While much progress has been made over the past years in improving diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), when it comes to the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) sectors, women still face persistent challenges.
Join us at our upcoming WiS Network meet-up, as we delve into the experiences women in STEM roles face at the workplace, the ways in which aspects of their lives outside of work can impact these experiences, and workplace and societal challenges impacting women’s careers in STEM.
We will also explore the changing employee landscape and how organisations can improve the “leaky pipeline” of women in STEM.
This event is open to women C-suite leaders in STEM fields as well as women leaders who are keen to elevate allyship for women in STEM.
For enquiries, please write to seashexoprogram@deloitte.com.
12:00 PM
- Yvaine Gan, SheXO Program Leader, Deloitte Southeast Asia
1:00 PM
- Goh Wan Yee, Senior Vice President and Head, Healthcare, Economic Development Board
1:15 PM
- Bengkhim Teoh, Worldwide Vice President of Finance, HP Inc.
- Bhumika Sharma, Executive Director, Payments Technology, J.P. Morgan
- Elena Chipalova, Regional HR Director, Carrier
- Georgette Tan, Board Member and Immediate Past President, United Women Singapore
- Moderated by: Michelle Khoo, Center Leader for Deloitte’s Center for the Edge, Deloitte Southeast Asia
Speakers' Profiles
Goh Wan Yee Wan Yee is the Senior Vice President and Head for Healthcare in the Singapore Economic Development Board. She oversees the industry development strategies and engagement of international companies to facilitate investments in Singapore, and works closely with relevant stakeholders to enhance our public research and innovation ecosystem. Prior to this, Wan Yee led EDB's Human Capital team and was responsible for working closely with companies, industry associations, unions and Singapore's manpower agencies to attract and develop talent for our wide range of industries. She also spent some time in EDB’s Human Resources and has a depth of knowledge across various HR functions. |
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Wan Yee started her EDB career in the then nascent Biomedical Sciences cluster and was part of the team that spearheaded the growth of this industry. This included a stint in Bio*One Capital, a venture capital arm of EDB that invests in biotechnology and medical technology start-ups. She is trained as a Chemical Engineer and worked as a Process Engineer in ExxonMobil before joining EDB. |
Bengkhim Teoh Ms. Teoh is an alumna of Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and a Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA) with the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA). She currently serves as an Independent Director for FJ Benjamin, a publicly listed company in Singapore. Ms Teoh is a passionate advocate for women’s leadership in finance and a champion for diversity and inclusion. |  |
Bhumika Sharma Bhumika is APAC Head of Payments Stability & Resiliency. She also serves as a co-chair of Women on the Move (WOTM – the firm’s commitment to the empowerment and advancement for women) in J.P. Morgan, Singapore and DE&I co-lead for Singapore Technology Center. Bhumika is honoured in the Singapore 100 Women in Tech 2023 Award list. Bhumika is client focused technologist and enthusiastic DE&I leader with experience of 20 years in leading and managing Projects and Technology for Payments and Markets in top tier banks. She also holds certifications in ITIL Expert (Information Technology Infrastructure Library), PMP (Project Management Professional), and A-CSM (Advance – Certified Scrum Master), and continuously leverages her skills and expertise to train others and help them advance their careers. She is also #IamRemarkable facilitator and run workshops to help empower more women and underrepresented groups to learn the importance of self-promotion and celebrate their remarkable achievements. She is a strong advocate of DE&I and run many DE&I initiatives. Bhumika holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Science and Master’s Degree in computer applications. |
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Elena Chipalova Elena has close to 20 years of experience across HR with an emphasis in HR strategy, organizational transformation, Diversity & Inclusion, employee engagement & wellbeing, talent & performance and Mergers & Acquisitions. Elena has lived and worked internationally in Asia, Europe, and the US. She is a frequent speaker at industry events and is a respected authority on organizational issues including people management, workplace culture and leadership across the Asia & Pacific countries. |
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Currently Elena is Regional HR Director with Carrier. In her role she provides strategic HR leadership and direction on people matters to ensures sustainable organizational growth. Prior to that Elena worked in bp where she held various HR business partnering, Diversity & Inclusion and talent roles. She successfully led the Asia & Pacific businesses through a number of M&As, modernization and transformation programs. Under her leadership, bp has received multiple external awards and recognition as an employer of choice. Elena holds a Master’s degree in Human Resource Management from Edinburgh Napier University, a Graduate Diploma in Human Capital Management from the Singapore HR Institute and a Master’s degree in Physics from Moscow Engineering Physics University in Russia. Elena is based in Singapore with her family and can be found either reading, working out or planning her next vacation. |
Georgette Tan Georgette Tan is Board Member and Immediate Past President of United Women Singapore (UWS), a non-profit organisation advocating gender equality, women’s empowerment and focused on building the pipeline of future female leaders. She is Chair of BoardAgender, an initiative of SCWO focused on increasing the number of women on boards in Singapore and also serves as a Board Member of SG Her Empowerment (SHE), an NGO that gathers the views and input on issues surrounding the advancement of women and girls, and advocates policies that help women and girls optimise their family, career and personal lives. |
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She serves on the Climate Action SG Alliance (CASA), the School Advisory Council for Alexandra Primary School, and on the industry advisory panel for the Global Women in Public Relations Singapore. Georgette was previously Senior Vice President, Communications at Mastercard, where for over 18 years, she was responsible for external and internal communications, and launched Mastercard’s Knowledge Leadership strategy with the establishment of numerous consumer, lifestyle and gender indexes. She also spearheaded Mastercard’s Corporate Social Responsibility efforts, which focused on education and development programs to help empower women and children across the Asia Pacific region. Prior to joining Mastercard, Georgette was Vice President of Communications at CNBC Asia and Dow Jones Asia, and also held Senior Communications roles at the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board. Georgette also advises female entrepreneurs of start-up ventures and social enterprises in the region. |
Michelle Khoo Michelle Khoo is the Center Leader for Deloitte’s Center for the Edge, Southeast Asia. She brings over a decade of experience in advising business and government leaders about strategies for the long term. At the Center, she provides thought leadership and advises senior executives and Board members on navigating disruption. She is a keynote speaker and subject matter expert on the topics of artificial intelligence, sustainability, metaverse, disruption and corporate venturing and innovation, with a focus on trends affecting the region. She was the lead author for Southeast Asia’s Sustainability Ambitions, The Metaverse in Asia – Strategies for Accelerating Economic Impact, and Being Human in a Digital World – Questions to guide the Internet’s Evolution. Michelle began her career as an investment banker based in the Asian financial hubs of Hong Kong and Singapore. Thereafter, she spent seven years at the Ministry of Finance, where she headed the social strategy and infrastructure strategy units to establish long-term policy thinking on various cross-sectoral issues. |
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Yvaine Gan Yvaine is a Deloitte Partner and Leader of the Global Investment and Innovation Incentives (Gi3) practice in Singapore. She has extensive experience advising businesses across industries on broad-ranging investment activities, such as headquarters, innovation/R&D, manufacturing, supply chain management, talent/capability development, finance and treasury. Yvaine is also the leader for Deloitte Southeast Asia's SheXO Program, which supports the personal and professional development of established, emerging or aspiring women leaders by creating a supportive environment for them to connect, grow and drive change in communities to advance women in leadership. |
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Prior to Deloitte, Yvaine was with the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), the lead government agency in facilitating investments in Singapore. At EDB, a major part of her role was to customise incentive packages for key investment projects, as well as facilitate companies in the end-to-end process of incentives management. Yvaine has considerable experience engaging senior C-suite executives on their investments in Singapore and the region, particularly in the evaluation, negotiation and management of incentives. In addition, Yvaine advises companies with existing incentives in fulfilling investment commitments, as well as in the re-negotiations and renewals of incentive packages. Yvaine holds an Honours degree in Chemical Engineering and is fluent in English and Mandarin. |
