Mr Teo Siong Seng is a veteran in the maritime industry, and is the Managing Director of Pacific International Lines Pte Ltd, Chairman of the Singapore Maritime Institute’s governing council, and Chairman of the Standard Steamship Owner’s Protection and Indemnity Association (Asia). Mr Teo serves on the councils of various organisations, including the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry, as well as Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School. He also serves on the board of Business China.

Mr Teo graduated with first-class Honours in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering from the University of Glasgow.

Mr Douglas Foo is the founder and Chairman of Sakae Holdings Ltd, and President of the Singapore Manufacturing Federation. He has received numerous prestigious accolades, such as the 2004 ASEAN Youth Award and the 2008 Singapore Youth Award (Medal of Commendation). Mr Foo was also named the Rotary-ASME Entrepreneur of the Year in 2002 by the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (ASME) and the Rotary Club of Singapore.

Mr Foo graduated from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology with a degree in Business Administration (Finance).

Mr Gan Seow Kee is the Chairman and Managing Director of ExxonMobil Asia Pacific Pte Ltd. He has held several key management roles within the company since he joined ExxonMobil in 1979.

Mr Gan obtained his bachelor’s degree in engineering (with honours) from the National University of Singapore and is a Fellow with the United Kingdom Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. He was a board member of International Enterprise Singapore.

Mr Pek Lian Guan is Chief Executive Officer of Tiong Seng Holdings Ltd, and the Managing Director of Tiong Seng Contractors Pte Ltd. He serves on several boards, including that of Singapore’s Building and Construction Authority and the Singapore Green Building Council. He is a council member of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry, and Chairman of the UOB-SMU Asian Enterprise Institute’s Board of Governors.

Mr Pek graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the Loughborough University of Technology in the United Kingdom.

Mr Loh Boon Chye is the Chief Executive Officer of the Singapore Exchange. He is also Executive and Non-Independent Director of the SGX Board and a Director of GIC Private Limited. Prior to SGX, Mr Loh held various leadership roles in the financial industry in Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank.

Since 1999, Mr Loh has served in several associations including ACI Singapore – The Financial Markets Association, the Singapore Investment Banking Association, the Institute of Banking & Finance Singapore and the Singapore Foreign Exchange Market Committee. Mr Loh holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the National University of Singapore.

Mr Achal Agarwal is President of Kimberly-Clark’s Asia Pacific consumer business and has over 30 years of leadership experience in multi-cultural environments. He serves on the board of various entities of Kimberly-Clark including Kimberly-Clark Lever Ltd, a joint venture with Unilever India. 

Mr Agarwal is a board member of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce, WWF-Singapore, AVPN (Asian Venture Philanthropy Network) and is on the advisory board of the Antai College of Economics & Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Mr Loh Chin Hua is the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Keppel Corporation, and is Chairman of several companies within the Keppel Group including Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd, Keppel Land Limited, Keppel Infrastructure Holdings Pte Ltd, Keppel Telecommunications & Transportation Ltd, Keppel Capital Holdings Pte Ltd (Keppel Capital), the Group's asset management division; and Alpha Investment Partners Ltd, the real estate investment fund management arm of Keppel Land Limited. He also holds directorship in Keppel FELS Limited and Keppel Shipyard Limited.

Mr Loh is a Colombo Plan Scholar and Chartered Financial Analyst. He graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Property Administration from Auckland University and obtained a Presidential Key Executive MBA from Pepperdine University.

Ms Janet Ang is Vice-President of the Industry Solution Sales Team at IBM Asia Pacific and is a Member of the IBM Industry Academy. She serves on the boards of the Public Utilities Board, InfoComm Development Authority, NUS Institute of Systems Science, National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre, Singapore Press Holdings and NUS’ Alumni Advisory Board. She is also Board Chair of Caritas Singapore and President of the International Women’s Forum (Singapore chapter).

Ms Ang graduated with an Honours degree in Business Administration from the National University of Singapore, and was awarded the NUS Business School Eminent Alumni Award and NUS Distinguished Alumni Service Award in 2014 and 2015, respectively.

Mr Jonathan Asherson is Chairman of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce and non-executive Chairman of Rolls-Royce Singapore Pte Ltd, based in Singapore. He is an independent non-executive director of Sembcorp Industries Ltd and Genting Singapore Ltd and is also a Senior Adviser for St James’s Place Wealth Management Ltd, and a consultant to UMW Berhad.

Jonathan is a Council Member of the Singapore National Employers’ Federation and a Board Member of the Economic Development Board of Singapore from 2007 – 2011. He was also on the Committee for the Future Economy in 2016. He is a Past President of the British Chamber of Commerce in Singapore.

Jonathan was conferred the Public Service Medal under the Singapore National Day Awards in 2009 and received an OBE in 2010. He was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Science from Kingston University in 2010. He has worked in Germany, the USA, China and Malaysia. He speaks fluent German. Jonathan grew up in Singapore and Zambia and is married with one daughter.

Dr T Chandroo is the Chairman and CEO of the Modern Montessori International Group, which is represented in 16 countries worldwide. He is also Chairman of the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Dr Chandroo holds a Doctor of Business Administration from Southern Cross University in addition to a MBA from the University of East London and Fellow of Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK), and is also a Master Trainer in Neuro-Linguistic Programming. Dr Chandroo was awarded the Singapore’s Leading Indian Entrepreneurs for the Year (Large Enterprise) 2009 by SICCI-DBS, Outstanding Entrepreneur Award for the Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards (APEA) 2010, Alumnus of the Year for the Southern Cross Business School, Southern Cross University Australia 2013, Asia’s Most Promising Business Leader Award 2013 and Times Now-ICICI Bank NRI of the Year Award 2014 (Philanthropy), among others. Dr Chandroo is an avid philanthropist and is actively involved in community work. He holds key appointments in various government, industry and community based organisations.

Ms Chong Ee Rong is the Group Managing Director of Ogilvy & Mather Singapore and has over 20 years of integrated communications, public relations, business and financial experience across local and multinational brands in the corporate, financial, consumer and government sectors.

She oversees the day-to-day agency management of one of the country’s largest integrated agencies, spearheads key client relationships and drives the creative and business agenda, focusing on agency-wide integration and helping clients navigate the challenges and opportunities of modern marketing.

Ee Rong is a highly strategic communications practitioner, an industry advocate, and a builder of best in class agency teams. She strives to create environments where people are able to contribute positively. She has a stellar track record as a strong business and agency lead, chief growth officer, client partner and people developer. She is also an active mentor, and sponsor of the equality and diversity agenda.

Mr R.Dhinakaran is the Managing Director of Jay Gee Group, which retails international fashion and lifestyle brands. Also known as Dhina, he is currently the President of the Singapore Retailers Association, Deputy Chairman of Skills Future Singapore, Chairman of Audit & Risk Committee, SSG (MOE).

He is the Vice Chairman of Hindu Endowments Board (MCCY) and also serves on the Singapore Productivity Centre Board, Future Economy Council Lifestyle Sub-committee, Lifelong Learning Endowment Fund Advisory Council, Payment Council of Monetary Authority of Singapore, Board of Trustees of Singapore University of Social Sciences, SBF Digitalisation Committee, Code of Governance for Town Councils Advisory Panel (Ministry of National Development) and the President’s Challenge Steering Committee. He has also been appointed as a Justice of Peace.

He was a Former Nominated Member of Parliament, a Trustee of SIM University Education Fund, member of the SIM Governing Council, Charity Council of Singapore (MCCY) and Vice President of Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants and Vice Chairman of Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce.

Dhina has leveraged his skills and experience in leading businesses in managing non-profit organizations.  He is a certified Chartered Accountant (Singapore) and holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA).

Ms Rachel Eng is the Deputy Chairman of WongPartnership LLP and has more than 25 years of experience in legal practice. As a corporate lawyer, she is involved in listings, corporate advisory and corporate governance work.

Rachel is an independent director of listed companies, Olam International Limited, StarHub Ltd and SPH REIT Management Pte Ltd, which manages the listed SPH REIT. She is a board member of the Public Utilities Board and sits on the Board of Trustees of Singapore Institute of Technology.

Rachel was a member of Singapore’s Committee on the Future Economy, which released its report on the economic strategies to position Singapore for the future. She is also a member of the Appeals Panel of Abu Dhabi Global Market. Rachel is a Supervisory Committee member of ABF Singapore Bond Index Fund and a member of the Corporate Governance Council established by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. She is also a member of Singapore General Hospital Fund Committee, a committee established under SingHealth Fund.

Ms Foo Mee Har is the CEO of the Wealth Management Institute (WMI) at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.  She brings over 25 years of experience in the finance and banking sector, having held senior leadership positions in a diverse portfolio of international businesses with Standard Chartered Bank including the Country Head of Consumer Banking China, President and CEO of Standard Chartered Bank Thailand as well as the Global Head for the bank’s priority and international banking business across 30 markets in Asia, Middle East and Africa.  

Ms Foo is also a Member of Parliament for the West Coast Group Constituency (GRC) since 2011. She is the Chairman of the Estimates Committee of Singapore Parliament, as well as a member of the Government Parliamentary Committees of Education, Finance and Trade and Industry.   She graduated with a BSc (First Class Honours) degree from the University of New South Wales, Australia with a major in Occupational Psychology.

Mr Dwight Hutchins is the Asia Pacific Managing Director of Strategy Consulting - Products at Accenture, and Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore.

Mr Hutchins holds a Masters in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, a Masters in Business Administration from Kellogg at Northwestern University, and a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Tennessee.

Mr Andrew Kwan is the Group Managing Director of Commonwealth Capital, which has investments across food verticals including aquaculture, cold chain logistics, centralised kitchen, butchery, bakery and ice cream production. The Commonwealth group also has investments in retail and food services concepts such as PastaMania, Swissbake, Kraftwich, Udders ice cream, The Soup Spoon, Baker & Cook and NYC Bagel Factory.

His accolades include multiple Entrepreneur of the Year awards from both ASME and SOE Nexia, the Business Times Enterprise50 awards, Fastest Growing50 and consecutive Franchisor of the Year titles for businesses in different industries from the Franchise & Licensing Association.

He holds a BBA from Schulich School of Business, York University, Canada. Andrew is married with 4 children and serves in different capacities as an Elder at church, a non-resident fellow of Eusoff Hall-National University of Singapore, a board member of Enterprise Singapore, Restaurant Association of Singapore, Steward Company of Singapore Ltd, Spectra Secondary School and Focus on the Family.

Mr Meng Fanqiu is the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corporation Ltd. He also holds the position of President of the China Enterprises Association (Singapore) and concurrently serves as a Board director of the Investors Relations Professionals Association as well as a founding Board member of Nanyang Technological University's Centre of Excellence (International Trading).

Honoured as an “Elite Civil Servant” by the Civil Aviation Administration of China, Mr Meng holds a Bachelor of Law (International Economic Law) from China University of Political Science and Law as well as Master of Business Law from Renmin University of China. He also holds an APAC Executive Master of Business Administration from the National University of Singapore and is a qualified legal attorney and corporate legal advisor in the PRC.

Mr Roland Ng is the Managing Director & Group CEO of Tat Hong Holdings Ltd, one of the largest crane-owning companies in the world.

Mr Ng is the President of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry. He also serves in many public and civic institutions such as China & North Asia Business Group of Singapore Business Federation, Board of Trustees of Chinese Development Assistance Council, Board of Directors of the Business China, Advisory Council on Community Relations in Defence (Employers & Business Council).

Mr Ng graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree from Loughborough University, United Kingdom.He was awarded the Public Service Medal (PBM) in 2002 and the Public Service Star (BBM) in 2010 by the President of the Republic of Singapore. In September 2015, Mr Ng was appointed as the Justice of the Peace by the President of the Republic of Singapore. 

Mr Stefano Poli is President and Managing Director of SIAE Microelettronica Asia Pacific and President of the European Chamber of Commerce in Singapore. He is also Managing Partner of Antaeus, a boutique consulting firm, and Vice President of Accademia Italiana della Cucina of Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. Mr Poli is a member of the Aspen Institute Italia overseas talent community.

Mr Poli graduated with a Masters in Materials Engineering by Trento University, Italy.

Mr Shamir Rahim is the Founder and CEO of VersaFleet Pte Ltd, served on the Future City sub-committee of the Committee for Future Economy, and is a member of the National Integration Working Group Community at MCCY. He also serves as President for the Singapore Malay Chamber of Commerce & Industry, and was previously Director on the board of Association of Muslim Professionals.

Mr Shamir received the SMCCI Young Entrepreneur Award in 2016. He graduated in molecular biology as a University Scholar and holds a Master of Science from the National University of Singapore. He was on the NUS Overseas College program at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr Ron Sim is the Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of V3 Group Limited, which is an Asian luxury retail group in the lifestyle and wellness markets comprising the OSIM, TWG Tea and GNC brands.

Beginning in 1979 with a trading company, Mr Sim gradually expanded the OSIM brand overseas and established it as a household name in Asia. OSIM was publicly listed on the Singapore Exchange in 2000.

Today the V3 Group operates some 670 outlets across 24 countries in Asia, Oceania, the Middle East, Europe and North America.

Mr Augustine Tan is the Executive Director of the Property Sales Business Group & Corporate Affairs at Far East Organization, and serves on several high-level executive committees within the Organization. He is also President of the Real Estate Developers' Association of Singapore and Board member of the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Institute of Real Estate Studies.

Mr Tan holds a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom and a Bachelor of Science in Estate Management from NUS.

Mr Takuhiko Tochiori is the Executive Officer and Joint Head of Asia & Oceania of Mizuho Bank Ltd. He is the Immediate Past President for the Singapore Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Mr Tochiori graduated from the School of Business at Georgetown University, Washington DC, and thereafter, the School of Commerce at Waseda University.

Mr Kurt Wee is the President of the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (ASME). He has spent his career spanning the last 18 years in the investment and private equity industry. He is invested in medical and biotechnology fields of human stem cells, immunotherapy and gene therapy. He is also consulted by enterprises for turnarounds, recovery and corporate restructuring situations.

Mr Wee also serves in a number of committees in various government ministries, charity and academic institutions.

Mr Yeoh Oon Jin is the Executive Chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) LLP Singapore and a member of PwC Executive Board for the CaTSH firm, comprising PwC firms in Singapore, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. He serves on the board of Jurong Town Corporation and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, Vice President of CPA Australia, Singapore Division, as well as the Treasurer of Singapore Institute of International Affairs.

Mr Yeoh graduated with a First Class Honours (Accounting) from the University of Birmingham, England, and is a prize winner of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales professional exams.