Contributors

Lester Leong

Lester is the co-founder of gush (LivinWall Pte. Ltd.) and oversees anything to do with finance, legal, marketing, HR and continually explores opportunities for corporate business development, both locally and regionally.

Under his leadership, gush has won many startup competitions across local IHLs like NUS, NTU and SMU and managed to secure funding from City Developments Limited (CDL), one of the forerunners in sustainable developments as well as a property and hotel conglomerate. Beyond his work in gush, Lester participates actively as a committee member of the Youth Business Affairs Committee (YBAC), Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCCI).

He also has had substantial experience in investment and Islamic  banking as well as in other start-ups.

Levent Tavsanci

Levent Tavsanci is Head of Applications for Oracle in Singapore, with more than 21 years of business and information technologies experience in sales management, solution development, delivery and support of large scale and complex Enterprise Applications projects in US, Europe and Asia.

In his current assignment, Levent is responsible for driving the transformation of the Oracle ERP and HCM Applications business towards SaaS, focusing on growth through building and executing comprehensive sales strategies and demonstrating thought leadership in Singapore.

Prior to joining Oracle in 2017, Levent was the Head of Enterprise Application Sales in IBM Cloud in Asia Pacific region, where he had diversified industry experience including Aerospace and Defence, Financial Services, High-Tech Electronics, and Travel & Transportation.

Levent holds a BSc degree in Industrial Engineering and an MSc degree in Operations Research.

Levina Tedja

Levina is currently an Analyst within the Internationalisation Advisory Group under the Management Consulting arm at BDO. With majors in Marketing and Management, as well as, International Business she is outfitted with the know-how and skill in strategy formulation and internationalisation among others.

Li Lian Ng

Li Lian has 23 years of corporate banking experience and has headed Business Banking for HSBC Singapore since 2013, where her focus is to grow the Bank’s SME franchise.

She started her career with HSBC Commercial Banking as a Management Trainee in 1996, and over the next 8 years progressively developed to be a Relationship Manager with experience across corporate recovery, credit risk and both core corporate banking products and global capital finance.

Subsequently, Li Lian spent 6 years with OCBC Bank’s Enterprise Banking, leading a team of relationship managers. The last 2 years were with OCBC Vietnam, where her areas of expertise included capital expenditure and working capital financing for manufacturing companies, financing of real estate development and infrastructure financing for state-owned enterprises.

Li Lian re-joined HSBC Commercial Banking in September 2010 to lead the International Corporates team, working with HSBC offices globally. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Western Australia, majoring in Finance and Accounting with a minor in Marketing.

Lily Koh

Lily Koh AICI CIP is the Senior Associate Consultant of Imageworks Asia. Lily is highly sought after for her dedication to excellence of professional service and a deep sense of commitment to every client’s improvements. In 2009 she achieved the Certified Image Professional (CIP) qualification from Association of Image Consultants International (AICI) and was one of only 3 CIPs in Singapore then.

Lim Hsin Yin

Lim Hsin Yin is the Managing Director of Singapore, SAS Institute. Her main responsibility includes driving the growth of SAS’s business in Singapore, with a focus on accelerating customer adoption of AI and predictive analytics through partnerships and alliances. Hsin Yin has enjoyed many years of experience leading some of the biggest global technology companies at both regional and country level. Prior to joining SAS, Hsin Yin was with Dell Technologies as the Director of Cloud & Data Storage Solutions for Singapore and Malaysia. Before Dell, she served as the Managing Director for Avaya Singapore and had previously also held leadership positions at IBM in software and financial services.

Lim Keong Wee

Lim Keong Wee is a designer, entrepreneur and the co-founder and director of PAC Pte Ltd, a distinguished design firm that provides innovative design solutions in the built realm. His leadership at PAC spearheads projects like Genting Jurong Hotel and Genting Secret Garden, a 2022 Winter Olympics venue.

He also leads Cover Projects Pte Ltd, a design and management company that aims to revolutionize communal living and working.

Cover Projects aims to reshape urban living, fostering collaboration and sustaining communities. Lim Keong Wee's mission is to reshape spaces and lives, crafting a legacy that marries aesthetics, functionality, and inclusivity in our ever-evolving world.

Lim Tze Hsien

Lim Tze Hsien is the Managing Director of UPS Singapore and is responsible for all UPS express delivery and logistics operations in Singapore. The UPS veteran joined the organisation in 1990 and has broad experience working in various UPS business units including operations, engineering and strategic planning.

Prior to his current appointment, Lim served as the Managing Director of UPS Malaysia. Lim joined UPS in 1990 and has since held various positions, including Vice President of Industrial Engineering for UPS Asia Pacific Region and General Manager for UPS Southern China. 

Lim holds a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from Oklahoma State University, the United States. He is fluent in English, Bahasa Malaysia, Mandarin and Cantonese.

Liming Qiao

Liming Qiao is the Chief of Strategy, Asia at the Global Wind Energy Council. Since joining GWEC in 2008, Liming has been in various roles at the association focusing on policy and Asia-related issues.

Liming’s current focus is on wind energy policy in Asia, and she is leading GWEC’s South East Asia (SEA) Task Force, which is a working group with major industry and institutional stakeholders active in SEA to advance better policy for wind energy development in the region. She has been working closely with the wind industry to promote a better policy environment for the wind sector in China and other parts of Asia. Liming pioneered GWEC’s work in new Asian markets like Mongolia, Vietnam, and Taiwan.

Liming has been working in the field of climate and energy since 2003, with a focus on renewable energy policy and international climate policy. Before joining GWEC, she worked with international organisations on various climate-related programs and has participated in climate negotiations as an observer for many years and is familiar with the international climate policy process and carbon trading.

Linda Le

Linda Le is a LinkedIn trainer, speaker, and coach in online business relationships, networking, and referrals. Certified as an Executive and Career Coach, Linda's experience is carried through by coaching Professionals, Business Owners, Managers, Directors, and C-Level Executives, particularly about personal branding, reputation building, and effective networking on LinkedIn.