SGLN Project Human
Monday, 2nd November 2026, 6:00 - 9:15PM
1A Science Park Drive
About The Event
This event is organised in partnership with our SGLN Ambassadors.
Event Agenda
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6:00 PMRegistration & Networking Dinner
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6:45 PMWelcome Remarks by SGLN
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6:50 PMModerated Panel Dialogue with Q&A
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7.50 PMEnd of Dialogue & Intro to Human Library
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8.00 PMHuman Library: Conversations with Leaders
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9.00 PMClosing Remarks
Event Details
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Date:
Monday, 2nd November 2026
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Time:
6:00 - 9:15PM
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Venue:
1A Science Park Drive
Panellists
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Jasmin Lau
Acting Minister for Manpower and Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Digital Development and Information
Ms Jasmin Lau is currently the Acting Minister for Manpower and the Senior Minister of State in the Ministry of Digital Development and Information. She is also the Minister-in-charge of the Government Technology Agency (GovTech) which builds tech for public good and supports public agencies’ efforts in driving digital transformation.
Ms Lau is a Member of Parliament for Ang Mo Kio GRC and oversees the Seletar-Serangoon Division. She is also the Vice-Chairperson of the Ang Mo Kio Town Council.
Before entering politics, Ms Lau spent almost 20 years in the public service. She previously served as Deputy Secretary (Policy) at the Ministry of Health from 2022 to 2025, where she oversaw the development of healthcare finance, manpower and regulatory policy. Prior to 2022, she held other appointments in the Economic Development Board, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Manpower and the Prime Minister’s Office.
Ms Lau holds a Master of Science in Technology and Policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2006. Before that, she graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Bioengineering and Economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 2005.
Outside of work, Ms Lau is a mother of two pre-schoolers. She plays competitive netball and basketball when she can, and when her children allow her to do so.
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Suhaimi Zainul-Abidin
Chief Executive Officer, Quantedge Capital
Suhaimi is the CEO of Quantedge Capital. He joined Quantedge Capital in 2013 and took on the role of CEO in 2018.
Prior to that, Suhaimi was a banking & finance partner at the pre – eminent Singapore law firm of Allen & Gledhill LLP.
Apart from his role at Quantedge, Suhaimi contributes as a board member on the boards of a number of Singapore government – linked agencies, industry bodies and non-profit organizations. This includes being a Council Member of the Singapore Business Federation, a board member of the National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre (NVPC), The Esplanade (Singapore’s national performing arts center) , WWF (Worldwide Fund for Nature ) Singapore, NS Square Ltd, Singapore Centre for Social Enterprise (raiSE), KidSTART Singapore Ltd , SBF Foundation, Woodlands Health Fund, a governor on the board of Raffles Institution, Board Chairman of Access Singapore and Tri Sector Charity Consultants , Deputy Chairman of the Singapore Alternative Investment Managers As sociation (AIMA) , and tru stee and committee member of the NCCS Cancer Fund and Research Fund.
While serving his national service obligations in 1999, Suhaimi was awarded the Sword – of – Honour for being the best infantry cadet and the prize for Best in Military Knowledge. During his undergraduate studies at the University of Nottingham, he garnered the award for Best Applicant Memorial at the UK Telders International Moot Court Competition. He was also awarded the NSman of the Year Award in 2024.
Suhaimi previously contributed to the review of Singapore’s Charity Code of Governance and Charity Transparency Framework and is currently a judge for the Charity Governance Awards. He is also a member of the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s Corporate Governance Advisory Committee.
He was also previously a director on the board s of National Environment Agency, Skillsfuture Singapore Agency, Quantedge Foundation, Warees Investments and TalentTrust Ltd, a Council Member of the National Arts Council, Charity Council and the Council for Board Diversity, and founding Exco Member of the Young Business Leaders Network.
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Feon Ang
Managing Director (Asia Pacific) & Vice President of Global Sales Solutions, LinkedIn
Feon Ang is Managing Director, Asia Pacific at LinkedIn, where she leads the company’s business strategy across the region.
As of January 2026, Feon also oversees LinkedIn Sales Solutions globally, building on 13 years leading LinkedIn Talent Solutions in APAC.
An accomplished and award-winning business leader, Feon is focused on expanding LinkedIn’s APAC business and accelerating growth of its Sales Solutions globally. Throughout her tenure at LinkedIn, she has consistently driven performance and revenue growth through strategic leadership, innovation, and building high-performing teams across markets.
Prior to joining LinkedIn, Feon spent more than 13 years at Gartner in senior leadership roles. At Gartner, she served as Regional Vice-President, where she oversaw relationships with strategic client accounts across the APAC region. She was also instrumental in establishing offices in emerging Southeast Asia markets and China.
Throughout her career, Feon has built a track record of leading organizational transformation, driving operational excellence, developing talent, and delivering strong business results. Recognized as one of LinkedIn’s first female leaders honored globally for leadership excellence, Feon is passionate about nurturing talent, especially women in tech, and empowering high-performing teams to deliver outstanding results.
Feon holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration (BBA) from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
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Dr Jochen Wirtz
Moderator
Professor of Marketing, National University of SingaporeJochen Wirtz is Vice Dean MBA Programs and Professor of Marketing at the National University of Singapore.
He has published over 200 academic articles, including 8 features in Harvard Business Review, and over 20 books. His best-selling books include The Human-Agent Orchestrator: Leading and Scaling AI-Driven Organizations (2026) and Agentic Artificial Intelligence: Harnessing AI Agents to Reinvent Business, Work and Life (2025). His book Services Marketing: People, Technology, Strategy (10th edition, 2026) is a globally leading textbook with translations and adaptations for over 28 countries and regions and combined sales of over 1.5 million copies.
In recognition of his excellence in research and teaching, Professor Wirtz has received over 70 awards, including the Christopher Lovelock Career Contributions to the Services Discipline Award in 2019 (the highest recognition of the American Marketing Association service community), the Christian Grönroos Service Research Award 2024 given for “excellent achievements in service research challenging common understanding and demonstrating significant originality”, the Academy of Marketing Science Outstanding Marketing Teacher Award (the highest recognition of teaching excellence of AMS globally), and the prestigious, top university-level Outstanding Educator Award at NUS.
Human Library 📚
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Conal McMahon
Senior Consultant, Three Lions AWM Advisory
Conal has led teams in the Asia-Pacific region for the last 16 years, covering mainland China, Hong Kong, and Singapore.
While he is broadly optimistic about applying AI and its role in work, he believes caution and thoughtful application are needed for teams and leaders to maximise its impact.
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Danny Thien
APAC Head of Data Products, SMBC
A builder of teams, platforms, and possibilities, Danny Thien combines deep expertise in data, AI, and governance with a passion for developing people and solving complex business challenges.
Guided by a customer-first mindset, Danny has spent his career transforming data into meaningful impact while helping organizations navigate the future with confidence.
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Elisa Mo
Director, DSO National Laboratories
Elisa is currently a Director in DSO, where she leads the development of advanced communications systems to enhance Singapore’s defence capabilities.
Prior to this, she was seconded to Future System Technology Directorate as a Deputy Director in 2020, where she charted long-term strategies and R&D roadmaps in Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Command, Control and Communications (C3). She was also named in the inaugural ‘Singapore 100 Women in Tech’ list (2020), which recognises and celebrates women based in Singapore who have been inspiring and have made significant contributions to the tech industry.
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Eugene Teh
Group Chief Information Officer & Deputy Group Chief Data Officer, SMRT Corporation
Eugene is the Group Chief Information Officer and Deputy Group Chief Data Officer at SMRT Group. He co-leads the group’s AI Office. He is also responsible for the group’s IT infrastructure, applications, ERP system, enterprise architecture, and for leading its AI engineering, data engineering and software engineering functions – driving an AI-first organisation that enables the strategic priorities of SMRT group of companies.
Prior to joining SMRT, Eugene was Director, Strategy & Analytics at FairPrice Group, where he led a team to establish the Supply Chain Operations Centre (SCope) and oversaw supply chain data analytics efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. He also held roles as Vice President, GCEO Office, and Vice President, Strategy & Transformation, driving the business and digital transformation of the Group.
Prior to FairPrice Group, Eugene was based in Germany as Strategist to the President of Global Healthcare at DHL, leading initiatives in commercial strategy, business development, and digitalisation. He previously worked in DHL’s management consulting arm, advising Deutsche Post DHL, Fortune 100 companies, MNCs, and government agencies on corporate strategy and operations across Southeast Asia, Japan, China, Germany, and the USA. He also spent time in Silicon Valley with Zuora during its infancy years, focusing on product management and software engineering.
Eugene holds a Computer Science degree from the National University of Singapore, with a minor in Technopreneurship at Stanford University.
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Goh Hattori
Global Talent Acquisition Leader, Exec OS
With over 25 years of experience in HR and talent acquisition, Goh Hattori has a proven track record of attracting and retaining diverse, high-performing talent across hyper-growth, pre-IPO start-ups and established multibillion-dollar global MNCs in the technology sector.
As a founding member of APJ Talent Acquisition leadership teams, Hattori has successfully established, built and led world-class talent acquisition functions across APJ, EMEA and globally, supporting double-digit business growth and market expansion. His experience spans Go-to-Market, Marketing, Corporate Functions, Engineering and R&D, Campus Recruitment and Executive Search.
Today, Hattori partners with executives and high-potential talent to strengthen their internal “operating system”, bringing greater clarity, confidence and strategic focus to their leadership through executive coaching. He also supports critical executive searches, helping organisations strengthen and elevate their leadership bench.
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Kabilan Elangovan
Senior AI Scientist, Singhealth
Kabilan Elangovan is a Senior AI Scientist at Singapore Health Services (SingHealth), with more than five years of experience in healthcare AI.
His work spans medical imaging, explainable AI, large language models, and clinical decision-support systems, with a focus on developing and evaluating trustworthy AI for clinical use. His research centres on model safety, explainability, reproducibility, evidence provenance, and human clinical validation. He has authored more than 20 peer-reviewed publications and contributes to AI-enabled clinical applications, multidisciplinary research, and healthcare AI education.
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Kelly Heng
Founder, The Rooted Way Pte Ltd
Kelly Heng is the Founder of The Rooted Way, a counselling and coaching practice.
Prior to establishing The Rooted Way, she served as Managing Director at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation leading teams to manage group companies in South East Asia. Her career spanned over 20 years in the financial sector in institutions of Monetary Authority of Singapore, Standard Chartered Bank and SMBC in functions of international relations, debt capital markets and controls and governance.
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Mohamed Hardi
Chief Operating Officer ASEAN, Misumi Kaizen
Hardi currently serves as Chief Operating Officer of ASEAN at Misumi Kaizen | MIRAI Ventures, the deep tech innovation and venture building division of the Misumi Kaizen OÜ Group, and Singapore’s leading enabler and investor in AI and robotics innovation for the region’s digital economy.
He is responsible for defining the future of smart mobility, intelligent automation, and sustainable industry across Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Japan, and China, working to create a vibrant ecosystem where advanced cloud computing, sovereign GPU infrastructure, and local talent converge to unlock new business and societal possibilities.
Previously, as Director and Chief Information Officer of the National Heritage Board, Hardi led a transformative five-year digitalisation initiative that revolutionized government digital services within Singapore’s museums and heritage institutions. His innovative “outside-in” approach prioritized citizen-centric design while pioneering immersive “phygital” technologies. This work earned him consecutive CIO100 Awards from 2021-2023 by IDG Asia Pacific, recognizing him as one of Asia’s top technology leaders.
During his 11-year tenure with the Government Technology Agency, Hardi spearheaded landmark initiatives including OneService@SG and the Kill-The-Q startup, while programme-managing two of GovTech’s largest Whole-of-Government IT infrastructure programmes that significantly benefited Singapore’s digital transformation.
Beyond his professional achievements, Hardi actively contributes to Singapore’s arts and culture sector as a culture tech professional, social entrepreneur, and industry mentor, focusing on community volunteering programmes that improve lives of underprivileged students and families.
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Selina Seah
Director of Information Technology, AGP
Selina Seah is an IT leader with over 20 years of experience across technology delivery, digital transformation, automation, technology risk and governance, and business resilience.
She has held regional IT leadership roles across organisations including Mercer and Marsh Asia, where she led major transformation and integration programmes and worked closely with senior stakeholders to align technology with business strategy. She holds a degree in Computing from NUS and an EMBA from SMU, and is a Pioneer SGLN Fellow.
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Tahira Allapitchay
Staff Operational Excellence Specialist, Illumina
Tahira is an operations leader at Illumina with a career spanning science, biotechnology, and global operations.
Beginning her journey as a scientist at Syngenta, she has evolved into a leader who drives innovation and operational excellence across complex environments.
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Vinay Jain
Head of Asia South Wealth Technology & CIO, Citibank Singapore
Vinay Jain is Chief Information Officer of Citibank Singapore Limited and Head of Asia South Wealth Technology at Citi. He is accountable for technology across Citi’s Wealth, Consumer, Offshore and Private Banking businesses in Singapore, and is the primary technology interface with the Board, Executive Management and the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
With over 25 years in financial services, Vinay has led technology operations, resilience and risk management at Standard Chartered, Barclays, RBS and Thomson Reuters. He was a founding technology leader at Trust Bank, where he helped secure Singapore’s digital bank licence and built its technology risk management and operations from scratch. He also contributed to the MAS Technology Risk Management Guidelines revision through the ABS working group.
Vinay believes technology only matters when clients can trust it to work. Outside work, he mentors emerging technologists and is a proud husband and father. -
Wilson Koh
Manager, Workforce Development, Public Service Division
Wilson transitioned from six years as a secondary school teacher into workforce policy. He now works with Singapore’s Public Service Division, supporting agencies on competency development and career fitness.
Having experienced a career switch himself, he focuses on lifelong learning, challenging career assumptions, and making intentional career choices. He also volunteers with The Astronauts Collective, helping youths discover their strengths and aspirations.








