The NUS-Enterprise Singapore (ESG) Enterprise Leadership Transformation (ELT) programme will kick off a series of community and networking events for 2022 on January 21st (Friday) with a discussion on "Gearing for post-Covid recovery - planning for success; Risks and Opportunities for SMEs in a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous (VUCA) world.” This Hybrid event will be held at the NUS Business School from 5 PM to 7 PM.

Our first speaker, Mr Johnson Paul will provide his insights on how SMEs can face uncertainty and volatility in 2022 (and beyond) confidently by seizing new opportunities and innovative business models. He will discuss why a robust Governance, Risks and Compliance (GRC) framework is imperative to building resilient businesses and long-term stakeholder value. He will share the importance of risk management and financial sustainability for planning and decision making and how these 2 pillars have to be juxtaposed with the pioneering and entrepreneurial spirit of SMEs.

Our second speaker, Mr Tan Lin Teck will discuss how Singapore is developing new strategies to address the accelerated structural shifts resulting from COVID-19. He will provide a broad overview of MTI’s perspective on some of the key trends that will reshape the future economy, the plans/structures that have been put in place, and also discuss the Alliance for Action (AfA) approach. He will share how SMEs (Singapore MNCs Emerging) can seize the emerging opportunities of the Future Economy and contribute proactively as part of the ecosystem.

Our invited speakers are:

Mr Johnson PAUL is Director, Strategy and Business Development at Meinhardt Group, and who recently completed his secondment as CEO, Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SICCI).

Mr TAN Lin Teck is Director, Future Economy Planning Office, The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) and is serving on the Secretariat of the Government’s Future Economy Council. He also served on the Emerging Stronger Together (EST) Task Force.