Gender Equality Impact Awards

July 29, 2022

Congratulations to the winners of the Gender Equality Impact Awards (GEIA) 2021, organised by United Women Singapore. The winners were announced at our SNOW 2022 event, where Guest-Of-Honour President Halimah Yacob presented the Awards. We were also delighted to have Minister of State Sun Xueling join Georgette Tan, President of UWS, for an insightful and engaging fireside chat.

The winners are:

Gender Equality Impact@Work – Twitter Asia Pacific

Gender Equality Impact Male Changemaker – Osman Ershad Faiz, Chief Information and Operating Officer (CIOO), AMTD Digital

Gender Equality Impact Female Changemaker – Florence Fong, Chair of Credit Suisse Singapore Women’s Network and Team Lead and Managing Director for Malaysia market, Private Banking Division, Credit Suisse
Gender Equality Impact Female Changemaker – Special Mention: Laurene Chung, Student, Singapore University of Social Sciences

A special thank you to our dedicated panel of judges; Dr. Hsien-Hsien LEI (CEO, AmCham Singapore), Victor Mills (Chief Executive, Singapore International Chamber of Commerce (SICC) ) and Calvin Chu Yee Ming (Partner, Eden Strategy Institute).

Stay tuned for GEIA 2022!

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