Two awards for young businesses in Asia

Woo E-Sah
Partner & Head of Assurance
RSM

E-Sah currently leads the 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.

Mr Bennett Wong
Associate Director and ESG Advisory Practice Leader

Bennett is RSM Singapore’s ESG Advisory Practice Lead and has experience in corporate sustainability, having previously served as a Senior Manager with the sustainability team at Keppel Limited, working to drive the global asset manager and operator’s net-zero ambitions. Prior to this, he was a Principal consultant with Paia where he led the reporting and sustainability finance function.

Quek Kai Hoo
Chief Investment Officer, Venture Creation & Growth, Innovation & Enterprise Group

Mr Quek Kai Hoo is the Chief Investment Officer of Venture Creation & Growth, Innovation & Enterprise Group responsible for management of A*STAR’s spinoff portfolio and supporting deal structures for new ventures. Prior to A*STAR, Kai Hoo held many years of investment experience executing deals across venture capital, private equity fund-of-funds and real estate at sovereign wealth fund, venture capital firm and family office. He also has operational experience as general manager of precision engineering firms leading P&L responsibilities.

Radiana Soh
Director (Chemical, Materials & Sustainability), Innovation & Enterprise Group
A*STAR

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.

Emily Liew
Assistant Managing Director, Innovation
Enterprise Singapore

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.

Geoffrey Yeo
Assistant Managing Director, Capabilities, Urban Systems & Solutions
Enterprise Singapore

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.

Corrado Forcellati
Managing Director
Paia Consulting

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