From Lebanon’s war zone to S’pore shelves: Why this 28y/o won’t let conflict kill her traditional olive oil business
Alia Ballout (JD 2024) launched Beît Ballout, Singapore’s first traditional olive oil brand, sourcing produce from her family’s grove in southern Lebanon, air-freighting it to Singapore, and bottling it locally by hand.
Singapore-based WhyQ evolves to AI-powered corporate dining partner for Singapore enterprises
Varun Saraf (BSc ISM 2012) and Rishabh Singhvi (BSc ISM 2012) founded WhyQ in 2016 with the mission of bringing Singapore's hawker heritage into the digital age.
Dr. Bui Duy Quoc Nghi's journey of overcoming 700 applicants to become a scientist at Google.
Dr Bui Duy Quoc Nghi (PhD CS 2021) is currently working at Google Research and is involved in developing programming capabilities for the Gemini ecosystem.
Bringing life to death
Kenneth Yeow (BBM 2019) has quit his job in tech sales to become an “afterlife agent” for Woodlands Memorial.
Huen Su San on the joy of providing a platform for F&B proprietors to grow and flourish
Huen Su San (BBM 2007) started Cookhouse in 2020, which creates professional-level, halal-certified commercial kitchens and builds the infrastructure necessary for all F&B operators to run it, regardless of whether they are amateur home cooks or multinational brands, whether they rent for a d
Weaving relationships that build Singapore’s social fabric
Seah Tiong Kiat (BSocSc 2018), who is currently Assistant Director (Forward Planning) at the People’s Association (PA), shared that his interest in community work first took root in secondary school, when a teacher used news stories to discuss issues and challenges people face in real life.
‘Living the dream’: Why a young lawyer chooses to serve migrant workers full-time
Nur Shukrina Salam (LLB 2021) is the sole full-time lawyer at the Migrant Workers’ Law Centre @ MWC (MWLC), Singapore’s only legal clinic that opens five days a week for the migrant worker community. She took a pay cut to provide free legal aid for migrant workers.
Second chances: He had 4 cardiac arrests by age 32, now wants to share his love of golf
Wee He Sheng (MScMgmt CW 2018), who has a master’s degree in business administration and general management from SMU, has suffered from four cardiac arrests since 2019. Despite four cardiac arrests, he played 36 holes of golf in 2024 and now inspires others by promoting the game.
At Starry Homestead, co-founder Yola Yu adopts a people-focused approach
Yola Yu (EMBA 2013), co-founder of interior design firm Starry Homestead, shared that another way in which she keeps herself and her team on top of things in a competitive industry is through continuous on-the-job training.
‘Stacking’ overseas internships to get ahead
Jonas Ngoh (BBM 2025) shared how overseas internships helped him land his current job quickly. After finishing his final year at SMU in late 2025, Jonas started working on expansion strategies at a data centre in 2026.
