Dr Carl Firth is Partner at Panacea Venture, a global investment fund focused on healthcare. Previously, Carl was CEO and founder of ASLAN Pharmaceuticals, a NASDAQ-listed clinical stage biotech, which he took public in 2018 and raised over $300M from leading global investors.
Prior to founding ASLAN, Carl was Head of Asia Healthcare at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, supporting public and private financing of healthcare companies and advising on M&A transactions. Before joining the banking industry, he worked for AstraZeneca across various commercial and R&D roles.
Ong Kim Pong is the Group CEO of PSA International, responsible for the company’s global performance and strategic growth with the Senior Management Council. Since joining PSA in 1997, he has held leadership roles across Europe and Asia, driving PSA’s international expansion and service excellence. Committed to advancing Singapore’s research and development as well as global connectivity, he serves on the National Research Foundation Board and co-chairs the Manufacturing Trade & Connectivity Domain International Advisory Panel.
Ms. Geraldine Chin is the Chairman and Managing Director of ExxonMobil Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. and aDirector of ExxonMobil Asia Holdings Pte. Ltd. and President of ExxonMobil China Petroleum andPetrochemical Company Pte. Ltd. She serves as a member of the Public Service Commission of Singapore, the Singapore Future Economy Advisory Panel and the board of the National Research Foundation
Kok Kin leads Cora Environment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TBS Energi, driving integrated waste management, recycling, Energy-from-Waste, and sustainable solutions in Singapore.
With over 25 years of experience, he previously held leadership roles at SP Group, covering projects, operations, maintenance, risk management, and corporate planning.
1983- 2016. Retired as Nestle R&D Centre Head (China), a career spanning 33 years holding numerous leadership positions in Nestle R&D Singapore, Nestle China, and Nestle R&D China
2017-2019. Distinguished Fellow Wilmar International, spearheading development of personalised food products for clinical trial addressing metabolic disorder syndrome.
Mr Ng Yeow Boon is the Deputy Chief Executive (Development) of the Home Team Science & Technology Agency (HTX) Singapore.
Dennis Foo’s career in Hospitality, Nightlife and Entertainment spans four decades and he has owned and operated more than 50 successful nightspots and F&B outlets in Singapore.
Mr David Tan is the Assistant Chief Executive Officer (Development Group) of JTC, Singapore’s lead government agency responsible for the planning and development of industrial infrastructure to support and catalyse the growth of new industries and transform existing enterprises.
Li-Na is the Deputy CEO for Meteorological Services and Radiation Protection at the National Environment Agency of Singapore, overseeing the regulation of irradiating apparatus and radioactive material, radiation monitoring and nuclear safety. She is concurrently the Director-General of the Meteorological Service Singapore where she oversees the provision of weather forecasting services, national climate observations and climate change research.
As CEO of Lee Yin, an apparel manufacturer based in Southeast Asia exporting to global brands, Clarence has been at thefrontline of fashion’s climate impact and striving with climate action now.
With a firm belief in technology for the future, he sits on advisory boards of tech start-ups. In earlier years, Clarence was a practising lawyer and subsequently worked in industry-leading companies like Visa, Yahoo! and Adobe.
