While International Women’s Day and the lead-up to it is an important time for people and organisations alike to reflect on, celebrate and call for greater gender parity, we must remember that championing gender equality requires continuous work year-round. The big question is, how?
WOMAG will be organising an interactive discussion on how the women and men in our network can action this year’s International Women’s Day theme – Choose to Challenge – both in and outside of the workplace. The session “#ChoosetoChallenge – more than a hashtag” will feature an interactive panel made up of Diversity & Inclusion experts, business leaders and allies, as well as breakouts designed to facilitate best practice sharing and brainstorming.
About Speakers:
Tom Bollaert | Commercial Effectiveness Director (APAC), Corteva Agriscience™.
Based at the company’s Asia Pacific Head Office in Singapore. He leads the acceleration of commercial effectiveness capabilities to deliver improved business impact and competitive advantage across APAC.
Previously Tom lead manufacturing organizations for Corteva in Asia Pacific and various DuPont businesses in France, the United Kingdom, Belgium and Asia Pacific.
Tom graduated from the University of Ghent as MSc in Mechanical Engineering in 1995. And completed an MBA at the Vlerick Business School in 1999. He lives in Singapore with his wife, Els and enjoys cycling during his spare time.
Echo Wu | HR Director, APAC, FMC Corporation
Echo is a seasoned HR professional with global mindset and in-depth specialization in Organizational Development, Talent Management, Performance Management and Employee Engagement. At FMC, Echo leads the HR function across the region driving strategic HR initiatives that support APAC business. She brings experiences across different industries including medical device, automotive, telecommunications and consulting. She has been living and working in Shanghai, China before moving to Singapore in 2012.
Having “Respect for People” as one of her key personal values, she has been a very vocal champion for D&I. She established Asia Pacific Inclusion Council in FMC in 2019 and has lead people sharing the same passion in creating an inclusive place in FMC.
PingPing Han | Founder, SPV (Smart Pod Village) (Moderator)
PingPing has 12 years of experience in leading, formulating and executing go-to-market strategies for startups to corporate multi-national companies. She also successfully pre-opened multiple real estate properties, ranging from newly branded luxury hotels to co-working locations, with a real estate portfolio value of more than S$120M.
Ping Ping established a corporate career in luxury hospitality sales and marketing with Shangri-La, Taj and Starwood, across the markets of Singapore, South East Asia, India, Sri Lanka, Maldives. She has also built teams in tech companies from TravelTech, to PropTech and D2C retail businesses.
About WOMAG:
Women in Agribusiness (“WOMAG”) is a professional network of women and men promoting gender awareness in the agribusiness industry in Asia. By organizing regular industry and skill development events, we aspire to build a pool of future leaders who are equipped to address the industry’s challenges and foster diversity in the work place.
