Contributors

Marc Leong

Marc Leong is the Head of SME Banking at Maybank Singapore where he is responsible for retail SME lending business, including products, promotions and partnerships. Marc Leong is a career banker, having spent the last 20 years in various business segments and disciplines. Prior to his current role in SME Banking, Marc was involved in branch management, wealth and consumer finance product sales, deposit acquisition, account management, commercial banking, cash management etc. He has a business degree with National University of Singapore and an MBA from University of Manchester.

Marcus Ho

Marcus Ho is a Social Media Strategist who specialises in revenue-driven campaigns on social media for businesses. Before founding SocialMetric, he was the founder of Techzone.SG. Marcus is also the author of the book Social Payoff.

Marcus Lee

Marcus Lee si an Assistant Professor and Academic Director at Singapore Management University

Marcus Loh

Marcus Loh is Director, Asia Pacific Communication for global visual analytics firm Tableau Software. He was named a Linkedin Power Profile and was listed in Singapore Business Review’s top 10 “Notable Chief Marketing Officers under 40”. Marcus holds an M.S from Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School and won a scholarship for his second master’s degree from the Singapore Management University and Università della Svizzera italiana. He serves on various advisory capacities for academia and industry including, the Institute of Public Relations of Singapore, CMO Council, UOB-SMU Asian Enterprise Institute, Asia Enterprise Brand Awards, to name a few.
 

Marcus Moufarrige

Marcus Moufarrige works as Chief Operating Officer at Servcorp.

Margaret Heng

 Margaret Heng is the Executive Director of the SHA and has more than 20 years of experience in the hotel industry.

Marian Salzman

Marian Salzman is the CEO of Euro RSCG PR

Marieke van Raaij

Marieke is the Practice Leader of Organisation Surveys & Insights and heads up the employee research line of business within Towers Watson Hong Kong. Marieke has worked in the field of employee research for over fifteen years, and has gained extensive experience working in different offices round the world.

Marina Mathews

Marina Mathews is a PR and marketing communications veteran with 25 years of experience spanning Singapore, Australia, and the Middle East.

As Managing Director of Marina Mathews Communications, she has held senior leadership positions in multinational PR agencies for the last 15 years. Marina has represented many international brands, including Discovery Network, Fairmont, Gulf Air, KLM, Leica, Moet Hennessy Diageo, Netflix, Nike, P&G, Six Senses and Qantas, among others.

During Marina’s tenure with Bahrain national airline, Gulf Air, Marina was responsible for managing marketing activities, including events, branding and media relations for three seasons of the Bahrain Grand Prix.

Marina has also worked with top celebrities, artistes, and business personalities such as Alec Monopoly, David Foster, Jackson Galaxy, and Paris Hilton, as well as multiple Michelin-Starred Chefs including Christian Le Squer and Gary Rhodes.

In 2015, Marina was listed in the PR Week Global Power Book as one of the world’s most influential PR professionals. Marina is also a regular guest lecturer at Singapore universities on the topic of crisis communications

Marjet Andriesse

Marjet Andriesse is General Manager and Vice President for Red Hat Asia Pacific.

She is a seasoned leader, with more than 25 years’ experience in driving customer satisfaction, sales and revenue growth, leading companies through transition as well as organizational management for technology and professional services firms across Europe and Asia.

As the general manager and vice president of Red Hat, Marjet is instrumental in driving the next phase of growth for the company in the Asia-Pacific region and leading initiatives to enable customer success with open hybrid cloud technology. In this role, Marjet also manages the engagement with enterprise customers and the emerging technologies sales and support capabilities across the Asia Pacific region.

Marjet’s experience spans industries including logistics and telecommunications as well as HR services in a variety of leadership positions. Before joining Red Hat, Marjet was the managing director of Telstra in Asia Pacific responsible for delivering the company’s corporate strategy in the region. Prior to Telstra, Marjet’s career also included working with Randstad and KPN NV in national and international management positions spanning Europe and Asia.

Marjet is a Dutch native and holds a master’s degree in Economics from the University of Groningen, The Netherlands.