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Michele is the CTO and Head of Business Sustainability for APAC and she is passionate about the opportunities for businesses to embrace more sustainable business models by harnessing the power of innovation and digital in the way they operate and champion change for a better triple bottom line. Michele has worked in 5 countries - New Zealand, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong UK and Singapore. She has extensive experience in business model transformation often led by strategies around new market entry, M&A, JVs, start-ups and strategic alliances.

The very first intern under SMU’s Global Innovation Immersion programme to go to Sweden was SMU 3rd year Business Management student, Claire Soh – all thanks to the Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition.
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