Contributors

Kunal Guha

Kyle Hegarty

Kyle Hegarty is the Managing Director for TSL Marketing Singapore. A seasoned sales, leadership and communications trainer and coach, Kyle focuses on building sales pipelines for his clients and working with executive teams to develop localized leadership strategies across APAC and the globe. He researches and writes about the realities of business globalization in a post-globalization world.

A frequent speaker at worldwide business and management conferences, Kyle's work has been covered in The Straits Times, MSNBC, CNN, Dispatches Europe and Fortune.

Kyle is currently using his communications skills to persuade his family to allow him to train for his 5th IronMan distance triathlon. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Bowdoin College where he majored in International Relations and Economics.

Lai Ki Cheng

Cheng Lai Ki is a Cyber Operations Consultant in Horangi’s headquarters in Singapore. Equipped with advanced degrees in Criminology, Intelligence, and International Security, he brings with him over eight years working and researching in the security field. He was a former military officer from the armed forces, where he was an instructor specialising in strategy and operational tactics. Professionally and academically published within the field of cyber security in Europe and Asia, Cheng Lai Ki brings a unique cross-industry and interdisciplinary perspective towards cyber security. He is actively involved in Horangi’s intelligence, security management and incident response operations with clients in the APAC region.

Lai Poon Piau

Lai Poon Piau is the Executive Director at Workplace Safety and Health Council, Singapore

Lai Wei Xiang

Lai Wei Xiang, 32, is the third-generation Managing Director of Lai Yew Seng Pte Ltd, a family-owned construction company established in 1972. He graduated with a Diploma in Business Administration from Kaplan Business School in 2014, and went on to serve his National Service with the Singapore Civil Defence Force. Soon after, he joined the family business, starting as a site supervisor in 2016 before moving into project management in 2017, and was appointed Director in 2019.

Raised in a traditional environment where education and discipline were emphasised, Wei Xiang’s earliest memories of the company were working on the ground as a fabricator and being directly involved in the manufacturing process before progressing into project work. These early hands-on experiences shaped his understanding of the business and continue to inform his leadership today. Outside of work, Wei Xiang enjoys listening to music and reading.

Lam Yimin

Lam Yimin is a Consultant for the Financial Services Division at Robert Walters Singapore.

Larissa Murphy

Larissa Murphy is the Director of HBO+EMTB.

Larissa Murphy

Vision Creator at Dare Design

With 25 years’ experience in Workspace design and considered a thought leader in the industry, Larissa uses her extensive knowledge to take a different approach to the workspace.

Focusing on business objectives and the role of employees in organisational success, to create spatial flows that channel the engagement, energy and enthusiasm of staff, to improve business outcomes.

As well as speaking widely at events Larissa also lectures at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore on the study of human efficiency in space as part of their course on organisational psychology.

Laura Houldsworth

Laura Houldsworth is the Managing Director for South East Asia at SAP Concur. She has more than 12 years of experience in helping corporations of all sizes manage their travel programmes effectively and drive value in their travel and expense budget.

Laura has been living and working in Asia for more than 15 years. Prior to joining SAP Concur, Laura was the Regional Sales Director for BCD Travel Asia Pacific and in the last 7 years she has been with SAP Concur to grow the Southeast Asia markets.

Laura holds a Bachelor's Degree in International Marketing Management from Bournemouth University, United Kingdom.

Laurence Pitt

Laurence Pitt is the Global Security Director for Juniper Networks. He joined the firm in 2016 and is the security subject matter expert for the corporate marketing team. He has over twenty years of cyber security experience, having started out in systems design and moved through product management in areas from endpoint security to managed networks.

In his role at Juniper, Laurence articulates security clearly to business and across the business, creating and having conversations to provoke careful thought about process, policy and solutions. 

Prior to joining Juniper, Laurence was director of Global Solutions Marketing at Symantec. Previously he was product management director of Managed Security at NTT and Endpoint Computing at Novell.