Robb Report Singapore • 16th September 2022 Henson Tsai, founder and CEO of SleekFlow, talks about finding success after failure in a fast-growing industry Failure teaches hard lessons, but Tsai believes that those lessons had to be learnt before he found success.
Tatler Singapore • 7th February 2022 How Arte Oro Brought Italian Craftsmanship to Singapore with Its Bespoke Jewellery You can take founder Danilo Giannoni out of Italy, but you can’t take Italy out of Giannoni.
Tatler Singapore • 19th January 2022 How Living DNA Celebrates Living Mindfully with Handmade Rugs Sustainable, unique, and with soul—these are the qualities Denise Taojo Kaur looks for on her mission to build the slow interiors movement in Singapore, one handmade rug at a time.
Tatler Singapore • 1st January 2022 Mobilising Wealth for Good Philip Kunz, head of Global Private Banking for South Asia at HSBC, shares the bank's vision for Asia and a net zero future.
Tatler Singapore • 1st December 2021 The Gift of Time As a doyen of a music genre that bridges the past and present, classical pianist Khatia Buniatishvili shares her take on creating timeless art and embracing her roots.
Tatler Singapore • 1st November 2021 Animal Keepers The story of Cartier's precious menagerie and the people who collect them.
Robb Report Singapore • 1st September 2021 Robb Report Thought Leaders 2021 Robb Report's Thought Leaders is an annual list that gathers Singapore's brightest minds under one roof. This edition marks my involvement in the project for the second year running.
Tatler Singapore • 1st April 2021 Abstract Art Cartier's [Sur]naturel high jewellery collection shows that the possibilities are endless when creativity isn't bounded by realism. Jacqueline Karachi-Langane, creative director of Cartier Prestige, takes us through the thought process behind the collection.
Tatler Singapore • 5th March 2021 How to embrace motherhood and entrepreneurship, by Yoga Movement's Alicia Pan This International Women's Day 2021, Tatler Singapore speaks with some of Singapore's most impressive female tastemakers. Meet Alicia Pan, a singer-songwriter turned co-founder of Yoga Movement, who is also an accidental entrepreneur.
Robb Report Singapore • 2nd March 2021 Leon Qiu dreams big with microfinancing Ex-private banker Leon Qiu believes that socially responsible for-profit enterprises are more sustainable than charity.
The CEO Magazine • 29th December 2020 Electric Dreams For Thomas Grübel, the path to the future is clear. “The only way we can change the world is by accepting the new,” he says. To this end, the Founder of electric scooter company Govecs Group dreams of an ideal world where there will only be electric vehicles on the roads.
The CEO Magazine • 25th December 2020 No Child's Play Ensconced in a four-storey building that towers over the numerous small stalls and street-level chaos at the bustling Idumota Market in Lagos, Nigeria, Paul Orajiaka presides over his toy empire.
Robb Report Singapore • 2nd November 2020 Upcycling fine jewellery: Lydia Lim, founder of Luxequisite wants us to rethink how we consume luxury Waste not, want not: Lydia Lim, founder of Luxequisite, believes that she has found a formula for making the jewellery industry more sustainable
The CEO Magazine • 29th August 2020 Welcome Home Stefan Lebrot gets a little emotional when he talks about his steam oven. “It’s my favourite appliance,” he professes. “I’m half French, so I love cooking. This oven can go from below 100°C to above 200°C. It can be used not just for vegetables and fish, but also gratins, pizzas, and anything you want. It’s like a drug to me; I don’t cook anything without it.”
The CEO Magazine • 28th August 2020 “We managed to make the impossible, possible.” For two years between 1984 and 1986, Michael Tsamaz was a Second Lieutenant in the Greek army, but the biggest battle of his professional life was not in the military. Instead, it was when he took on the role of Chair and CEO at Greek telecommunications giant OTE Group while the country was in the throes of its debt crisis.
The CEO Magazine • 27th August 2020 All-inclusive Banking As the CEO of Bank of Kigali, Diane Karusisi is on a mission to make banking services accessible to all in Rwanda. In doing so, she hopes that the bank will become a driver of the country’s economic transformation.
Robb Report Singapore • 1st August 2020 Robb Report Thought Leaders 2020 Robb Report's Thought Leaders is an annual list that gathers Singapore's brightest minds under one roof. This year, I profiled 29 risk-takers and trailblazers who are not afraid to look beyond the horizon and tackle the issues that others may shy away from.
The CEO Magazine • 23rd July 2020 Driving Technology Bilal Al-Hattab wants companies to stop announcing flying cars – or any other concept that is not yet reality. He says that the reality of the current situation is that flying taxis and passenger drones are going to be products in the near future, but they are not something that has already been launched.
The CEO Magazine • 23rd June 2020 High-tech Dining A true-blue early adopter and technophile, Jacques Mangeot was knee-deep in digital systems and artificial intelligence in the late 80s, before they were topics on everyone’s tongues.
The CEO Magazine • 1st June 2020 Not Your Average Joe He was lured by the Tuscan sun but stayed because of passion. Now CEO of La Marzocco, Guido Bernardinelli has transformed the brand from an under-the-radar niche player to a leader in the specialty coffee segment.