor and mentor to many social enterprises in Singapore and in the region.
Before raiSE, Alfie was the Executive Director of the Social Enterprise Association. Alfie is recognised as a Social Enterprise practitioner within Singapore. Since 2016, Alfie has been appointed as a Fellow at SUSS, providing advice on the emerging Fin Tech phenomenon.
Ms Theresa Sim
Theresa Sim is an Assurance Partner, Chief Financial Controller, Business Transformation Leader and a member of the Leadership Team of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Singapore.
Ms Sim has more than 20 years of professional experience in providing audit and related advisory services including due diligence for purposes of mergers / acquisitions and other consulting work. Her clientele base covers a wide spectrum of industries which includes property development and management, retail, oil and gas, manufacturing and trading; cutting across SGX listed, government-linked and multinational companies.
Through servicing a diversified client base, she has accumulated in-depth knowledge of group audit coordination and reporting requirements in various GAAPs and can value-add in areas of financial, governance, controls and risk management.
She is presently also the Executive Committee Member / Honorary Treasurer of the Singapore Children’s Society and Board Member of Wildlife Reserves Singapore Conservation Fund.
Panel 1: The InterSEction
Mr Adam Ng
Ms Fang Eu-Lin
Ms Ong Ai Hua
Board Member, raiSE
Mr Lien Choong Luen
Mr Adam Ng
As Director of Community Stewardship at Temasek, Adam drives strategic collaboration across the global investment company’s diverse network of portfolio companies, partners and affiliates with the goal of Connecting People, Uplifting Communities, Protecting the Planet and Advancing Science and Nature.
An accomplished corporate professional with more than 15 years of experience managing finance and business activities, Adam focuses on amplifying impact in communities through innovative partnership models. This includes piloting new financing models that drives sustainable impact and outcome.
Prior to joining the Community Stewardship team in 2020, Adam spent the last eight years with Temasek’s Portfolio Management and Investment Group team establishing cross-functional partnerships to deliver desired business outcomes. His background and deep insights in Finance and business operations has given him the opportunity to reassess the role of corporate philanthropy in the age of collaboration.
Ms Fang Eu-Lin
Eu-Lin leads the Sustainability & Climate Change practice across PwC Singapore and she is also a member of the wider PwC Global ESG Leadership Team. She also drives the PwC Asia Pac Centre for Sustainability Excellence. She helps clients strategise, implement, report and obtain assurance across a range Environmental, Social and Governance issues. This includes but not limited to in the areas of carbon measurement, decarbonisation and net zero pathways, climate risk assessments, impact assessments, green and sustainable finance, sustainability strategy and sustainability reporting. She has worked in London and Singapore and served clients across financial services, government, real estate, marine, oil and gas, consumer, resources and telecommunications.
Eu-Lin graduated with a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University. She is an Edwards S. Mason Fellow and an alumnus of Harvard Business School. As a practicing Singapore Chartered Accountant, she believes that accountants can play an important role in fighting climate change and advancing sustainability in business and in the community.
Eu-Lin serves on not-for-profit boards where she is a board member and Audit & Risk Committee Chairman of a healthcare board and board member and Audit & Risk Committee Chairman of an international school. She is also the board member of an Institute of Higher Learning where she sits as an Audit Committee member and the Deputy Chairman of its business school. She also serves on committees under the Ministry of Sustainability and Environment.
Ms Ong Ai Hua
Ai Hua joined Johnson & Johnson nearly 30 years ago with the desire to make a difference to the lives of people in need. This passion and drive continue today in her role as Head of Government Affairs & Policy for pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and consumer health at Johnson & Johnson in Asia Pacific. She also chairs the Global Community Impact program for J&J in the region.
Ai Hua was the Company Group Chair for Janssen, the Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson 2017-2020, and led a team of more than 7000 employees across Asia Pacific with responsibility for regionwide pharmaceutical operations, including in the key markets of Japan and China. She previously served as President of One J&J Southeast Asia, where she helped pioneer and implement J&J’s first-ever, one-company enterprise business model encompassing pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and consumer health. She also led the medical devices business for J&J Medical China to high growth, pioneered incubator model for market appropriate products and led a team to make J&J’s first acquisition for medical devices in China.
Ai Hua is a strong advocate for women in leadership and provides guidance and support through local universities and the Young Women’s Leadership Connection Mentorship Program. Ai Hua holds a BSc in Microbiology and Biochemistry and an MBA from the National University of Singapore. She is an advocate for women in leadership, a committed volunteer and council member at the Dover Park Hospice, and an advisory board member of Lee Kong Chian School of Business and Design Singapore Council.
Board Member, raiSE
Mr Lien Choong Luen
Lien is the Singapore head of Gojek, and is also responsible for Driver Ops platform across all markets. Beyond ride-hailing, Gojek’s footprint in Singapore includes Data Science, Business Analytics, Platform Cybersecurity as well as regional functions such as Legal, HR, Finance, Audit and Tax.
Prior to Gojek, he spent several years at McKinsey in China and was subsequently the SEA Hd for the McKinsey Centre for Government. In 2016, he was deployed to Sierra Leone for six months to help the government rebuild its healthcare sector post-Ebola crisis.
Lien started his working life in the Singapore Army as a Special Forces officer, leading teams from squad size up to a battalion, and he led a unit for UN peace-keeping in East Timor during their transition to independence. He graduated from US Ranger school and US Marines training.
Outside of work, he has summited Mount Everest and K2, run ultramarathons across the Gobi Desert and the Amazon jungle, skied to the North Pole, been solo in the Arctic Circle in winter and endured climate extremes from -50°C to +50°C.
He volunteers actively with organisations that take their ESG responsibilities seriously. These include being a board member of raiSE (The Centre for Social Enterprise), Climate Governance Singapore (steerco), Banyan Tree Holdings, Singapore Land Authority, IMDA Digital for Life fund and President of Singapore Athletics. He has degrees in mathematics from UC Berkeley and Cambridge, an MBA (with Distinction) from the London Business School, and was the top foreign officer at Malaysia Staff College.
Panel 2: Changing MindSEts
Mr Chik Wai Chiew
Ms Claire Wong
Mr James Tan
Board Member, raiSE
Mr Sin Boon Ann
Mr Chik Wai Chiew
Wai Chiew has over 20 years of experience in global investment management and strategic business development. Since joining Heritas Capital, he has expanded its private equity investment portfolio and initiated venture capital and fund-of-funds investments into healthcare, education and technology sectors globally. In line with Heritas’ “do well, do good” investment philosophy, he has overseen the integration of ESG and Impact considerations into its investment processes with the objectives of supporting select UN SDG goals. Wai Chiew also serves as advisor and director on multiple boards to advocate sustainable growth and sound governance.
Wai Chiew was awarded the Glaxo-EDB scholarship and holds a BA in Economics, Cambridge University, UK; MA, Yale University, USA; and an EMBA, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, China. He also served as Honorary Treasurer with the Singapore Venture Capital and Private Equity Association, and currently serves as a member of its ESG committee.
Ms Claire Wong
Claire is responsible for driving DBS Foundation’s commitment to champion social entrepreneurship for a better world. Prior to this role, she spent more than 15 years in the energy industry and in government policy. She started out in the Singapore Economic Development Board and moved into consulting for the energy sector. Most recently, she was an energy industry corporate banker at DBS bank.
Claire is excited to be on this journey of supporting businesses that have long lasting and life changing social and environmental impact for the world we live. Claire has a BSc (Economics) from the London School of Economics and Political Science and an MPhil (Economics) from the University of Cambridge.
Mr James Tan
James Tan is Managing Partner at Quest Ventures, a top venture capital fund in Asia. Prior to this, James was co-founder and COO of 55tuan, a NASDAQ listed e-commerce group that grew to more than 200 cities and 5,000 employees across China. As the first Singaporean and one of the rarefied few foreigners to found a public listed internet company in China, and for his investments in the next generation of entrepreneurs, James was recognised as an outstanding overseas Chinese by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council of China. For his outstanding global contributions, James received the Alumni Award from the University of South Australia.
James currently serves as advisor, board member or trustee on the Action Community for Entrepreneurship, Applied Innovation Institute, Business Angel Network of Southeast Asia, Beijing CYL Joint Committee on Entrepreneurship Development, National Research Foundation CGAP Fund, Social Impact Catalyst, Sports Excellence Business, and Vietnam Angel Network)
James has been guest speaker at China-focused and entrepreneurship events such as ITB Berlin, Private Equity Insights, Stanford-PARC Digital Cities, SWITCH, and World Islamic Economic Forum. He is an advisor or mentor at Chinaccelerator, Founder Institute, and PSA unboXed. He has guest lectured at Fudan, IE, Tsinghua, and UC Berkeley.
Board Member, raiSE
Mr Sin Boon Ann
Mr Sin Boon Ann was the Deputy Managing Director of Drew & Napier’s Corporate and Finance Department and the Co-head of the Capital Markets Practice before he retired to be a consultant with the firm in March 2018. He was called to the Bar in 1987. He spent some time in academia as a lecturer at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, before leaving in 1992 to join Drew & Napier. Mr Sin was made a partner in 1994 and became a director upon the corporatisation of Drew & Napier in 2001.
Mr Sin is an independent director in a number of listed companies in Singapore. He was a Member of Parliament for Tampines GRC for 15 years from 1996 to 2011. In recognition of his constant support and contributions to the Labour Movement, Mr Sin received the NTUC May Day Award – “Distinguished Service Award” in 2018, “Meritorious Service Award” in 2013 and “Friends of Labour Award” in 2003. In addition, in appreciation of his valuable public services rendered to the Ministry of Home Affairs, Mr Sin was conferred the Singapore National Day Award – “The Public Service Star (Bintang Bakti Masyarakat)” in 2018 and “The Public Service Medal (Pingat Bakti Masyarakat)” in 2013 by the President of Singapore.
