AmCham Women Elevate Symposium: Empowering Women in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

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Advances in generative artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to revolutionize industries, transform jobs, and boost innovation. The right use cases for AI presents immense potential to mitigate biases and, as a result, enables more diverse and inclusive workplaces. On the other hand, AI can perpetuate and amplify existing biases by being trained with biased and discriminatory data. As companies embrace the benefits of generative AI, it is critical that they ensure that use of AI technology is fair and representative.

Join us at our signature AmCham Women Elevate Symposium as we explore the role of AI and its ability to mitigate bias, from hiring to employee engagement to content, and the challenges and opportunities for women to lead and thrive in the age of AI.

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Agenda

August 15, 2023

Main Schedule

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Registration

3:30 PM - 3:35 PM

AmCham CEO Welcome

Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei

3:35 PM - 3:40 PM

Welcome Remarks

Becky Lee

3:40 PM - 3:45 PM

Opening Remarks

Seok Hoon Chia

3:45 PM - 3:50 PM

Introductory Remarks

OakYeon Kim

3:50 PM - 4:30 PM

Remarks & Fireside Chat with Minister Josephine Teo

Mrs. Josephine Teo

Dr. Thalia Nawi

4:30 PM - 4:45 PM

Coffee Break

4:45 PM - 5:35 PM

Panel Discussion

Bani Trehan

Mei May Soo

Renee Lo

Claus Andresen

5:35 PM - 6:05 PM

Women Entrepreneur Corner

Dr. Alison Eyring

Sophie Khau

Sylvie Khau

Cassandra Nadira Lee

Jasmine Karimi

6:05 PM - 6:10 PM

Closing Remarks

Natalja Voronova

6:10 PM - 7:00 PM

Networking over wine & canapes

Speakers

Mrs. Josephine Teo

Minister for Communications and Information & Second Minister for Home Affairs

Claus Andresen

Senior Vice President &Head of Cloud Success Services, Asia Pacific & Japan at SAP

Seok Hoon Chia

Head of Global Networking Banking, Singapore at Citi

Dr. Alison Eyring

CEO & Founder of Produgie

Jasmine Karimi

General Counsel, APAC at FMC Corporation

Sophie Khau

Co-founder & Managing Director of L'Excellence Diamond Singapore

Sylvie Khau

Co-founder & Managing Director of L'Excellence Diamond Singapore

OakYeon Kim

Head of Government Affairs & Policy, APAC at Johnson & Johnson

Becky Lee

Managing Director, Singapore Affiliate of The Estée Lauder Companies

Cassandra Nadira Lee

Founder & Head Executive Coach of COMB Connecting Mind and Body

Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei

CEO of AmCham Singapore

Renee Lo

Regional Director of Google Cloud

Dr. Thalia Nawi

Deputy Superintendent at Stamford American International School

Mei May Soo

Chief AI Officer (Global Presales) at Dell Technologies

Bani Trehan

Managing Director of Accenture

Natalja Voronova

Regional Marketing Director, Pacific Asia of Abbott Nutrition

Minister Josephine Teo was appointed Minister for Communications and Information and Minister-in-charge of Smart Nation and Cybersecurity on 15 May 2021. She is also a member of the National Jobs Council and the Future Economy Council, and has been concurrently the Second Minister of Home Affairs since May 2018.

Mrs. Teo was the Minister for Manpower from May 2018 till May 2021. She previously served in the Prime Minister’s Office and the Finance, Transport and Foreign Affairs ministries.

In the PMO, Mrs. Teo coordinated whole-of-government efforts to better support marriage and parenthood. This led to significant enhancements in pre-school subsidies, parental leave provisions, medical care of young children and support for assistive reproductive technologies (ART).

As Minister of State for Finance, Mrs. Teo coordinated the Government’s successful implementation of the Pioneer Generation Package. As Senior Minister of State for Transport, she chaired the Changi 2036 Steering Committee to enhance the Singapore’s position as a leading global air hub.

An alumna of Dunman High School and Raffles Junior College, Mrs. Teo graduated from the National University of Singapore, winning several honours including the Rachel Meyer Book Prize for being the Best Woman Student. She obtained a Master of Science in Economics from the London School of Economics on scholarship from the Economic Development Board.

She is married and has three grown-up children. She enjoys creating memorable experiences for family and friends.

Claus Andresen leads the Cloud Success Services business in Asia Pacific & Japan, working with Fortune 500 companies, startups, and SMEs to ensure they extract maximum value from their enterprise software.

Claus is fanatical about customer success and outcomes. He believes that new technologies, effectively leveraged, can confer competitive advantages and achieve strategic business objectives. Having worked across the Asia Pacific region for over 11 years, he knows that successful digital transformations rely on connected enterprise systems that provide actionable insights and enable new revenue streams.

With over a decade of leadership and management consulting experience, Claus has extensive expertise in developing and leading high-impact organizations, retaining and attracting top talent, and practicing transformational leadership.

Claus has held several roles in SAP, with the most recent being SVP & Head of Mid-Market Asia Pacific & Japan. In this role, he was responsible for delivering hyper-growth in revenue and customer acquisition, and under his leadership the business received the accolade of the best performing Mid-Market business globally. Prior to this, Claus served as President & Managing Director of South East Asia (SEA), driving business strategy, operations, P&L, and sustainable growth for SAP across the market unit. He orchestrated the efforts of 3,800 colleagues in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Myanmar and other emerging markets, and successfully executed the transformation to Cloud.

Before joining SEA, Claus was the Chief Operating Officer (COO) for SAP Indian Subcontinent, where he provided leadership and direction to SAP’s multi-functional sales and operations organization in India. During his tenure, SAP India accelerated to become the Market Unit of the Year in 2016.

Claus currently resides in Singapore. He holds a Master of Business Administration from Copenhagen Business School and Indian Institute of Management, and has completed several certification programs at INSEAD and Stanford University.

Jasmine leads the Legal & Compliance teams across Asia Pacific for FMC Corporation. FMC is an NYSE listed agricultural sciences company, with a proud history spanning over a century, providing innovative solutions to growers around the world with a robust product portfolio in crop protection, plant health, and professional pest and turf management.

With over 20 years’ experience in MNCs in the US, UK, Canada, HK & Singapore, across diverse sectors (Media, Manufacturing, Luxury Retail, Healthcare, Agro Science), Jasmine brings rich cross-industry and cross-cultural perspective to strategy, problem solving and risk management.

A frequent speaker at forums globally, on both legal and business issues, Jasmine has been ranked as one of the leading influential in-house lawyers in business in Asia in The Legal 500 and is often called upon as a thought leader and advisor on various legal and compliance discussions. She also serves on the Board of the Singapore chapter of Association of Corporate Counsel and was previously the President of the Hong Kong chapter.

An active contributor to AmCham, Jasmine is one of the founding members of AmCham-Women, championing several initiatives, including the inaugural AmCham HERo Awards in 2019. Her depth of engagement, broad experience, fresh ideas and networks, enables her to provide advocacy, insights and counsel to the AmCham Board.

As the 3rd generation managing the family gem & jewellery company, L'Excellence Diamond, Sophie is passionate about sharing the family’s knowledge and expertise in diamonds, gems and French high jewellery. Being a Gemmology Expert, she assists clients in acquiring their ideal jewels whether it is for investment, legacy or celebration and enjoyment purposes. She is also a regular speaker at gemmology workshops and gem investment seminars for corporates and financial institutions.

Sophie also oversees her Family office's investments in the alternative space.

Sophie holds an Msc in Management from HEC Paris Business School and completed diamond grading at the Gemological Institute of America (GIA). She started her career in investment banking and private equity covering South East Asia.

Born in Paris, in the heart of the finest jewellery arts and crafts, Sylvie represents the 3rd generation of the 70-year-old family enterprise, transmitting the long-lasting family passion and expertise in diamonds, precious gemstones and French fine jewellery. She is a regular speaker at gemmology workshops and gems investment seminars for corporates and financial institutions.

Sylvie is also a board member at her Family office.

In addition to being a Gemmology Expert, Sylvie holds a Double MSc degree in Management and Finance from EDHEC Business School. Prior to joining the family enterprise, Sylvie held several head of department positions in the investment banking arm of several international banking groups in Europe and Asia. She is also a polyglot, fluent in French, English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Teochew, and Japanese.

Becky Lee is General Manager, Singapore Affiliate, The Estée Lauder Companies. In this role, she is responsible for business in the Singapore market, with a focus on increasing market share, strengthening the Estée Lauder Companies’ position in the market, and becoming employer of choice for top talent.

Becky has 15 years of marketing and brand management experience in the beauty and consumer goods industry. She joined The Estée Lauder Companies in 2018 as Marketing Director for Clinique in Asia-Pacific, and immediately showcased a strategic and business-focused mindset, which led her to take on additional P&L responsibilities for Korea, and also the Taiwan market in January 2020.

Becky was promoted to VP/GM, Clinique, Asia-Pacific in November 2020 and began strategizing and executing the elevation of the brand in Asia-Pacific through initiatives such as hero product acceleration, which saw retail sales grow to their highest level in 10 years. In 2021, she expanded her responsibilities to cover Lab Series, successfully capturing emerging consumer segments in the region.

Prior to joining The Estée Lauder Companies, Becky worked for several personal care and consumer goods brands, including Eucerin and La Prairie (Beiersdorf), in roles across the Thailand, UK & Ireland markets. In these roles, she focused on brand building and growth plans that elevated brand positioning in the markets. She was also a Global Brand Manager with Reckitt Benckiser leading one of their household brands, where she launched new brands into China and was responsible for leading five-year plans across multiple home categories.

Becky earned her bachelor’s degree in Business Management with French from King's College, London, United Kingdom. She is fluent in Korean, French, Spanish and English.

Becky was promoted to her current role in January 2023 and has since relocated to Singapore with her family.

With 20 years of experience in leadership roles in the banking and FMCG industries. She specializes in performance, leadership and transformation coaching. She works with international clients in the Asia Pacific region.

Cassandra loves people and is curious about them. She believes that human has unlimited potential, and upon the right unleashing, human shines beyond their own imagination in creating phenomenal personal and professional results.

Cassandra is an Professional Certified Coach with International Coaching Federation (ICF), Newfield Certified Coach (NCCTM) and Certified Global Provider for Tension Release Exercise (TRE®). She also holds the certification of Registered Management Consultant (RMC) with the Institute of Management Consultant.

She is also trained in team coaching and emotional intelligence, thus amalgamating the holistic approach of body, emotion, mind and language in working with her clients.

Cassandra is the lead author of the Wellbeing chapter in the V20 2022 communique and the only delegate from Singapore. V20 (Values 20) is a global community of values experts and practitioners that seeks to actively engage with the Group of Twenty (G20). The G20 or Group of Twenty is an intergovernmental forum comprising 19 countries and the European Union. It works to address major issues related to the global economy, such as international financial stability, climate change mitigation, and sustainable development.

Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Singapore — the largest and the most active international business association in Singapore and Southeast Asia, with over 6,000 members representing over 550 companies. Hsien is also Adjunct Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, member of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Advisory Board, member of the Singapore Institute of Directors MNC Committee, co-lead of the WorkWell Leaders SME Action Sub-Group, and on the organizing committee of the Precision Public Health Asia Conference.

Prior to AmCham, Hsien was Vice President, Medical and Scientific Affairs, Medtronic Asia Pacific, where she was responsible for the Medtronic Innovation Centers in Japan and Korea, training and education, and the company’s health systems transformation strategy in the region. Hsien has extensive experience in scientific affairs, corporate and healthcare communications, advertising, public relations and government affairs.

Hsien has lived and worked in the US, Taiwan, Japan, Vietnam, UK, and is now based in Singapore. She holds a BA (with honors) in Human Biology from Stanford University and a PhD in Epidemiology from The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health where she was the recipient of a US National Institutes of Health Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology Training Grant. Her doctoral thesis explored the genetic epidemiology of end-stage renal disease and type 2 diabetes. She completed her post-doctoral fellowship at National Taiwan University Hospital in the Department of Internal Medicine.

Renee is Google Cloud’s Regional Director for Partner Engineering & Strategic Partnerships across the Asia Pacific region. She has over 20 years of experience in the technology industry, and has held senior roles at Microsoft, Amazon, and Google.

In her current role, Renee oversees a diverse team that spans industries and Google Cloud's technology portfolio. Her primary focus is partner ecosystem success: driving channel strategy and partnerships across GSIs, RSIs, tech and ISV partners. Her team scales partners’ Google Cloud practice through GTM strategy development, technical upskilling, solution build and delivery support.

Prior to joining Google, Renee was Microsoft’s General Manager for Data and AI across JAPAC. In this role, she led a team of specialists in providing technical leadership and landing digital transformations across key customers. She also spent over a decade at Microsoft headquarters in roles spanning from product development, to marketing & ops, and business strategy & development.

At Amazon, Renee built and led AWS’s ASEAN data & AI team, launched new Amazon.com services, and led global business development teams.

Renee holds a Computer Science degree from the University of British Columbia and an MBA from the University of Manchester. She is also a board member of a NASDAQ listed medical devices company.

Mei May is a highly accomplished Chief AI Officer with over two decades of experience in Data Science and AI, having been named as the Top 10 CAIO. As the lead of Dell Technologies’ AI/ML initiatives for Global Presales, she works closely with customers to solve problems scientifically and objectively, exemplified by her team's design and development of a Deep Learning model that recognizes and identifies different types of corals for the conservation of the Great Barrier Reef. Her leadership and innovation in this project were recognized in CIO World Asia. Another AI initiative with a Singapore university to develop a Smart Fundraising machine learning model led to the winning of two Circle of Excellence awards (Global Grand Gold and Best Asia Pacific).

Prior to joining Dell Technologies, Mei May led the data science team at Cisco Systems, where she discovered that people, not data, are at the centre of everything. She strives to connect the two worlds by incorporating elements of humanity and behavioural sciences in the interpretation of data. As such she is able to explain complex data concepts to stakeholders at all levels of an organization.

Mei May's passion for promoting diversity and inclusion has seen her lead the Singapore Chapter of Dell Technologies’ Women in Action employee resource group (ERG), working toward the organisation’s 2030 goals of 50% of its global workforce and 40% of its global people leaders being those who identify as women. As the lead for the Mentoring pillar within WIA Singapore, she champions the flagship cross-company cross-industry mentoring program, MentorConnect, which has benefited 276 mentees from 11 partner companies.

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