Charmain Kwee: Behind the wheel of her family legacy
SMU alumna Charmain Kwee, who is the Executive Director of Eurokars Group, shared what prompted her to quit a budding law career for a world that belongs to her father and what it feels like to be stepping into his shoes.
From crisis to sprint whiz
SMU alumna Shanti Pereira was crowned South-east Asia’s top woman sprinter after claiming two golds in the 100m and 200m at the Cambodia SEA Games. She battled “a very big identity crisis”, which saw her spiralling to the lowest point of her life in 2021.
Electrifying the waves with sea change ways
SMU alumnus Tommy Phun is a director in his family's 30-year-old maritime services company, Eng Hup Shipping. He joined in 2014 after graduating from SMU. Tommy is also at the forefront of the Singapore maritime industry's moves towards sustainability.
Sara Ang: Forged in Fire
SMU alumna Sara Ang joined her mother’s glass company Synergraphic Design after finishing a business degree at SMU eleven years ago.
Yip remains a timeless role model for all
SMU alumna and national para-swimmer Yip Pin Xiu was named The Straits Times Athlete of the Year in 2015 after she broke the world record in the S2 50m backstroke en route to gold at the Asean Para Games in Singapore.
6 red-hot tech titans
SMU alumnus Lai Chang Wen was among the six red-hot Singapore tech titans featured by The Straits Times. In 2014, he co-founded Ninja Van, a tech-enabled logistics company.
National swimmers achieve success again at the Para Swimming World Series
SMU alumna and national para-swimmer Yip Pin Xiu clinched a bronze in the women’s multi-class 50m backstroke at the third leg of the Para Swimming World Series in Sheffield.
Driven by fun, the young ventures into the world
SMU alumna Huang Jinghui who graduated from SMU in 2018, recounted how she made a bold decision to fly alone from Singapore to Hong Kong for an interview and to accept a job offer with SleekFlow – an onmnichannel messaging platform – in Hong Kong, when it was still
S’pore entrepreneurs reveal 4 fundamental rules to finding and choosing the “right” co-founder
SMU alumni Lydon Ong and Norman Teo started manscaping brand BOVEM when they were both final-year business students at SMU. Lydon explained that trust does not have to be stuck with like-minded individuals who agree on everything.
Gotianun heiress sets course for inclusive, digitally deft future
SMU alumna Isabelle Gotianun Yap and rising executive at EastWest Bank – the banking arm of family-led Filinvest Development Corp – was recently named among 100 new Young Global Leaders (YGL) of the Switzerland-based World Economic Forum (WEF).