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What's In My Portfolio: Desmond Chow
Desmond Chow is the founder and CEO of Singapore Crawfish
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Time to Transform
What makes NTT Ltd. the best partner for a company’s digital transformation? Its CEO for Asia Pacific, John Lombard, tells all.
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This Rolex Awards Laureate is Working Tirelessly to Unlock the…
The world’s coral reefs may be largely gone by the 2030s, but a biologist’s discovery of coral reefs that are thriving under harsh conditions…
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Coming to One's Senses
By evoking emotions through touch, smell, and sight, understanding the basic fundamentals of how people operate can measure the success of brand…
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Making A Difference
Benjamin Soh of STACS on green and sustainable financing, his entrepreneurial journey, and the importance of empowering team members in ways they…
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What's In My Portfolio: Rehan Amarasuriya
Rehan Amarasuriya is the Executive Director of The 1872 Clipper Tea Co.
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A Personal Touch
Even as the world becomes increasingly transformed by digitalisation, Nicholas Goh, CEO of Verztec Consulting believes in the deeply personal, human…
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Right State of Mind
Antoinette Patterson of Safe Space™ is a strong advocate of positive mental well-being in the workplace – as it very well should be
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What's In My Portfolio: Alvin Poh
Alvin Poh, Entrepreneur and Founder of the Super Scaling brand
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Difficulty swallowing pills? Corina Huang is out to change that.
Corina Huang, a winning laureate at the Cartier Women’s Initiative 2021, paves the way for innovative healthcare technology that could possibly…
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Delivering A Quick Result
A scientist and her team are on the final stage of developing COVID-19 tests that are simple and easy to use, and offering quick and reliable results
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Space Crusader
The spatial revolution based on the new way we live, work, and play is firing up entrepreneur Kelvin Lim’s imagination and fueling his quest for…
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Power to the People
Insurance and wealth management has long and often been viewed as an overly complicated affair best handled (almost exclusively) by advisers. So…
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How to Level the Playing Field Once and For All
Yeo Chuen Chuen is the CEO and Founder of ACESENCE, Official Member of Forbes Coaches Council, and a multi-award-winning agile leadership coach
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What's In My Portfolio: Wong Mei Ling
Wong Mei Ling is the General Manager of Diageo Rare & Exceptional
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A Spotless Record
In these troubled times, cleantech entrepreneur Benjamin Chua isn’t just interested in doing well, but doing good.
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Going With the Flow
How was it possible that 2020 was a wildly successful year for F&B and tech company Ebb & Flow, which managed to launch eight concepts at the height…
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The Italian Job
Giacomo Marabiso of ICCS shares that the decision to shift their focus to online initiatives was the secret to supporting Italian SMEs during the…
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King of Convenience
Alex Ng of Pick & GO is out to redefine the convenience store in our ever-changing world
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A New Way of Confinement at KAI Suites
Kevin Kwee, founder of Singapore’s first licensed luxury confinement hotel doesn’t just want to provide a comfortable recuperation experience…
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What's In My Portfolio: Juliane Bailey
Juliane Bailey is the Founder of The Jungle Emporium
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Listening to Do Good
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has spurred billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist Calvin Lo to step into the spotlight to urge others to…
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Bathroom Contemplations
Gregory Crouzeix, Managing Director Southeast Asia of the Hansgrohe Group believes in the importance of spending quality time in the shower
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What's In My Portfolio: Wilson Ang
Wilson Ang is the Managing Director of LABMED
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Running at His Own Pace
One might assume that success came easy for someone like Ong Tze Boon, but he reveals that it was anything but. It took a lot of personal sacrifice,…
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Perfect Solution
Eric Leong, Managing Director and co-founder of Mlion Corporation and winner of EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2020 - Industrial Solutions, is on a…
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What's In My Portfolio: Franklin Tang
Franklin Tang is the Founder and CEO of Habitap
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Making A Connection
Reubiks Academy’s Japhet Lim is on a mission to revolutionize education by connecting students and educators with a few simple taps and swipes…
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Gold Standard for the Silver Generation
Allium Healthcare aims to make a profound difference in the twilight years of Singapore’s affluent elderly. CEO Bernie Poh tells us more.
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Life Lessons
Kenneth Goi, COO and Executive Director of GSH Corporation, looks back on important life lessons that allow him to forge on with confidence
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What's In My Portfolio: Vijay Pillai
Vijay Pillai is the CEO of Caerus Holding
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Joel Low's Pioneering Spirit in Agriculture
By approaching the agriculture industry in Southeast Asia with passion and innovation, Joel Low, Executive Director and CEO of Agrivo, perfectly…
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Putting Things Back in Place
Sporting injuries have played an important role in Dr. Alan Cheung’s life and career as an Orthopaedic surgeon – they have allowed him to be…
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Approaching the Next Normal With a Sense of Purpose
Ms. Tripti Lochan of VMLY&R Asia shares her insights on how brands should approach their audience following a new normal
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Of Place and Time
In a time where everyone is going virtual, Regina Lim, Head of Capital Markets Research, APAC at JLL, makes a case for the physical.
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Caratell's Fearless Forecast
Caratell’s years in the industry, coupled with a nimble approach to the business and understanding of both the market and their clients, results…
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A Stream Of Arias
Baritone Martin Ng will sing well-loved operatic arias in a live streaming concert on 29 September
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Rachel Is Now Live
Ms. Rachel Pang, Founder of Shopavision, capitalizes on the booming livestreaming e-commerce trend by launching a platform that could possibly change…
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A Life in the Arts
A first-time recipient of the NAC Patron of the Arts Award, Dr Woffles Wu has been the art community’s longstanding friend.
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The Man on the Wings
On the virtual ‘eve’ of a resort’s opening, Dusit Thani Laguna Singapore general manager Eric Piatti contemplates the virtues of the decision…
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What's In My Portfolio: Graham Pullen
Postgres regional vice president Graham Pullen shares how the open-source database could easily help innovate and accelerate team processes.
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Internalized Structures
In his works, young filmmaker Jerome Ng demonstrates how landmarks are as much in the hearts and minds of people in actual spaces.
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Digital Connection
Entrepreneur Yian Huang brought his passion online with a podcast series that delves deep into human connections
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Primed for the New Paradigm
As economies reopen and businesses get to test new strategies, Hitachi Vantara’s Joe Ong offers insights into equipping the enterprise for the…
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We Want Change. When Do We Want It? Now!
If there’s anything we’ve learned in the past few months, change – and changing quickly – is the only way forward. By producing facial masks…
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What's In My Portfolio: Diego Dultzin Lacoste
Mr. Diego Dultzin Lacoste is the Co-Founder and Chief Finance Officer of OnTheList
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A New Dawn for B.P. de Silva Jewellers
B.P. de Silva Jewellers’ Creative Director, Ms. Shanya Amarasuriya, is steering the 148-year-old Singaporean luxury brand towards a new normal
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Busy As Usual
Her days are packed full with work and family commitments, but wellness coach and businesswoman Lilian Tan does not break her stride with the Lexus…
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Where Will You Live & Work In The Future?
Proposed blueprints for a ‘city of the future’ have just been through a rough and unexpected test. While some will be returning to the drawing…
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What's In My Portfolio: Bryan Koh
Baker, food scholar and award-winning author
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Profile of the Month: Christopher Wehner
BMW Group Asia’s Managing Director Mr. Christopher Wehner is confident that electromobility will drive the future.
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What's In My Portfolio: Adeline Kueh
Senior Lecturer, MA Fine Arts Programme, LASALLE
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Talking film with Nicole Midori Woodford
Cloaked in critical acclaim and recognition, Singaporean filmmaker Ms. Nicole Midori Woodford happily straddles the boundary between short and feature…
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Profile of the month: Ashish Manchharam
With the recent reopening of Wanderlust, 8M Real Estate founder and managing director Ashish Manchharam proves once again he has got the golden touch…
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Sonja Piontek wants to travel the world and speak to all nations
Ms Sonja Piontek uses her rich and varied professional experiences to inspire and move audiences.
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Profile of the month: Dr. Pauline Erica Tay
Our March cover profile is stem cell researcher and Celligenics COO Pauline Erica Tay, who is building the ecosystem that propels Singapore’s biomedical…
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What's In My Portfolio: Martin Ng
Baritone & Artistic Director, The Arts Place
Lexus
Man To Machine - Sophistication Of Its Own
A bon vivant finds superlative features and conveniences in his Lexus ES that answer his lifestyle needs
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Profile of the month: Alfred Chua
The recent acquisition of The Wok People by an international conglomerate puts it firmly on track for sustained growth and further expansion into…
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A Conversation With: Øivind Slaatto
He has designed objects that have become stand-ins for who he is, but as this exclusive conversation with Portfolio proves, Mr. Øivind Slaatto is…
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Profile of the month: Peter Tay
Ahead of the launch of Peter Tay’s second monograph, Editor-in-Chief Marc Almagro ponders the recurrent themes of the Peter Tay backstory, and…
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Profile of the month: Markus Schuster
Audi Singapore Managing Director Mr. Markus Schuster discusses what the journey of going electric means for the automotive industry.
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Power Supply
Zuzu Hospitality Solutions aims to equip independent hotels with tech resources and support services for increased profitability in this period of…
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Screen Queen: Yuni Hadi
For Singapore International Film Festival Executive Director Ms. Yuni Hadi, movies represent journeys and experiences that are transfixing, transportive…
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Renaissance Man
Mikimoto’s Yasuhiko Hashimoto talks to us about the new Marina Bay Sands boutique, personal style, and the jewellery he is most obsessed with.
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Profile of the month: Loh Lik Peng
Unlisted Collection founder Mr. Loh Lik Peng brings together the best of taste, style and acumen to create hotels and restaurants that embody exceptional…
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Call the Tune
The Holmefjord-Sarabi brothers are taking the music education business to the next level.
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Profile of the month: Edward Tan
For Mr. Edward Tan, Executive Director of the Hong Seh Group, understanding the past and knowing the importance of change ensures that he is on the…
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The Beauty of Being Small
The man behind the luxury accessory brand, Ethan K, is not in a rush to open shops in every fashion capital. His game is in keeping close involvement…
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Man Of The Moment
To Cortina Watch Chief Operating Officer Mr. Jeremy Lim, pushing the envelope is what brings the watch industry into the future
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The Future Of Sound
From its beginnings as a record library to becoming one of Singapore’s leading distributors of high-end audiovisual equipment, Atlas continues…
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What's In My Portfolio: Gaurav Kripalani
Mr. Gaurav Kripalani is the current Festival Director of the Singapore International Festival of the Arts (SIFA)
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The Theory Of Everything
Through a year-long collaboration with hotels under The House Collective group, Swiss artist Katja Loher demonstrates the interconnectedness of philosophy,…
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Roy Teo: King Of The Castle
To Mr. Roy Teo, founder of The Mill group of design companies, his newly remade headquarters represents his architectural passions and creative aspirations
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What's In My Portfolio: Jimmy Ong
Mr. Jimmy Ong is a Singaporean visual artist based in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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In Her Shoes
Ms. Nita Chauhan of Vincitore shares how she stepped in the right direction to find success in the finicky world of the footwear industry
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Design Thinking
Wisdom, humility and a whole lot of gratitude — these themes become apparent as Xtra managing director Lim Choon Hong reflects on the premium design…
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Calling The Story Back To Life
Award-winning film director Mr. Tran Anh Hung talks about the resurrection of the script
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A Case Of Double Vision
Inchcape Singapore Managing Director Jasmmine Wong has her eyes set on the future of the automotive industry, but it doesn’t mean she has lost…
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Tze Char Steps Up
Mr. Alexander Pang, second-generation chef and CEO of beloved tze char institution, New Ubin Seafood, is responsible for taking it to the next level…
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Destination: Luxury
For Mr. Scot Toon, Managing Director for Asia of The Pavilions Hotels and Resorts, the secret to a truly luxurious travel experience is allowing…
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This Mobile App Could Save Your Vision
Dr. Claudine Pang, ophthalmologist and founder of Asia Retina Eye Surgery Centre, has created a free app for testing eye health
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Who Buys McLaren Racecars?
Mr. George Biggs, managing director of McLaren Automotive Asia Pacific talks about creating a range of products for autophiles
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Capturing The Market
The evolution of Leica’s retail lifestyle experience through the lens of Mr. Sunil Kaul, Managing Director of Leica Camera Asia Pacific
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Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Mr. Dhiren Doshi, the first Singaporean to summit the notoriously challenging Dhaulagiri (the seventh highest mountain in the world), shares his…
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What's In A Smile?
Guestimates vary on the number of muscles required to smile – 43, 17, 26 – but Dr. Ernest Rex Tan knows that a genuine smile comes from a deeper…
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The Tastemaker
Mr. Manoj M Murjani, CEO of Group MMM, is on a mission to let the world know about Singapore even more, one F&B brand at a time
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What's In My Portfolio: Isabelle Miaja
Ms. Isabelle Miaja is an award-winning interior designer and the owner of Miaja Gallery and Miaja Art Collections
Food & Wine
The Cold Standard
Keeping a standard temperature in wine shipping, storage and delivery drives Taste of Tradition’s foremost advantages