Hello, I'm Su-Yen.
I started out as a musician... a pianist to be precise. Opportunities to study music professionally in Singapore didn't really exist at the time, so I left for the US at the age of 16 and ultimately graduated with a degree in music and computer science. That set in motion a lifetime of exploration across domains, and a never-ending quest to connect the dots.
At the time, I never imagined that I would have the opportunity to serve as an advisor to CEOs of a blue chip list of clients around the world, including many companies on the Fortune 500. I certainly couldn't have anticipated that I would some day advise on the salaries of the President, Prime Minister, and other political appointment holders in Singapore!
I never dreamed that I would be invited to contribute my insights as a thought leader. Or that I would be asked to share my perspectives with global media - on topics as wide-ranging as the future of work, corporate governance, and human capital. How could I, a musician, possibly have contemplated that I would one day have the privilege of serving as a board director for billion-dollar companies across multiple continents? And while being a professional speaker arguably bears some resemblance to performing on stage as a pianist, that, too, never made it onto my radar.
Three decades on, I am finally starting to get comfortable with being described as a multi-hyphenate who straddles multiple worlds. My focus is on bringing together my accumulated experiences and helping audiences around the world navigate the intersection of technology, strategy, and leadership. In a nutshell, I help organisations and leaders reinvent themselves.
My quest to stretch beyond my comfort zone has taken me to some of the most remote parts of the world, including Antarctica and Timbuktu. I summited Mount Kilimanjaro, the world's tallest free standing mountain, in December 2022, and completed my first full Marathon at the age of 53.
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I'd love to help you and your organisation scale new heights and transform for the future.
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Su-Yen regularly shares her insights on the future of work, corporate governance, business leadership, and human capital issues with media from around the world. Here's a 3-minute montage from various interviews.
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TESTIMONIALS
Ann Ann Low
Senior Director Talent Development, LinkedIn
Very powerful messages. And such lovely stories. Thank you for joining us in San Francisco. My colleagues are all still talking about your session. They rate it as the best of the whole symposium. Thank you for bringing your best to us this week.
Narayan Chakrapani
Director, Functional and Commercial Strategy, Google Cloud
It was a pleasure having you with us at Google Cloud. The session blended so very well with our current transformation journey and the learnings and perspectives that came from it were so invaluable. The feedback from the team was fantastic and we kept reflecting on various concepts throughout the rest of the sessions.
Scott Drummonds
Group Vice President, Solution Consulting, Asia Pacific, ServiceNow
Thank you for presentation at the show. You really helped connect our business topics to the much broader human challenges we all face.
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