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Exploring Current Trends and Strategies for Business in Southeast Asia

SouthEast Asia is a dynamic market which is group of 11 countries. The region is quick becoming the world’s most attractive destination for foreign investment. Greenfield investment and M&A activities have increased rapidly in the past five years. A lot of multinational companies are increasing the investments in this region due to the cost advantage and continuous opening policy.

Thus far, Singapore has been the preferred location as a safe heaven to invest through to SouthEast Asia. China, following the ‘One Belt, One Road’ plan, is becoming another big investor in Southeast Asia besides Japan and USA. For multinational companies, how to capture the potential direct investment, business opportunities and managing SouthEast Asian businesses to maximize long-term value is crucial to sustainability of these companies. In addition, understanding the differences in SouthEast Asian culture, legal, finance and being able to integrate with these elements are a key driver of success. –whether from an investment, M&A or business perspective. These pose very interesting topics and will be covered by professionals and businessmen alike who have deep experience in these areas. This year’s SouthEast Asia Business Summit 2018 will be held in Singapore. This conference is an exclusive event for the corporate executives from the global multinational corporations to learn the latest trends and regulations affecting general business activities and cross-border investment in SouthEast Asia and how to overcome some of these obstacles.

The event is also a valuable opportunity for business networking by exchanging the practical experience and lessons of direct investment, M&A, JV partnership in this region. Senior executives from MNCs, PE, VC and professional advisors for finance & tax, legal, management consulting, investment banking will join this year’s exciting event.

We are looking forward to your participation!


WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND ?

• Better understanding on policies, regulations, culture and business practices of these regions.
• Understanding the dynamics of the region.
• Learning from other companies’ practical experience and lessons, Developing your company’s business and investment objectives and strategy.
• Meeting with the world leading companies’ executives, Exchanging perspective, knowledge and expertise.
• Spend ONLY ONE DAY in this high level event and generating valuable new connections and business opportunities.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• CXO, Board of Director, Chairman
• Country Manager, Managing Director, Chief Investment Officer
• Professionals incharge of Investment & M&A • Government Affairs
• International Relations • Legal • FInance
• Tax • Business Development • Corporate Strategy
• Marketing • Supply Chain • Human Resource • Joint Ventures • Operations

Meet Our Speakers

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Lawrence Yip
Senior VP
Semb-corp Development
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Yang Yen Thaw
Managing Director
2iB Partners
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Richard Eu
Chairman
Eu Yan Sang
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Raj Mishra
CEO
I-Deals Network

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Arthur Tay
Executive director and CEO
SUTL Enterprise
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Rick Marchese
Founder
Lares Loreno Private Capital
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Harsh Maheshwari
Associate Director
Grant Thornton
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Pratik Bose
Managing Partner
Indian Angel Network

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Sonny Yuen
Managing Director
JonDavidson Pte Ltd
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B. Sridhar Rao
Managing Partner
Truscel Capital
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John Harrison
Founder
AGR1
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Ross Coull
Investment Director
CDC Group Plc

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Donald Ho
Managing Partner
ERI & Partners
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Bobby Bhatia
Founder
TrakInvest
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Ashish McLaren
Director
Duff & Phelps
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Beatrice Nirmala
Founder
The IBR Asia Group Sdn Bhd

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Yoke Kee Ang
Executive Vice President
Mah Sing Group
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Muneer Valappil
Independent CFO
Fuber International
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Aloysius Wee
Managing Partner
AQUINAS LAW ALLIANCE LLP
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Scott Bales
Managing Director
Innovation Labs Asia

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Joanne Flinn
Founder and CEO
Projects Wings Pte Limited
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Steve Tunstall
CEO & Co-Founder
Inzsure.com
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Sonja Piontek
Author and Founder
Sonnenkind Pte Ltd

Agenda

SouthEast Asia Business Summit 2018
TIME TOPIC Speakers Discussion Type
Venue Orchid Ballroom, Holiday Inn Singapore Orchard City Centre
0930-1000hrs Registration & Networking and Opening Address
1000-1045hrs Business opportunities in South East Asia Yoke Kee Ang, Mah Sing Group Panel Discussion
How better relation among ASEAN countries can propel growth John Harrison - Founder, Agr1
Scope for FDI Sridhar Rao - Founder, Trucel Capital
Exploring new business trends in the region Sonny Yuen - MD, JonDavidson Pte Ltd
Steve Tunstall - CEO &Co-Founder, Inzsure.com
Joanne FLINN - CEO, Project Wings Pte Ltd(Moderator)
1045 - 1100 Tea Break and Networking
1100 - 1145 Joint Ventures & M&A in Southeast Asia Mr. Yang Yen Thaw, MD 2iB Partners Presentation
1145 -1245 Why M&A and JV in SEA Rick Marchese, Lares Loreno Private Capital Panel Discussion
Pitfalls and profits Mr. Yang Yen Thaw, MD 2iB Partners(Moderator)
Business Culture,regulations and etiquette Ashish McLaren -Director ,Duff & Phelps
Muneer Valappil, Fuber International
1245 -1345 Luncheon
1345-1430 Role of India in SEA Ross Coull Investment , CDC Group Plc Panel Discussion
-SEA Implications Harsh Maheshwari,Associate Director,Grant Thornton
-Opportunities and Strategies Bobby Bhatia - Talkinvest
-Singapore’s role as a strategic gateway Ashish McLaren - Director, Duff & Phelps
Raj Mishra - CEO, I-Deals Network
Pratik Bose, Indian Angel Network
1430-1530 Role of China in SEA. Sonja piontek - CEO, Founder of Sonnenkind Pte Ltd (Moderator) Panel Discussion
-SEA Implications Rick Marchese, Lares Loreno Private Capital
-Opportunities and Strategies Harsh Maheshwari,Associate Director,Grant Thornton
-Singapore’s role as a strategic gateway Donald Ho - Managing Partner, ERI Singapore
One Belt One Road , AEC Implications for South East Asian Businesses. Aloysius Wee Meng Seng - Managing Partner, AQUINAS LAW ALLIANCE LLP
1530-1545 Tea Break and Networking
1545-1645 Scaling up and Internationalization in SouthEast Asia Mr. Lawrence Yip - CMO Sembcorp Panel Discussion
-SEA Implications Mr. Richard Eu, Chairman Eu Yan Sang
-Opportunities and Strategies Beatrice Nirmala - Founder, The IBR Asia Group
-Singapore’s role as a strategic gateway Mr. Arthur Tay, Chairman/CEO SUTL
Scott Bales -Managing Director , Innovation Labs Asia
1645-1700 Closing Remarks

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Lawrence is the CMO for Vietnam with dual appointment as Senior Vice President, Business Development, responsible for driving external marketing of the iconic and award-winning Vietnam Singapore Industrial Partk and Township in North, South and Central Vietnam, Singapore and Indonesia. He was formerly APAC Director for BD in Honeywell and had worked in TOTAL Oil, Kerry Properties/Shangri-la Group, Bilcare and Reed Elsevier, including several successful start-ups in Asia. He has diversified industry experience in real estate development, hotel & facilities management, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals and general management. Lawrence holds a MSC degree in International Marketing from University of Strathclyde (UK), B.Sc degree in Phychology from University of Southern Queensland (Australia), Chartered Diploma in Marketing (UK and Advanced Diploma in Business Studies (Singapore).


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Based out of Singapore, Yang Yen Thaw is a CoAggregator, M&A specialist, cross-border consultant, investor and an entrepreneurial lawyer. He is the Managing Director of 2iB Partners, a specialist M&A company that provides the full suite of services and pioneers the CoAggregation® model which is a deft combination of M&A with organic growth that helps SMEs scale up, internationalize and innovate their systems. He has worked as a corporate lawyer for 25 years in different jurisdictions. Apart from living and working in Singapore, India, Japan and Hong Kong, he was involved in mergers and acquisitions in companies based in US, UK, Australia, New Zealand and France. He has also assisted companies extensively in doing business in China


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Richard Eu was appointed to the board as Chairman of the EYSI board on 1st of October 2017. As the steward of the Group, Richard leads the board in providing governance oversight, deliberating the Group’s strategic choices and providing independent counsel and advice to the Group CEO. Prior to this appointment, Richard served as the Group CEO of EYSI since 2002. Richard has been instrumental in transforming it into one of Asia’s largest TCM groups today. When he first joined Eu Yan Sang Holdings as General Manager in 1989, there were only six Eu Yan Sang outlets in Singapore and Malaysia. Under his leadership for over 28 years, the Group has successfully established itself in the broader market of natural wellness and has introduced TCM to new consumers with products and services to meet the needs of a modern lifestyle. Richard Eu was named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2011 (Singapore) and represented Singapore at the Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur of The Year 2012 award in Monte Carlo, Monaco. He was also recognised as the CEO of the year by the Singapore Corporate Awards 2010, for SGX-listed companies with a market capitalisation of under S$300 million. In 2016, he was lauded as the Brand Leader of the Year by InfluentialBrands. Prior to joining Eu Yan Sang, Richard, who holds a Bachelor of Law degree from the London University, UK, worked in merchant banking, investment management, stock broking, computer distribution, and venture capital. Richard actively participates in community projects and non-profit organisations. He serves as Chairman of the National Museum of Singapore and Singapore University of Social Sciences, and is on the board of Thye Hua Kwan Moral Charities Limited. He also sits on the boards of other companies


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Raj Mishra is Founder and CEO of I-Deals Network. He has total experience of 14 years as an entrepreneur .Prior to I-Deals Network he was also involved in launching HR Startup. He has also worked in companies like Star Tv, Newscorp and FPSB India..He has mentored Startups and helped them in fundraising.He is also invited on panels of different Startup Events. He enjoys reading books and travelling is his passion. ‌


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Arthur Tay is the executive director and CEO of SUTL Enterprise, as well as chairman and CEO of SUTL Group, a diversified leisure consumer groups and services conglomerate. Its first marina development, One°15 Marina Club in Sentosa Cove, has won numerous awards since opening in 2007. The One°15 brand has also expanded internationally, with marinas in Malaysia, the US and, soon, China. ‌


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Rick is an experienced Wall Street and Silicon Valley investment banker based in Asia. Having completed over 50 transactions totaling over US$10 Billion and having covered a broad base of fundraising and M&A advisory assignments across the globe, he has worked with a wide range of clients from Fortune 500 companies to advising start-ups. His industry experience covers chemicals, transportation, telecom, media, technology, retailing, consumer products, and security and defense industries. He is the founder of Lares Loreno Private Capital, a Singapore-based firm providing advisory and corporate finance services to small and medium-sized enterprises, family businesses and private equity investors. Rick is also a director with Fortress Group, a US-based fund placement agent and oversees their fund placement operations in Asia. Previously, Rick was a Vice President at Deutsche Bank in their Consumer Products and Retail Coverage Group in New York where he called on and worked with corporate and private equity clients globally. Prior to Deutsche Bank, Rick split his time between Merrill Lynch’s Consumer Products Group in New York and their Internet Technology Group in Silicon Valley, California where he led their Internet E-commerce investment banking group, raising capital and providing strategic advisory for companies looking to monetize or expand their existing internet businesses. ‌


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Harsh joined Grant Thornton Singapore in April 2015. His profile includes corporate finance assignments and transaction support services including financial and operational due diligences, M&A, financial modelling, litigation support, NPL transactions and viability reviews in connection with acquisition and fundraising. ‌


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Sometimes life teaches us it's plans are as profound as we can imagine and we love to call these moments as magic. I am at such a juncture today once again like I was once as an engineer transforming to an entrepreneur and then transforming to an Investor. One of the Founding Fathers of Indian Venture Capital, Saurabh Srivastava along with a dynamic disruptor who has been on occasion called the Funding GodMother of India, Padmaja Ruparel and yours truly join hands to accelerate early stage investments via the unique Indian Angel Network (IAN) fund. The fund is built on the strong foundation of IAN platform and industry stalwarts like Kris Gopalakrishnan (ex-CEO Infosys), Sunil Munjal (Hero Corp), Dr Devi Shetty (Narayana Health), Ajay Chowdhary (Co-Founder HCL), Raman Roy(Chairman NASSCOM) and institutional investors like SIDBI and Yes Bank amongst many others. The platform already invests in 10 countries with an enviable pipeline of 1000s of companies and a strong track investment performance track record since 2008. ‌


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“ Sonny Yuen is an Independent Board Member of Healthway Medical Corporation Ltd, a leading listed healthcare provider with one of the largest network of clinics and medical centres in Singapore. He is also the Co-Founder and Managing Director of JonDavidson Group, a human resource solutions company specialising in recruitment and talent management. He has partnered numerous SMEs and MNCs on the development and execution of their HR strategies and initiatives since 2007. An industry thought leader, career strategist and curator of talent, he conducts training seminars and counselling for both employers and employees.

Prior to JonDavidson Group, Sonny was the General Manager of Sumitomo Bakelite where he was instrumental in spearheading the company-wide re-engineering and cost reduction program, achieving Millions US$ cost savings annually. He had also built from groundwork the entire Supply Chain Management System including the installation of an ERP system.

Passionate about social entrepreneurship, Sonny currently serves as the President of NUS Business School Alumni Association and Raffles Hall Association where he actively encourages the fostering of alumni connections to assist in one another’s growth. He is a Registered Management Consultant (RMC) and is a Data Professional certified in GDPR(EXIN).

Sonny graduated with MBA (distinction) from Hull University and BBA degree from National University of Singapore (NUS).”

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Rao is a Proven Expert with approximetely 20 years of experience in Merger & Acquisitions and Capital markets in Indonesia. This is acknowledged by the leading roles that he held in Delloite- Indonesia, UBS - Indonesia, Credit Suisse - Singapore, etc. His track record for success to clients is exemplery. He is the founder of and holds a license as a Certified Public Business Valuer from The Ministry of Finance, Indonesia and is registered with Bapepam. Rao is the Managing Partner of KJPP RAO, YUHAL & Rekan, a registered Public Appraiser in Indonesia.


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John spent the last 3 years working in Hydroponics, raising capital for an Emirati based company, for their projects through the mena region. In January of this year, he stepped down from his role and has founded AGR1, with the sole mission to bring hydroponics to Southeast Asia on an industrial scale & to create food security, whilst educating the masses on the importance of water preservation, healthy eating, food security and the benefits hydroponics will create.


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Ross joined CDC's Equity Investment Team in 2012.He previously worked in UK private equity for Sovereign Capital, investing in mid-sized companies in the business services and healthcare sectors.

Prior to that, Ross was a strategy consultant with Booz & Company, advising a variety of clients on their major corporate challenges across Asia, Europe and North America. In addition, he has a track record of making personal investments in small emerging market companies. Ross has a BSc and an MSc from the London School of Economics



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Donald founded ERI & Partners Public Accounting Corporation in 2017 to form an integral part of ERI Organization offering the full spectrum of professional services to its clients.

Donald started his career with KPMG in Singapore and between 2004 and 2014, he was a partner with KPMG Shanghai where he gathered extensive experience in the areas of IPOs, due diligence, audit and deal advisory. His clients included, China Construction Bank, CapitaLand, Temasek and HSBC.

Upon returning to Singapore in 2014, he joined RSM as a partner where he was actively involved in the areas of deal advisory, due diligence and business advisory work.



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Ashish provides advisory services to his clients with regards their mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions, purchase price allocation (PPA) exercises, portfolio valuation, asset impairment reviews and other financial reporting valuations.

Prior to joining Duff & Phelps in November 2015, Ashish was with PricewaterhouseCoopers Singapore for 8 and ½ years in their valuation practice and has advised leading corporates as well as private equity players in the M&A and reporting requirements. Previously, he had experience in India working with leading corporates – Escotel Mobile (now Idea Cellular) and Bharti Airtel – as well as with financial advisors – Lazard and Deloitte.

Ashish has worked on deals across borders as well as across varies industries including telecom, precision manufacturing, consumer & retail, food & beverage, healthcare, power generation and infrastructure. He has advised several companies in their M&A, IP valuation and financial reporting valuation requirements. He has also advised various private equity players in their M&A, financial reporting as well as portfolio valuation requirements.



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Beatrice Nirmala has helmed The IBR Asia Group since its founding in 1997, growing it from a 1 magazine entity into an Integrated Communications Hub with a dedicated Publishing wing, PR, Digital Marketing, and HR Development divisions.


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Yoke Kee is the Executive Vice President in the Group Managing Director’s Office of a public-listed company in Malaysia. He runs the family office and private investment for the founder. 

Yoke Kee Ang has extensive experience as a senior executive in large corporations and is a trusted advisor to patriarchs/families in driving growth, making strategic investments, managing portfolios and starting up greenfield businesses in Southeast Asia and North Asia. 

In his past experience in Softbank, McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group and Government Investment Corporation, Yoke Kee has been involved in strategic, operational and investment issues in various industries. He was an instrumental member of the pioneer team from Softbank Emerging Market in San Francisco, a $200m joint venture between SOFTBANK and World Bank’s IFC, that set up its Southeast Asia headquarter in Malaysia. Yoke Kee also played an important role in initiating the $1Bil joint investment with ENGIE in Indonesia. 

Yoke Kee holds a MSc in Financial Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and BBA (Honours) from National University of Singapore. He was an ASEAN Scholar and fluent in English, Mandarin, Malay, Bahasa Indonesia and Chinese dialects.


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A seasonedCFO/M&A Specialist with over 20 years of international experience in Power, Oil and Gas industry. His area of expertise includes Mergers and Acquisitions, new investments and structuring, cost management, business setup, designing corporate policies, financial planning, internal control, risk management, JV operation, system implementation and monitoring of financial performance.

Muneer handled large projects in Geothermal and LNG Development, Oil and Gas exploration, building FPSOs worth several billion dollars.He was also involved in Manufacturing, Construction, Oilfield Services, Offshore, Marine Services, and managed finance operations of companies ranging from startups to large MNCs.

Muneer is currently engaged in building a clean energy portfolio consisting of Solar, Wind, Geothermal, Coal Gasification for a large Indonesian group. He is working with several multinational corporations and investors for participating in various projects.

As a CFO, Muneer managed restructuring and sell-down of one of the largest geothermal concessions in the Philippines for a Singapore based multi-billiondollar Private Equity fund in 2015. In 2016, he raised US$300m and acquired 240MW geothermal project in Indonesia, a 70MW geothermal project in Hungary and negotiated energy related deals worth hundreds of millions of dollars in Asia and Europe.

Muneer currently the CFO of Fuber International, a company he co-founded to provide M&A advisory and consultant CFO services in Asia. In his professional career, Muneer held various challenging positions such as CFO of KS Orka Renewables, CFO of Orka Energy, Consultant CFO of CFO Centre Asia, Upstream Financial Controller ofInterOil Corporation, Financial Controller of Weatherford International Singapore, Financial Controller of Global Process Systems, and Senior Project Accountant of GMMOS Dubai.


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ALOYSIUS is our Managing Partner. He was previously the managing principal of Dacheng Wong Alliance LLP.

He graduated from the University of Kent at Canterbury with a BA in Law & Economics and is a qualified barrister- at-law. He was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore in 1995.

His areas of practice are Intellectual Property Law, Corporate Law, Cross Border Commercial Transactions, and Real Estate Transactions.

Aloysius has since 1997 advised on various development and investment projects for property developers, real estate players and hospitality companies in Singapore and the region.

He also advises on cross-border joint ventures and transactions and in the area of mergers and acquisitions of companies. Advising clients on entry strategies into China and investments in China is his current expertise given his network in China. He is actively involved in cross-border corporate, real estate, and investments transactions across China, India, and the ASEAN region.

In 2009, he was named as one of the “Asia's Hot 100 lawyers” by Asian Legal Business, and in 2014, he was awarded Property and Real Estate Lawyer of the Year by Finance Monthly. Aloysius is one of the founders and the current chairperson of the ASEAN Legal Alliance, a network of 10 law firms in each of the 10 ASEAN countries coming together to offer a seamless delivery of legal services across a diverse cultural, geographical and legal backdrop.


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A technology & innovation guru, Scott Bales is a global leader in the cutting edge arena known as “The Digital Shift”, encompassing innovation, culture, design, and mobility in a world gone digital. As a thought leader, Scott thrives on the intersection between cultural and behavioural changes in the face of technology innovations.

With over ten years of international experience in innovation and implementation strategy, Scott has built a reputation as a sought after consultant and speaker with the ability to communicate unorthodox ideas with insightful passion.

Previous Chief Mobile Officer for Moven, the world’s first ever digital everyday bank, Scott has successfully meshed his fascination with people and what motivates them, with a raw enthusiasm for technology. Currently based in Singapore, Scott runs successful advisory firm, Innovation Labs Asia - partnering with organisations as they embark on their own innovation journey.

He is the former Vice President of Visa Company Fundamo, former Head of Technology for ANZ subsidiary WING Money, founding member of Next Bank, a mentor to entrepreneurs across the world, sits on the Board of Care Pakistan and holds advisory positions at Startup Bootcamp Fintech, Hub Singapore and Apps 4 Good.

Scott is also author of best selling book ‘Mobile Ready: Connecting With The

Untethered Consumer’ and ‘Innovation Wars’ - due for release in 2018 - a essential guide for any corporate to drive successful innovation programs with impact.



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TEDx Speaker, author and business woman, Joanne brings the real world of leading businesses in Asia as the Head of the Financial Services Practice at PriceWaterhouseCoopers in Thailand during the Asian Financial Crisis to more recent changes in our markets here in Singapore to the world of disruption. Long term contributor to the Oxford Futures Forum at the University of Oxford, Joanne brings science and rigor to disruption.

Walking her talk that the future is creatable as we wish it to be, she is also Booth Aster, the artist (TEDxPS Artist-in-Residence), exhibiting in the USA, Spain, Germany and the ArtScience Museum in Singapore.

Founder and CEO of Projects Wings Pte Ltd, Joanne’s vision is to help leaders, businesses and the global community convert disruption into transformation to create a beautiful, valued, sustainable future



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Bobby has 20+ years of experience across private equity and investment banking as a Principal for J.P. Morgan Partners and then a Managing Director and Head of Principal Investments at AIG. He has executed over $5bn+ of equity and mezzanine transactions in Asia across various industry segments.

As means of background, Mr. Bhatia attended Stanford (Scholar’s Program) and Duke Universities (BA Economics / Asian Literature).


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Steve has over thirty years of experience in owning, running and future proofing companies. He has been CEO, Managing Director or equivalent in seven companies in four countries managing teams of up to 500 employees and based in Asia for over 20 years. He has deep domain knowledge in Insurtech, Fintech, commercial insurance, compliance, risk and crisis management.

“RISK and the Asian CEO” Steve’s first book, was published on Amazon Kindle in 2016. He has been recognised as the No.1 worldwide influencer in Insurtech according to the Global Instech 100 in early 2017. He features in the Top 20 Global Influencer lists of Rise, Richtopia and Onalytica in the areas of Insurtech, Fintech and Blockchain. He has a significant presence on Twitter (42k), LinkedIn (22k), Instagram (6k) Facebook, Pinterest, Snapchat and Tumblr.


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Visionary, unconventional executive with years of international experience in branding, marketing and strategy. Passionate about building brands, creating unforgettable experiences and growing businesses. Vast experience in Asia Pacific (lived in China, Indonesia, New Zealand and Singapore, originally from Germany). Former Director of Marketing for BMW Asia. Since 2018 Founder/CEO of Sonnenkind Pte Ltd.