Contributors

Mike Buffini

Mike Buffini is Associate Partner at St. James's Place Wealth Management (Singapore).

Mike Davie

Mike Davie is the CEO and Founder of Quadrant, which meets demand for mapping and authenticating data through technology. Formerly DataStreamX until it rebranded in 2018, Quadrant is an online marketplace for real-time, high-value data sets across industries and borders. Quadrant, which uses blockchain technology to transact data, currently processes over 20 billion records a month between organisations.

Mike McCarthy

Mike is Group Head, Human Resources - Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa at MasterCard, Singapore.

Mike Parsons

Mike has over a decade of experience in the media and marketing space across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. His professional passion of HR and talent management is what's led him to his current position as the regional marketing director for Universum. Before Universum Mike published Singapore's most circulated trade publication in the field of human resources.

Mike Reed

Mike has over 25 years experience in industry, working for a number of multinational firms. His strong knowledge of how to effectively re-design and implement key business processes is supplemented by deep understanding of the food and pharmaceutical industries in particular. Managing Partner of Oliver Wight Asia Pacific, Mike has specialist expertise in strategy management, product and portfolio management, and Integrated Business Planning.

Mike Samson

Mike Samson is the co-founder of crowdSPRING. An enthusiastic entrepreneur and active speaker, Mike is a leading voice on crowdsourcing, industry disruption, startups, and small business issues and writes a regular column on the crowdSPRING blog. Prior to starting crowdSPRING, Samson was an Emmy Award® nominated Producer, and Production Manager with more than 20 years of experience as a senior manager in the film and television production industry. He is a member of the Directors Guild of America and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

Miles Gooseman

Miles Gooseman's professional experience in the financial industry spans over 13 years. The experiential knowledge that he has garnered as an independent financial consultant specialises in wealth management, tax planning and providing comprehensive report based advice.

Miles is Financial Consultant at the Fry Group Singapore, a holistic financial planning service that has been in practise for 117 years. Furthermore, he conducts client seminars and events covering topical subjects that may be of his clients` interest in Singapore.

In 2014, he was awarded the British Chambers of Commerce Young Professional of the Year title at the 15th Annual Business awards. He has also been recognised Singapore's #1 Expatriate Financial Advisor for two consecutive years.

In addition to this, Miles was elected Co-Chairman of the Entrepreneur & Small Business Committee through the British Chamber of Commerce.

Minhaj Zia

Minhaj is responsible for leading Polycom's growth and revenue share in the region, and driving new opportunities in the company's key South Asian markets. Minhaj also took on the role in 2016 to lead growth and expansion plans as Vice President for Polycom in South East Asia. Based in Singapore, he will focus on accelerating growth for the SEA region.

Mohamed Nasser Ismail

Mohamed Nasser Ismail is Senior Vice President and Head of SME Development & Listing at SGX. He previously held other roles within SGX including the Head of Issuer Regulations. Prior to joining SGX in 2005, Mr Nasser was State Counsel with the Attorney General’s Chambers. He graduated with a Bachelor of Law (Upper Division) from National University of Singapore in 1998.

Mohit Agrawal

Mohit is CEO of Tuzo, a company that helps retailers leverage technology to increase sales and conversions. Tuzo platform uses the self-learning power of Artificial Intelligence to enable retailers provide a personalised experience for their online and walk-in shoppers. He is leading the sales and marketing efforts to expand the company in South East Asia.

Mohit has vast experience in Strategy, Go-to-Market (GTM) & Marketing and has worked with PwC, Accenture, Microsoft and Nokia in the past before embarking on the entrepreneurial journey at Tuzo . He has worked across geographies and has lead teams at the global, regional and country level.