AmChamSG's 51st Annual General Meeting

Event Details

AmCham Singapore is pleased to invite all members to attend the 51st Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Friday, April 19, 2024, 10:00am to 1:00pm at the Conrad Centennial Singapore Hotel.

The event will begin with a keynote address from our Guest-of-Honor Mr. Seah Kian Peng, Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore, followed by the AmCham CARES Recognition Ceremony that will celebrate member companies for excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility.

Following the awards, the formal part of the AGM will commence with the annual state-of-AmCham address by Chairman Simon Kahn and announcement of the outcome of the elections for the AmCham Board of Governors.

Corporate tables (10 seats per table) are available at $1,680 each. Please email us at pe@amcham.com.sg to find out more about corporate table benefits.
For sponsorship opportunities, please contact Lee-Mey Goh, Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships & Development.

Please note the following details:

The event is held under the Chatham House Rule https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/chatham-house-rule
Images from the event may be used for AmCham Singapore's post-event information, marketing and promotional purposes.
The personal information provided to us will only be used for event registration and administration.

By registering for this event, you agree and consent to the above.

* For any enquiries please contact the AmCham Programming and Events Team at pe@amcham.com.sg.

* Cancellation policy:

Individual tickets: You may request to cancel your registration 5 working days or more prior to the event date. Full payment will be required for any cancellations or no shows thereafter. Replacements will be accepted.
Corporate table: No cancellation once invoice has been issued. Replacements will be accepted.

Speakers

Mr. Seah Kian Peng

Speaker of Parliament at Republic of Singapore

Mr Seah Kian Peng is the Speaker of Parliament. He was elected to the post by Members of Parliament on 2 August 2023, making him the 11th Speaker of Singapore since the First Legislative Assembly of 1955.

Mr Seah has been an elected MP for Braddell Heights constituency in Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency since 2006, having been successfully re-elected in 2011, 2015 and 2020. From 2011 to 2015, he was the Deputy Speaker of Parliament and also the Chair of the Estimates Committee.

Mr Seah has worked in both the public and private sectors, but a large part of his career was spent with the NTUC Group where he helmed various entities. In particular, he spent over 22 years with NTUC FairPrice, where he was the Group CEO. From October 2019, Mr Seah assumed the concurrent role of the Group CEO of NTUC Enterprise Co-operative Limited [NE] which has net assets of over S$50b, annual group revenue of $9b and a staff strength of over 20,000. His primary focus at NE was to propel growth and implement transformative initiatives across its various entities spanning different industries.

Mr seah has served on various boards including SingTel, National Parks Board, Health Promotion Board, SoilBuild Group, ST Logistics, Trust Bank as well as Income Insurance, NTUC First Campus, NTUC Health, NTUC Learning Hub, Mercatus and Tangram Asia Capital.

He has also served on global boards including Consumer Goods Forum and International Co-operative Alliance. He was the founding Chairman at the Harvard Business School Club of Singapore before stepping down in 2018.

Mr Seah is a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Directors and the Chartered Institute of Marketing. He has won various awards over the years and was accorded the Co-operative Champion award by Singapore National Co-operatives Federation in 2013, the Medal of Commendation by NTUC in 2015 and the prestigious Outstanding CEO of the Year 2019/2020 award at the Singapore Business Awards.

Actively engaged in community efforts, Mr Seah currently chairs the Marine Parade Leadership Foundation and serves on the board of Singapore Olympic Foundation. He has served on the Boards of various organisations, including NTUC FairPrice Foundation, Centre for Fathering, Singapore Centre for Social Enterprises (raiSE), and Singapore National Co-operatives Federation.

In 2010, Mr Seah introduced a Private Member's Bill in Parliament to enhance the Maintenance of Parents Act, emphasising a conciliation-first approach to resolve maintenance disputes. He led a workgroup of nine MPs to review and update the Act, ensuring proper support for neglected elderly parents and introducing differentiated avenues of resolution for children abandoned or abused by their parents, therby safeguarding them from undue distress. He led another team of MPs to review and successfully passed various amendments to the same Act in 2023.

Mr Seah was born on 5 December 1961. He pursued his education at Raffles Institution and received the Colombo Plan Scholarship for studies at the University of New South Wales where he graduated with a First-Class Honours degree. Mr seah is married with two children and plays various sports.