Seeking the Well-being of the Nation

Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam was elected as Singapore’s President in September 2023.

He served in politics for 22 years before resigning to contest in the Presidential Election. Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam was Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister for several years, and Education Minister earlier. He last served in government as Senior Minister. He also served as Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Singapore’s central bank and financial regulator, from 2011 to 2023.

He has been committed through his years to building economic resilience and a more inclusive social compact. On the latter, he has been especially engaged in sustaining social mobility, improving jobs for lower-income workers, and making life-long learning a reality for all. He has also sought to deepen and advance Singapore’s model of multiculturalism.

Mr Tharman has led several international councils focused especially on global financial reforms, preparedness for future pandemics, education, and global water sustainability.

He currently chairs the board of the Group of Thirty, an independent global council of economic and financial leaders from the public and private sectors. He also co-chairs the Global Commission on the Economics of Water, whose initial recommendations helped shape the outcomes of the UN Water Conference in March 2023, as well as the Advisory Board for the UN’s Human Development Report.

Mohammad Alami Musa is Singapore’s Ambassador to the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria (Non-Resident). He is a member of Advisory panel of the African-Singapore Business Forum. He is also a Resource Person for religious harmony for Ministry of Home Affairs and sits on its Independent Review Panel. He is now an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) which resides in the Nanyang Technological University (NTU).

Mr Alami is the Chairman of Honour Singapore. He is also a Justice of Peace and sits on the Reformative Training and Rehabilitation Committee of the SIngapore Prisons Service. Alami is a member of the Disciplinary Committee of the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

Mohammad Alami Musa was the Head of Studies in Inter-Religious Relations in Plural Societies (SRP) Programme at RSIS of the Nanyang Technological University from 2013 to 2023. He served as the President of the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore from 2003 to August 2021. Mr Alami had been greatly involved in the Singapore Muslim Identity Project and actively promoted positive inter-religious relations in both Singapore and the region. Furthermore, Mr Alami was instrumental in setting up Singapore’s first Interreligious Harmony Centre. He is now Chairman of the Religious Leadership and Talent Development Committee which identifies and develops future apex Islamic leaders for Singapore.

Alami was also active in civil society, being the founding Director of the Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP). Alami was AMP’s Chairman from 1995 to 2003.

For his service to Singapore and society, he was conferred the Meritorious Service Medal (MSM) during the country’s 50th National Day celebrations in 2015. In the same year, he was also presented with the Award for Excellence by the Malay media Berita Harian in 2015.

Mr Alami’s area of research is in Islam and Secularism in Singapore. His areas of interest include issues surrounding religion in society, interreligious relations, religious based conflicts and dialogue. He actively authored op-ed pieces for the media, commentary pieces, book chapters working papers and articles. He is now publishing his book “Ascent Towards Pinnacle- Community Development and SIngapore Muslim Identity.”

Mr Alami studied at the University of Singapore, where he obtained both his Bachelors and MSc degrees in Engineering. He was a civil/environmental engineer by training.

Mr Lim Siong Guan is a professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, and a Senior Fellow of the Singapore Civil Service College.

Having joined the civil service in 1969 as an engineer, he served two Old Guard Ministers – former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and former Deputy Prime Minister Goh Keng Swee – during his 37-year career with the civil service. He has described both leaders as his master teachers.

Citing Dr Goh Keng Swee in particular as his role model for leadership, Mr Lim is a great believer in the need for critical thinking, imagination and courage, as well as the urgency of being in time for the future. Because leadership is about “making good things happen”, he believes that, by definition, leadership must recognise values and principles, and that values form the compass for organisations entering into unknown territory.

Mr Lim has served as Group President of GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, Advisor to the GIC Group Executive Committee, Head of the Singapore Civil Service, Permanent Secretary in the ministries of Defence, Education and Finance and in the Prime Minister’s Office, and as Chairman of the Economic Development Board and various other government agencies.

Prior to his retirement from the civil service in 2006, he was recognised for his ability to draw out talent and for inspiring younger officers to innovate and excel. Mr Lim has compiled key lessons from his life experiences and his leadership insights into a book he co-authored, “The Leader, The Teacher And You: Leadership Through A Third Generation”, which co-won the Singapore Literature Prize for English Non-fiction in 2014. He is also co-author of the book “Winning with Honour: In Relationships, Family, Organisations, Leadership, and Life”. He has written a third book, “Can Singapore Fall?”, based on his lectures as the fourth S R Nathan Fellow for the Study of Singapore, delivered at the Institute of Public Policy.

A frequent speaker on the topic of leadership and change management, Mr Lim is a member of the International Board of the stars Foundation in Switzerland, a not-for-profit organisation that promotes development of next generation leaders. He chairs the Board of Directors of SwissRe Asia Pte. Ltd., the Asian subsidiary of Swiss Reinsurance headquartered in Zurich, and is also Lead Independent Director of Wilmar International Ltd.

He is an alumnus of the University of Adelaide, Australia, which he attended on a President’s Scholarship and graduated with First Class Honours in Mechanical Engineering in 1969. He attained a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration from the National University of Singapore in 1975. Mr Lim was awarded the Order of Nila Utama (First Class) in 2006.

Mrs Fang Ai Lian is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Singapore Business Federation, a Director of Banyan Tree Holdings Limited and Metro Holdings Limited, and has been an Advisor to Far East Organization Group since 1 May 2014. Mrs Fang is also Chairman of the Medishield Life Council, and a Member of the Singapore University of Technology and Design’s Board of Trustees.

Mrs Fang qualified as a Chartered Accountant in London in 1973. She made history in 1981 when she was named a partner in Ernst & Young Singapore. It was the first time a woman had achieved partnership status in a professional services firm in Singapore. In 1996 she was appointed the firm’s managing partner, becoming the first woman to run any Ernst & Young office worldwide, and the first to head an international accounting firm in Singapore. In 2005 she became chairman of the firm. In 2008, she retired after 34 years with the firm. In April 2008, she became chairman of Great Eastern, the largest life insurance company in Singapore, a post she held until April 2014.

She served as a Nominated Member of Parliament from 2002 to 2006. She was also Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Singapore Business Federation, and the Tax Academy of Singapore, as well as a Director of Singapore Telecommunications Limited. In addition, she served in various capacities on the boards of charities, including the Breast Cancer Foundation and the Home Nursing Foundation.

As Chair of the Charity Council for more than eight years since its formation in October 2006, she dedicated her expertise to promoting good governance and best practices in the charity sector. Under her leadership, the Council developed new initiatives to enhance the standard of governance among charities here, including the Code of Governance in 2007 and the refined Code in 2011, the Charity Governance Awards in 2012 to inspire charities to achieve exemplary governance standards, and the Charity Transparency Framework to help charities improve their disclosure practices.

For her contributions, Mrs Fang received the Public Service Medal in 2001 and the Public Service Star in 2009. She is a Justice of the Peace, and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, and of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Singapore.

Ms Goh Swee Chen is currently Chairman, National Arts Council, and Chairman, National Technological University (NTU). She joined Shell in 2003 and retired as Chairman, Shell Companies in Singapore in January 2019. She was previously with Procter & Gamble and IBM. A global leader, she has lived and worked in Singapore, Malaysia, Netherlands, Australia, USA, Japan and China. Ms Goh has a diverse professional background, having led significant businesses in Oil & Gas, Consumer Goods and IT sectors.

Ms Goh serves on the Boards of CapitaLand, Singapore Airlines, SP Group, Woodside Petroleum (Australia) and Centre for Liveable Cities. She is President – Global Compact Network Singapore, a UNGC Local Network and chairs the Institute HR Professional. She is also a member of the Legal Services Commission.

Ms Goh had previously chaired/served in the Boards of Shell Joint Ventures in China, Korea and Saudi Arabia. Ms Goh graduated with B.Sc. – Victoria University and MBA – Chicago Booth, University of Chicago. She was named Distinguished Alumni, Chicago Booth, in 2018. She is married with three children.

Mr Jaspal Singh served in the Singapore Administrative Service for 26 years (1978-2004) before heading to London, where he led ComfortDelGro’s bus, coach, taxi, limousine and engineering businesses across the UK and Ireland as CEO (2004-2018) and chaired the boards of two UK-based pension schemes.

His past Government appointments include Singapore Director of Budget and Deputy Secretary of the Finance and Transport Ministries. Notable achievements include winning the “London Bus Operator of the Year” award for ComfortDelGro at the 2016 London Transport Awards, and the “Outstanding Overseas Executive of the Year” award at the 2018 Singapore Business Awards.

Mr Singh is an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and a Senior Corporate Advisor.

Margaret Rumpf is a seasoned senior executive with over 25 years of global leadership experience in the healthcare industry. As an operating partner at ARCHIMED, a global investment firm focused on healthcare, she spots investment opportunities in Asia and enables healthcare companies to grow globally. Prior to this role, Margaret worked for GSK, FTSE 100, biopharma company for 26 years, where she drove global strategy, innovation, and growth in local, regional, and global settings.

Margaret is a pharmacist and holds a Master of Public Health, specialising in health economics and policy. She is also an active mentor at A*STAR and STDR, where she partners with entrepreneurs to translate their science to business. She is also an alumnus of the Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership, advocating for businesses to integrate sustainability to deliver profitable growth. Margaret is also a graduate Australian Institute of Company Directors and an Accredited Director with the Singapore Institute of Directors, where she volunteers her time on the corporate membership engagement committee.

Margaret is a strong advocate for diversity and inclusion, with extensive experience coaching business leaders on how to leverage diverse cultural dynamics to deliver better performance. She has also actively sponsored Asian and female talent.

Margaret was born, raised, and educated in Melbourne, Australia by Korean migrant parents. She is a mother of two wonderful children who have travelled and lived in multiple countries around the world as a family, strongly valuing conectiveness across different cultures and generations.

Mohamed Irshad is the founder and president of Roses of Peace – a youth driven non-profit organisation that seeks to strengthen religious harmony in Singapore. Through its activities, Roses of Peace has effectively reached out to over 40,000 people and engaged over 2,000 youths since its inception in 2012. The unique programmes delivered by Roses of Peace – such as interfaith conferences, youth forums, Faith in Leadership Symposium and more recently, its Ambassador Programme and Connectors Programme – have united the hearts of people across faith, race and tradition by deepening understanding and strengthening trust, for a common cause of promoting peace, harmony and social cohesion.

Having been an active youth leader since his student days, Mr Irshad strongly believes that it is at the heart of showing care and compassion, that we will build lasting peace and shape a resilient community. In 2018, he was appointed as a Nominated Member of Parliament. He also serves as a member on the Facebook Community Leadership Global Advisory Board and on the Mosque Management Board of Masjid Abdul Gafoor (Singapore).

Mr Irshad also advises and serves as an ambassador for several organisations in Singapore and across the globe, including REACH Singapore, OnePeople.sg, Singapore Kindness Movement and Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI). In recognition of his exemplary contributions to the community, Mr Irshad has been awarded the President’s Volunteerism & Philanthropy Award and the MUIS Youth Inspiring Award in 2018.

Rajiv Ramani is the CFO of a Single-Family Office since August 2022. He started his career with Ernst & Young, Singapore before moving to The Coca-Cola Company for 14 years. Thereafter, he had stints with Unilever, Astro (Malaysia), Coty and Luxasia.

Rajiv has lived and worked across multiple geographies within Asia Pacific, Middle East & USA. Rajiv holds a Bachelor of Business (Accountancy) from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), Australia. He is an Australian CPA and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. Rajiv is a Founding Member & Certified Chair, Advisory Board Centre Australia as well as Co-Chair of the Singapore Chapter of the Advisory Board Centre. He is a Member, Singapore Institute of Directors and a Member, Virtual Advisory Board.

Rajiv was Deputy Chairman of CIMA’s Industry Advisory Executive Panel (APAC) from 2012 – 2017. He was a Non-Executive Director for Asia Sports Ventures, Singapore from 2014 – 2015 and a Board member of HFC Prestige (Dubai Branch) from 2016 – 2019. He serves on the Finance Committee of TomoWork, a registered charity, with a focus on supporting Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) and Students with Special Educational Needs to be gainfully employed in the workforce. He has also served on the committee of one of the temples administered by the Hindu Endowments Board.

Mr Seah Moon Ming is the Chairman of SMRT Corporation Ltd, SMRT Trains Ltd., SMRT TEL Pte Ltd., SMRT Buses Ltd. and Strides Holdings Ltd. Mr Seah also holds the position of Chairman at National University Singapore High School of Mathematics and Science. He is the Patron of Kampung Senang Charity and Education Foundation.

Previously, Mr Seah held pivotal roles such as Chairman of International Enterprise Singapore (from 2013 to 2018), Chairman of Singapore Cooperation Enterprise (from 2012 to 2020), and Chairman of Temasek Polytechnic (from 2006 to 2014). He has also served as President of Singapore Technologies Electronics Ltd (from 1997 to 2009), Deputy CEO of Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (from 2009 to 2013), and Group CEO of Pavilion Energy (from 2013 to 2018) and Deputy Chairman of Ren Ci Hospital (from Jan 2012 to Dec 2013).

In recognition of his outstanding service to Public Transportation and Education, Mr Seah was conferred the Meritorious Service Medal from the President of Singapore in 2022, and the Public Service Star [BBM] in 2014. He has also received prestigious awards from the Institute of Engineers, Singapore including the IES Lifetime Engineering Award in January 2023 and the IES/IEEE Joint Medal of Excellence Award in 2008. Furthermore, he was also conferred the Honorary Fellowship by IES in 2003 and the Medal of Commendation (Gold) at 2020’s May Day for his contributions towards enhancing workers’ wages, welfare, and work prospects.

Mr Seah is affiliated with esteemed professional bodies including a member of Eta Kappa Nu, a senior member of IEEE, a Fellow of the Academy of Engineering Singapore, and an Honorary Fellow of the ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organizations. He is also Honorary President of Singapore Table Tennis Association.

Throughout his career, Mr Seah has been recognized with several notable awards including the Oil Council’s 2014 APAC Executive of the Year Award, the 2011 Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award from the NUS Faculty of Engineering, the 6th International Management Action Award from the Chartered Management Institute in 2007. He was also honoured with the title of Honorary Citizen of Guiyang, Guizhou in 2008, and Honorary Citizen of Yichun, Jiangxi in 2007.

Vincent Ang is a seasoned strategist and leadership advisor with a strong track record in guiding organisations through growth, transformation, and purpose-driven change. As Co-Founder and CEO of Solomon’s Guild Advisory, he partners with senior leaders to shape strategy, elevate leadership effectiveness, and build resilient, values-aligned enterprises.

With decades of experience in corporate leadership and entrepreneurship, Vincent brings a rare ability to connect strategic foresight with human-centred governance. His expertise spans strategic development, organisational transformation, leadership succession, and customer experience, making him a valued thought leader and partner in boardrooms navigating complexity and change.

Vincent is also deeply committed to ethical leadership and community impact. He serves on advisory panels, boards, and executive committees in several charities, faith-based, and non-profit organisations, contributing to nation-building through values-based influence.

Vincent brings a rare blend of strategic acuity, principled leadership, and a future-focused lens for sustainable impact.

Ms Chew Gek Khim is a lawyer by training. She is Executive Chairman of The Straits Trading Company Limited, and of the Tecity Group. She is Chairman of Malaysia Smelting Corporation Berhad and ARA Trust Management (Suntec) Limited, and sits on the Board of ARA Asset Management Holdings Pte. Ltd. and the Singapore Exchange Limited.

Ms Chew is also Deputy Chairman of Tan Chin Tuan Foundation in Singapore, and Chairman of Tan Sri Tan Foundation in Malaysia. She is a Member of the Securities Industry Council of Singapore, and of the Board of Governors at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies.

Ms Chew graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1984. She was awarded the Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite in 2010, the Singapore Businessman of the Year 2014 in 2015, and the Meritorious Service Medal at the National Day Awards in 2016.

Mr Philip Ng is the Chief Executive Officer of Far East Organization, Singapore’s largest private developer with more than 750 properties in the residential, hospitality, retail, commercial and industrial sectors. He is also a director of Hong Kong-based Sino Group, Far East Organization’s sister company, engaging in real estate activities in HK and China.

He serves as the Chairman of the Singapore University of Technology and Design’s Board of Trustees and is a member of the MIT Corporation (USA).

A father of six children, Mr Ng holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering with First Class Honours from King’s College, London University, UK and two Master degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, a Master of Science in Technology & Policy, and a Master in City Planning.

Dr Ab Razak Chanbasha is currently the Technical Director and founder of ARC Sciences, a company that supports nanoscience research. He has participated actively in the community and served in various committees in his social engagement. He has served in the executive committee of the Muslim Converts Association of Singapore, as a director in the Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP Singapore) and its subsidiary companies, MERCU and RIMA, and a council member at Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis).

Currently, he sits on Muis subsidiary companies, Warees Investments and Warees Halal. Razak is also the chairman of MHA/Singapore Prisons: Employment Release Selection Committee / Home Detention Advisory Committee, a Justice of the Peace and is in the Board of Visiting Justice to Singapore Prisons and SAF Detention Barracks.

Razak graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in Chemistry and Economics, Master of Science in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Strathclyde, UK and PhD in Physicsfrom NUS.

Mr Abel Ang is the founding Group Chief Executive Officer of Advanced MedTech Holdings, a US$300M global player in urology devices and services. The group has quadrupled its revenue since its founding.

Mr. Ang has a proven track record in the medical device sector. He has served as the Senior Advisor to the CEO of Greatbatch Inc (NYSE: ITGR), providing guidance relative to the commercialization of medical device technologies in the cardiac, neurology, vascular and orthopedic markets. Prior to Greatbatch, Mr. Ang was President, Asia/Pacific for Hill-Rom Inc. a US$3B revenue medical devices company (acquired by NYSE: BAX) where he was responsible for leading, developing and implementing the strategy to expand Hill-Rom’s presence in the Asia/Pacific markets. He formerly served as the Chief Technology Officer for Hill-Rom for 3 years. In that role he had overall responsibility for Hill-Rom’s global R&D operations which are distributed across sites in the U.S., Mexico, France, and Singapore. At Hill-Rom, he also held the positions of Vice-President and General Manager of Hill-Rom’s US$420M Global Therapy Business unit, and Vice-President for International Business Development. He formerly headed the global Medical Technology and Biotechnology industry groups in the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB).

Mr. Ang sits on the Board of Economic Development Innovations Singapore, a privately-held investment holding company headquartered in Singapore with direct investments in deeptech, education and listed assets. He sits on the Boards of various Advanced MedTech group companies: Dornier MedTech GmbH, AMT Pte Ltd, SonoMotion Inc,. and AWAK Technologies, where he chairs the Board. He was formerly on the Board and Nominating Committee of Aslan Pharmaceuticals (NYSE:ASLN).

Mr. Ang is an Adjunct full Professor at the Nanyang Business School in Singapore and Waseda University in Japan, where he teaches in their respective MBA programs. On the education front, he also sits on the Board of Singapore Institute of Management, a profitable private education platform, which has 16,000 students in Asia and 180,000 alumni. Mr. Ang has a Master of Science in Computational Biology from Rutgers University in New Jersey, which he pursued while on an EDB scholarship. He attended Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program in 2012. He was awarded the Public Service Medal (PBM) in 2021 for his contributions to the medical device industry in Singapore. He was again awarded the Public Service Medal (COVID-19) in 2022 for his contributions in developing and manufacturing ventilators and diagnostic kits to keep Singapore safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Professor Abhishek Singh Bhati is a distinguished higher education leader, researcher, and community contributor with extensive experience in academic leadership, governance, and institutional development. He currently serves as Pro Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive Officer of the Newcastle Australia Institute of Higher Education (NAIHE), a wholly owned entity of the University of Newcastle in Singapore, where he leads academic quality, institutional strategy, and partnerships with industry and community stakeholders.

Professor Bhati is widely recognised for his contributions to teaching, learning, and higher education leadership. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD). He also serves on the boards of Singapore-based enterprises and actively contributes to international academic communities, including the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business and the Academy of Management.

Beyond academia, Professor Bhati is committed to sustainability, inclusion, and community engagement. He volunteers with Singapore’s National Environment Agency on community initiatives and supports inclusion efforts through Purple Parade activities. An active researcher, he has published extensively in tourism, sustainability, and education, with research focusing on resilience planning, technology-driven transformation, and low-carbon tourism aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Dr Ahmad Magad is currently Senior Advisor to Curetis GmbH, a German company concerned with the manufacturing of Multiplex PCR instruments used in syndromic testing to rapidly detect pathogens that
contribute to infections in a variety of infectious diseases. He was Non-Executive Chairman of Second Chance Ltd, a company trading in various fields, including Properties, Securities, Gold Retailing, and
Clothing and Apparels since its inception as a publicly-listed company in 1997. He is currently Lead Independent Director of Propnex Limited, the largest property agency in Singapore since 2018.

He recently retired as Executive Director of the Management Development Institute of Singapore after a one-year stint and was also the Secretary General of the Singapore Manufacturing Federation, a 90-year old trade body which services the Singapore Manufacturing Fraternity in Singapore.

Prior to the above, he was Group Managing Director of II-VI Infrared (IR) Optics Manufacturing Operations in Asia (presently know as Coherent Inc), with facilities in Singapore, Suzhou in China, Vietnam and the Philippines, which specializes in the manufacture of infrared materials, optical components and systems for applications in the industrial, military and medical fields.

He was an elected as a Member of the Singapore Parliament (MP) and served in the Pasir Ris-Punggol Group Representation Constituency (GRC) for 15 years between 1997 and 2011. He served as Chairman of several Government Parliamentary Committees and had the opportunity to influence government policies that led to the betterment of the lives of his fellow Singaporeans.

He also served as a Board member in a number of Government Statutory Boards and is a strong voice of the Quality and Productivity movement, where he made significant contributions to the National Productivity and Continuing Education Movement in Singapore.

In 1971, he obtained a Government Scholarship to study Precision Engineering (Feinwerktechnik) in Germany. He also holds a Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) from Brunel University (UK), an
MBA and an Advanced Post Graduate Diploma in Management Consultancy from the Henley Business School, Reading University (UK).

Ahmad Magad is a Fellow Member of CPA (Australia), the Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK) and the Singapore Institute of Directors. He is also a Distinguished Fellow of the Management Development

Institute of Singapore. Dr Ahmad Magad was awarded the Walter L. Hurd Executive Medal by the Asia Pacific Quality Organization in November 2016 in Rotorua, New Zealand for his significant contributions to the Productivity and Quality Movements in Singapore.

Ainun Najib is a globally experienced technology and data leader with over 18 years of expertise in data, analytics, artificial intelligence, and digital platforms across multinational corporations and leading digital-native companies in Southeast Asia. He currently serves as Global Head of Data Platform at Dyson, where he leads enterprise-scale data infrastructure and operations, driving significant performance improvements and cost optimization across the organization.

Prior to Dyson, Ainun held senior leadership roles at Grab, including Head of Analytics, Platform & Regional Business and Head of Business Data Platform. He led the development of Grab’s enterprise data ecosystem spanning real-time analytics, machine learning platforms, and customer-centric data infrastructure. His work supported major strategic initiatives, including Grab’s public listing in 2021, while enabling large-scale financial analytics, merchant intelligence, and data-driven growth initiatives across the region.

Earlier in his career, Ainun served as Head of Data at Traveloka, where he built and led multidisciplinary teams across analytics, data science, engineering, and machine learning. He began his professional career with IBM in Singapore, delivering enterprise technology and data transformation projects across aviation, logistics, and financial services sectors. He brings a strong combination of technological expertise, large-scale digital transformation leadership, and regional business experience, particularly in the areas of AI, data governance, platform strategy, and digital innovation.

Dr. Andy Poh is a seasoned Healthcare Strategist, Executive, Leadership and Transformation Advisor with an international career of senior-level positions across government and industry. His roles include advising country-level and organizational leadership on industry trends and healthcare domains, including strategy, policy, system-level transformation, population health, public-private partnerships, emerging technologies, innovation and future readiness.

Among his appointments, he is Honorary Professor at the University of Birmingham, Senior Advisor to World Scientific, Senior Fellow at Japan’s Health and Global Policy Institute and Senior Advisor in the Board of Advisors of Health System Intelligence, an international entity which specializes in cutting-edge capabilities of predictive healthcare AI-data analytics. He has been longstanding Advisor in the Prime Minister’s Office of the United Arab Emirates. Earlier, he worked in the Government of Dubai with roles of strategic transformation and business innovation. Prior to the UAE, he was based in Singapore and China as Vice President and General Manager of a listed healthcare group, growing its network and leading overseas market expansion via greenfield and brownfield strategies. He first started his career as a doctor practising medicine in Australia and Singapore.

His qualifications span Medicine, Law, Public Administration, Business Administration and Education, namely Master of Laws, MSc in Public Administration and Development, MBA, MBBS and Graduate Qualifications in Occupational Medicine, Family Medicine, Family Practice Dermatology and Higher Education.

Michelle brings over 20 years of experience in education and leadership to her dual role as Chief of Staff and Projects Director at Honour Singapore. A global-minded individual, she believes deeply in the capacity of every person to realise their full human potential and is passionate about turning simple beginnings into meaningful, lasting achievements.

With a career spanning international education management, marketing, and leadership development, Michelle has led key strategic functions across the education sector. She now channels that wealth of experience into conceptualising and delivering impactful initiatives that support Honour Singapore’s mission.

Michelle holds an MBA from Coventry University, and a broad base of multidisciplinary qualifications, including a Diploma in Multimedia Computing (Ngee Ann Polytechnic), a Bachelor of Business in Marketing (Central Queensland University), and a Graduate Diploma in Educational Leadership and Management (RMIT University).

Grounded in strategic thinking and community building, Michelle is especially committed to initiatives that foster education, youth development, and civic values, creating tangible social impact both locally and beyond.

Beyond her professional role, Michelle is a strong advocate for youth and community empowerment. She serves as a mentor with MentoringSG, and is an active volunteer with Junior Achievement Singapore and Soka Gakkai Singapore, supporting programmes that develop compassionate, resilient, and forward-looking young leaders.

Lisa brings over 20 years of experience spanning marketing communications, campaign development, and end-to-end project execution across the technology and energy sectors. As Head of Programmes, Events and Marketing at Honour Singapore, she will lead the strategic design and delivery of values-driven programmes, signature events, and integrated marketing initiatives that advance Honour’s mission and community impact.

Known for her ability to bridge strategy and execution, Lisa has successfully managed diverse portfolios for global brands while cultivating strong partnerships with vendors, collaborators, and stakeholders to ensure seamless delivery and meaningful engagement.

Beyond her professional role, Lisa is a committed lifelong learner who continually refreshes her skills to stay attuned to evolving industry and societal trends. A multilingual communicator, she is fluent in English and Mandarin, and conversant in Hokkien, Teochew, and Cantonese. She values connecting with people from all walks of life and believes that genuine relationships are at the heart of impactful programmes and events.

Liew Sin is an experienced finance professional with over 20 years of expertise in finance, accounting, treasury, and corporate reporting. She brings strong capabilities in financial management, governance, and regulatory compliance.

Throughout her career, she has taken on leadership roles where she guided finance teams, improved processes, and supported business decisions with clear financial insights. She is passionate about building strong systems, promoting accountability, and helping organisations run efficiently and sustainably.

In her current role, Liew Sin adopts a thoughtful, hands-on, and solutions-driven approach, working closely across teams to support both day-to-day operations and long-term organisational goals.

Liew Sin is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA), UK and a Chartered Accountant, (Singapore) with the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accoutants (ISCA).