Contributors

Andrew Merrilees

Andrew Merrilees is Regional Head of Benefits - Asia Pacific, Employee Benefits at Lockton Companies (Singapore) Pte Ltd.

Andrew Murray

Andrew Murray, head of International Banking & Payment, leads FIS' international growth office, driving strategic expansion of banking, payment, and treasury solutions for financial institutions and corporations in APAC. With over 25 years in financial services, he brings deep expertise in Capital Markets, Treasury, and Banking to help clients achieve strategic growth through innovative technology solutions. 

Prior to FIS, Murray held leadership roles at Calypso Technology, WallStreet Systems, SoCX, and Deutsche Bank. At FIS, he focuses on helping financial institutions streamline operations, maximize technology investments, and enhance resilience in today's dynamic market landscape.

Andrew Norton

Andrew Norton is the Regional Managing Director of PageGroup in South East Asia.

Andrew Sim

Andrew Sim is the CEO of J&T Express Singapore Pte Ltd. A proven industry leader, Andrew has more than 18 years of experience in aviation and logistics. Throughout his career, he has also served in the Republic of Singapore Airforce as a C130 Senior Airframe Specialist.

Prior to taking on his role at J&T Express, Andrew was co-founder of SimplyPost Asia Pte Ltd. He was instrumental in growing the business from its establishment; building its operations and software development capabilities which were integral in ensuring a successful acquisition by J&T Express Group in July 2019.

Andrew spent over 14 years in Pacific – Airlift (Singapore) where he moved from managing the company’s business development, sales, marketing, and corporate services, to leading the organisation’s business and network development within the region. During this time, he was instrumental in setting up the Global Charter Alliance, the world’s first formal alliance of charter brokers.

Andrew’s various roles have seen him play integral roles in projects such as disaster response to oil rig incidences, humanitarian aid, and transport solutions for peak seasons.

A seasoned traveller who has worked with organisations across the world spanning global logistics companies, government agencies and oil and gas companies, Andrew has developed a distinct understanding of various cultures which enables him to foster and strengthen key relationships with international partners.

Andrew received his Bachelor of Business majoring in Marketing and E-commerce from Edith Cowan University, Perth Australia in 2003. 

Andrew Talbot

Andrew’s career started in a London based financial advisory firm before moving on to work for one the top UK financial advisors within a UK based wealth management firm. He has spent three and half years in Malaysia for an international wealth management firm and has been in Singapore the last four years working for Globaleye International Wealth Solutions. He is a fully qualified Financial Adviser in Singapore as well the UK.

Andrew Tan

As the Managing Director of JOS Singapore, Andrew Tan spearheads JOS business and operations in Singapore, leading the company’s transformation and growth. He took up this position in 2016, bringing with him more than two decades of business experience in the technology field, blending his technology expertise with his strong business acumen.

Prior to JOS, Mr. Tan held several Senior Sales and Business Management roles in multi-national companies including NEC, IBM and Cisco. He has a proven record of bringing excellent results and values to businesses through innovation and strategic alliance. Andrew has also been successful in leading teams through organisational change initiatives.

Mr. Tan holds a Bachelor’s Degree of Science in Computer Science with Management from The Open University in the UK.

Andrew Tan

Andrew Tan is the Regional Director, Southeast Asia of Nexign. Andrew joined Nexign in July of 2018, and is responsible for establishing and developing Nexign in the Southeast Asia region, spearheading business development, as well as leading Nexign across the region with the handling of partner and strategic account management.

Andries Vaisman

Andries Vaisman, BBH Barn at Bartle Bogle Hegarty. He specializes on Writing, Editing, Photo Illustration, Research, Evaluation.

Andy Ng

Andy Ng is the founder and Chairman of Asia Coaching Training and Asia Trainers, he aslo conducts over 15 short programs on sales, management and executive skills in a month.

Andy Ng - Veritas Technologies

Andy Ng is the Vice-President and Managing Director for Asia South and Pacific region at Veritas Technologies. In this role, he is responsible for leading Veritas' overall business strategy, sales operations and continuous growth across ASEAN and Pacific region.

An industry veteran with over 25 years of experience, Andy has held senior leadership roles across different domains in the technology space, including client management, business and practice development and project management. Before his present role, Andy was leading the Technical Sales and Services across the Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) region for Veritas, where he was responsible for charting the overall strategy and partnership between the technical and sales teams, delivering outstanding sales and market share growth, and ensuring technical excellence within the organisation.

Prior to Veritas, Andy was with Symantec Corporation. He was instrumental in championing the transformation of the consulting business, building high-performing APJ Architect and Advisory teams, and growing new routes to market for sales to drive opportunities through consultative selling.

Andy holds a Master of Engineering in Engineering and Management from Cornell University, and a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Boston University. Andy is fluent not only in English and Mandarin, but numerous Chinese dialects and conversational Japanese as well.