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David Kelly (Executive Director of British Chamber of Commerce)

David Kelly

Executive Director of British Chamber of Commerce

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).

Philomena Chen (Head of Asia Pacific/Smart Cities Lead at Department for International Trade)

Philomena Chen

Head of Asia Pacific/Smart Cities Lead at Department for International Trade

The Department for International Trade (DIT) supports UK exporters and foreign investors, through a global office network. Philomena is the Head of Asia Pacific for DIT’s North West of England and one of 50 strong team that provides one-to-one support for existing and potential exporters, along with a wide range of trade events and activity.

She works with public organisations and private businesses in the cross sectors and in education, technology and smart cities. Philomena leads on North West and Northern Powerhouse trade mission programme to Greater China and South East Asia.

Philomena has over 30 years working with commercial companies and in government organisations in South East Asia and in the UK. She started her career in education and moved to commercial sectors in finance, human resource management, sales & marketing, hospitality management and over the year developed strong networks and collaborative partnerships in diverse East and West international environment. She is a multi-lingual speaker and hold an MBA from the UK.