Experience

Padang & Co

• Singapore
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Chairman

  • Jan 2014 - Present

  Padang & Co is the Innovation Company. We enable the world's largest organisations to address Southeast Asia's challenges today and opportunities of tomorrow through external collaborations with innovative, agile companies. To catalyse these collaborations, we curate thematic communities that change the way we innovate to drive sustainable growth and achieve Net Zero. Our key focus areas are Food & Agritech, Smarter Cities, Health, and Sustainability. Since June 2012, we have run… Show more Padang & Co is the Innovation Company. We enable the world's largest organisations to address Southeast Asia's challenges today and opportunities of tomorrow through external collaborations with innovative, agile companies. To catalyse these collaborations, we curate thematic communities that change the way we innovate to drive sustainable growth and achieve Net Zero. Our key focus areas are Food & Agritech, Smarter Cities, Health, and Sustainability. Since June 2012, we have run over 120 hackathons, innovation challenges, and workshops. Show less Padang & Co is the Innovation Company. We enable the world's largest organisations to address Southeast Asia's challenges today and opportunities of tomorrow through external collaborations with innovative, agile companies. To catalyse these collaborations, we curate thematic communities that change the way we innovate to drive sustainable growth and achieve Net Zero. Our key focus areas are Food & Agritech, Smarter Cities, Health, and Sustainability. Since June 2012, we have run… Show more Padang & Co is the Innovation Company. We enable the world's largest organisations to address Southeast Asia's challenges today and opportunities of tomorrow through external collaborations with innovative, agile companies. To catalyse these collaborations, we curate thematic communities that change the way we innovate to drive sustainable growth and achieve Net Zero. Our key focus areas are Food & Agritech, Smarter Cities, Health, and Sustainability. Since June 2012, we have run over 120 hackathons, innovation challenges, and workshops. Show less



Hive by Stellar Lifestyle

• Singapore

• Curator

  • Oct 2022 - Present

  Hive is a living lab and innovation hub for SME business experiments in retail and F&B, set up at Esplanade MRT Station in collaboration with Stellar Lifestyle. Hive connects Stellar Lifestyle and hundreds of its SME tenants and partners with startups in the technology ecosystem in Singapore and beyond. This is where business and consumer technologies are being tested, and new ways of working and business models are being created. Hive is a living lab and innovation hub for SME business experiments in retail and F&B, set up at Esplanade MRT Station in collaboration with Stellar Lifestyle. Hive connects Stellar Lifestyle and hundreds of its SME tenants and partners with startups in the technology ecosystem in Singapore and beyond. This is where business and consumer technologies are being tested, and new ways of working and business models are being created.



LEVEL3 Singapore

• Singapore
• Commercial Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head

  • Dec 2016 - Sep 2021

  Set up in collaboration with the Unilever Foundry, LEVEL3 was a coworking space with a difference. Built within Unilever’s Asia headquarters, LEVEL3 was a startup springboard where innovative businesses could collaborate with Unilever and other corporate and ecosystem partners to scale and succeed. LEVEL3 housed over 70 companies and a number of corporate partners in a 22,000 sqft workspace. Set up in collaboration with the Unilever Foundry, LEVEL3 was a coworking space with a difference. Built within Unilever’s Asia headquarters, LEVEL3 was a startup springboard where innovative businesses could collaborate with Unilever and other corporate and ecosystem partners to scale and succeed. LEVEL3 housed over 70 companies and a number of corporate partners in a 22,000 sqft workspace.



AustCham Singapore

• Singapore
• International Trade and Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• President

  • Feb 2019 - Jun 2019

• Board Member

  • Jun 2009 - Jun 2019

  AustCham is the Australian business community in Singapore, fostering, and providing a forum for business links between the two countries.



Sustain Ability Showcase Consultancy Asia Pte Ltd

• Singapore
• Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director, Sustainable Business Solutions

  • Mar 2011 - Oct 2013

  SASA promoted sustainability in business, events, and the community through the application of specific products, services, processes, and people. SASA promoted sustainability in business, events, and the community through the application of specific products, services, processes, and people.



GreenBizCheck

• Australia
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder & Director, Business Sustainability

  • 2010 - Sep 2013

  GreenBiz Check ran an online environmental certification programme and sustainability consultancy in Singapore. GreenBiz Check ran an online environmental certification programme and sustainability consultancy in Singapore.



Quest Worldwide

• Australia
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director, Change Management, Culture & Performance Transformation

  • May 2005 - Feb 2011

  Quest is a global change management consultancy focusing on transforming performance and culture. They focus startegy, engage employees, implement change, and drive performance improvement. Notable clients: Unilever, Philips, Holcim, ABN Amro, DHL, HSBC. Quest is a global change management consultancy focusing on transforming performance and culture. They focus startegy, engage employees, implement change, and drive performance improvement. Notable clients: Unilever, Philips, Holcim, ABN Amro, DHL, HSBC.



ACW Consulting

• Senior Consultant

  • 2001 - 2005

  Business and IT consulting utilising business intelligence. Business and IT consulting utilising business intelligence.



Doctors Formula Pty Ltd

• Acting Chief Executive

  • 1999 - 2001

  Distributors of superceutical and cosmeceutical brands, aromatherapy, organic skincare, and suncare products to salons and select department stores. Distributors of superceutical and cosmeceutical brands, aromatherapy, organic skincare, and suncare products to salons and select department stores.



Ticketek

• Chief Executive

  • Aug 1996 - Jan 2000

  Australia's largest sports and entertainment ticketing company. Australia's largest sports and entertainment ticketing company.



Optus

• Australia
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Strategic Planning Manager

  • Oct 1993 - 1996

  An Australian leader in delivering cutting-edge mobile communications, mobile technology, and broadband entertainment services, Optus has since been acquired by The SingTel Group, Asia’s leading communications group. An Australian leader in delivering cutting-edge mobile communications, mobile technology, and broadband entertainment services, Optus has since been acquired by The SingTel Group, Asia’s leading communications group.



Data Connection Pty Ltd

• General Manger

  • 1988 - 1992

  Direct marketing services consultancy. Direct marketing services consultancy.



Corporate Directions, Inc

• Executive Director

  • 1987 - 1988

  VC from Ann Arbor, Michigan. VC from Ann Arbor, Michigan.



Rover Holding Limited

• Group Finance & Business Development Manager

  • 1984 - 1987

  Melbourne-based listed investment company with diverse industrial interests, controlled by high-profile board. Melbourne-based listed investment company with diverse industrial interests, controlled by high-profile board.



Bankers Trust Australia Limited

• Graduate Trainee

  • 1980 - 1984

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