How many master's degrees does it take to get your foot in the door? In some industries, probably none. While there's no denying the value of a solid education, certain industries will require employees to regularly upskill in order to switch roles and pivot on the fly. We speak to consultants and business leaders about the fluid nature of the "new employee", how the pandemic has forced us to rethink skill sets, and how you can renew yourself with ease.
21st October 2021 | 1:30pm - 2:15pm
Presenter/Producer
BFM Enterprise
Christine Wong is a producer and presenter with BFM89.9’s Enterprise team. She is primarily featured on their preeminent lunchtime talk show, Biz Bytes, and their flagship entrepreneurship show, Open For Business, as well as personal and professional development show Raise Your Game and occasional appearances on the influential-women focused show, HerVantage.
Associate Dean
Asia School of Business
Prof Dr Loredana Padurean is the Associate Dean at the all new Asia School of Business, a collaboration between the Central Bank of Malaysia and MIT Sloan School of Management, and an International Faculty Fellow at MIT Sloan.
She is an international keynote and TedX speaker that shared the stage with Steve Wozniak, Bob Geldof, ministers, deans, authors and public figures in the United States, Asia-Pacific, and Europe.
Head
42KL, Sunway iLabs
Over 15 years of experience in the creative & media industry, Jeff is currently spearheading 42KL – a new innovative peer-to-peer education platform for computer science.
Founder/CEO
Ace EdVenture
As a transformational educationist, Anne Tham founded the ACE EdVenture Education Group on the movement to reinvent education. With two international schools (Sri Emas International School and Dwi Emas International School, Malaysia’s First Entrepreneurial School), multiple learning centers, and an award-winning Chemistry role-playing game franchise (ChemCaper), Anne continues charging forward creating education environment with Finnish-Asian pedagogy to prepare students for a future of uncertainty and constant change.