| Aware Executive Committee |
Josie Lau - President
Josie, 48, is a working career mother, with two daughters aged 17 & 15. She is married to a doctor who is in private practice. She is most concerned about work-life balance and the role of mothers as a stablising factor in a family.
She is the Vice President & Head, Marketing, Cards & Unsecured Loans, Consumer Banking Group, DBS Bank Ltd.
She is responsible for driving retail usage on the credit/debit cards, through partnerships with retail merchants for offers and privileges for its base of > 1million card members. She was previously responsible for the premium segment of customers, and she launched the Treasures Amex Black Elite Card for DBS Treasures Priority Customers. To further engage this group of high net-worth customers, she regularly helped organise high-end parties/dinners/activities, such as fashion shows, private preview sales and Gala Shows such as The Phantom of the Opera.
Prior to joining the bank in 2004, she was with the Singapore Tourism Board for over 15 years, largely in the area of Events Marketing of Lifestyle Events. She was instrumental in developing iconic tourism events such as the Singapore Food Festival, Great Singapore Sale, World Gourmet Summit, etc. She wrote the blue print for the staging of Singapore Fashion Festival, with the key objective of making Singapore the window to the world’s latest in fashion trends for the region.
She co-chaired organising committees with key industry representatives such as Dr Jannie Tay, Mr Tang Wee Sung and other government officials from IE Singapore, Spring Singapopre etc.
Charlotte started her career in academia. She taught at primary and secondary schools and went on to lecture Sociology and Anthropology at the National University of Singapore Sociology Department. She has a PhD from the University of Kent at Canterbury UK as a Ford Foundation Scholar.
She worked for ExxonMobil for 21 years as the Recruitment, Training and Organizational Effectiveness Advisor and managed the Asia Pacific Training Centre,
the China Training Centre in Taicang, and the China Training Centre in Guangzhou. Since retiring from ExxonMobil 5 years ago, she remains a preferred consultant with the company, and also had worked with several multi-national organisations and government linked organisations.
Charlotte was the President of the Singapore Training And Development Association (STADA) for 6 terms, and the first and only Honorary Member. She was the Chairperson of the National Productivity Board Task Force on the professional Development of Trainers in Singapore 1989, and an Advisor to the Ministry of Manpower National Council for Certification of Trainers 2002. She is certified in MBTI, and Blessing & White Professional Leader of Managing Personal Growth Program.
Internationally, she was Visiting Faculty, Gestalt Institute of Cleveland International Organization & Systems Development Program 2000 to 2006.
MAUREEN holds a First Class Honours degree in Accountancy from the University of Singapore and is a Fellow Certified Public Accountant member of both the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore and CPA Australia.
She has 30 years of experience in finance, tax and treasury management in various industries, having started her career with DBS Bank before moving on to Deloitte& Touche and the SembCorp Group.
Maureen’s last appointment was Executive Vice President where she was responsible for corporate planning, mergers & acquisitions, project financing and performance management of the SembCorp Group of companies. Prior to assuming this office, Maureen was Group Chief Financial Officer of SembCorp Logistics from 2004 to 2006 after spending 10 years in SembCorp Utilities where she last held the position of Group CFO. She was the key driver behind the successful project financing of SembCorp’s integrated utilities and energy business in Singapore, the United Kingdom, Vietnam and China.
She is interested in community work and wishes to serve in areas where women and children are concerned. She is currently a volunteer with CITY Community Services and works with primary school pupils in neighbourhood schools.
I-JIN graduated with a master degree from Cambridge University and is currently a lecturer in architecture.
She has been a member of Aware since May 1995 and previously served on the Exco in 1995/96 as well as 2008/9 as the Honorary Treasurer.
She is proud to have been part of Aware and amongst women of strength, compassion, intellect and integrity. She is a dedicated feminist and would like to contribute to the eradication of all forms of discrimination.
Her contributions to AWARE include:
a) Honorary Treasurer (1995/6 term).
b) Member of Media Watch sub-committee headed by Braema Mathi.
c) Member of Fund raising sub-committee e.g. Walkathon headed by Zaibun Siraj.
d) Contributed to “Population Research” headed by Tan Joo Hymm and forum, “Beyond Babies: National Duty or Personal Choice?”.
e) Coordinator for relocation from Race Course Road to Aware Centre at Dover Road (1998).
f) Honorary Treasurer (2008/9 term).
g) Coordinator for Centre renovation in 2008.
h) Coordinator of “Singles in Singapore” research project (2008/9).
i) Asst Hon Treasurer (2009/10 term).
Jenica is a management consultant with a top-tier business technology company. Her customers are mostly MNCs, and she helps them to review their business requirements and enablement and help them to save millions of dollars a year.
She believes her business background would be useful in communicating and reaching out to other women in the corporate world, and also help create initiatives for the betterment of women. When she looks at the society, she thinks our young women have been hit very hard by commercialism and there needs to be more healthy role models. This is something which she hopes to help improve.
Jenica Chua also has previous experience in community work, having spent 2 years providing support and counselling for women in prison aftercare, and also served in the capacity of secretary for a group of volunteers. She hopes her contribution to AWARE will bring about the betterment of women in Singapore.
Sally holds a Second Class Honours degree in Law from the University of Singapore.
She has more than 30 years of experience in the legal sector. Having started her career with the Legal Service Commission, she served as a legal officer in different postings in the various government legal sectors.
She served as an Assistant Director of Legal Aid Bureau, an Assistant Official Assignee & Public Trustee and as Deputy Registrar of Trade Marks & Patents before assuming the post of Registrar.
Sally served also as a Legal Officer in the Land Office dealing with all legal matters concerning State land, land acquisition, alienation of land etc. In 1998 she left the Legal Service to join the private legal sector as a consultant with Messrs Fong Partners & Associates. Her area of practice covers family law cases, property, trade marks, bankruptcy, liquidation, contracts, probate and administration and accident claims.
She was appointed a Commissioner for Oaths and a Notary Public. In 2004 she established her own legal practice. Sally is interested in the plight of women who are financially unable to afford legal advice/counsel in fighting for their rights in matrimonial matters. She has acted as counsel for women in matrimonial cases assigned by the Legal Aid Bureau.
Peggy holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with double majors in Psychology and Sociology from the National University of Singapore and a post-graduate diploma in education from the National Institute of Education.
She is a very experienced educator who has taught thousands of students in her 16-year teaching career. She started teaching in a primary school and subsequently moved on to teach tertiary students. She had been awarded twice the Teaching Award which celebrates outstanding tertiary educators.
Peggy is interested in youth and community work. She has conducted numerous counselling and helping workshops in both English and Chinese in Singapore and overseas.
Caris is a freelance social worker/counsellor/trainer. She has a degree in social work the University of South Australia and a diploma in counseling practice from Counselling and Care centre in Singapore.
She has 9 years of experience in social service and has worked with a diverse group of clients eg inmates and their families, women, single parents with children, teenagers and elderly women.
She has been a member of AWARE since 2000 and was a member of AWARE
Executive Committee 2008/9. She is a co-ordinator of AWARE Direct Services – Helpline and Support Services. Helpliner and Counselor.
She is a member of CEDAW, Workplace Sexual Harassment, AWARE Training Institute sub committees. She is also a trainer of AWARE Comprehensive Sexuality Education programme.
Lois is a social entrepreneur and she spent the last 7 years making a difference to the lives of the disabled through her business, Studio You Pte Ltd. She hires people with different disabilities to work together to produce gifts for the tourist and corporate markets, and competing on quality and creativity.
Her signature range of gift-with-tile is called Tile Story, changing the appearance of a plain dull tile and creating a use for it, to tell the story of empowering the disabled who have low education and little work experience to learn a skill.
She has a Bachelor degree in Business Administration from the National University of Singapore and a professional diploma in creative entrepreneurship.
She is an ex-journalist with Singapore Press Holdings. She worked in China and Australia for a total of 5 years, as an advertising manager and volunteer worker respectively.
Irene has more than 10 years of professional experience in the financial services industry in both foreign and Singapore firms. Her career in the financial sector includes banking, investments advisory and personal financial advisory. She holds qualifications as a certified financial planner (CFP), and in training and assessment.
She holds a Masters degree in Business from an Australian university, and an Economics degree from a liberal arts university in the United States. Irene has been involved in community volunteer activities since 1988. Irene enjoys travelling, music and a good book.
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