Annual General Meeting 2021

About the AGM

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, the British Chamber of Commerce Singapore's 2021 Annual General Meeting (AGM) will again be held virtually on Thursday, 20th May 2021 from 6 pm. The Committee (also referred to as the Board) is satisfied that a virtual meeting meets the requirements of both our Constitution and the Registry of Societies in Singapore.

Member organisations are encouraged to have at least one person attend the AGM on their behalf, preferably the Primary Member, who will hold Voting Rights. Should your primary member not be able to attend the AGM, you may nominate a Proxy to attend on vote on your organisation's behalf. For Voting Members who are unable to attend the meeting, kindly send in your Proxy Form, available below, by 19th May 2021 to anna@britcham.org.sg.

Hear from the President of the Chamber, Richard Warburton, Treasurer David Fowler and Executive Director David Kelly on the Chamber's achievements and activities during the past 12 months, as well as the plans and initiatives in the second half of 2021.

This event will also mark the official term end for the Committee members of 2020/21 and the commencement of the new term for 2021/22.

If you have any questions to raise at the meeting, we ask you to send them directly to President Richard Warburton (richard@britcham.org.sg) by email before the event and these will be addressed during the event.

The Zoom meeting link and password will be sent to registered attendees separately.

Constitutional Amendments

The Constitution of the British Chamber of Commerce Singapore was last reviewed in 2014, following which it has proved sufficient for normal governance purposes. However, given the challenges highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Committee believed was timely to review the Constitution to ensure it is sufficiently robust and forward-looking to meet both current and future challenges.

Members are encouraged to visit this webpage via login to access the proposed amendments ahead of the event.

Audited Accounts for the Financial Year ended 31 December 2020

Our audited accounts are now available on the website for members to review ahead of the event. To access the documentation, login to our website with your member details and visit this webpage.

Download AGM Forms

Members

Member PriceComplimentary

Non-Members

Public PriceS$28.04

Speakers

Richard Warburton

President at British Chamber of Commerce Singapore

David Kelly

Executive Director of British Chamber of Commerce

David Fowler

Treasurer at British Chamber of Commerce Singapore

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.

David Kelly is the Executive Director of the British Chamber of Commerce Singapore, responsible for the strategy, growth and profile of the Chamber to support businesses and connect opportunities with the UK and across ASEAN. A Chartered Marketer, David joined the British Chamber of Commerce Singapore in 2019. David has lived in Singapore since 2015.

Prior to his role at the Chamber, David worked at the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST) where he spearheaded the development and execution of a completely reinvigorated global marketing strategy along with an Asia Pacific regional expansion plan which fortified the Institute and supported rapid growth between 2012-2019, seeing the Institute double in size from 11,000 members to 23,000 with membership in Asia Pacific increasing from 19% to 40% of global subscribers. Alongside his role at the IMarEST, he was also the Chair of the UK’s Marine Industries Leadership Council (MILC) Image Working Group from 2014 – 2016 and was involved in a number of industry reports covering skills, education & training and automation in the shipping industry.

Before the IMarEST, David led and delivered the global marketing programmes for the International Wine & Spirit Competition Group of brands in the UK, America and Asia after marketing B2B and B2C solutions, both online and offline, in the financial services industry.

Born in Manchester, UK, David is passionate about mentoring and supporting others and is a mentor at Ngee Ann Polytechnic (Singapore) for Business and Marketing students and a committee member on the Singapore Institute of Technology’s Marine Programmes' Industry Advisory Committee (IAC).

David Fowler is Country Head – Singapore for SANNE Group. David is responsible for driving SANNE’s alternatives and corporate offering in Singapore and across the region, focusing on Private Equity, Real Estate and Private Debt Structures. He is also responsible for leading business operations in Singapore. David is an experienced finance professional, having worked in Singapore for more than six years across the private equity and venture capital ecosystem. David joined SANNE from PwC Singapore where he was a Director for PwC’s Venture Hub. In this role he led the formation of a new business unit overseeing all venture capital engagements with oversight of strategy, delivery quality and financial reporting. David started his career working for the PwC Channel Islands firm where he worked with financial services clients both in the offshore banking and private equity sectors. David is a Chartered Accountant and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants England and Wales and the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants.

David is also currently the Treasurer for the British Chamber of Commerce Singapore.