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FWA & SCB CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN DAY

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Make it Happen – The Role of Male Champions 

FWA celebrates our 15th anniversary by celebrating women – and the men who help us in our journey. The FWA is a champion of gender diversity & inclusion (D&I) in the workplace. We engage individuals and organisations to recognize the contribution women have been making to the economy, the multiple hats women wear as care-givers and workers, and the importance of unbiased, fair and flexible work practices that support the advancement of women in their careers. 

The next step in our journey of promoting D&I is to engage men: men who understand the demands of work and family that women face and are supportive of their pursuit of success on both fronts. We are very proud to announce our male champions in this celebration. 

The panel discussion will feature 4 male champions – men in leadership positions, men who are influential in their organisations and who support women succeeding in both their work and life. The panel will discuss the role of men in promoting female talent against caregiving demands, whether gender equality has been achieved in the Singapore workplace, and the road ahead in terms of workplace culture and retaining top female talent.

Event Agenda

12.00pm  Registration, lunch & networking
12.30pm Opening speeches by SCB & FWA
12.40pm Keynote speech by Guest-of-Honour
1.00pm

Panel discussion
Panelists:

Joel Kim, Managing Director, Blackrock
Andrew Loh, Managing Director, Investment Banking, Barclays
Tolan Steele, Group Country Manager, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand; SVP, Global Clients, Visa
Michael Wiegand, Global Head of Deposits, Retail Bank, Standard Chartered
1.50pm Q&A
2.00pm Close

 

Panelists' Bio

JOEL KIM
Managing Director
Blackrock

Joel Kim, CFA, Managing Director, is the Head of Asia Pacific Fixed Income within BlackRock's Alpha Strategies Investment Group and is based in Singapore. In this role, Mr. Kim is responsible for Blackrock's Fixed Income team in the Asia Pacific region. He is the lead portfolio manager for the BGF Asian Local Bond Fund and the co-portfolio manager for the BGF Asian Tiger Bond Fund.

Mr. Kim joined Blackrock from ING Investment Management in Hong Kong, where he had a similar role and was responsible for a broad range of Asian debt strategies and co-managed Global Emerging Market Debt funds since 2002. Prior to this, he managed global fixed income portfolios at ING Investment Management in the Netherlands.

Mr. Kim obtained a MA degree in Economics from the University of Amsterdam in 2001.

ANDREW LOH
Managing Director Investment Banking, SEA
Barclays

Andrew is a Managing Director within Investment Banking, South-East Asia. He is responsible for client management and deal origination efforts in Singapore and parts of SE Asia with a focus on corporate clients. Andrew has 20 years of experience in corporate finance work.

Prior to joining Barclays in July 2001, Andrew worked at Deutsche Bank where he was responsible for their debt capital markets business in Singapore, focusing on both domestic and cross border bond origination. Before Deutsche Bank, he was a member of Bankers Trust’s mergers and acquisitions advisory team in Asia between 1997 and 1999. In 1993, Andrew started his investment banking career with Schroders Plc as a member of the South East Asia corporate finance team.

Mr. Loh graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce (First Class Honours) degree majoring in Accounting and Finance from the University of Western Australia.

TOLAN STEELE
Group Country Manager, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand & SVP, Global Client Management
Visa Inc.

Tolan Steele has overall management responsibility for Visa’s business in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Brunei.  In addition, he is the lead relationship manager for several of Visa’s key global clients whose business with Visa spans the Asia Pacific region.  In both roles, Tolan is responsible for ensuring Visa’s strategic and business objectives are achieved, all through strong partnerships with its clients and other stakeholders in the Visa payment system.

Tolan joined Visa in 1999, and has held a variety of positions across the organization. Prior to his current role, Tolan led the Risk Services team for Visa Inc., a global function focused on Visa’s in-market engagement of clients, merchants, regulators and others on risk-related issues. In that role and working from Singapore, Tolan managed staff in Visa’s hubs and local offices in Asia Pacific, Central Europe-Middle East-Africa, Latin America and North America. 

Before joining the Risk team and moving to Singapore, Tolan served as Head of Global Interchange for Visa Inc. In that capacity, he was responsible for ensuring that Visa’s interchange rates and structure effectively advanced the issuance and acceptance of Visa products, globally. Earlier in his Visa career, Tolan also managed the Product Innovation and Coordination team, assessing the opportunities and impacts of emerging payment applications and technologies on the Visa payment system.

Tolan earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Grinnell College, a Master of Public and Private Management degree from the Yale School of Management, and a Master of Environmental Studies degree from the Yale School of Forestry.  He lives in Singapore with his wife, daughter and son.

MICHAEL WIEGAND
Head of Retail Deposits
Standard Chartered Bank

Dr. Michael Wiegand manages the global retail deposit portfolio for Standard Chartered Bank.  He joined Standard Chartered Bank in 2005, and was Head of Strategy for the Consumer Bank, after which he spent four years in Botswana managing the Bank’s Consumer Banking businesses across Southern Africa.

Before joining Standard Chartered Bank, Dr. Wiegand spent 6 years with McKinsey & Company.  As a member of the Financial Services practice, he served leading banks and insurance companies in the U.S., Australia, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East. Michael has a Ph.D. in Economics from Northwestern University, and a Masters in Public Management & Policy from Carnegie Mellon.

 

RSVP Details

Members: 
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Non-members: 
S$30. Please click the above "Register" button and register online on the website. Do produce receipt for proof of payment and entry.

For enquiries, please contact Shree Mogan at shree.cmogan@gmail.com.