Contributors

Bryan Cheang

Bryan Cheang is the Director of the Adam Smith Center, an independent, non-profit organization based in Singapore dedicated to promoting the values of market competition, choice, free exchange and permissionless innovation in academia, public policy and wider society. Bryan is previously a graduate of the National University of Singapore and also holds an MA in Political Economy from King's College London, where he is completing his PhD research program. His research interests center around the political economy of development, and specifically state-market relations in the Asian context. 

Bryan Choo

Bryan Choo is a web developer and digital marketing consultant specalizing in user acquisition, growth hacking and social media. He is also the founder of local travel and lifestyle portal thesmartlocal.com where he blogs. He can be reached for digital media consultation and advertising enquires.

C-u Pinn Koh

Koh C-u Pinn has more than 13 years of experience in corporate and intellectual property law. The most
common remark made about C-u Pinn is, "Wah, you are so fast!", which is her distinctive working style.

C.J. Ng

C.J. is the first and only Asian sales, leadership & experiential learning expert to have been invited to speak at the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) International Convention.

Caesar Zhong

Caesar Zhong is the Managing Director of HQ IDEAS

Callum Laing

Callum invests and buys small businesses in a range of industries around Asia. He has previously started, built, and sold half a dozen businesses and is the founder & owner of Fitness-Buffet, a company delivering employee wellness solutions in 12 countries. He is a Director of, amongst others, Key Person of Influence, a 40-week training program for business owners and executives.

Calvin Chu Yee Ming

Calvin Chu Yee Ming is Managing Partner at social innovation firm Eden Strategy Institute. Calvin also serves as an Executive Advisor to NUS Enterprise's Social Venturing Programme, an iAdvisor with IE Singapore, and as an Associate Lecturer in Strategy and Organisation with the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.

Cameron Richards

Cameron is the CEO of CPR Vision – winner of the prestigious ‘Agency of the Year – CRM and Loyalty’ award in 2012. CPR is the #NO.1 Choice for some of the world’s largest brands for CRM, Digital and Loyalty solutions.

Camilla de Villiers

Camilla de Villiers is the Managing Director for the Asia Pacific region of HireRight. She has extensive experience in driving operational efficiencies and overcoming business challenges, with a key focus on driving revenue and margin growth. Camilla joined HireRight in 2016 after 15 years at Thomson Reuters.

Carl Freer

Carl Freer is a Swedish technology entrepreneur. Carl has created and invested in multiple ventures including American company Tiger Telematics which created the handheld game console Gizmondo. Carl was also founder of Singapore-based medical-device company, Aluminaid, which makes patented metal-based bandages to relieve pain from first- and second-degree burns. Carl is also holder of several patents on various technologies.

He is currently working on an Artificial Intelligence platform, developing neural networks for a variety of industries including FINTECH and O&G.

During his tenure at Tiger, Freer broke ground for Augmented Reality on handheld devices by creating several AR games. He also co-created games that went on to become major franchises. Freer also founded a crowd sourcing network for filmmakers, financiers and actors called FilmFunds.

He is the Chairman of the Family Tree Foundation.