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Our innovation advisory service is designed to help enterprises scale their business through product development, growth strategy and tactical execution.
As industry veterans from various sectors and technology domains, our pool of Innovation Advisors understands the unique needs of each enterprise. Through IPI's innovation advisory service, they can provide mission-critical insights and guide companies in their journeys to achieve accelerated growth.
With over 100 transformative projects, our innovation advisory service is tailored for Singapore enterprises looking to quicken their learning curve to achieve '10X business growth' by leveraging technology and innovation to develop differentiated competencies, products, processes, business models and/or overseas expansion
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Be coached in a highly customised and flexible arrangement by industry veterans who are experienced in both business and technology
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Gain access to Innovation Advisor's industry insights, global business network and experience in technology-business integration
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Overcome innovation challenges in your new product development effort
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Who Is This For
We work with Singapore-registered companies from SMEs to start-ups that are seeking to create sustained growth through innovation and technology.
If your company is looking to innovate, expand, or strengthen your growth, we would be keen to explore how we can support your journey.
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Success Stories Description
Discover how our open innovation services and expert advisory have helped organisations drive growth across sectors.
Eligibility Criteria
SMEs we work best with:
- Seek external advice from practitioners to strategise sustained growth
- Have resources and ambition to innovate and scale
- Aspire to offer differentiated product/services
- Use technology or are actively working on it to create new revenue streams
- Have products or services already in the market and are looking to leverage these transferable capabilities to expand into new markets
Start-ups we support:
- Have moved beyond early experimentation and validated their offerings in the market
- Have financial capital to continue building and growing
- Are looking to accelerate their next stage of growth
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Innovation Advisors
Advisor Description
Our Innovation Advisors will partner and support enterprises across a range of sectors, such as food and beverage, healthcare, manufacturing and infocomm, to identify market-led innovation opportunities and facilitate connections to relevant technology and business partners.
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Innovation Advisors
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| Cherng Jih Ho | https://storage.googleapis.com/ipi-portal-assets-prd/styles/advisors/cloud-storage/2026-06/Cherng%20Jih%20Head_1.png?itok=uMWTE1Ui | Business Advisor Consultant, ETA Strategics Former Base Chemical Solutions Director, Asia, HELM AG Former Business Director Catalysts / Chemicals, Asia, Shell |
<p>Cherng Jih Ho is a growth-driven business leader and advisor with extensive experience advancing innovation, commercialisation and sustainable growth across the Chemicals, Materials and Energy sectors in Asia-Pacific. He is currently a Business Advisor and Consultant with ETA Strategics, where he advises on innovation adoption and market pathways for sustainable fuels, green chemicals, plastics circularity and decarbonisation solutions.</p><p>Cherng Jih has successfully transformed businesses, accelerated market adoption of advanced technologies and built cross-industry partnerships that deliver both financial results and long- term strategic value. His expertise spans innovation commercialisation, sustainability, new business model design, strategic partnerships, digital transformation and ecosystem engagement.</p><p>With a proven record of leading multi-million-dollar regional P&amp;Ls, Cherng Jih has driven double-digit growth, improved profitability and commercialised advanced and sustainable products. He held senior regional leadership roles at HELM AG, SUEZ and Shell, where he led multi-country teams, launched new products and partnerships across Asia, and delivered business transformations. His career covers the full chemicals, materials and energy value chain, combining strategic foresight with operational excellence to accelerate innovation-led growth.</p><p>As an Innovation Advisor with IPI, Cherng Jih is well-positioned to support Singapore enterprises looking to commercialise innovations, scale their businesses and enter new markets across the region.</p> | Business Advisor Consultant, ETA Strategics Former Base Chemical Solutions Director, Asia, HELM AG Former Business Director Catalysts / Chemicals, Asia, Shell |
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| Liew Chee Yin | https://storage.googleapis.com/ipi-portal-assets-prd/styles/advisors/cloud-storage/2026-03/Liew%20Chee%20Yin.png?itok=94wwdRcM | Former APAC IT Director, Customer & Commercial Systems , Coca-Cola Far East Singapore Ltd |
<p>Chee Yin is a seasoned growth-oriented IT leader and practitioner with close to 30 years of IT experience in multiple industries (factory automation, semiconductor, consulting and system implementation, health supplements, beverages and NPO). He leverages his deep expertise in digital strategy, customer engagement, implementation, and growth to deliver transformative results across complex, multi-regional engagements.</p><p>At Coca-Cola, Chee Yin led the APAC IT COE Customer & Commercial Leadership team, providing thought leadership, driving sustainable growth with the bottlers through Digital Transformation, simplifying eCommerce, SFA, IoT, Route-to-Market, right execution and analytic solutions across APAC (Oceania, Japan, India, Greater China, ASEAN).</p><p>During his 18-year tenure at Cerebos Pacific Ltd, Chee Yin played a pivotal role in shaping Group IT and Group Digital Innovation. He architected and implemented Cerebos Vision 2020 Digital & Technology Transformation masterplan in 2009, scaled across the Group in South East Asia that consolidated and integrated frictionless business processes, governance, policies, compliance, business continuity, enterprise-wide solutions and infrastructure. He also pioneered the newly created Group Digital Innovation function from scratch, driving digital strategy, engagement, solution implementation and business growth for the health-supplement division.</p> | Former APAC IT Director, Customer & Commercial Systems , Coca-Cola Far East Singapore Ltd Former Senior Vice President, Information Systems, Cerebos Pacific Limited, Singapore |
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| Mike Amour | https://storage.googleapis.com/ipi-portal-assets-prd/styles/advisors/cloud-storage/2026-03/Mike%20Amour_0.png?itok=n0cZAGZu | Executive Advisor |
<p>Mike Amour has been based in Singapore for 18 years, successfully leading four world-class global advertising, media agency and experiential networks as Chairman/CEO Asia Pacific: Grey Group; Havas Group; Starcom Mediavest Group; and Project: WorldWide.</p><p>In each role he was responsible for accelerated organic growth by turning around or restructuring existing businesses in up to 18 countries and 60+ operations, as well as driving inorganic expansion via M&A. He has also been Chairman of two joint ventures with China state-owned enterprises.</p><p>Prior to that, he held executive leadership positions at McCann Worldgroup in London, New York and Tokyo; Wieden + Kennedy in Portland, USA; and at TBWA\ where he was Managing Director, Europe based in Paris. He has partnered with many of the world’s most recognisable brands, including Nike, UPS, Coca-Cola, Google, Gucci, American Express, Microsoft, GSK, Nissan, P&G and more.</p><p>He is currently operating out of Dubai as independent Executive Advisor to start-ups and hyper scale-ups globally. This includes CEO mentoring, developing transnational corporate growth strategies including M&A, as well as being on the board of and investing in start-ups across technology, new media and e-commerce. His advisory work includes helping SME owners to clarify their company narratives and unique stories, so as to unlock new opportunities to scale and attract investment.</p><p>He also sits on the Advisory Board of AC Ventures in Jakarta, one of the fastest growing Venture Capital firms in Southeast Asia, and continues to actively advise other VC and Private Equity companies in the region.</p><p>Originally from Scotland, he is a true globalist, having lived and worked outside the UK for over 30 years, and holds dual UK and Swiss nationalities.</p> | Sweet Success and the Flavour of Innovation, Teaming Up to Reignite Growth in Cold-Chain Solutions | Executive Advisor Former Chairman & CEO, Havas Group Asia Pacific Former Chairman & CEO, Grey Group Asia Pacific Former President, Starcom Mediavest Group Asia Pacific |
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| Shivani Saini | https://storage.googleapis.com/ipi-portal-assets-prd/styles/advisors/cloud-storage/2026-03/Shivani%20Saini.png?itok=p3N_Swp6 | Global Digital and Tech Head, VP, Business Units, Haleon Former VP, Head of Product, Consumer & Customer, GSK Consumer Healthcare |
<p>Shivani Saini is the Global Vice President, Digital and Tech for Business Units for Haleon, a world leading consumer health care company. She is responsible for digital and technology strategy and execution for all 150+ markets globally.</p><p>Shivani has been in technology for over 25 years, with 7 years at Haleon/GSK Consumer Healthcare and 19 years at Procter & Gamble. At GSK, she started as Head of Tech Asia Pacific and progressed to Global Product Head for Customer and Consumer Tech. At P&G, Shivani spent 9 years in Japan as Digital Marketing IT, 7 years in Belgium in Supply Chain Planning IT, and 3 years in Singapore as Japan CIO.</p><p>Shivani has experience living in 5 countries (India, US, Japan, Belgium & Singapore) and leading multicultural and diverse businesses.</p><p>In 2002, she invented an app for menstrual wellbeing and a personalised digital product for new mothers and owns a global patent on it. Since then, she has pioneered digital programs which took her company from selling not only products to providing services and experiences. Today she leads teams to scale tech products, platforms and devices for pain, oral and respiratory health.</p><p>While Shivani has been in tech for most of her career, she has experience in marketing and managing P&L, giving her an acute sense of topline and bottom-line growth. Shei has been a top leader to bring capabilities with data, analytics with AI/ML/NLP and image recognition to drive productivity and growth. She was awarded the Global Data Power Woman award by the CDO Magazine in 2020, 2021 and 2022.</p><p>Shivani has a track record of developing high performing and engaged teams. She is passionate in developing leaders to help unlock their full potential. Shivani sponsors Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs for tech globally and is also a member of Haleon DEI council.</p> | Global Digital and Tech Head, VP, Business Units, Haleon Former VP, Head of Product, Consumer & Customer, GSK Consumer Healthcare Former CIO, APAC, GSK Consumer Healthcare Former CIO, Japan, Procter & Gamble Former Global Digital and Tech Head, VP, Business Units, GSK Consumer Healthcare |
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| Jitesh Avlani | https://storage.googleapis.com/ipi-portal-assets-prd/styles/advisors/cloud-storage/2026-03/Jitesh%20Avlani.png?itok=cdKlyo_X | Advisor to the Board, Pacific Inter-Link Group of Companies |
<p>Jitesh is currently holding several professional roles, including serving as a Board Director of Simply Fresh Pvt Ltd, amongst the largest precision farming companies in India; is a Board Director and shareholder in Reboot Quotient Pte Ltd, the first mobile platform in Asia focused on talent and leadership development and mental fitness; is Strategic Advisor to Jindal Steel & Power Ltd, a leading publicly-listed steel producer; is Strategic Advisor to a mid-sized trading and manufacturing company active in textiles, timber, agricultural commodities, pharmaceutical products and furniture manufacturing; and is on the Advisory Board of a start-up focused on digital extrapolation and interpretation of financial statements.</p><p>Prior to his retirement, Jitesh’s career in Cargill spanned 33 years. His most recent role was Managing Director, Cargill Trade & Structured Finance, a highly profitable business that provides financial solutions, structuring expertise, trade finance and risk management expertise to customers. Concurrently, Jitesh was Country Manager for Cargill Singapore, where he was responsible for supporting the management and growth of all of Cargill’s businesses in Singapore.</p><p>Jitesh has held multiple global senior leadership roles in Cargill including Global Business Unit Leader for Cargill’s Iron & Steel Trading and processing business. During his leadership of the business, it was established as amongst the largest and leading iron and steel trading and processing companies in the world.</p><p>In 2006, Jitesh was appointed Chairman, Cargill India, based in Delhi, with supervisory responsibility over all of Cargill’s businesses in India, while still serving as global leader of the ferrous business. Jitesh played a pivotal role in turning around several businesses in India including Cargill’s Refined Oils processing and distribution business, Sugar Trading and Feed Ingredients businesses.</p><p>Jitesh has served on several global corporate committees in Cargill, including the Corporate Brand Reputation Committee and the Business Ethics and Compliance Committee.</p><p>In all his current and previous career roles, Jitesh provides strategic advice to companies at the Board and executive team level that includes short to mid-term strategic planning, financial planning and restructuring, business turn-around strategies, risk management, operational excellence, crisis management strategies and senior talent development and succession planning.</p><p>Jitesh is active in community service activities. He is a Trustee of the Singapore Gujarati Society and the Singapore Gujarati Hindu Endowment Trust and is a founding member of the Singapore chapter of the Jain International Trade Organisation (JITO).</p><p>Jitesh graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) from the National University of Singapore. He is married and has two sons, aged 25 and 23.</p> | Whisking Innovation into Everyday Foods | Advisor to the Board, Pacific Inter-Link Group of Companies Board Director, Simply Fresh Pvt Ltd Advisor to the Board, Bothra Shipping Group of Companies & Jaldhi Overseas Pte Ltd Strategic Advisor, Sudima Group of Companies Former Country Manager & Managing Director, Cargill Singapore & Cargill TSF Asia Pte Ltd Former Chairman & Managing Director, Cargill India Former President, Cargill Ferrous International Former President, Cargill Energy, Transport and Industrials Asia |
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| Dr Maren Schweizer | https://storage.googleapis.com/ipi-portal-assets-prd/styles/advisors/cloud-storage/2026-03/Dr%20Maren%20Schweizer_0.png?itok=OpBRXNLK | CEO Schweizer World Group, Singapore |
<p>Dr Maren Schweizer is an accomplished technology executive with 20+ years of comprehensive success and rapid career growth in the Manufacturing, Automotive, Electronics, Aviation, and the Investment Management industries. With a deep technical background in power electronics, chip-embedding, advanced manufacturing and Enterprise AI, predictive data analytics and cybersecurity, Maren is well-known for leading strategically prominent transformation initiatives that propel organisations to peak growth and bottom-line impact. Her passion is driving growth globally, leading people and transforming companies to realise their full potential.</p><p>As CEO of multiple organizations, and with over a decade of leadership experience in Asia and Europe, Maren is highly adept in leading large-scale digital and business reorganisations, strategic turnarounds, and new-venture development areas. She has held multiple Executive Board roles for 15+ years in publicly-listed companies in Germany and Japan, more recently as an active Board member of one of the largest Japanese microelectronics businesses with consolidated sales of 95B Yen and 10,000 employees. Maren has also held Group Director roles in corporate entities in multiple countries including China, Vietnam, and Singapore.</p><p>Maren spent 12 years at Schweizer Electronic AG and a decade as CEO. There, she developed strategies to grow the business through being patented early adopters of New Energy Vehicles, Connected Autonomous Vehicles, and other recent technologies. She implemented a next generation product launch for chip embedding with co-development partner Infineon Technologies, developing the partnership into an equity participation.</p><p>She has contributed as a member of the Main Board and Financial Committee to the ZVEI, Germany’s Electro and Digital Industry Association. Maren serves on nine Governance and Advisory Boards around the globe, such as of HDI Global SE, a leading insurer for industrial and commercial clients in 150 countries.</p><p>Maren is a highly strategic, astute, and empathetic leader with a strong commitment to inspire connection and deliver value. She is also an executive proponent of employee mentoring and training to instil company culture, translate values into action, and apply best practices for effective change management.</p><p> </p> | CEO Schweizer World Group, Singapore Former CEO, Schweizer Electronic AG Former Board Member & Director, Meiko Electronics Ltd. Former Sales Director, Dassault |
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| Dr Loh Wah Sing | https://storage.googleapis.com/ipi-portal-assets-prd/styles/advisors/cloud-storage/2026-03/Dr%20Loh%20Wah%20Sing.png?itok=aw7vuGGF | Independent Consultant |
<p>Dr Loh Wah Sing is an independent consultant and the former Deputy Executive Director of the Institute of Chemical and Engineering Science with A*STAR. Over his 50 years of work experience, Wah Sing has held senior technical and management appointments covering portfolio of chemicals, materials, food, precision engineering and environmental management.</p><p>Wah Sing has been engaged in market-oriented technology development from proof of concept to commercialisation, consultancy in productivity improvement and quality management. He has also provided advisory services and has been active in both national and international standardisation work as a member of the Chemical Standards Committee with the Singapore Standard Council since 2008.</p><p>He has experience working in China, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Laos, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles and Sri Lanka and undertook overseas projects funded largely by both commercial enterprises and public institutions such as Asian Development Bank (ADB), United Nationals Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and Asian Productivity Organisation (APO) in Japan.</p><p>Wah Sing’s work has been recognised by various organisations during his career. For example, he received the Innovators Award for developing and commercialising a water-based algae resistant paint for building facades in Singapore and the humid tropics from the Institution of Engineers Singapore.</p><p>Wah Sing holds a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from the University of Tokyo and received his PhD in Science, Master in Science (Industrial Engineering) and Doctor of Business Admin from the National University of Singapore. He is proficient in Chinese, English and Japanese language at working level.</p> | Independent Consultant Former Chair, National Mirror Committee Singapore, ISO/TC281 Fine Bubble Technology Former Deputy Executive Director (Industry), Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, A*STAR |
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| Low Cheaw Hwei | https://storage.googleapis.com/ipi-portal-assets-prd/styles/advisors/cloud-storage/2026-03/Low%20Cheaw%20Hwei.png?itok=z2FCIR8j | Principal Consultant and Designer |
<p>Low Cheaw Hwei, formerly Head of Philips Experience Design and Government & Public Affairs (G&PA) for ASEAN Pacific, was responsible for developing design consulting as a strategic creative capability for the company, focusing on transdisciplinary design as a business innovation practice in the domains of consumer electronics, consumer lifestyle and especially healthcare transformation and solutions.</p><p>He was also Philips Global Head of Product and Spatial Design, where he spearheaded the creative direction for Philips’ global portfolio, positioning design as a core contributing discipline to brand experience and product quality, creating many of the iconic Philips branded products we see today.</p><p>An accomplished designer himself, Cheaw Hwei has built international design teams and held various creative leadership and design management roles in Europe and Asia and led the teams to many global design accolades.</p><p>Over the years, Cheaw Hwei has served in various design platforms, committees and boards such as the Design Singapore Council, Singapore Design Masterplan 2025 Committee, Committee for Future Economy for innovation and capability development, ICSID World Design Congress etc. and contributed extensively to the developing design and was awarded the Singapore Public Service Medal in 2017 for his contributions to design especially through education.</p><p>He is currently chairperson of the Design Education Advisory Committee (DEAC) a national level initiative appointed by Ministry of Trade and Industry(MTI), supported by Ministry of Education(MoE) to push the agenda of design into the industry and education sector, championing design as a creative problem solving capability necessary to meet future economic needs and social demands.</p><p>Currently an independent consultant, Cheaw Hwei provides strategic design consultation in the area of healthcare experience design, design-led business innovation and creative direction to product and spatial experience design; he is also busy building a design think-tank.</p> | Principal Consultant and Designer Former Global Head of Product and Service Design, Philips Former Head of Experience Design and Government & Public Affairs, Philips Immediate Past Chairman of Design Education Advisory Committee (DEAC) |
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| Manoj Shetty | https://storage.googleapis.com/ipi-portal-assets-prd/styles/advisors/cloud-storage/2026-03/Manoj%20Shetty.png?itok=mpNeEbw9 | CEO & Board Member, Infinit-O Global |
<p>Manoj Shetty is the CEO and Board member at Infinit-O Global, specialising in business process optimisation. He also advises Baring Private Equity Asia as an Industry Advisor on future acquisitions and existing portfolio company operations.</p><p>Prior to this, Manoj was a Management Board member and Chief Revenue Officer of Study Group, where he was responsible for the strategic direction of the business and delivered Industry-leading growth through digital transformation, international expansion and operational excellence. He was one of the project leads in the successful transaction from Providence Private Equity to Ardian Private Equity. Manoj has also led global teams in over 40 locations to achieve their strategic goals.</p><p>Manoj has a wealth of experience, having held various leadership roles in Microsoft UK and India. His career has also spanned both public and private sectors; in addition he has worked in a VC-funded start-up for eight years. </p><p>Manoj holds a Masters in Chemical Engineering from Arizona State University and a Bachelors in Chemical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, India. Manoj is also a certified Independent Director, INSEAD since March 2020.</p> | CEO & Board Member, Infinit-O Global Private Equity Advisor Former Chief Revenue Officer and Management Board Member, Study Group Global (Private Equity owned Global Education Business) |
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| Jeremy Chan | https://storage.googleapis.com/ipi-portal-assets-prd/styles/advisors/cloud-storage/2026-03/Jeremy%20Chan.png?itok=tJhDZATF | Chairman of Singapore Space & Technology Ltd |
<p>Jeremy Chan is currently Advisor to several companies and organisations on aerospace businesses. He is Director of the Board at Singapore Aerospace Manufacturing, Singapore Space and Technology Ltd and TransFingo Aviation Solutions Pte Ltd.</p><p>Jeremy has more than 30 years of extensive aerospace experience. He began his career with the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) where he helped in developing and promoting the aerospace industry for nine years. He was Director of EDB Los Angeles Office from 1986 to 1988 and left EDB in December of 1989 as Head, Aerospace & Defence Industries.</p><p>Jeremy was Executive Vice Chairman of Mubadala Aerospace Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) network from November 2011 to April 2013 and was based in Abu Dhabi. Prior to this, he was Chief Executive Officer of Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies (ADAT) from March 2010 to December 2011.</p><p>From August 2006 to March 2010, Jeremy was Deputy President of ST Aerospace, the aerospace arm of the public-listed ST Engineering.</p><p>Jeremy joined Honeywell in 1998 and served in various MRO and Manufacturing leadership positions before becoming Vice President, Airlines of Air Transport & Regional (Asia Pacific) in 2005.</p><p>From July 1994 to August 1998, Jeremy was Managing Director of Turbine Overhaul Services, a joint venture between Pratt & Whitney (P&W) and ST Aerospace where he established the company as a global Centre of Excellence for the repair of P&W’s turbine airfoils.</p><p>Jeremy obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Manchester University, UK and a Master’s degree in Management Science from Stanford University, USA.</p><p> </p> | Chairman of Singapore Space & Technology Ltd Former Executive Vice Chairman, Mubadala Aerospace MRO Former CEO, Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies Former Deputy President, ST Aerospace |
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| Chok Yean Hung | https://storage.googleapis.com/ipi-portal-assets-prd/styles/advisors/cloud-storage/2026-03/Chok%20Yean%20Hung_1.png?itok=0MW5Hd61 | Board Member, AEM Holdings Ltd |
Chok Yean Hung has more than 30 years of management and technical experience in the semiconductor industry, and a track record of building and revitalising companies from start-up to becoming sustainable, matured, and publicly-listed companies. |
<div class="technology-detail-content m-0" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0, 37, 84);font-family:Lato, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:1.5em;margin:0px 1.5rem;orphans:2;outline:none !important;padding:0px;text-align:left;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><div class="main-body" style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5em;margin:0px;outline:none !important;padding:0px;"><div class="content detail" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44, 42, 41);font-size:16px;line-height:2.2rem;margin:0px;outline:none !important;padding:0px 0px 3rem;word-break:break-word;"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5em;margin:0px 0px 1rem;outline:none !important;padding:0px;">Chok Yean Hung has more than 30 years of management and technical experience in the semiconductor industry, and a track record of building and revitalising companies from start-up to becoming sustainable, matured, and publicly-listed companies.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5em;margin:0px 0px 1rem;outline:none !important;padding:0px;">He was Chief Executive Officer of AEM Holdings Ltd, a global company with operations spanning across Asia, Europe and North America. He supported and led the company’s transformation from an automation company to a full-fledged application specific, intelligent test and handling solutions for semiconductor companies. Currently he serves as board member of AEM Holdings Ltd.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5em;margin:0px 0px 1rem;outline:none !important;padding:0px;">Chok started his career as a Product and Test Engineer in Texas Instruments and progressed to take on management roles where he led teams of engineers from multiple countries, executing products and wafer fabs start-ups in USA, Italy, Taiwan, Japan and Singapore. He was also elected as Senior Member of Technical Staff at Texas Instruments.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5em;margin:0px 0px 1rem;outline:none !important;padding:0px;">After ten years with Texas Instruments, he successfully took two semiconductor start-ups public. He was part of the founding management team of United Test and Assembly Center (UTAC) where he headed test operations, and Ellipsiz Test/EEMS Asia which had operations in Singapore and China.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5em;margin:0px 0px 1rem;outline:none !important;padding:0px;">Chok was awarded the Ministerial Citation for Excellence in Test Development from Singapore’s National Science and Technology Board (NSTB) in 1997. He jointly holds patent with Texas Instruments, Dallas memory designers on `A Method in Testing Semiconductor Devices’.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5em;margin:0px 0px 1rem;outline:none !important;padding:0px;">Chok received his Bachelor of Electrical & Electronics Engineering from the National University of Singapore.<br><br>Expertise:</p><div class="main-body" style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5em;margin:0px;outline:none !important;padding:0px;"><div class="content detail" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(44, 42, 41);font-size:16px;line-height:2.2rem;margin:0px;outline:none !important;padding:0px 0px 3rem;word-break:break-word;"><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5em;margin:1rem 0px 1rem 1.5rem;outline:none !important;padding:0px 0px 42px 1rem;"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5em;margin:0px 0px 0.5rem;outline:none !important;padding:0px;" data-list-item-id="e69856238ca907931a2e59a4170c5dc48">Go-to-market Strategy and Tactics</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5em;margin:0px 0px 0.5rem;outline:none !important;padding:0px;" data-list-item-id="ebdde11b8dab73b29597ffe2ba321981b">Scaling and Growth</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5em;margin:0px 0px 0.5rem;outline:none !important;padding:0px;" data-list-item-id="ef9d7bc0fe283cc3c78c32c005119ff40">Mergers and Acquisitions(M&A) Strategy and PMI Execution</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5em;margin:0px 0px 0.5rem;outline:none !important;padding:0px;" data-list-item-id="e125b16b80bc981ab40b840e933047b63">Cross continent teams and accounts management</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5em;margin:0px 0px 0.5rem;outline:none !important;padding:0px;" data-list-item-id="ee8a06d1a41e1a9707bb2d44bd1156ce4">Semiconductor IC Assembly and Test</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5em;margin:0px 0px 0.5rem;outline:none !important;padding:0px;" data-list-item-id="ed84f17a9b9aa01834bdbcbdfdeeedbde">Semiconductor Backend Equipment manufacturing</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5em;margin:0px 0px 0.5rem;outline:none !important;padding:0px;" data-list-item-id="ea8a9bd161965de03d905170ae6319642"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5em;margin:0px;outline:none !important;padding:0px;">Experience in running operations spanning across Asia, Europe and North America</div></li></ul></div></div></div></div></div> | Outsmarting Advanced Manufacturing with Artificial Intelligence |
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| Vinod Mahboobani | https://storage.googleapis.com/ipi-portal-assets-prd/styles/advisors/cloud-storage/2026-03/Vinod%20Mahboobani.png?itok=2eCZY8Lv | Global Chief Legal Officer, KFC @ Yum Brands, Inc. |
<p><span style="color:black;">Vinod is a Singapore PR and is currently the Global Chief Legal Officer of KFC. He has over 30 years of professional experience and his current responsibilities span across 150+ countries. Up until December 2025, Vinod was also the Global Chief Legal Officer for Pizza Hut.</span></p><p><span style="color:black;">Vinod serves on the global leadership team of KFC, advising on enterprise strategy and sustainable value creation. He plays a pivotal role in global expansion, high-impact strategic transactions, and strengthening franchise ecosystems at scale. Working closely with technology leadership, he operationalises the brand’s technology and AI agenda - translating ambition into scalable platforms, data-driven decision making, and embedded automation that enhance customer experience and operational performance. Vinod brings a global perspective on how established brands can harness technology and partnerships to remain competitive, agile, and future-ready. He is also recognized for combining rigorous governance with bold innovation, building high-performing teams, and positioning the business for long-term competitive advantage. </span></p><p>Vinod joined PepsiCo Restaurants Hong Kong in 1996 as legal counsel for Asia Pacific, and he moved over to Yum! Brands upon the spinoff in 1997. <span style="color:black;">During his tenure in Yum!, he has resided and worked across multiple other cities including Hong Kong, Singapore, New Delhi and Dallas.</span></p><p>Vinod graduated with his Bachelor in Laws (Hons.) and his Postgraduate Certificate in Laws from the University of Hong Kong and has a Masters in Applied Finance (Distinction) from Macquarie University in Australia. He has attended multiple leadership and development programs at various institutions including INSEAD and Indian School of Business, and on Sustainability Strategies at The Stanford Graduate School of Business.</p><p>Vinod is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors (SID), the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the Singapore Academy of Law and the Hong Kong and UK Law Societies. He is also on the advisory board of the Centre for Commercial Law at SMU. In addition, he has his senior directorship accreditation from SID. <span style="color:black;">He has been and continues to be a mentor to various CEOs of startups and SMEs, and other managers, in Singapore. Vinod is also fluent in five languages.</span></p> | Global Chief Legal Officer, KFC @ Yum Brands, Inc. |
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