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Su-Yen

Professional Speaker | Guest Lecturer | Visiting Expert

Su-Yen is a professional speaker who engages audiences globally on the future of work and what it means for organisations, individuals, and society. She has addressed audiences from the United States to Ukraine including CEOs and senior business leaders, ministers and government officials, unionists, entrepreneurs, educators, and lawyers among others. 

She is a highly-rated guest lecturer and visiting expert at programs and seminars conducted by universities around the world including IESE Business School (Spain), INSEAD (France), IPADE Business School (Mexico), National University of Singapore, Singapore Management University, and Yale University (USA). She also serves as a Trustee of Linfield College, USA. 

Over the past two decades, Su-Yen has helped some of the world’s largest, most innovative, and complex organisations navigate the intersection of technology, strategy, and people. She brings a unique blend of experience at the board and C-level in high-tech, business, and human capital, and she has worked with an illustrious list of companies including Alibaba, the ASEAN Secretariat, AT&T, Bank of America, Becton Caltex, Citibank, China Mobile, DBS, ExxonMobil, the Government of Singapore, Hyatt, and IBM, Microsoft. 

Previously, she was Chief Executive Officer of the Human Capital Leadership Institute which was established by the Economic Development Board of Singapore and the Ministry of Manpower, to develop global leaders with a strong understanding of leading in Asia, and Asian leaders with the ability to lead on the global stage. Earlier she was Chairperson (Singapore) for Marsh & McLennan Companies; Managing Director, Southeast Asia at Mercer; and Asia Managing Partner for the Communications, Information & Entertainment practice at Oliver Wyman. 

Su-Yen is often featured in print, broadcast and online media such as CNBC, Channel News Asia, The Wall Street Journal, and Bloomberg. She is a published author of an Amazon Bestseller – Unleash Your Voice: Powerful Public Speaking for Every Woman – and she co-authored the Asian edition of How Digital is Your Business? She is one of 24 women featured in Women on Board: Making a Difference. Su-Yen is Founder and CEO of Bronze Phoenix, a premier provider of solutions that help organisations and leaders reinvent themselves.