Contributors

Arthur Kiong

Arthur Kiong is the Chief Executive Officer of Far East Hospitality, which is part of Far East Orchard Limited, a listed company under Far East Organization.

Having joined Far East in July 2012, Mr Kiong has provided key leadership in growing the organisation’s hospitality property development and management business through joint-ventures and acquisitions. Over the last 6 years, Far East Hospitality's portfolio grew from 18 properties in Singapore to over 90 properties across Australia, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, New Zealand and Singapore.

Over the last 30 years of his career, Mr Kiong has worked internationally for some of the most prominent brands in the hotel industry including Westin, Hyatt, Mandarin Oriental and The Ritz-Carlton. He brings deep and broad experience across all aspects of the hospitality business from operations to marketing and business development.

Arturo Bris

Professor Arturo Bris is the Director of IMD World Competitiveness Center. At IMD he directed the Advanced Strategic Management program from 2009-2014. He has directed programs for senior executives in several industries and continents.

Prior to joining IMD, Professor Bris was the Robert B & Candice J. Haas Associate Professor of Corporate Finance at the Yale School of Management (USA). A Research Associate of the European Corporate Governance Institute, and a member of the Yale International Institute for Corporate Governance, he has worked extensively on issues of Corporate Governance, Financial Regulation, and International Valuation.

Professor Bris taught Corporate Finance and Investment Banking at Yale from 1998 to 2005, where he received the Best Teacher Award twice. His consulting experience includes companies in both the US and Europe.

Arun Kumar

Arun Kumar is a regional director at ManageEngine, the enterprise IT management division of Zoho Corporation. He has been working with ManageEngine since 2003. In his current role, he leads all channel and partner-related initiatives for the company in both the United Kingdom (UK) and Asia Pacific (APAC) markets.

Arvind Sankaran

As a venture partner at Jungle Ventures, Arvind helps the firm source, evaluate and manage portfolio companies in the fintech space focused on the ASEAN/India geographies. Arvind leverages deep subject-matter expertise in global financial services to serve founders, investors and institutions.

Prior experiences in ASEAN and EMEA over two decades at Citi, Barclays and HSBC include startup of credit card and branch networks; transformation of local and cross-border wealth value propositions; and pioneering deployment of analytics in risk and CRM. Arvind works closely with founders at big data, AI/machine learning applied to regulatory compliance, and alt-lending startups.

He also serves as senior advisor at McKinsey & Company, working directly with financial services clients on digital transformation agenda. Arvind is a regular speaker on fintech and related topics, recent engagements being at the Hong Kong Fintech Week 2017 and Global Fintech Summit SG 2016. 

Ash Khalek

Ash Khalek is the Managing Director and Senior Vice President for Asia Pacific Sales of IntraLinks. He is responsible for IntraLinks’ strategy and operations in the region. Ash brings to IntraLinks over 24 years of industry experience in sales leadership roles and has a strong track record of capturing the high growth potential of the APAC region.

Ashok Munirathinam

Ashok Munirathinam, Database and Technology, SAP South East Asia

Atin Bhutani

Atin Bhutani is the CEO of InCorp Group. Being passionate about building businesses, he started his own journey back in 2015 and incorporated InCorp Global Pte Ltd. Since formation, InCorp has established a leading regional presence in 7 Southeast Asian countries and continues to grow rapidly.

Successful at conceiving, managing, and aggressively growing businesses, he has assisted many SMEs and MNCs with their Pan-Asian expansion strategies.

Prior to setting up InCorp, he was the country head of HSBC’s International Subsidiaries Banking Division.

Audrey Yap

Audrey is managing partner of Yusarn Audrey. She is a patent attorney and IP lawyer qualified to practice in Singapore, Malaysia and Solicitor of England & Wales. Audrey is the only lawyer in Singapore who has consistently been named one of the World’s Leading IP Strategists in a London-based survey conducted by IAM magazine since 2009 till 2013 for 5 years running. She was named as one of Singapore’s leading lawyers in the 2008 Who’s Who Legal.

Augustine Low

Augustine has 10 years of engineering experience implementing commerce, Web Experience, and CRM platforms. His work covers a wide range of environments and development platforms. At OgilvyOne Singapore, Augustine creates solutions to drive businesses objectives and engagement through innovation coupled with right-sized technology stack.

Aurelie Saada and Katia Melazzi

Aurelie Saada is the current President for PrimeTime Business and Professional Women's Association, which vision is to help professional women to achieve their highest potential through training, network and events. She’s a fervent supporter of professional development and women leadership, believing that women can support and help each other through the power of a community.

Aurelie is also APAC Site Lead for Fraud Risk for Microsoft, which team is doing fraud prevention and detection for all Microsoft clients.

Katia Melazzi is an Executive Coach specialised in Leadership & Transitions. She brings together a unique combination of coaching and mentoring skills with a solid management background and geographic exposure across Europe & APAC.

Before transitioning to coaching, she has gained a solid experience in Brand management, Business strategy, Marketing communication, and P&L Management as an xecutive in FMCG companies serving in several international roles over a two-decade span. When not wearing the coach hat, she enjoys giving back to the society supporting women’s empowerment; she is the current President for Tabitha Foundation and Nokor Tep Society and the Vice President for PrimeTime Business and 
Professional Women's Association.