About

About

DO WELL, DO GOOD, DO NOW

Applicants shortlisted into the Emerging Enterprise Awards and Emerging Enterprise Sustainability Awards undergo a rigorous 2-part judging process: Site visits (Physical and/or Virtual) as well as live Judging for applicants to present their business model, products and services to a panel of distinguished judges.

The carefully selected expert judging panel will review each entry based on the criteria set within each category, whilst also applying three key principles:

• Clear and concise results and metrics
• Measurable evidence of innovation, impact and scalability, with demonstrable, long-term commitment to a sustainable transformation
• Relevance award category criteria

Judges Panel

OCBC Bank

Christie Chu

Head, Emerging Business and Commercial Bank Cash

Christie leads the Emerging Business (EmB) & Commercial Banking Cash in OCBC Bank. The business serves the growth of SMEs - sole proprietors, partnerships, and private limited companies from start-ups to Serial Entrepreneurs and high growth businesses across multiple industries. It offers a full suite of loans and cash solutions to help the growth of business owners (locally and foreign incorporated entities), including Funds and non-profit organisations. She is responsible for driving acquisition &engagement and digitalisation across the various platforms.

The Business Times

Chen Hui Fen

Editor

Chen Huifen is the Editor at The Business Times. She started her journalism career at Singapore Press Holdings more than 20 years ago. She has covered macroeconomics, policy, biomedical sciences, healthcare and SMEs before taking on a supervisory role a decade ago.

The Business Times

Stanislaus Jude Chan

Deputy News Editor for Companies & Markets and Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) issues

Stanislaus Jude Chan is a deputy news editor at The Business Times, where he oversees the coverage of public listed companies, financial markets, and environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. Over his career, he has covered real estate investment trusts (Reits) and climate conservation, as well as a range of business topics as a breaking news journalist.

Mastercard

Deborah Heng

Country Manager, Singapore

As Country Manager, Deborah leads all aspects of Mastercard business expansion in Singapore, working with banks, non-financial institutions and key merchants to drive business results. She also oversees the rollout of new payment solutions, focusing on innovation and partnerships. Previously, Deborah held multiple roles in Mastercard, managing strategic deals, revenue targets and investment budgets.

Rajah and Tann

Jonathan Yuen

Head, Commercial Litigation & Employment (Disputes)

Jonathan is the Head of the firm's Legal Basix practice, which provides baseline and growth stage legal advice, representation and documentation to businesses. Leveraging the deep expertise and experience of Rajah & Tann's many providing industry-leading practice groups, Jonathan supports all businesses, from emerging enterprises, start-ups and SMEs to high-growth companies.

RSM

Woo E-Sah

Partner & Head of Assurance

E-Sah currently leads her firm's Assurance Practice. She handles assurance, initial public offerings and due diligence assignments for emerging businesses, multinationals, statutory boards, not-for-profit organisations (NPOs) and public-listed companies. E-Sah also serves clients in other industries such as healthcare, shipping, manufacturing, retail and construction.

RSM

Dennis Lee

Partner & Head of Business

Dennis has extensive experience in external and internal audit, risk management, and corporate governance. He leads the business consulting division, providing these services to various companies and organizations in Singapore. Dennis also co-leads the firm's ESG practice, involved in projects related to ESG programs, frameworks, and risk management strategies. He has been featured in mainstream media and is a regular speaker at events on sustainability and climate change.

A*STAR

Lee Han Boon

Director, Innovation and Enterprise

Han Boon is the Senior Vice President and Head of Licensing for the Science and Engineering Division at Exploit Technologies Pte Ltd, the technology transfer arm of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR). He is also the Head of the Infocomm and Media Cluster, which is responsible for developing, marketing and licensing research outcomes from the Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R), an institute under A*STAR's Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC).

A*STAR

Radiana Soh

Director (Chemical, Materials & Sustainability), Innovation & Enterprise Group

Radiana leads a team that focuses on technology commercialisation, venture co-creation, licensing and joint collaborations.With more than a decade of experience in technology development and commercialisation, she has taken on a broad spectrum of roles that spans across ideation, marketing, technology matching, productisation, business model formation, negotiations, manufacturing, process improvements and relationship management in partnerships.

Enterprise Singapore

Emily Liew

Assistant Managing Director, Innovation

Emily is the Assistant Managing Director of Enterprise Singapore, the government agency under the Ministry of Trade & Industry which champions enterprise development. She oversees the Innovation portfolio, covering startup and innovation ecosystem development, enterprise innovation incentives, venture building and global innovation networks. Previously, she led the Strategic Partnerships and Platforms Group, and was formerly Chief Data Officer and Executive Director of Strategic and Corporate Planning.

Enterprise Singapore

Geoffrey Yeo

Assistant Managing Director, Capabilities, Urban Systems & Solutions

Geoffrey is the Assistant Managing Director of Enterprise Singapore, the Singapore government agency which champions enterprise development. He oversees the group responsible for driving enterprise capabilities, in areas like Financing, Sustainability and Digitalisation, to support business growth and competitiveness. He also leads efforts to support the growth of companies in the Urban Systems and Solutions industries. Geoffrey currently serves on the board and investment committee of SEEDS Capital, the investment arm of Enterprise Singapore that catalyses investments into Singapore-based early stage technology startups.

Paia Consulting

Corrado Forcellati

Managing Director

Corrado guides a skilled and engaged team to help companies in Singapore and Southeast Asia embed sustainability into their strategies and business operations.