Khoong Chan Meng is CEO of NUS-ISS, the largest continuing education and training outfit in NUS. He joined in 2013 as Chief, IT Strategy and Management and became Director and CEO in 2015. He has since led three strategic cycles, made NUS-ISS the first institute in Singapore to convert all graduate programmes into stackable certificates, and secured its role as Operations Partner of the GovTech Digital Academy. Earlier, he was Group CIO of RGE and held leadership roles with Qatar's Supreme Council of ICT, EDS, Atos Origin, Singapore Computer Systems and the National Computer Board. He holds the Public Administration Medal (Silver).

Angelina Chua is Human Resources Director, Asia Pacific at COFCO International (2024 to present). She was previously Head of People and Culture, Asia Pacific South at SIG Group (2023), First Vice President and Group Head HR at Yeo Hiap Seng, and Vice President (Special Grade), Group HR at ComfortDelGro. With more than two decades of HR experience across Asia Pacific, the US and Europe, including over ten years in China, she has spearheaded diversity and inclusion initiatives and is recognised as a top HR influencer in Asia. She is a Wharton Global Fellow and an IHRP Senior Professional.

Brenton Smith is Vice President, Asia Pacific and Japan at Cornerstone OnDemand (2026 to present), leading its regional growth strategy and customer and partner relationships. He joined after seven years as Vice President APJ at BMC Software (around 2019 to 2026), where he led sales and services strategy and helped customers across ASEAN scale enterprise software operations. Earlier, he led Software AG, Symantec and CA Technologies in Australia and New Zealand, and Symantec.cloud and Quest Software across APJ, steering complex cloud and SaaS growth projects and multi-product go-to-market strategies. He holds a Bachelor of Business in accounting.

Dr Charissa Tan leads the Human Resource Management Programme at SUSS's S R Nathan School of Human Development and is a Chartered Psychologist. She joined SUSS as Senior Lecturer in 2016, headed the HRM programme (2020 to 2021), returned to teaching as Senior Lecturer (2022 to 2024), and became Deputy Head in 2025. Her research examines the performance and wellbeing of contract and permanent workforces, with publications ranging from onboarding training validation at a Fortune 100 company to transferable skills from esports. She holds a PhD from Nottingham, an MSc in Occupational Psychology from Leicester and an MA from Drexel.

David Ingram has been Head of College at Dulwich College (Singapore) since 2025, leading 2,600 students from more than 50 nationalities. Before that, he was founding Head of Dulwich College Shanghai Puxi (2016 to 2025), building an award-winning school known for innovation and academic rigour, and was a finalist for Principal of the Year at the TES Awards for International Schools 2024. He started teaching in the UK, moved to Asia in 2000, and worked at The Alice Smith School in Kuala Lumpur, Kellett School in Hong Kong and Tanglin Trust School in Singapore, where he headed the Junior School.

Dr Michael Yap has been Regional Managing Director of Coventry University's Singapore Hub since 2017, when he was invited to set up the university's first overseas hub, and is now its most senior representative in Asia. Previously, he was Executive Vice Dean at a Sino-Singapore joint venture college in Shanghai, after over 20 years in business management across Asia Pacific. He is founding chair of the UK-Singapore Universities Alliance for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, linking 17 universities, and sits on the boards of the British Chamber of Commerce Singapore, the International Leadership Association and PeopleStories. He completed his DBA in 2024.

Associate Professor Goh Puay Guan is Academic Director of the NUS MSc in Smart Industries and Digital Transformation and Co-Director of the MSc in Supply Chain Management. Before full-time academia, he was General Director of Sembcorp Development Vietnam (2014 to 2017), with overseas postings in South Korea, China, Indonesia and Vietnam, and taught as Adjunct Professor at Inha University (2007 to 2010) and Adjunct Associate Professor at NUS (2011 to 2017). He won the NUS Annual Teaching Excellence Award in 2025, led Batamindo Shipping and Warehousing to an ASEAN Business Award in 2013, and sits on the Singapore Customs Advisory Council.

RathaKrishnan Govind has been Global CEO of the London School of Business and Finance since 2017, overseeing operations in London, Singapore and international markets. He joined LSBF in 2013 as Managing Director for Southeast Asia, where he strengthened LSBF Singapore's reputation and recognition for high standards. Earlier, he was General Manager at FTMS Global (2010 to 2012) and worked with the Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee, having begun his career in the Ministry of Defence's Special Operations Unit. He brings three decades of experience, 20 at management level, and holds an Executive Diploma in Directorship from SMU and the Singapore Institute of Directors.

Dr Vivek Kumar has been President and CEO of JA Asia Pacific since 2026 and sits on JA Worldwide's Senior Leadership Team, expanding youth education across a region home to over 60% of the world's young people. He previously spent four years at WWF-Singapore (2022 to 2026), serving as CEO from 2023, where he sharpened strategic priorities, deepened partnerships and advanced pioneering work in carbon finance. Earlier, he worked at the National Trades Union Congress, WPP and Shell, where he was Head of Retail Marketing in Kuala Lumpur, bringing over two decades of leadership across business, public service and NGOs.

Yeo Lay is Dean of Students at the Singapore University of Social Sciences, leading the Student Success Centre's programmes in career readiness, entrepreneurship, student life, leadership and wellbeing. She previously served as Assistant Director and Head of the Office of Student Life at SUSS's Centre for Experiential Learning, where she led offerings such as the XL Leadership Academy, adventure leadership programmes and student wellness initiatives. With more than 20 years in student development, she accepted the Social Enterprise Advocate award for SUSS at raiSE Singapore's 10th anniversary. She graduated in engineering from NUS (1998) and studied at Teachers College, Columbia University.