Contributors

Dr. Granville D' Souza

Dr. Granville D' Souza DBA, Director, 6 Seconds SEA Pte Ltd, he has extensive training experience in Emotional Intelligence practises as well as conducting coaching and facilitative workshops that deal with team and individual behaviour.

Dr. Jochen Krauss

Jochen is a Partner at Simon-Kucher and heads the company's operations in Singapore. He has more than ten years of experience in consulting national and international clients in various industries. He specializes in developing market entry strategies and pricing strategies, optimizing pricing-processes and designing innovative price- and product-structures. Jochen’s views are highly sought after by the press and he is often invited to speak on TV news segments to share his insights on recent trends and events.

Prior to his consulting work, he was Managing Director of the Singapore-based German Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), a joint venture research and education centre of the Munich University of Technology (TUM), the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU).

Jochen received a doctorate degree in Business Administration from the Munich University of Technology. He studied Business Administration at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet in Munich, the School of Information Management and Systems (SIMS) at UC Berkeley and the Rotterdam School of Economics.

Dr. Peter Finn

Dr. Peter Finn is a highly accomplished technologist, educator, and entrepreneur with over thirty years of experience in systems engineering, including generative AI, distributed systems, security software, and grid computing. 

He serves as a Generative AI Instructor at Vertical Institute, Singapore’s leading AI training provider, and is also the CEO and Co-founder of Synectify, a Singapore-based leader in distributed carbon-neutral computing.

Dr. Finn holds a PhD from the National University of Singapore and remains deeply committed to advancing lifelong learning. He is a regular speaker and panellist on emerging technologies, including generative AI, blockchain, and impact-driven innovation.

Dr. R Theyvendran

Dr R Theyvendran is the Secretary-General of the Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS), he's also a winner of the Reader’s Digest Trusted Brand Gold award in 2011 and 2012.

Dr. Sabine Schaffer

Dr. Sabine Schaffer is Co-Founder of Pro-invest Group, a leading integrated real estate platform within Australasia covering all aspects of development, asset management as well as day-to-day operations. The Group has in excess of $3 billion AUD across hospitality and commercial assets and is setting new benchmarks in ESG, with all assets within the Pro-invest network have some of the highest environment ratings ( including the very first-carbon neutral hotel according to NABERS ratings). Sabine’s career spans from looking after Private Equity investments at 3i into retail schemes, working on high profile projects with McKinsey & Company focusing on Finance and Public Affairs, to being Director of Investments at a GCC based Private Equity firm. Sabine holds a Master’s degree from Harvard University as well as PhD in Economics from Leopold Franzens University, Innsbruck, Austria.

Dr. Sam Choon-Yin and Renton Yap

Dr. Sam Choon Yin is the Dean at PSB Academy. He is also the head of School of Business and Management. Dr. Sam graduated with a Bachelor of Social Sciences (Hons) from National University of Singapore (NUS), Masters of Business in Finance from University of Technology, Sydney, Masters of Social Sciences from NUS and PhD in International Business and Management from University of South Australia (UNISA).

He has taught subjects in Economics, Finance and Statistics. His current research interests are in the field of international political economy and higher education policy. Aside from his responsibilities in teaching and research. Dr. Sam contributes as a member of the Examination Board and Academic Board at PSB Academy.

Renton Yap is an entreprenuer, disruptor, and a foodie. Renton is the co-founder of Hcook, a mobile application platform that connects home chefs to foodies online. Prior to co-founding Hcook, Renton was a banker for 13 years. Renton started baking and selling from home in 2015.

A series of challenges trying to run a successful home based food business led to him co-found Hcook. Hcook is an attempt to unite all home based food business and unleash the latent potential of all the shared kitchens of our neighbours.

Dr. Victor Nian

Dr. Victor Nian is committed to developing independent research and analysis that help governments and businesses make the right investments in energy transition, decarbonisation and sustainable development, digital transformation, and clean energy and technology ecosystem development.  

As the Founding Co-Chairman of the Centre for Strategic Energy and Resources (CSER), an independent Asian think-and-do tank committed to "knowledge and innovation without borders," Dr. Nian is on a mission to build enabling ecosystems for accelerating energy transition in Asia through public-private partnership.  

Dr. Nian is recognised for his expertise in energy systems analysis and scenario planning, nuclear energy, hydrogen, net-zero carbon strategies, and sustainability governance. He advises both public and private organisations on critical areas such as energy, industrial and sustainability policy, international technology partnership, supply chain management, digital transformation, and geopolitical issues. His academic background includes a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) in Electrical Engineering with a Minor in Management of Technology from the National University of Singapore. 

Duane Melius

Duane Melius is the Social Media Manager of VML Qais

Dusk Lim

Dusk Lim is Principal of Enterprise Growth at Diligent, where he leads the company’s enterprise strategy across Asia, with a focus on ASEAN, Hong Kong, and South Asia. 

He oversees the expansion and integration of regional teams and helps organisations strengthen their governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) capabilities. With over a decade of experience driving enterprise transformation, Lim works closely with senior leaders to align technology with evolving regulatory and business needs. 
 

Eddie Chau

Eddie Chau is the CEO & Founder of Brandtology