Women in Motion: Driving Change and Advancement
Celebrate International Women’s Day 2025 with
insights, networking, and inspiration.
About the Event
Join us on March 20, 2025, at The Executive Centre Singapore’s One Raffles Quay Centre for an inspiring and empowering event celebrating women’s leadership, financial literacy, personal branding, and more. This gathering is designed to bring together trailblazing women, industry leaders, and professionals from diverse backgrounds to share insights, foster meaningful connections, and inspire one another.
Throughout the day, you’ll have the opportunity to engage in thought-provoking discussions, interactive workshops, and keynote sessions led by influential speakers and experts in their fields. Whether you’re looking to enhance your financial knowledge, refine your personal brand, or explore new avenues for leadership, this event is tailored to equip you with the tools and strategies to thrive.
Agenda
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Join us for refreshments and mingle with other event attendees.
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Welcoming remarks will be presented by Yvonne Lim, Regional Managing Director - Southeast Asia at The Executive Centre.
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As part of the Women in Motion conference, this empowering session delivered by Reshmi Kurana will explore the transformative power of women’s leadership in shaping industries, communities, and futures. Drawing from Reshmi's personal journey, professional achievements, and lessons learned along the way, she will offer actionable insights on overcoming challenges, driving progress, and creating lasting impact. This keynote will leave attendees motivated to embrace their potential and accelerate their own journeys of leadership and influence.
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Moderated by Kanchana Gupta, Founder and CEO of vLookUp.ai, join Anu Shenoy, Yujin Evered, Priyamvada Srivastava, Preethi Sarmaas they explore how women are reshaping leadership roles and driving innovation in business. From overcoming workplace inequalities, the importance of mentorship, and the future of female-led organisations, these leaders will share insights about how women are creating impact.
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Network with fellow event attendees over coffee and refreshments.
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Our expert speakers Chelsea Perino and Ratna Juita will share insights on storytelling, leveraging social media, and building connections that matter. They'll share their own stories of how they have crafted a personal brand that embraces authenticity, as well as strategies for navigating the challenges and opportunities of leadership. Learn how to be intentional with how you present yourself, from the way you communicate to the values you embody. This process involves consistently demonstrating the qualities that set you apart, whether it's your leadership style, your ability to inspire others, or your knack for innovation.
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Dona Amelia, Dane Tang, Vanessa Ho and Adeline Tiah as they focus on empowering women to take control of their financial futures. They’ll answer questions such as where to start, how to invest, how to educate, and discuss entrepreneurship, salary negotiation, and career progression.
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Join Eric Sim, accomplished author and former UBS Investment Bank MD, as he shares how small, intentional actions taken today can lead to transformative personal and professional growth tomorrow. Saving a few minutes each day, offering a little goodwill to someone, or meeting just one inspiring person can yield extraordinary returns over time. Join us for Eric’s closing keynote to discover actionable strategies, insightful tips, and inspiring stories for big impact tomorrow.
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Close the day over drinks and conversations with new contacts.
Meet Our Speakers
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Reshmi Kurana
As part of the Women in Motion conference, this empowering session delivered by Reshmi Kurana will explore the transformative power of women’s leadership in shaping industries, communities, and futures. Drawing from Reshmi's personal journey, professional achievements, and lessons learned along the way, she will offer actionable insights on overcoming challenges, driving progress, and creating lasting impact. This keynote will leave attendees motivated to embrace their potential and accelerate their own journeys of leadership and influence.
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Kanchana Gupta
Founder & CEO, vLookUp.ai
Visual Artist | Mentor | Investor
Kanchana is an entrepreneur, mentor, and artist with a knack for transforming challenges into opportunities. As the Founder and CEO of vLookUp.ai, a global mentoring platform dedicated to breaking access barriers for women, she combines two decades of corporate leadership with a passion for empowering others. A multi-disciplinary visual artist, Kanchana has exhibited
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Preethi Sarma
Partner at KPMG
Meet Preethi, who stumbled into the auditing profession by accident when she started as an article clerk with KPMG in the spring of 2000. Twenty-five years, five countries (India, the U.S., UAE, Singapore), and countless adventures later, it’s been, in her words, 'an exciting ride.'Along the way, Preethi has built a truly global career—leading diverse teams, mentoring future leaders, and working alongside incredible clients, internal and external, from all corners of the world.
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Anu Shenoy
Director, New Business Development
Tetsuyu Healthcare
Computer Engineer and INSEAD MBA, Anu started her career in Tech and has since worn many hats in a diverse set of industries and setups over the past 2years she has worked in HealthTech, Tech Consulting, Digital Security, Big Oil and Energy in roles ranging from coding to project and account management, strategy consulting, leadership development, and business development.
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Priyamvada Srivastava
ICF Certified Coach
I am a leadership coach with a rich background in strategy, business development and organization leadership, honed over two decades at P&G. My journey has equipped me with a deep understanding of what it takes to excel in a corporate environment and drive meaningful growth
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Yujin Lee Evered
CEO | Sales Innovation
Advocating for Women in Leadership & Innovation
Yujin Lee Evered is a seasoned leader with over 25 years of experience driving growth and building high-performance teams across the Asia Pacific. Her career spans top organizations such as Oracle, Dell Software, Software AG, and Unit 4, where she excelled in scaling technology businesses…
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Dona Amelia
As the Co-Founder of EGN Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia, the most premier professional peer network in Asia, she connects senior executives to foster collaboration, growth, and resilience. Her leadership and dedication to empowering others have made her a trusted figure in the professional community.
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Chelsea Perino
Chelsea graduated with a Masters Degree in Public and Organizational Relations (with a focus on digital communications strategy), and I currently lead global marketing for The Executive Center, a premium flexible workspace provider with over 130 centres across 35 cities in APAC.
She is an expert in workplace culture and 360 degree brand strategy. Specifically, I am passionate about understanding how spatial design and infrastructure impacts employee satisfaction and productivity, as well as how digital media can be used to effectively achieve defined business objectives, increase a brand's transparency and build trust within the marketplace, and create meaningful relationships between brands and their target consumers. -
Vanessa Ho
Co-Founder of Fintech Nation Fund
Vanessa Ho is the Co-Founder of Fintech Nation Fund. Fintech Nation Fund invests in early-stage startups in Southeast Asia with a domain expertise in fintech. Fintech Nation also lead community initiatives and thought leadership pieces.
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Dane Tang
Founder, DesignFuture | Executive Coach | Life & Work Designer
An ICF-Certified Coach with 25+ years of international Fortune 500 leadership, Dane partners with organizations to develop future-ready leaders, high-performing teams, and thriving workplace cultures.
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Adeline Tiah
Leadership & Team Coach, Director of Soar Collective Asia
An ICF Certified Professional and NLP Coach, Adeline works with organisations to help leaders build better team engagement and performance.
Today Adeline is also a startup Advisor and Adjunct Lecturer at the School of Business at SUSS.
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Eric Sim
With over 2 million followers on LinkedIn, Eric Sim, CFA, is the author of “Small Actions: Leading Your Career to Big Success”. Previously, he served as a managing director at UBS Investment Bank as well as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Finance at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Sim founded the Institute of Life with a mission to train professionals to achieve success at work and in life.
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Ratna Juita
Where It’s Happening
One Raffles Quay is one of the most sought-after Grade A business addresses in Singapore. The Executive Centre is located on levels 49 and 50 of One Raffles Quay and our 160 pax auditorium is the only permanent auditorium space in One Raffles Quay area.
Address: Level 49, One Raffles Quay North Tower, 048583, Singapore
