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Private, Muhammad Arshad
Muhammad Arshad Private
Occupation : Technical
Industries : Engineering
Basic guiding principle in my professional life is to train my team members and plan their careers in the similar manner I would plan it for my own kids which is to train them as to be the first choice as an employee for any manufacturing and sourcing concern across the world. I am a team man and have always seen success by developing good team spirit and excellent team players.

Private Practice, Prabhakaran Gopalan Nair
Prabhakaran Gopalan Nair Private Practice
Occupation : Business owner / Director
Industries : Aviation / Space
Gopalan is valued as a mentor, trainer, and role model to many of his peers and subordinates. He has over four decades of positively resolving people and airport operations-related challenges whilst with SATS with a specialty in Passenger Services, Aviation Hub, and Crisis Management.

PriyoShop.com, Asikul Alam Khan Sujon
Asikul Alam Khan Sujon PriyoShop.com
Occupation : Entrepreneur
Industries : Logistics , Marketing , Retail , Services , Wholesale
Solving the problem of small business with the help of technology & supply chain innovation with a very strong team on board working for a vision to empower millions of retailers.
Programs : UNACOV 2

PT Telkom Prima Cipta Certifia, AFAN ISKANDAR BAKRY
AFAN ISKANDAR BAKRY PT Telkom Prima Cipta Certifia
Occupation : Professional
Industries : Telecom
Experienced in Industrian & employee relations, Talent Management, General HC
Programs : CPM

PT Telkom Prima Cipta Certifia, AMIR FAUZI
AMIR FAUZI PT Telkom Prima Cipta Certifia Programs : CPM

PT Telkom Prima Cipta Certifia, DENNY KUSTONO
DENNY KUSTONO PT Telkom Prima Cipta Certifia Programs : CPM

PT Telkom Prima Cipta Certifia, EKO BUDIHARJO, S.T, M.M.
EKO BUDIHARJO, S.T, M.M. PT Telkom Prima Cipta Certifia
Occupation : Senior Management
Industries : Technology
- 10 years in operational positions
- 15 years in managerial positions
Programs : CPM

PT Telkom Prima Cipta Certifia, MOCHAMAD FADILLAH RIZKY
MOCHAMAD FADILLAH RIZKY PT Telkom Prima Cipta Certifia
Occupation : Professional
Industries : Telecom
Based on Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), I am Introverted, Intuitive, Thinking and Judging (INTJ) or well-known as The Architect. Specifically, I’m a Turbulent Architect. I'm a tactician, who loves perfecting the details and applying creativity and rationality.
Programs : CPM

PT Telkom Prima Cipta Certifia, TRIANSONI, MSC.
TRIANSONI, MSC. PT Telkom Prima Cipta Certifia
Occupation : Technical
Industries : Telecom
I was born 50 years ago. in the school, I was interested in physics, math. I received a scholarship from Japanese Government to take Undergraduate and graduate program in Japan from 1992 until 1998. I received a Bachelor degree in Computer Science from Osaka University. I received a master degree in Computer Science from Nara institute of technology. since year 2000 I work in Telkom Indonesia. I got a certification in coaching. bit i dont feel confidence enough to be a coach. My interest field : Java Programming, Cisco Networking. I got a Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP). now I am pursuing Cisco CCIE certification.
Programs : CPM

PT Telkom, Retno Wulansari
Retno Wulansari PT Telkom
Occupation : Technical
Industries : Engineering , Learning & Development , Technology
I am an employee of a telecommunications company in Indonesia. Currently trying to learn to develop entrepreneurs and help several entrepreneurs to grow and develop together.
Programs : CPM

Publicis Groupe, Ali Shabaz
Ali Shabaz Publicis Groupe
Occupation : Senior Management
Industries : Advertising
With more than 25 years’ experience across Asia Pacific & the Middle East, Ali has led creative teams across all. He has worked with some of the biggest brands in the world like HSBC, Nokia, Unilever (Sunsilk & Knorr), Visa, P&G (Pantene & Gillette), Qatar Airways, Nestle (Kit Kat), GSK, Lego, Pizza Hut and KFC.
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In 2005 his contributions led to BBDO Singapore being named the second most creative agency in Asia.
As the Executive Director in JWT Singapore (2005-2010) he led the agency to be the most awarded JWT agency in the world and the second most awarded WPP agency globally. It was in this period that the agency won its first Grand Prix at Spikes Asia.
In 2010 he took up the role of Chief Creative Officer at Grey where for nine years he led teams regionally across SEA, Middle East and Africa. In this time Grey Singapore was named Global Health Agency of the year, and also Agency of the Year and Digital Agency of the Year in Singapore.
His work “The Life Saving Dot “gave the Agency and Singapore its first Innovation and Product Cannes Lions and two Grand Prix at Spikes Asia. It was also voted as one of the 100 innovations that could change the world.
Ali was voted among the most influential Creative people in Asia, and was voted Advertising Professional of the Year in Singapore. His work has been recognized at all international award shows like Cannes Lions, D&AD, One Show, Clios and Effies.
In his free time, Ali does his best to give back. He gives talks on Creativity, run workshops for young advertising creatives and volunteers to teach entrepreneurial skills to underserved youth.

Publicis Sapient, Raymond Soh
Raymond Soh Publicis Sapient
Occupation : Professional
Industries : Consulting , Human Resource , Technology
Currently, leading the People Operations Strategy in APAC and Japan of a Digital Business Transformation Consultancy supporting an overall headcount of 150. The role further accelerates my experience through exposure in managing Talent Lifecycle, Process Management, Statutory and Regulatory Compliance, HR Business Partnership, Employee Relations, Employee Engagement, and Employee Experience across the region.

Public Service Division, Dolly Chua
Dolly Chua Public Service Division
Occupation : Executive
Industries : Government , Human Resource , Learning & Development
I’ve more than 5 years of experience working with the Public Service Division, specialising in Learning and Development. I’m also currently a career coach under the Public Service Career Coach Network.

Pureland Global Venture, Mark Wang
Mark Wang Pureland Global Venture
Occupation : Executive
Industries : Healthcare , Venture Capital / Private Equity
Mark began his financial service careers in PwC Canada and has worked in multiple countries in private client services before he moved to the deal’s advisory services. To date, Mark has participated in multiple acquisitions for both corporate and PE investors of deal sizes up to 4 billion USD. He spent a short period of time in China with a bulge private equity firm, focused in technology sector, before he joined Pureland Venture in 2017. He currently is in charge of the Med-Tech Venture Arm, looking for impact investments that can inject value into patient caring system.
Mark earned his BBA from University of Toronto, and obtained his CA, CPA licenses in Canada.

Pu Xin Aspira Advisory, Gao Feng Advisory Group, C2 Funds....., Dennis FOO
Dennis FOO Pu Xin Aspira Advisory, Gao Feng Advisory Group, C2 Funds.....
Occupation : Professional
Industries : Consulting , Education , Food & Beverage , Healthcare , Logistics , Manufacturing , Marketing , Retail , Services , Sustainability , Venture Capital / Private Equity , Wholesale
Have more than 25 years of corporate, entrepreneurial, and startups experiences. Worked with various global MNC companies and brands in leadership roles ( MD, VP & GM, and GM ) for the Greater China market . Leadership roles ( Vice Chair, Vice President, Board Member, etc ) with various business groups, chambers and associations. Presently a Business Growth Coach, Advisory Board Chair, Executive Coach, Strategic Advisor, and Mentor. Professionally affiliated with various global coaching and advisory institutions
Programs : CPM

PwC, Heloise Berra
Heloise Berra PwC
Occupation : Professional
Industries : Aviation / Space , Consulting , Education , Human Resource , Learning & Development , Manufacturing , Services
Proactive and driven professional with eight years of consulting and in-house experience working across Europe and Asia. In this time, I have led program management, talent management and change management initiatives managing relationships with Fortune 500 clients in FMCG, services, aerospace, automotive, energy, higher education and government agencies.
As a people connector, I am passionate about people engagement and like to get a voice to every team member of my programs. I am a recognised facilitator leading training sessions and a certified Coach.
Programs : UNACOV 3

Rachel Loke
Rachel Loke
Occupation : Entrepreneur
Industries : Consulting , Education , Marketing , Media , Property , Sports
Rachel Loke has a good blend of being an entrepreneur where she ran her own communications agency, and working in a corporate matrix environment where she had built new teams across the region. Over the years, she has had extensive experience advising corporate CEOs on internal and external communications and marketing strategies. In the process, she has developed a wealth of experience in media outreach and collaboration, rainmaker profiling, customer engagement and corporate partnership. Some of these firms include Infineon Technologies, Hewlett Packard, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Knight Frank.

Rachel had managed C-suite client events and trade events held in Germany, Spain, the United States and most parts of Asia. Notably, some of these events were major state visits by international delegations led by His Excellency Hu Jintao, former President of China, and His Excellency Nambaryn Enkhbayar, former Prime Minister of Mongolia. Such events demanded stringent, flawless protocols and complex communications both internally and externally.

Rachel was invited to be one of the judges for PR Awards 2019. The experience had propelled her to pen down the insights gleaned as she reviewed the multiple entries (click here to read). She also spoke at the PR Asia 2018 Conference covering the topic “Content is still king”. Providing media training has also been a major part of her career. She had facilitated media trainings spanning across newswires, print and broadcast media for key spokespersons.

As a lifelong hobby, Rachel is zealous about Pilates and how sportsmanship correlates with boardroom management. Rachel is a certified Matwork and Reformer Pilates instructor. She has a strong interest in rehabilitative Pilates programme, particularly so as she has experienced first hand how Pilates has helped her in her post-op recovery. Rachel teaches at Breathe Pilates studio both in group and private sessions.
Programs : AIM-21 2

Rajeev Kansal
Rajeev Kansal
Occupation : Senior Management
Industries : Finance/Insurance , Manufacturing , Retail , Technology , Wholesale
Am in the space of life of business and business of life
https://www.linkedin.com/in/raj-kansal/
Programs : UNACOV 3 , AIM-21 1

Rajputana Society of Natural History, Dr. Satya Prakash Mehra
Dr. Satya Prakash Mehra Rajputana Society of Natural History
Occupation : Professional
Industries : Consulting , Education , Learning & Development , Non-Profit / Philanthropy , Other , Social Service , Sustainability
Trained environmental cum development professional with an experience of over 20 years in tge field of conservation science in association with the GOs/ INGOs/ NGOs/ Academia/ Consultancy Firms etc.
Programs : AIM-23-2 , AIM-24-1

Ravi Bhogaraju
Ravi Bhogaraju
My interests are future of work, business transformation, technology, people development, Agile job and work methodologies, Augmentation, AI and Deep machine learning.

Have 22 years of Human Resources, Business Transformation, M&A and IT experience in MNCs and PE Backed companies.

Worked on large scale Transformation including M&A Diligence, Carve outs and Integration, Digital transformation, Talent Capability Up skilling, Change, leadership culture and mindset.

Trained coach with over 500. hours of coaching completed for senior leaders in areas of sales coaching, Leadership and mindset to drive business growth and success.

Trained at the Harvard Business School in General Management and have an MBA in Human Resources and IT. Certified Coach, Agile SCRUM master coach and have a number of psychometric tools and assessment certifications.

Culturally adaptable and sensitive to diversity having lived in Singapore for over 20 years with secondment to London, Frankfurt and Chicago and I am based in Singapore.
Programs : UNACOV 1

Raymond Realty, Davis John
Davis John Raymond Realty Programs : CPM

REAPRA, Andee Chua
Andee Chua REAPRA
Occupation : Executive
Industries : Venture Capital / Private Equity
Andee is the Co-Founder of Kampung Collective and Investment Associate at REAPRA. He is a skilled community builder, connector and collaborator. He is a social catalyst who believes in the importance of growth in people, both personally and professionally. He loves digging into the strategy of how to build and foster deeper relationships with various key communities

His dedication to the startups he meets and ability to challenge you to think out of the box really sets him apart. He has spent his time mentoring and advising early-stage startup founders and youths, helping them eye for new opportunities and how to best get their voices out on various platforms.

Following his previous stint as an international model and a community builder at a local startup and innovation community, Andee has built a good reputation in the industry & is one of the well sought-after power connector in the ecosystem.
Programs : UNACOV 3

Regene Chen
Regene Chen
Occupation : Entrepreneur
Industries : Consulting , Education , Healthcare , Marketing
A health coach who focuses on physical & emotional health. I started as an aircraft assistant engineer but moved into training in 2010.
Programs : AIM-21 2

Relief teacher, Clara Ong
Clara Ong Relief teacher
Occupation : Professional
Industries : Education
I was a trained primary school teacher, specializing in helping children with special learning needs which include autism, ADHD, mentally challenged. I learned that parents of these group of children need more help especially some one who could understand and listen to them.

As my own child has some learning issues when she was young, I understood perfectly what a parent in singapore will go through and feel when his child prepares for PSLE etc.

Sometimes, these parents just need an outlet to express their feeling or someone who could provide that support.

I believe with the many years of experience I have gone through, I can do the job of helping these parents especially from SPARK ( singapore) well.

Rene Kaddouch
Rene Kaddouch
Occupation : Business owner / Director
Industries : Services
I am a member of the Paris Bar since 2003, practicing mainly in mergers and acquisitions and private equity/venture capital. I am graduated with a PhD in French corporate law (Thesis relating to “the voting right of shareholders”)

I have published numerous articles in corporate law in French legal reviews and economics newspapers in connection with my areas of practice.

I was trained and had worked in prominent international firms in Paris.

I am a foreign lawyer in Singapore.


Republic Polytechnic, Pamela Teo
Pamela Teo Republic Polytechnic
Occupation : Professional
Industries : Education
A free spirited individual who loves to explore spiritual, cultural and historical practices around the world. Trained in psychology yet involved in outdoor education for the past 25 years. Looking forward to increase 'superpowers' to be of service to peers and colleagues at work.
Programs : CPM

Republic Polytechnic, Uma Sachi
Uma Sachi Republic Polytechnic
Occupation : Professional
Industries : Education , Non-Profit / Philanthropy , Sustainability
Trained as a marine biologist, Uma worked at an environmental non profit for 12 years before working as a sustainability consultant and is currently a Senior Lecturer at Republic Polytechnic teaching environmental education. She has published resource books on the environment and research papers on ecosystem services and biodiversity. She has a strong interest in working with young people and supporting their growth as well as working towards mitigating our impact on the planet.
Programs : CPM

Retired and Self Employed, Eldon Teng
Eldon Teng Retired and Self Employed
Occupation : Business owner / Director
Industries : Engineering , Manufacturing , Marketing , Technology
Eldon Teng is currently a mentor/investor in start up companies. He returned to SINGAPORE in 2020 after spending 17 years in China. Prior to his repatriation, he was the CEO and a member of board of directors of Lierda , a Chinese local company , where he spent 9 years transforming the company from a electronic component distributor to a company that designs and manufactures wireless modules/systems needed in IOT industry in China. He also lead the company’s public listing in China. Prior to joining Lierda, Eldon was with Texas Instruments for 25 years holding different positions in various countries. Beginning as a factory engineer in Singapore to project engineer, quality engineering manager , product marketing manger/director, business unit GM and VP of Texas Instruments Asia based in Taipei and eventually Business development director based in Shanghai. Eldon has extensive management experience in IC design and manufacturing, electronic modules design and manufacturing, product quality management , product marketing , sales operations, business development , business transformation and business P&L .

Rika Dwi Laksanti
Rika Dwi Laksanti
Occupation : Senior Management
I am Indonesian living in Singapore and currently working for Singapore airlines for 22 years.
I have a passion to help others. Being of service to others is my purpose and gives meaning to why we are here on earth to help connect and give guidance for those in need. Life experience is something we can not get from school. It’s the experience that helps us grow and to be who we are.
All I can say about myself is I am here to help In whatever I can and the best possible way. We all need love and unite together that they don’t feel alone on this journey and someone really do understand and cares for them. I have loads of life experiences that can not be put in paper or qualifications. It all starts from the heart and I am of service to humanity is all that I can say about my short bio.
Programs : UNACOV 3

Rioempire Holdings, Cham Rio Rosales
Cham Rio Rosales Rioempire Holdings
Occupation : Business owner / Director
Industries : Advertising , Consulting , Education , Logistics , Marketing , Non-Profit / Philanthropy , Property , Retail , Services , Social Service , Technology , Telecom , Venture Capital / Private Equity , Wholesale
Cham Rio Flandez Rosales is an educator turned entrepreneur woman but still believes that mentoring is a way of changing the world. She owns several corporations and most of her projects are focused on making improvements in a community. She is involved in Financing, land Development, agritech, fintech, e-commerce, travel and tourism, start ups, philanthropy and mentoring.

RiseAbove , Dimple Sanghi
Dimple Sanghi RiseAbove
Occupation : Business owner / Director
Industries : Consulting , Education , Finance/Insurance , Food & Beverage , Healthcare , Learning & Development , Manufacturing , Non-Profit / Philanthropy , Retail , Venture Capital / Private Equity
Your first step is when you decide to be a volunteer and "give back" to the society, but we all are always wondering is it enough? Can I do more? How do I measure the impact I am making with my volunteering? You can talk to me, I am an Impact Coach and I will help you achieve more within the resources you have and will help you to strive better and RiseAbove. Coaching Social Entrepreneurs and Volunteers is my way of giving back to the society. I am also an Executive Coach and Parenting Coach and I use many tools which can help you be a better Entrepreneur and Parent. Same facts different perspective.
Programs : AIM-21 4

Roselyn Vergara
Roselyn Vergara Programs : CPM

RV Group (S) Pte Ltd, Sanjeev Gathani
Sanjeev Gathani RV Group (S) Pte Ltd
Occupation : Professional
Industries : Human Resource
MBA and extensively qualified and accomplished privacy, governance, risk and compliance professional, corporate advisor/trainer and public speaker with 20+ years of experience working for a range of businesses across Asia. Subject Matter Expert (SME) leading consultancy businesses and creating and delivering first-rate training in bespoke workshops. First Singaporean to be awarded Full Member Corporate Governance Practitioner (MGP); to have completed the Advanced Corporate Governance Certificate programme and to gain the Master Access and Privacy Professional (MAPP) accreditation.
Programs : CPM

Sailesh Thanki
Sailesh Thanki
A senior professional with years of experience in reputed organizations across diverse roles in the organizational hierarchy including Account management, Technical support Operations, Project and Team management.

Saim Yeong Harng
Saim Yeong Harng
Occupation : Business owner / Director
Industries : Finance/Insurance , Technology
Saim founded CardsPal venture when he was with Standard Chartered Bank as part of the intrapreneur programme. The venture subsequently spun off from the bank, backed by the bank and incubated by the innovation arm, SC Ventures. He is currently the CEO and board member of CardsPal.

Saim has over 17 years of experience in the financial services and consulting industry. He has been a business project manager and business analyst in various mega projects covering product, process, compliance, risk and regulatory domains prior to his intrapreneur and entrepreneurship.

Saim is a pro bono mentor in Youth Business International programme supporting women entrepreneur in Africa and he is also a CFTE Expert/Mentor (The Centre for Finance Technology and Entrepreneurship).

Saim strongly believe in passion that drives changes and growths. He is obsessed to build great product that fills the market gap to serve people. He is optimistic, ambitious, a dream builder and a dream chaser. He is passionate in sharing his ventures experience and topic of interest in various forum such as fintech entrepreneurs’ panel at INSEAD, Standard Chartered Fintech Festival Lab Crawl, AWS Summit Online ASEAN, NUS N-House Wicked Wednesday event, CFTE programme etc.
Programs : AIM-21 2

Salesforce, SARADA KARRI
SARADA KARRI Salesforce
Occupation : Senior Management
Industries : Consulting , Technology
My name is Sarada Karri, working with Salesforce as a Senior Director for Solution Engineering. I have been working in Singapore for 22 years and in the Software and technology sector. I hold masters in business administration and keen learner to learn latest technology or about life skills. There are very few women in the technology management. Being a women, I want to be there as a role model and empower young women who aspire to be in this industry and look forward for a great career. I spend my spare time into volunteering for many causes.
Programs : CPM

Sam Neo
Sam Neo
Sam Neo is currently a founder of 2 start-ups. The first being People Mentality Inc, one of APAC's top 10 HR and Employer Branding consultancy firm that helps organizations become an Employer of Choice while his recent venture, Stories of Asia, a story-tech platform that was set up to empower the Asian community with a voice through storytelling.

Sam is an HR professional with accelerated experience in market-leading companies such as Keppel Corporation and Changi Airport Group. His burning passion for HR has seen him take on a diverse range of roles in areas of Employer Branding, Talent Management, Business Partnership, Corporate Social Responsibility, Talent Acquisition and Employee Engagement among others.

As a trusted advisor, he has worked with leaders in various large and reputable organizations such as Samsung, L’Oreal, Prudential, Diageo, Singtel Group, Under Armour, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, ING Bank, RB, Jurong Port and more.

Besides securing MOM's National Human Resource Scholarship in 2011, Sam's contributions in the HR community were also recognized and in turn, awarded as one of the HR Rising Stars in 2016.

As a millennial HR thought leader, he is regularly invited to deliver keynotes at conferences globally. In addition, Sam has also been invited to share his insights as an HR and Millennial expert on national TV and radio channels as well as being featured on major publications such as The Business Times and Straits Times.

Finally, Sam was also most recently co-opted as the youngest council member of the Singapore Human Resources Institute to transform its brand image and drive membership.

San Min
San Min
Occupation : Business owner / Director
Industries : Consulting , Finance/Insurance , Other , Social Service , Wholesale
Been a man of honesty and integrity, ables me to resolve and adapt to changes to my environment quickly.
Programs : UNACOV 2

Sanrakshan, vani khare
vani khare Sanrakshan
Occupation : Business owner / Director
Industries : Education , Learning & Development , Non-Profit / Philanthropy , Social Service
Vani is a humanitarian, child rights advocate, and molecular biologist. She is the
founder of the social change organization Sanrakshan Pte Ltd, Singapore, and
NGO Faith Foundation Trust India. She is currently also attached with the Institute
of Cell and Molecular Biology ASTAR Singapore as an independent postdoctoral
fellow.
Her NGO Faith Foundation Trust holds the Guinness Book of World Records 2017
for conducting the largest child safeguarding session of the world. It has also
received the gratitude award from Nobel Laureate Dr. Kailash Satyarthi.
Vani has worked with children and women internationally in Singapore, India,
Cambodia, Malaysia, and Indonesia. She has also worked with Rohingya Refugees
in Malaysia. Her organization has raised funds and provided support to Refugee
pregnant women in Malaysia and advocated for their right to get safe medical care
on humanitarian grounds.
She has also worked with the Ministry of social and family development at Batam to
provide safeguarding measures to schoolchildren there. Her recommendation on
Safeguarding has also been included in the report to enhance safeguarding
measures for children in the Parliament of India. Her organization along with Dentsu
Agies has also won the Lotus Ad-Fest Award for creating an innovative AI-based
campaign on child safeguarding which was displayed on the bus stops of Singapore
in 2018
She is also a red cross certified trainer and practitioner of psychological first aid and
psychosocial community support.
Her work has been featured at various prestigious platforms, media, and news
networks, She has also been featured by TEDxWomenSingapore,
TEDxNationalLibrarySingapore at their one- month-long exhibition.
She is also a poet and writer, she and her students are featured at Singapore Poetry
Festival every year. She has also scripted thought-provoking TV series aired on
Viacom Color channel in 10 different countries.
Programs : MY.AIM