Diversity among top corporate executives today remains low despite recent advances in policy initiatives. In celebration of International Women's Day, NBS Women Series has invited MBA alumna Ms Jill Lee, Chief Financial Officer of Sulzer Ltd, to share her personal experiences working in a traditional German-speaking environment. Listen as she recounts the challenges faced as a Singaporean woman taking on top leadership positions in companies abroad, and how she managed to overcome them. Hosted by Professor Guido Gianasso, NBS Associate Dean for Corporate Engagement and Relations, join us for a dialogue session and hear the insights of a woman leader who has negotiated the C-Suite in her corporate journey spanning decades. All are invited.

Cost: $20 per NBS/NTU Alumnus; $80 per Guest

RSVP: http://web.nbs.ntu.edu.sg/alumni/eNewsletter/NBSWomenSeries_20190221/index.html

Contact: Adeline Lim (adelinelim@ntu.edu.sg)

Please note February DUAL Drinks is cancelled! Barnacles has closed. Please stay tuned for new venue starting in March.

Contact: Questions: please email Hau Yee at hauyee.ng@gmail.com

INSEAD Alumni event. Have you ever made a bad decision? A really bad one? We all have. Some of us hired terrible employees, or teamed up with the wrong co-founder. Some of us chased a dream for far too long, or gave up on one way too early. Hopefully, we all learned a lot from these failures. On the afternoon of 23 February, we’re going to make a lot of bad decisions. Some really bad ones. And we’ll definitely learn a lot from our mistakes. Luckily, this time we’ll be in a safe environment: playing poker with fellow INSEAD alumni and their guests. And don’t worry if you’ve never played before, we will learn No-limit Texas Hold’em Poker during the session. Decision Boot Camp is back for a 4th time. Balazs Fogoly (MBA’06D), Chief Play Officer of Ember Associates, will facilitate his signature decision-making training session using poker. But why poker? Because it’s fun.

Cost: DUAL & INSEAD Non-NAA members and a guest each: $55

RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/decision-boot-camp-with-balazs-fogoly-tickets-55202111000

Contact: alumniassoc.sg@insead.edu

And poker is very similar to business: we have to make a lot of quick decisions under pressure, with limited information, managing scarce resources. And we have to constantly adapt our strategy to the ever changing environment shaped by our decisions, our competitors’ actions, and some luck. Registration starts at 1:30pm Decision Boot Camp from 2pm to 6pm with a short break Drinks and networking until 7pm Read more details about the Boot Camp. Refreshments will be served. INSEAD Alumni NAA members and a guest each: $25 INSEAD Alumni Non-NAA members and a guest each: $55

The Global Cosmopolitan Mindset: Lessons from the New Global Leaders with Professor Linda Brimm Wednesday 27 February, 7pm at INSEAD Alumni are invited to an Evening with INSEAD Prof Linda Brimm discussing her new book - The Global Cosmopolitan Mindset: Lessons from the New Global Leaders. INSEAD Professor’s new Book explains the unique competencies and complex issues facing multi-national, multi-cultural “citizens of the world.”A global mindset is essential in international business and in solving complex problems . A rapidly increasing number of people have multiple passports or live outside their country of citizenship. By accident, by design or necessity, people are moving across the world in greater numbers, despite the backlash against “citizens of the world”. Given their life and work experience across borders, “they have a great deal to teach us about the new ways to address some of the complicated challenges of today.

Cost: DUAL & INSEAD Non-NAA members and a guest each: $45

RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/the-global-cosmopolitan-mindset-with-professor-linda-brimm-tickets-55202543293

Contact: alumniassoc.sg@insead.edu

The new book is the sequel to her first book “Global Cosmopolitans: The Creative Edge of Difference”, which introduced the famous “7Cs Model of Change and Development” that helps people understand and approach the changes they’re likely to face on a global journey. Her new book delves deeper into the mindset that Global Cosmopolitans develop, the identities they form for themselves and what they have to consider when they want to return home or retire.

After a decade of professional stints in the media industry, KF Seetoh put a lucrative photography business aside and founded Makansutra. Founded in 1997 by entrepreneur-photojournalist, KF Seetoh and headquartered in Singapore, Makansutra (S) Pte Ltd is a company that celebrates and promotes food culture. They endeavor to share and celebrate all aspects of culinary kingdom through their food guides, online content, eateries, specialized events, projects and shows. Hailed as a "Food Guide Maven" and the "Guru of Grub" by New York Times and CNN respectively, KF Seetoh has been championing street food culture in many ways. He was accorded and recognized as Singapore's Food Ambassador by then President Mr. SR Nathan. In 2018, Founder Seetoh was invited as Committee Co-Chair at the World' Fare in April 2018 in New York.

Cost: DUAL $40 for buffet dinner

RSVP: Limited seats. Please email Ms. Ng Hau Yee at hauyee.ng@gmail.com by Monday 25 Feb 2019

Contact: Please email Ms. Ng Hau Yee at hauyee.ng@gmail.com

6:30pm Networking, 7:00pm Dinner, 7:45pm Program Starts. This is a joint DUAL event with the Rotary Club of Sentosa, whose members are part of a diverse group of professional leaders working to address various community and international service needs.

Join the Oxford and Cambridge Society of Singapore as we explore the ''Future of Love" at private members club -1880, with the entrepreneurs and leaders of premier dating platforms: Sugarbook, Paktor, Lunch Actually and Viola.AI – the world’s first blockchain-powered lifelong love AI to help singles and couples across their relationship stages! We'll consider how people meet and form relationships in the 21st century and how technology has impacted the business of dating. What are the benefits and pitfalls of swiping left or right and how do traditional match-makers stand up to the onslaught of app developers from Silicon Valley? Will artificially intelligent holograms or robots replace some of our traditional relationships eventually? We'll pose these questions and many more at this exciting event not to be missed! Please click here to get your ticket: https://futureoflove.peatix.com

Cost: s$45

RSVP: https://futureoflove.peatix.com/

Contact: Please use the link to register

For the special cost of s$38 (for Oxbridge Society of Singapore members) and s$45 (for non-members, guests and DUAL members), guests can enjoy free flow canapés and a glass of wine and gain insights on the future of love. Guests will need to be accompanied by Oxbridge or DUAL members. The Speakers: Sugarbook Darren Chan, CEO and Founder of Sugarbook graduated with a Masters of Business Administration from RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. Paktor Shn Juay, Chief Operating Officer, graduated with a Bachelor of Social Science in Psychology from the National University of Singapore. Lunch Actually, Viola.AI Violet Lim, CEO and Co-Founder, Lunch Actually Group graduated with a Master’s degree in industrial Relations and Personal Management from the London School of Economics and a law degree at the University of Manchester.

Saturday 23 March 2 - 6pm at INSEAD So…what do you do? Why do you want this job? What’s your business venture all about? Let’s connect on LinkedIn! If you’ve ever been at a job interview, work event, networking social or startup pitch -- you’ve had to articulate your professional narrative, on and offline. And, if you’re like most people, it can be awkward. How do you powerfully and succinctly communicate who you are, what you do and what your aspirations are? Your career story is the new ‘elevator pitch’. In this 3.5-hour workshop by Wysh (What’s Your Story?), you’ll learn how to deliver your career story utilizing the applied theatre techniques of Storytelling and Improvisation. INSEAD NAA-members and a guest each pay: $15 INSEAD Non NAA-members and a guest each pay: $45

Cost: DUAL & INSEAD Non-NAA members and a guest each: $45

RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/whats-your-career-story-tickets-56469515842

Contact: alumniassoc.sg@insead.edu

INSEAD NAA-members and a guest each pay: $15 DUAL & INSEAD Non NAA-members and a guest each pay: $45