Jeffery Tan

Jeffery Tan is the group general counsel and chief sustainability officer of Jardine Cycle & Carriage, a member of the Jardine Matheson Group. He is also CEO of mental health charity Jardine MINDSET and serves on the boards of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce, Mind Forward Alliance Singapore and the Global Guiding Council of One Mind At Work. He is a member of the board advisory panel of mental health platform Talk Your Heart Out and an adviser to the sustainability panel of the association of Singapore Exchange (SGX) listed entities, SGListcos.

The question is not whether technology replaces human care, but whether it can stand in when human presence is absent.
THINKING ALOUD

Growing old alone with technology as the last quiet witness

For seniors who live alone, being ‘tracked’ is less about surveillance than being accounted for

When companies do not articulate their thinking, the market fills the vacuum with its own assumptions, says the writer.

Learning to speak about the future without promising it

Forward-looking guidance, done well, is not about forecasting earnings per share to the second decimal; it is about explaining strategic intent

The path forward to better investor protection must be carefully caliberated with safeguards in place.

Beef up investor rights, but don’t tip the market towards litigation

Singapore’s push to enhance investor recourse is timely, but execution could open the floodgates to speculative claims and unintended pressure on listed...

When every activity must justify itself with utility or output, something human and essential slips quietly away.

Singapore needs more play – not to escape life, but to live it well

Rediscovering play may be one of the simplest yet most powerful ways to boost mental well-being, strengthen social bonds and help us...

KPMG’s GC Outlook 2025 report describes the modern legal chief as a “horizon scanner”.
THE BROAD VIEW

In-house lawyers are evolving from legal brain to corporate conscience

The modern general counsel must keep the organisation moving decisively without crossing the unseen boundaries that erode trust

The boomerang does not just return; it returns having gathered speed and value on its journey, reminding us that in the calculus of a life well-lived, purpose is the ultimate currency.

The ‘boomerang effect’: How strategic philanthropy pays a purpose premium

Beyond the balance sheet, the act of giving generates a unique dividend for the investor

For the retrenched, a layoff is more than a loss of income. It is a rupture in identity, security and purpose.

The axe of retrenchment

Addressing the psychological cost of layoffs when it cuts more ways than one

Among executives, the symptoms of burnout are often dangerously mislabelled: The irritable chief executive is “passionate”. The indecisive chief financial officer is “deliberate”. The disengaged head of innovation is “delegating”.

The unseen leadership crisis: executive burnout

When the captain is frantic, the entire crew is at risk of drowning

Mental health and well-being is not a benevolent add-on. It is a risk multiplier. High attrition, diminished innovation, stigma and burnout generate real financial exposure.

The ‘S’ in ESG must stand for social well-being that includes mental health

It’s time for corporations to recognise the strategic and ethical significance of mental wellness – and remedy its persistent neglect.

How do we reconcile AI’s benefits with its human costs? The answer lies in strategies that prioritise both productivity and mental health.  

Taming the AI ‘beast’ without losing ourselves

Artificial intelligence can drive progress without eroding mental well-being, but only if we act deliberately and intentionally