Eugene started his career in the civil service before joining the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). He then spent 8.5 years at BCG, where he worked in their Singapore, Oslo and Dubai offices with a focus on strategy and sustainability topics. While at BCG, Eugene was heavily involved in recruitment, and has conducted more than 300 interviews at schools such as INSEAD, Harvard Business School and Wharton. He was also a member of the European training cadre, and led basic skills training for new consultants.
Since BCG, Eugene has worked on a number of startups. He continues to advise and work with startups as an advisor with The Scale Factory and the Workplace Accelerator.
He has an MSc in Economics for Development and a BA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics, both from the University of Oxford.
Zan Yu is the co-founder of TalentKraft. He began his career at KPMG and since then, he has worked with more than 50 companies over the past 10 years to solve business and people-related challenges in MNCs, public sector agencies, social service agencies, local SMEs and early-stage start-ups.
At TalentKraft, he provides consulting, training and technology implementation support to businesses and organisations, in areas such as employer branding, strategic workforce planning, job evaluation, performance management, employee engagement, and business strategy.
With a passion and interest in capability-building, Zan Yu has delivered over 400 hours of talent and employee training. His training sessions cover topics such as facilitated problem solving, business communications, and HR and strategy. He holds a BA (Honours) in Accountancy from Nanyang Technological University and is also a Chartered Accountant of Singapore and a Registered Management Consultant.
Guo Jun started his career in KPMG Singapore, where he worked with multinational corporations, private equity firms, and venture capitals on funding, mergers and acquisitions, before leaving as an assistant manager. During his time in KPMG Deal advisory, Guo Jun primarily worked with clients in the real estate, education and energy industries.
He has a Masters in Finance from University of New South Wales, and a B.Com. in Accounting and Finance from University of Western Australia. He is also a member of CPA Australia.
Puay Lim started his career in the civil service before joining management consulting and working with clients and offices in Southeast Asia. He then spent 13 years as an entrepreneur building and scaling venture capital-backed startups BIMB and Glints in Southeast Asia up to pre-IPO stage, before joining TalentKraft in 2025.
He has worked with non-profit organisations including Singapore Business Federation, SGTech and Community Foundation of Singapore. He continues to give back to the community and has mentored startup founders and executives as part of incubator programmes with ACE.SG, Tenity and Young Founders Summit.
Puay Lim has a BA in Political Science from Columbia University.
Zhihan started the first half of his career in the public sector, taking on roles at the Prime Minister’s Office and SPRING (now Enterprise Singapore). He subsequently spent over eight years as a strategic leader at SGTech, Singapore's largest tech trade association.
During his time at SGTech, Zhihan spearheaded the development of strategic programmes and partnerships in talent development, internationalisation, sustainability, and digital transformation. He excels at building coalitions with senior government and industry stakeholders to deliver impactful initiatives. In the workforce development domain, Zhihan led the co-creation and execution of national programmes with EnterpriseSG, IMDA, SSG, and WSG. These include internships, career conversion, mentoring, and skills development programmes that help create job opportunities and strengthen the employability of Singaporean workers.
Jeff Zhen began his professional journey in creative production and media, working on film, video production and visual-content projects for a variety of clients. As his interests evolved, he co-founded and transformed a video-production business into a VR solutions company, delivering enterprise-grade VR tools for brands and B2B clients.
With over 13 years of experience specializing in human-centered design, product development, business strategy & operations, and creative entrepreneurship, Jeff brings a unique consultant’s perspective in helping clients blend strategic insight, human-centered design, and change management to navigate technology-driven transformation.
Bernd is currently the Senior Partner Emeritus at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). With over 25 years of consulting experience, he brings a wealth of knowledge to clients in Europe and Asia Pacific. While at BCG, he was a core member of the Industrial Goods, People & Organization, Global Advantage practices and most recently served as the Asia Pacific Chair for Partner development and performance.
Su-Yen helps organisations navigate the intersection of technology, strategy, and people, drawing on three decades of experience across Asia and North America. She was the first female Chairperson of the Singapore Institute of Directors (2020-2023), and is currently Chairperson of James Cook University Singapore, a Director on the Infocomm Media Development Authority Board, and Adjunct Professor at NUS Business School.
Previously she was CEO of the Human Capital Leadership Institute, Chairman for Marsh & McLennan Companies (Singapore), and Senior Partner & Managing Director, Southeast Asia at Mercer. Earlier, she was Asia Managing Partner for the Communications, Information & Entertainment practice at Oliver Wyman.
