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The Peak nmes 10 women in annual Power List


' By Kenneth Lim ·

kenlim@sph.com.sg

@KennethLimBT


Singapore


The list includes Chew Gek Khim (far

in philanthropy, mentorship and so­ cial enterprise, bettering the lives and prospects of those around them. I am proud to recognise their work in this

LUXURY lifestyle magazine The Peak has named 10 Singapore women game-changers to its annual Power List. The women were demed to have shattered the glass ceiling and scaled the corporate nings to be lead­ ers and influencers in their respective professions, said The Peak, a maga­ zine owned by Singapore Press Hold­ ings (SPH), which also owns The Busi­ ness Times.


Public Relations; Jennie Chua, Singa­


Services;


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Rita

left), executive chairman of Straits Trading and·Tecity Group; and· former UN under-secretary general Noeleen Heyzer


Soh, director of RDC Ar-

year's Power List,' said The Peak edi­

tor Jennifer Chen.

The Peak's list comes amid height­ ened attention to gender diversity amm1g the boards of Singapore's list­ ed companies. The Diversity Action Committee said that the percentage of women among directors of Singa­ pore-listed companies increased by just 0.3 percentage points to 9.1 per centin the first half of 2O1S'. · ·

The Singapore Institute of Direc­

The selection process began in

March, and also involved the Singa­ pore Institute of International Affairs and SPH English/Malay(Tamil Media group editor-in-chief Patrick Daniel.

The list comprised Chew Gek Khim, executive chairman of Straits Trading and Tecity Grqup; Chong Ee Rong, anaging director of Ogilvy

pore ambassador to Mexico; Rache.l Eng; joint managing partner of Wong­ Partnership; Noeleen Heyzer, former United Nations under-secretary gener­ al; Yasmin Khan, senior vice-presi­ dent of South-east Asia and South Asia for DHL Express; Ivy Ng, group chief executive of Singapore Health

chitects; Tan Su Shan, managing direc­ tor and group head of consumer bank­ ing and wealth management for DBS Bank; and Tan Yen Yen, regional vice-president and South Asia-Pacific managing director of SAS.

'In addition fo being top in their professions, the hon·ourees are forces

tors this year also added questions about gender diversity to its biennial survey of company boards, and it

_found that while most boards cited a lack of suitable candidates as a key ob stacle to improving board diversity, only a small minority used profes skmal services to search for new members. ·

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