Dialogue with Minister for Manpower, Josephine Teo

British Chamber of Commerce Singapore

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About the Dialogue

For the third consecutive year, we bring you an opportunity to discuss manpower issues directly with the Minister for Manpower, Mrs Josephine Teo.

In this two-hour closed-door session, we will begin with a presentation from Minister Josephine Teo on how the Ministry is supporting businesses to transform, grow and emerge stronger from COVID-19.

Following this, our President Richard Warburton will moderate a Q&A session with Minister Josephine Teo where you may ask your questions and provide feedback in an open forum.

To facilitate the dialogue, please use the registration form to highlight points you would like to be discussed or questions you would like to raise. The Chamber will be running a Manpower Survey in the weeks ahead of this event to gain some advance perspectives for the discussion, please do participate once you receive the invitation.

We would like to thank our Official Future of Work Partner, Prudential Singapore, for their continued support in these important dialogues.

Due to the closed-door setting this webinar will not be recorded. Please register if you would like to hear the updates from the Minister and have the opportunity to input into the conversation.

Speakers

Minister Josephine Teo

Minister for Manpower

Richard Warburton

President at British Chamber of Commerce Singapore

Mrs Josephine Teo was appointed Minister for Manpower and concurrently the Second Minister for Home Affairs on 1 May 2018. She is also a member of the National Jobs Council and the Future Economy Council.

Mrs Teo previously served in the Prime Minister’s Office and the Finance, Transport and Foreign Affairs ministries. In PMO, she coordinated whole-of-government efforts to better support marriage and parenthood. This led to significant enhancements in pre-school subsidies, parental leave provisions, medical care of young children and support for assistive reproductive technologies (ART).

As Minister of State for Finance, Mrs Teo coordinated the Government’s successful implementation of the Pioneer Generation Package. As Senior Minister of State for Transport, she chaired the Changi 2036 Steering Committee to enhance the Singapore’s position as a leading global air hub. As Chairperson of the Public Transport Tripartite Committee, Mrs Teo ensured the effective transition to the Bus Contracting Model and the establishment of the Singapore Bus Academy.

A member of Parliament since 2006, Mrs Teo was formerly Chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Education and Assistant Secretary – General of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC). Mrs Teo was concurrently Chief Executive Officer of the not-for-profit organisation Business China, a platform launched by then Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and then China Premier Wen Jiabao to strengthen Singapore’s bicultural foundation.

An alumna of Dunman High School and Raffles Junior College, Mrs Teo graduated from the National University of Singapore, winning several honours including the Rachel Meyer Book Prize for being the Best Woman Student. She obtained a Master of Science in Economics from the London School of Economics on scholarship from the Economic Development Board.

She is married and has three grown-up children. She enjoys creating memorable experiences for family and friends.

Richard, an Executive Director of Arcadis, is the Regional Head of Financial Institutions, AsiaPac. He leads the creation and delivery of business changing solutions to enhance FI client business performance and to improve the certainty of achieving desired returns – both across the Client’s own workplace and their investment portfolios.

A Chartered Surveyor by professional discipline, Richard has been with Arcadis for over twenty-five years, including assignments in the UK, Europe, and the Middle East and for the last ten years he has been based in Singapore. He is an experienced Programme Director who has led the delivery of technical advisory, project delivery and development monitoring on major / complex, pan geographical and pan sector programmes of work and transactions in over 30 countries. He assembles and leads teams of service delivery experts from both within Arcadis and from our wider managed community and has successfully delivered client focussed solutions on a wide range of projects and transactions.

Richard is currently the President of the British Chamber of Commerce, Singapore and has held a Board Position since 2014. Richard is also the Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees at Dulwich College (Singapore) since 2016.