Evening Programme:

They will share experiences, lessons, and perspectives shaped over their career journeys, covering everything from the realities of building careers in the early 2000s to breaking barriers, evolving as leaders and navigating the unfinished business of gender equality. The conversation will also look ahead to what should FWA preserve, what must change, and why does a community like FWA still matter to the next generation?

Moderator's Bio:

Smitha Menon, Partner, WongPartnership LLP | FWA Secretary

Smitha Menon heads her firm's financial restructuring practice and is a Vice President of the International Insolvency Institute, a Council member of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs and a former Court member of the International Chamber of Commerce Court of Arbitration. She is on the Income Tax Board of Review Panel and the Insolvency and Climate Change Working Group of the World Bank. She serves as Secretary on FWA Singapore's Executive Committee and will moderate the evening's panel conversation.

Speakers' Bio:

Ms Tan Su Shan is the CEO and Director of DBS Group. DBS is the largest bank in Southeast Asia. 
 
Su Shan was previously the Deputy CEO and Group Head of Institutional Banking, and before that, Group Head of Consumer Banking and Wealth Management for close to a decade. She was also the President Commissioner for PT Bank DBS Indonesia from 2014 to 2024.
 
Su Shan has over 35 years of experience in consumer banking, wealth management and institutional banking. Besides Singapore, she has experience in major financial centres such as Hong Kong, Tokyo and London. Before joining DBS, Su Shan had worked at Morgan Stanley, Citibank and ING Barings.
 
Su Shan sits on the advisory board of Dyson’s family office, Weybourne Holdings, as well as on the boards of the Singapore Economic Development Board and Climate Impact X Pte Ltd. 

Junie Foo, Chairperson, Singapore Kindness Movement, Board Member: AIC, QBE Insurance Singapore | FWA President 2003 to 2006

Junie Foo is a household name when it comes to championing women in the workplace in Singapore. This veteran corporate banker turned social sector leader is the first non- Japanese and first woman to lead Corporate Banking Division Asia Oceania for a Japanese financial institution. She successfully pivoted to CEO of a major charitable organisation serving 10,000+ beneficiaries across Singapore. She is currently Singapore’s representative on ASEAN Commission for Women and Children, Immediate. Past President of SCWO and Chairperson of Singapore Kindness Movement. A bridge between corporate boardrooms and social systems reform, she continues to keep her agility and hone her skills as an advisor, mentor and serving on commercial boards.

Trina Liang, Managing Director, Sidra Capital | FWA President 2005 to 2007

Trina Liang is a fund manager at a US$25b firm focused on alternative investments in Asia. Outside of work, she is President of Netball Singapore and co-chair of ACCORD together with Minister Zaqy Mohd at the Ministry of Defence which oversees Singapore's community support for national service and total defence. Her other current board appointments include : Singapore Pools, NTUC Enterprise Foundation and Sports Excellence Singapore  which oversees the elite training of our national athletes.

Past appointments include: Singapore's women's representative to the G20, President and founder of WISE - Women in Sustainability and Environment), Past President of UN Women and vice president of SCWO (women's empowerment). Also the boards of NVPC and Community Foundation (philanthropy), SRT (Arts), WWF and SPCA (animals/wildlife), Singapore Institute of International Affairs and Sentosa Development Board.

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