One Under 30: Young Marketer Spotlight – Simran Kaur
As part of an ongoing series highlighting young talent in the industry, Branding in Asia's “One Under 30” – a special feature that focuses on up-and-coming talent in the ad world – featured SMU alumna Simran Kaur, who is the Senior Media Manager at Wavemaker.
Bearing the fruits of 99 Old Trees: They invested S$60K to build a durian business in S’pore
SMU alumni Kelvin Tan and Jeffry Ngadiman co-founded 99 Old Trees with Avinash Mahendram to address the logistical and quality challenges that plagued durian businesses in Singapore.
Biofuels origination: the new hot job on the fringes of finance
SMU alumnus Daniel Koh did not set out to work with biofuels. He applied for 40 jobs in banking and only one in commodities trading. He got the commodities trading job and his career pivoted in a totally unexpected direction.
Aiming to be even better
The pandemic posed all sorts of challenges in the lead up to last year's Paralympics, but that did not stop Singapore's swimmers from getting breakthroughs in Tokyo. At the Tokyo Games, SMU alumna Yip Pin Xiu retained her women's 50m and 100m S2 butterfly titles.
3-time Best Para-Sportswoman of the Year, Yip Pin Xiu: Significantly meaningful
SMU alumna and Paralympian Yip Pin Xiu has been named Sportswoman of the Year at the Singapore Disability Sports Awards on Wednesday. This was Pin Xiu's third Sportswoman of the Year accolade after winning in 2019 and last year.
Woman Up: From job interview to the boardroom, gender bias often follows women through each step of the career ladder
In 2016, SMU alumna Anna Haotanto, the founder of a financial, investments and career platform for women in Asia, The New Savvy, and President of the SMU Women Alumni, joined a corporate board.
Talents in the scientific and technological revolution are 2nd biggest demand, UX designers are self-taught?
SMU alumna Feng Huiying had never heard of the concept of "User Experience Design" (UX design) when she was studying business at SMU.
She changed her mindset, broke barriers and won SEA Games gold. Now Shanti Pereira wants to go faster
| SMU alumna Shanti Pereira shared how she changed her mindset, broke barriers and won a SEA Games gold. |
Gifts fit for kings
| SMU alumna Rachel Hoe is a Director at Royal Insignia. She shared that she studied business at SMU and was bumming around for a month after graduating when her dad suggested she help at their family-run business for a month. |
Programme on AR tech use among new training schemes offered by Meta
| A panel discussion at Meta's Singapore office on Tuesday (Jun 14) covered the topics of upskilling and digitalisation. |