Leaders of key global businesses are converging in Singapore on 26 March 2013 to share strategies at the first Channel NewsAsia Luminary Leadership Forum. The event is a meeting of minds of top industry and thought leaders and practitioners to share advice on innovative solutions to overcome complex market challenges.
They will be addressing an invitation-only delegation of international executives at the Fullerton Hotel. Teymoor Nabili, veteran journalist and host of Channel NewsAsia’s flagship programme, Business Central, will facilitate the two sessions with influential leaders on the panels.
Leadership Forum Panel Members
The Speakers will deliberate on Making the Case for Change. Eminent panellists include Mr Manoj Menon, Partner and Asia Pacific Managing Director of Frost and Sullivan, Mr Emirsyah Satar, President and CEO of Garuda Indonesia, Mr Johan Nyvene, Chief Executive Officer of Hochiminh City Securities Corporation, Mr Valerio Nannini, Managing Director of Nestle Singapore and Professor Arnoud De Meyer, President of the Singapore Management University.
The second session will look into Going Green: Innovative Solutions. The panellists are Ms Aida Greenbury, Managing Director of Sustainability and Stakeholder Engagement of Asia Pulp & Paper Group, Mr Dean Draper, Managing Director of the Asean sub-region of BASF, Mr Joshua Soh, Managing Director of CISCO (Singapore and Brunei), Mr Budiarsa Sastrawinata, Managing Director of Ciputra Group and President of International Urban Development Association (INTA) and Mr Philippe Arsonneau, Senior Vice President of Schneider Electric (Asia Pacific and Japan).
Ms Debra Soon, Managing Director of Channel NewsAsia said, “We’re privileged to have these very experienced practitioners bring us up to date on best practices in an interactive and open discussion. Their valuable experiences make compelling case studies, whether it is about making changes or turning a business burden into profit. The channel’s forte is in presenting a better understanding of Asia, and this platform we provide is part of its contribution to raising the intellectual capital across industries and cultures in Asia.”
Luminary Awards Gala Dinner
The Leadership Forum is organised alongside the channel’s premier Luminary Awards Gala, held on the same evening on 26 March 2013 at the Fullerton Hotel. The Luminary Awards recognises the success stories in entrepreneurship, and this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award is conferred on Dr Hc. Ir. Ciputra, Founder and Chairman of the Ciputra Group in Indonesia. Dr Ciputra is a prominent tycoon in the country’s property business for more than 40 years. He will share his insights on entrepreneurship at the Awards Gala Dinner. The dialogue will be recorded for a special programme to be telecast later on Channel NewsAsia.
The honours in the other three categories – the Innovation, Green and Future Business Luminary Awards – are firms and individuals who represent the pillars of Asia’s economic development in the areas of innovation, environmental sustainability and entrepreneurial spirit and leadership. They were selected from a field of highly qualified potentials after being scrutinised by an illustrious jury panel.
A member of the jury, Mr Valerio Nannini, Managing Director of Nestle Singapore Pte Ltd, commented, “I think it should inspire other people that are looking to the Luminary Awards, to try to do their best and improve themselves.”
The Awards will be announced at the Gala Dinner attended by more than 200 business leaders and top executives from different quarters of society.