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Presents

9^th Asian Women in Leadership Virtual Summit
September 24^th 2020 | Singapore

Gender parity is a moral and economic imperative.

About AWLS Singapore 2020

Women deserve equal opportunities to realize their fullest potential. Leading organizations are making concerted and conscious efforts to overcome “unconscious” biases that may have seeped into their organizational processes. They are revamping their recruitment, retention and talent development strategies to ensure there is a level playing field. These companies are backing up well-meaning intentions for gender parity with thoughtful process design.

It is observed that companies that promote women leaders are usually also organizations who also promote diversity in other areas. Such companies have inclusive mind set and corporate DNA which makes them an attractive place for talent. Could that be the reason that the financial performance of these companies is consistently better than their peers !

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SPEAKERS

Simon Green

President, Japan & Asia Pacific

Palo Alto Networks

Miyuki Suzuki

President, Asia Pacific, Japan and Greater China

Cisco

Amit Midha

President Asia Pacific & Japan and Global Digital Cities
Dell Technologies

Renee McGowan

Chief Executive Officer, Asia

Mercer

Michael Jenkins

Chief Executive Officer
Expert Humans

Stella Lim

Head of Corporates and Financial Institutions, Asia Pacific

Swift

Victoria sanchez terry

Head of Innovation Program, Partnership and Ecosystem APAC
ING Bank

Elizabeth Faber

Asia Pacific Chief Talent Officer
Deloitte Asia Pacific

Ean Na Teoh

Director and General Manager Medium Business Singapore and Malaysia Dell Technologies

Nitin Goil

Human Capital Leader, Workforce Transformation and Leadership Practice
Deloitte South East Asia

Vinika Rao

Executive Director

INSEAD

Dr. Jaclyn Lee

Chief Human Resource Officer Singapore University of Technology and Design

Rana Karadsheh

Regional Industry Director - Manufacturing, Agribusiness & Services, South Asia & East Asia and Pacificr

IFC bank

Kawal Preet

President, Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa Region

FedEx Express

Tricia Duran

Head of Human Resources

Unilever Asia Pte. Ltd

Ashish D. Pal

Managing Director, Singapore & Malaysia

MSD

Misti Landtroop

New Zealand Managing Director

Palo Alto Networks

Monica Chia

Vice President, Human Resources, East Asia Japan
Schneider Electric

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Amit Midha

President Asia Pacific & Japan and Global Digital Cities
Dell Technologies

Amit Midha is the President of the Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) region and the Global Digital Cities business for Dell Technologies. Recognized as ‘The most promising business leader in Asia’ in 2016 by The Economic Times, he spearheads Dell Technologies’ efforts in the region to enable customers across APJ in their digital transformation journey. Amit also leads Dell Technologies’ Digital Cities business globally, driving digital city initiatives in public sectors worldwide.

Amit joined Dell in 1995 and has held various leadership positions in sales, marketing, and corporate strategy organizations in the Americas, APJ and Greater China region. He has also served as the chair for Global Emerging Markets business and Global Public Business Council within Dell. Prior to joining Dell, Amit worked for Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Company, in Mumbai, India.

Amit serves as the member of the Global Future Council on Cities and Urbanization, that serves as a brain trust for the World Economic Forum and aims to challenge assumptions and introduce fresh ideas to reshape global systems for the benefit of humanity and the planet. He is also the member of the Board of Directors of the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum, which aims to foster deeper strategic and economic cooperation between both countries. Amit is an active member of Young Presidents’ Organization, the world’s largest network of peers that connects members to exchange ideas, pursue learning, and share strategies to achieve personal growth and professional success. Amit has also been invited to join the high level, multi-stakeholder WEF-Regional Action Group, ASEAN/APAC, region comprising of ministers, private sector players, international banks & UN bodies, to form a pan-Asian view towards collaboration

Amit has also served on several advisory boards and organizations including:

The Board of Directors of the US-India Business Council
The Singapore National Employers Federation as Council Member
Member of ‘The Chengdu Overseas Advisory Committee’ for the Chengdu Government
The China Association of Foreign Invested Enterprises, as Vice Chairman
Advisory board of Binhai district, city of TianJin
The Xiamen University School of Management as Senior member of the advisory board

Passionate about emerging markets, Amit has played a key role in expanding the company’s presence in the Greater China area and was honored with the Magnolia Gold Award in 2013 for contribution to the city of Shanghai. In 2010, received both the People’s Choice CEO of the Year award as part of CNBC’s China Business Leader Awards and CEO of the year in IT from Bloomberg.

Amit is deeply committed to the cause of youth and women. He sits on the Dell Global Giving Council, Dell Global Diversity Council, and Dell Entrepreneur Executive Council. Serves on the board of “Project Hope Magazine” sponsored by the China Youth Development Foundation to expand the school network in rural China. He leads the efforts in expanding Dell Women Entrepreneur Network (DWEN) in the region for over a decade now, overseeing the global network expanding from 50 to 5,000 today. Amit also is Dell’s global co- sponsor and leader for Conexus Employee Resource Group, focused on building a connected workforce of the future.

Amit holds a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering from the University of Missouri, Columbia, US, and graduated with a first-class Honors degree in Engineering from the SGS Institute of Technology & Science, Indore, India.

An avid traveler with a keen interest in adventure, Amit likes to experiment in global cuisines and explore wines from different regions of the world. He is a board member of Chaîne des Rôtisseurs, an International Association of Gastronomy, and Knight of Ordine dei Cavalieri del Tartufo e dei Vini di Alba, an organization to preserve, protect or promote food and wine, customs and traditions of Alba and the Langhe region in Italy since 1967. He is also passionate about technology and enjoys dabbling with new gadgets.

Amit resides in Singapore with his wife and two children.

Stella Lim

Head of Corporate and Financial Institutions, Asia Pacific

Swift

Stella Lim is the Head of Corporates and Financial Institutions, SWIFT Asia Pacific, based in Singapore. Stella is responsible for SWIFT’s business development activities and strategy planning in areas of cash management and asset management. She is also leading Small Medium Customer teams in account management activities with financial institutions members both in the banking and capital markets segments across Asia Pacific.

Prior to this role, Stella was Commercial Director, Asia Pacific, responsible for recruiting all segments of new customers in the ASEAN region. Stella joined SWIFT Singapore in March 2008 as Country Manager for Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia and Thailand.

Stella has over 20 years of working experiences with information technology, banking and corporates. Before joining SWIFT, Stella worked with a number of financial software and advisory firms, including SmartStream Technologies, Internet Security Systems, Netik.com and Deloitte, with responsibilities for pre-sales, account management, consultancy services and project management.

About SWIFT

SWIFT is a global member owned cooperative and the world’s leading provider of secure financial messaging services. We provide our community with a platform for messaging and standards for communicating, and we offer products and services to facilitate access and integration, identification, analysis and regulatory compliance.

Our messaging platform, products and services connect more than 11,000 banking and securities organisations, market infrastructures and corporate customers in more than 200 countries and territories. While SWIFT does not hold funds or manage accounts on behalf of customers, we enable our global community of users to communicate securely, exchanging standardised financial messages in a reliable way, thereby supporting global and local financial flows, as well as trade and commerce all around the world.

As their trusted provider, we relentlessly pursue operational excellence; we support our community in addressing cyber threats; and we continually seek ways to lower costs, reduce risks and eliminate operational inefficiencies. Our products and services support our community’s access and integration, business intelligence, reference data and financial crime compliance needs. SWIFT also brings the financial community together – at global, regional and local levels – to shape market practice, define standards and debate issues of mutual interest or concern. SWIFT’s strategic five year plan, SWIFT2020, challenges SWIFT to continue investing in the security, reliability and growth of its core messaging platform, while making additional investments in existing services and delivering new and innovative solutions.

Headquartered in Belgium, SWIFT’s international governance and oversight reinforces the neutral, global character of its cooperative structure. SWIFT’s global office network ensures an active presence in all the major financial centres.

Nitin Goil

Human Capital Leader, Workforce Transformation and Leadership Practice
Deloitte South East Asia

Experience

Nitin is a Human Capital Leader within the Workforce Transformation and Leadership practice for Deloitte South East Asia. He has more than 20 years of experience in the field of leadership development, coaching and counseling and has been a consultant for various global institutes/organizations in the United States, India and Singapore. Some of his expertise is in areas of developing world-class Senior Executive Teams, Team Alignment and Strategic Leadership, Diversity and Culture, Leadership Brand, Multiplier Leadership, Employee Engagement and Storytelling.

One of the highlights of his career was when he was selected for President Obama’s Presidential campaign in 2007-08 for the Midwestern college states. During this time, he had the humble opportunity to plan and organize the campaign message for the President. His team was part of a rigorous marketing campaign that helped connect college students at Midwestern universities to the President’s message. Nitin is also a passionate thought-leader and has presented at several National and International forums, from topics ranging on Leadership Development, Talent Retention, The Gig Economy, Intercultural Sensitivity, Cross Cultural Communication, and a 21st. Century Global Mindset.

Prior to joining Deloitte, Nitin worked at the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) as a Regional Director and Faculty and was instrumental in expanding the CCL Leadership development footprint across Asia Pacific, including key markets of Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Korea and focusing on industry verticals of Consumer, Financial services, Manufacturing and Family businesses.

Educational Background

Nitin has a Master of Arts degree in Student Affairs and Counseling from Western Kentucky University, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Northwest Missouri State University both in the United States.

Professional Affiliations

He is a certified counselor from the American Psychological Association and is certified on various Psychometric assessments. He is an active member of the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) in Singapore and Co-Chairs the Human Capital Committee. He also is an active member within the Obama Foundation and has coached leaders in the Future leaders program here in Asia.

Dr. Jaclyn Lee

Chief Human Resource Officer Singapore University of Technology and Design

Dr. Jaclyn Lee has been conferred the IHRP Master Professional Certification in April 2018 (read about it here) and is currently the Chief Human Resources Officer at Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). Dr. Jaclyn Lee handles the full spectrum of HR for the university and is one of the pioneer team members charged with starting up the new university from scratch. She has worked with the senior management team in developing the mission, vision, and values of the new university when it was incepted. As Chief Human Resources Officer, Dr Jaclyn Lee is responsible for HR Strategy, Talent and Capability Development, Workforce planning and optimisation for SUTD.

In addition, she supports the President in driving international employer branding, and Organisation Development initiatives for SUTD. Besides the above, Dr. Jaclyn Lee is also responsible for developing the Total Compensation Structure, Performance Management System, spearheading new HR policies and processes, recruiting key leaders, senior academics and faculty. For the past nine years, she has worked closely with the President and senior leaders in managing the culture development of the university.

Dr. Jaclyn Lee was previously Senior Vice President, Group Human Resources, responsible for managing the full spectrum of human resources for Certis CISCO Security Pte Ltd, a security services company comprising of about 8,000 employees in Singapore and 25,000 in the region. Her role there included strategic HR planning for Singapore and the region, compensation and benefits, performance management and scorecard measurement, employee engagement, human capital development, employer branding, resourcing and other special projects. One of her key achievements in Certis was successfully managing a very difficult wage re-structuring project that involved thousands of workers.

She has over 20 years of HR experience, and has also managed Strategic Planning, organizational development, and regional HR in one of her previous roles as Regional HR Director for NEC Solutions Asia Pacific. In that capacity as Regional HR Director, she developed the talent and career development framework for Engineers and high potentials in the South Asia Region. She was also the Balance Scorecard leader for the region.

Dr. Jaclyn Lee participates actively in conferences as a speaker, both locally and internationally and has spoken at close to 40 local and international conferences. She is the recipient of the Leading HR Leader Award at the annual SHRI Awards for 2008. She is also a Volunteer HR Director in SPRING Singapore’s initiative to drive good HR practices in SMEs. In addition, she sits in several other volunteer committees for driving best HR practices.

Dr. Jaclyn Lee has a PhD in Business Information Systems from University of Twente in the Netherlands, a Masters in HRM from Rutgers University, a Masters in Management from Singapore Management University, and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Brandon University.

Ashish D. Pal

Managing Director, Singapore & Malaysia
MSD

Ashish is the Managing Director for MSD Singapore & Malaysia.

He also serves as Vice President for both the Singapore Association of Pharmaceutical Industries (SAPI) and the Pharmaceutical Association of Malaysia (PHAMA), the trade associations for global innovative biopharmaceutical companies.

A passionate champion for diversity and inclusion, Ashish has a strong track record for inspiring sustainable organizational transformation(s) and mentoring leadership, across geographies. He also plays an active policy leadership role, working in close collaboration with colleagues on the Board(s), alongside key regional and global stakeholders.

Driven by passion and purpose, Ashish started his career with Pfizer India as Assistant Product Manager and then after his MBA, to Alcon in the United States where he held commercial operational leadership roles of increasing responsibility. This included Global leadership roles, for both pharmaceutical and surgical devices.

He then joined Merck in the United States, as Senior Director, Global Women’s health care Marketing before taking on the role as Senior Director, Portfolio Marketing for the Emerging Markets.

Ashish then relocated to Mumbai, India as General Manager to establish and operationalize a first of its kind pan Emerging Markets joint venture, between MSD and SUN pharma. He then moved to Jakarta, Indonesia as President & Managing Director for MSD Indonesia, before his current role as Cluster Managing Director for MSD Singapore & Malaysia.

Ashish is excited about stepping out of his comfort zone while encouraging others to do the same. He is passionate about constantly learning and re-skilling across the enterprise and at a personal level; the future is today.

Ashish was a part of the Future Leaders program for MSD, in conjunction with Harvard Business School. Ashish has an MBA in Marketing & International Business from University of Illinois at Chicago and a Bachelors of Pharmaceutical Sciences from University of Mumbai, India.