De-risking and its impact on South-East Asia and China
About the event
This is an exclusive invitation to business executives and responsible leaders in Singapore to join us for a symposium and networking session on August 18, hosted by the most international and renowned Chinese business school, CEIBS, and its worldwide top-ranked Global EMBA Programme, with various industry leaders and entrepreneurs to discuss the de-risking and its impact on South-East Asia and China.
In this Symposium, CEIBS European President Dominique Turpin will share with us how a global mindset enables leaders to perceive opportunities where others see obstacles, and to find common ground amidst adversity by recognising the interconnectedness of economies, cultures, and ecosystems, so globally minded leaders can make better decisions that take into account the broader impact on the regional/global community.
In the panel discussion following the keynote speech, we will take a look at a few pillar industries in Singapore i.e. financial services, shipping, high-end manufacturing, emerging tech, etc. and how Chinese companies and MNCs are impacted by de-risking. CEIBS Associate Dean Bala Ramasamy will converse with leading business executives and entrepreneurs in Singapore, exploring the challenges and opportunities inherent in SouthEast Asia's current economic situation. Their conclusions will provide invaluable insights and implications for SouthEast Asia.
About our speaker
Dr. Dominique V. Turpin is the European President and Professor of Marketing at CEIBS. He joined CEIBS in September 2022. Prof. Turpin is a marketing expert and Japan specialist. He was IMD's Dentsu Chaired Professor of Marketing and the Dean of External Relations until 2022 and served as IMD President, Dean and NestlÉ Professor from 2010 to 2016. Before joining IMD in 1986, he spent several years in Tokyo as a representative of a French firm in Japan. He earned a doctorate in economics from Sophia University in Tokyo, after receiving a master's degree in marketing from French business school ESSCA.
For his outstanding accomplishments in executive education, Prof. Turpin was awarded life-long membership of the International Academy of Management. Prof. Turpin is a board member of EFMD. He is also on the International Advisory Board of prestigious institutions such as the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE), Waseda Business School (Japan) and others. He has been a member of CEIBS Academic Council since the very beginning.
Prof. Turpin has extensive teaching, consulting, and research experience in the fields of marketing and international strategy in Europe, Latin America, and Asia, particularly in the areas of brand management, customer orientation, and communications strategy.
He remains active in the writing of case studies, and is working on two books-one with Goutam Challagalla on digital transformation in marketing, and another containing the many quotations from business leaders that he has gathered over his long career.
Prof. Turpin taught on IMD's flagship Orchestrating Winning Performance (OWP) program and was previously Director of the school's MBA program and its Program for Executive Development Diploma (PED). He has also directed customized programs for companies such as KAO, Mondelez, Groupe SEB, Panasonic and Japan Tobacco International, and he has worked as a consultant and management educator with a large number of international companies including Coca Cola, CPW, Danone, DSM, Jardine Matheson, NestlÉ, Novo Nordisk, Philips and Uponor.
Prof. Turpin is the author of more than 100 books, articles and case studies. He has had articles published in the Financial Times, European Business Forum, and MIT Sloan Management Review, and has been a regular contributor to the Nihon Sangyo Shimbun, one of the leading business dailies in Japan. He is an editorial advisor for the Singapore Management Review.
Prof. Turpin’s case studies have won several awards. His cases on Toyota and Kineer were recognized in the 2022 John Molson MBA International Case Writing Competition awards, and his case Sam100: Will construction robotics disrupt the US bricklaying industry? won an EFMD Case Writing Competition Award in 2020. He was also included on The Case Centre's list of the top 40 best-selling case authors both in 2015/16 and 2018/19. Prof. Turpin is Chairman of DAA Capital Partners, a Geneva-based private equity firm investing in impactful trends, and serves on the boards of several listed and unlisted companies and educational institutions.
Dr. Bala Ramasamy is Professor of Economics, Associate Dean and Director of GEMBA Program at CEIBS. He joined CEIBS in 2006. He was the Associate Dean responsible for Accreditation and Learning Assurance between 2018-2020. Before joining CEIBS, Dr. Ramasamy was Professor of International Economics and Business and acting Director of Nottingham University Business School at the University of Nottingham in Malaysia. In the 1980s and 1990s Dr. Ramasamy was a faculty member at Massey University in New Zealand and the University of Macau. He has wide experience teaching students of different backgrounds and cultures in mainland China, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore, New Zealand, Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya and the UK.
Dr. Ramasamy received his Ph.D. degree from University of Leicester, UK and his Master of Social Sciences from the University of Macau, both in Economics.
Dr. Ramasamy's research interest focuses on Asian economies, Foreign Direct Investment, Corporate Social Responsibility and International Business Strategy. Since 2014, he was listed among the most Highly Cited Chinese Researchers by publishing giant, Elsevier. His research has been published in Journal of Business Ethics, World Economy, Journal of World Business, Journal of World Investment and Trade, Journal of Business Research and Tourism Analysis among others. His views are regularly sought by the media. He has been interviewed by CCTV, Bloomberg, AP, Al Jazeera, Channel News Asia etc. His comments have also appeared in the Wall Street Journal, China Daily, South China Morning Post, Global Times and other newspapers around the world.
Outside academia, Dr. Ramasamy runs leadership and moral empowerment programs for young teenagers in China and Malaysia.
Event details
Date: August 18, 2023
Time: 19:00-20:50
Venue: Casuarina Suite, Level 3, Raffles Hotel Singapore, 1 Beach Road Singapore 189673
Language: English
Agenda
18:15-19:00 Registration & Networking
19:00-19:15 Introduction to CEIBS and the Global EMBA Programme
19:15-20:05 Keynote Speech on Leading with A Global Mindset in the VUCA World by Prof. Dominique Turpin
20:05-21:05 Panel Discussion on De-risking and its impact on South-East Asia and China, moderated by Prof. Bala Ramasamy
21:05-onward Cocktail & Networking
Contact: Please contact Alex Chen at calex@ceibs.edu with any enquiries.
