DATE FRIDAY, 7 DECEMBER 2018 | |
TIME 1:00PM - 5:00PM | |
VENUE THE FULLERTON HOTEL SINGAPOREREGIER 1 Fullerton Square, Singapore 049178 |
Event Overview
More women are making their mark as leaders in various fields today. However, for many, it is still a long way to the top as many women continue to face various factors that limit their full career advancement. With women still pushing to reach the top, they are faced with a range of challenges that many of their male CEO counterparts don’t understand. These issues that are preventing many women from achieving their goal of becoming a leader at their company and diminishing their ability to get ahead in business.
Join us at the ALB Women in Law and Business Forum 2018 as we aim to inspire and empower women leaders. This forum will help drive progress by addressing barriers to women’s careers, enabling professional and personal development, and examining how executives can change their culture to lead, attract and retain talent.
Key Benefits of Attending:
- Championing diversity and inclusion at your organisation
- Learn how to navigate through workplace challenges for women leaders
- Uncovering trending leadership strategies to achieve long term business success
- Create a collaborative working culture to enable career development and prevent unconscious bias
Target Audience
Regardless of gender or role – whether you are a board director, CEO, senior or middle manager, entrepreneur or young emerging leader, the Women in Law and Business Forum is an informal get to gather for valuable source of information, insights, knowledge and experience sharing for you.
- Directors, Executives and Managers across all departments, agencies and councils
- Legal Counsels, General Counsels
- Compliance
- Corporate Governance
- Human Resources and Workforce Planning
- Diversity and Inclusion Managers
- Established, emerging and aspiring women leaders
Please stay tune for more updates on the programme agenda.
For more event information, please contact Lynda Lim at lynda.lim@thomsonreuters.com or call +(65) 6870 3521
Timing | AGENDA |
12.15pm | Registration and High- Tea Refreshments |
1.15pm | Welcoming Remarks by the Conference Chair
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1:30pm | Panel Discussion Thriving and Excelling as Women Leader: The Unseen Barriers
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2:15pm | Panel Discussion Diversity in Leadership: Gender Diversity is Everyone’s Game
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3:00pm | Panel Discussion Women In Leadership: Getting Heard, Getting Credit and Making a Difference at Workplace
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3:45pm | Closing Remarks by Chairperson and High-Tea Networking Session |
4:45pm | End of ALB Women in Law and Business Forum 2018 |
Please stay tune for more speakers and panellists profiles
For more event information, please contact Lynda Lim at lynda.lim@thomsonreuters.com or call +(65) 6870 3521
Ranajit Dam Managing Editor Asian Legal Business Ranajit Dam is the Managing Editor of Thomson Reuters Legal Media Group, which includes Asian Legal Business, Asia’s foremost monthly publication covering the legal industry. A former lawyer, Dam has been a journalist for more than a decade, after graduating from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Since then, he has worked in the United States, India, China and Singapore, where he is currently based.
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Priscilla Soh General Counsel AIG Singapore
Priscilla is General Counsel for AIG Asia Pacific Insurance Pte. Ltd. She is also a member of the Executive Committee. Priscilla is responsible for all legal and regulatory matters in the company and works closely with the business and operations in a wide range of issues, projects and initiatives. She also advises the business on complex claims and dispute resolution matters. Priscilla is also part of AIG’s corporate secretarial team.
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Rhenu Bhuller Partner Frost & Sullivan With more than 20 years of experience in life sciences, medical technology and business evaluations, Rhenu works with Frost & Sullivan’s Transformational Health analysts in tracking key issues globally related to healthcare access, digital transformation, as well as how market trends and disruptive technologies such as AI, big data analytics, blockchain, mobile health and consumerism are impacting business models and the future of healthcare delivery. Prior to joining Frost & Sullivan, Rhenu held positions at Bayer and has a Degree in Chemistry and a Masters in Finance and International Business. With a background in life sciences and financial evaluations, Rhenu has supported initiatives for the development of public private partnerships, regulatory initiatives, investment valuation and initiatives to expand healthcare reach. She is also a qualified moderator and workshop leader and has conducted growth opportunity workshops to guide companies on prioritization of business strategies and investment plans in areas such as new product development, market expansion, competitive strategy, as well as sales and marketing strategies to innovate in today’s disruptive business environment and is member of the global Visionary Innovation team at Frost & Sullivan.
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Swetha Vijay Director ComCap LLC
Swetha Vijay is a Director at ComCap LLC and heads its Asia operations. ComCap LLC is a global boutique investment bank with focus on technology, ecommerce and the retail ecosystem. With a presence in San Francisco, Singapore and Europe, ComCap has recently completed or has active transactions in Southeast Asia, Australia, India, United States, Europe, Japan and Latin America.
Swetha has 11 years of corporate finance experience in Southeast Asia and India servicing Asia Pacific and global clients. Most recently, Swetha was a Vice President at Houlihan Lokey’s affiliate in Southeast Asia where she originated and executed various transactions in the telecommunications, technology and consumer space.
Swetha has also worked at Deloitte & Touche Corporate Finance in Singapore and with DBS Bank as a part of their Mergers & Acquisitions team working on buy-side and sell-side advisory deals in the telecommunications, oil & gas and technology manufacturing sectors.
Swetha has experience working on two tech startups in Singapore. She graduated from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India (MBA) and has a bachelor’s degree in engineering.
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Nishtha Kharb Legal Director - ASEAN, Korea, Japan Reckitt Benckiser
Nishthais a distinguished healthcare & technology focused lawyer with over 12 years of experience in handling wide range of legal and regulatory issues, particularly in the Asia region. Presently, she is working for a British Multinational RB as their Legal Director, ASEAN, Japan & Korea advising them on legal affairs and contributing towards innovative solutions to people’s every day challenges in the arena of health and well-being.
She also worked as the Legal Head of Asia for another dynamic, US head-quartered healthcare company, Carestream Health Inc. In this role, she leads the legal and compliance affairs of the company for Asia-Pacific region that comprises of ANZ, ASEAN countries, India and South Korea. Prior to joining Carestream, she was the in-house counsel and Data Privacy Officer at Philips Electronics Pte Ltd for ASEAN and South-East Asia operations. She started her career as a legal associate at Singapore’s Tan Kok Quan Partnership and later joined world’ s leading dispute law firm, Herbert Smith in their arbitration & dispute practice. She briefly headed Herbert Smith’s India desk as the firm expanded its Indian corporate clientele. Nishtha also sits on the Board of the Singapore chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), one of the world’s largest professional association of in-house counsels. A prominent panel speaker in various leading Legal Conferences of the region, she has been providing thought leadership on managing cross border disputes- role of arbitration and challenges in Asia’s legal framework. She graduated with First Class Honours (LL.B) from Amity University, New Delhi and also holds a Masters’ degree in law. She has attended Executive Programs on Strategy and Negotiations at Harvard University and NUS Business School. She feels strongly about charitable causes and utilizing creative arts as a medium for contributing to society. To this end, she has directed and acted in numerous plays, scripted and directed a music album with an aim to raise funds for blind school children and for palliative care children in Singapore.
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Selin Pattni Regional Head of Legal, SEA & ANZ Henkel Selin Pattniis Regional Head of Legal Role for SEA & ANZ at Henkel. She joined Henkel in 2013, prior to her role in Singapore she was working at Henkel HQ (Germany) as Globally Responsible Lawyer for Industrial Adhesive Business Unit of Henkel. Selin has previously practiced law as in-house counsel in Carrefour Group, Ernst&Young and Habboush Group (Associated with Goldman Sachs). She has practicing law for 12 years. Educated at the University of Istanbul, Turkey (LL.B) and Martin Luther University, Germany (LL.M.). She holds degrees in law and economics.
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Maree Myerscough General Counsel Conergy Maree is the General Counsel for Conergy, a renewable energy company that develops, builds, owns and operates solar power generation assets. Conergy was recently acquired by Macquarie’s Green Investment Group.
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Amanda Han Regional General Counsel and Compliance Officer BSH Home Appliances Asia Pacific
Amanda is General Counsel and Compliance Officer for BSH Home Appliances Asia Pacific Region, in charge of overall legal services and compliance management in the region. She serves on BSH Asia Pacific management team where she provides broad and risk weighted perspectives on business strategies and operations. Before joining BSH, Amanda worked for two leading US and UK law firms respectively for about 10 years.
Amanda has extensive experience in the areas of corporate and commercial laws in supply chain structure, distribution, retail, franchising, real estate, employment issues, competition issues, consumer protection, mergers and acquisitions and corporate restructuring.
Amanda received her LL.M from UC Berkeley and is admitted in China and New York.
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Annie Lim Global Diversity & Inclusion Lead Sanofi French pharmaceuticals healthcare major, Sanofi, has appointed Annie as the global diversity and inclusion (D&I) lead, based in Singapore. In this role, she manages and implements strategic enterprise programmes, develops and deploys global inclusive workplace practices, and evolves cultural efforts and uplift Sanofi employer branding in supporting Sanofi’s global diversity and inclusion approach.
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Preet Grewal Inclusion & Diversity Lead, APAC GSK Preet is the Inclusion & Diversity Lead for APAC. She is responsible for the Global Inclusion and Diversity plan of GSK in the region and local markets. She partners with senior leaders to lead the diversity and inclusion plan, with HR and key business stakeholders to help build organisational capability and commitment to diversity and inclusion in the region.
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Magdalena Poulin Head of Diversity & Inclusion, APAC AIG Magdalena has over 13 years of diversified and multinational work experience across Asia Pacific and EMEA regions. Currently based at AIG, she oversees the strategy and implementation of diversity & inclusion strategy in APAC. She fosters a culture of inclusion across the region and her focus areas include developing strategic diversity programs to recruit, engage and develop talent, advancing a culture of inclusion and enhancing the AIG’s brand and market relationships externally. Her previous professional experience includes a mix of Diversity & Inclusion, HR and CSR roles in companies such as MVCI, EMC and HP. Magdalena obtained her Master’s degree in English Studies at the University of Lodz in Poland. She also studied HR Management at the Cork Institute of Technology and Griffith College in Ireland. Her education and career brought her from Poland to France, Finland, Ireland, to Singapore. She currently lives in Singapore with her husband and two children and in her leisure time, she enjoys sports, dancing, aerial arts and traveling around the world with her family.
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Kirsten Trott Executive Director, "Speaking Up" Standard Chartered Bank Kirsten is a compliance, risk and policy professional, with specialist expertise in whistleblowing (speaking up) and ethical conduct and culture. A qualified lawyer, Kirsten started out in whistleblowing as Legal Adviser at Public Concern at Work (PCaW), the London based thought leader in whistleblowing. She was later made Deputy Director there. At PCaW she gave legal advice to whistleblowers, provided consultancy services to organisations looking to develop more open and ethical cultures and was involved in public policy and law reform relating to whistleblowing. Returning home for a couple of years to Australia, Kirsten was the CEO for the Committee which ensured compliance with the Australia Code of Banking Practice.
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April Raimundo Chief Legal and Compliance Officer EFA Group April is Chief Legal Officer of EFA Group and is responsible for all legal matters including business and investment structuring, corporate and fund set up and other legal issues across all countries where EFA does business including Singapore, Hong Kong, UAE, Switzerland, UK, Romania, and Turkey. April oversees legal support in all areas of transaction management for capital finance, structured and trade commodity finance and provides support on restructuring and litigation for financing across Asia, Europe and the Middle East. She was the first legal counsel of EFA in 2011 and set up the legal and compliance platform of EFA through an accelerated growth period.
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Jasmine Karimi Former Senior Director, Head of Legal & Compliance Illumina A lawyer with over 20 years’ experience, Jasmine has worked in law firms and MNCs in the US, UK, Canada, Hong Kong & Singapore, across diverse sectors (Media, Manufacturing, Luxury Goods and Healthcare). Most recently, she headed up legal and compliance across Asia Pacific for Illumina Inc., a US listed leader in the biotech industry. She also sat in the APAC Management, Global Legal Management teams and led the Women’s Leadership Network for the company in Singapore.
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Marla Alvarez Lead of Diversity & Inclusion Thomson Reuters Marla is the Diversity & Inclusion Lead for Asia Pacific, responsible for the execution and direction of the Thomson Reuters Diversity & Inclusion strategy globally, with special focus in the region. She partners with senior leaders to champion D&I, with HR to advance the company’s talent agenda, and with key business groups to integrate D&I in business operations. She also provides oversight for business resource groups and global volunteer network teams.
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