Singapore’s outstanding business leaders and innovators lauded at SBR Management Excellence Awards 2024

The awards programme honoured Singapore’s top business leaders, innovators, and teams for their exceptional contributions to business growth, employee well-being, and societal impact.

Singapore's business landscape continues to evolve, further solidifying its position as a leading global business hub with a dynamic and resilient economy. The SBR Management Excellence Awards, presented by Singapore Business Review, highlights the visionary leaders and forward-thinking companies that are driving this progress.

Now in its 10th year, the SBR Management Excellence Awards 2024 recognised outstanding business leaders, teams, and initiatives at the Awards Awards Dinner held on 21 November 2024 at the Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Singapore.

This year’s awards programme honoured achievements that exemplify visionary leadership, innovation, teamwork, employee engagement, diversity and inclusion, and health and wellness. It celebrated organisations and individuals who are setting new standards of excellence, creating a lasting and positive impact on their businesses, and shaping the future of Singapore’s business sector.

A distinguished panel of industry leaders were invited to serve as this year’s judges, which includes Tea Wei Li, Partner, Risk, Advisory, KPMG in Singapore; Roger Loo, Executive Director, Management Consulting, BDO LLP; and Henry Tan, Group CEO & Chief Innovation Officer, CLA Global TS Holdings Pte. Ltd.

Congratulations to all the winners for their outstanding achievements and exceptional leadership in the industry!

SBR MANAGEMENT EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2024 WINNERS

Executive of the Year

• Agriculture - Dr Tan Hai Meng, Kemin Animal Nutrition & Health Asia Pacific
• Brokerage - Malcolm Koo, CGS International Securities Singapore Pte. Ltd.
• Business Services - Sudhir Agarwal, Everise 
• Cloud - Selina Yuan, Alibaba Cloud
• Computer Services - Mayank Srivastava, BDx Data Centers
• Computer Software - Adrian Hia, Kaspersky Singapore Pte Ltd
• Creative Services - Alexandra Cerruti, Design Bridge and Partners
• Digital Trading Platform - Ian Leong, Tiger Brokers (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
• Education - Michelle Peh, MindChamps PreSchool Limited
• Financial Information & Analytics - Wendy Cheong, Moody’s Investors Service (MIS) Singapore Pte. Ltd.
• Financial Services - Roger Quek Chin Ing, Straits Financial Services Pte Ltd
• Hospitality & Leisure - Joon Aun, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Asia Pacific
• Insurance - Gautam Duggal, Standard Chartered Bank
• Insurtech - Baldev Singh, bolttech
• Investment Banking - Aditya Laroia, Maybank Securities Pte Ltd
• IT Services - Bhavya Kapoor, Avanade
• Logistics - Bernard Lim, HAVI Freight Management (S) Pte Ltd
• Manufacturing - Chui Tau Siong, Jebsen & Jessen Packaging
• Non-profit or Government Organizations - Mr Sam Liew Lien Ban, Singapore Computer Society
• Retail - Donald Kng, VETRESKA
• Staffing and Recruiting - Cecilia Sim, ScienTec Consulting
• Sustainability - Shanthi Chandrasekar, Bahwan CyberTek
• Technology - Nigel Lee, Lenovo Group Limited
• Telecommunications - Christian Patouraux, Kacific Broadband Satellites Ltd
• Training and Development - Jeremy Ong, NTUC LearningHub Pte Ltd

Innovator of the Year

• Architecture - ONG&ONG Group
• Computer Hardware - Cherng Linn, HP Inc
• Education - David Chiem, MindChamps PreSchool Limited
• FMCG - FairPrice Group
• Food Manufacturing Solutions - Country Foods Pte Ltd
• Insurance - Cigna Healthcare Singapore
• Insurtech - Melissa Wong, bolttech
• Sustainability Services in Real Estate - Savills Energy & Sustainability Management Team, Savills (Singapore) Pte Ltd
• Technology - Sharon Tse, Pictureworks

Team of the Year

• Building Services & Facilities - Savills Facilities Management, Savills Property Management Pte Ltd
• Business Services - HR Team, Gear Inc.
• Cloud - Alibaba Cloud
• Computer Hardware - HP Smart Tank Development Team HP Inc
• Data Center - JH1 Engineering Team, Princeton Digital Group
• Energy and Sustainability Management in Real Estate - Savills Energy & Sustainability Management Team, Savills (Singapore) Pte Ltd
• FMCG - Customer Service Team, FairPrice Group
• Industrial Engineering - JJ-LAPP Team, JJ-LAPP
• Insurance - Clinical Team, Cigna Healthcare Singapore
• Investment Banking - Singapore Investment Banking Team, CGS International Securities Singapore Pte. Ltd.
• Non-profit or Government Organizations - ARU-Human Resource Department, NTUC - Administration and Research Unit (ARU)
• PropTech - "Be More, Be a Guru (BMBAG)" Team, PropertyGuru Group
• Retail - Management Team, VETRESKA
• Security - Certis CISCO Aviation Security Pte Ltd
• Staffing and Recruiting - GE Team, ScienTec Consulting
• Transportation - SBS Transit Rail, SBS Transit

Diversity & Inclusion Initiative of the Year

• Metals & Mining - Rio Tinto 
• Retail - Swarovski Singapore Trading Pte Ltd

Employee Engagement of the Year

• Financial Services - CGS International Securities Singapore Pte. Ltd.
• Non-profit or Government Organizations - NTUC - Administration and Research Unit (ARU)
• PropTech - PropertyGuru Group

Health & Wellness Initiative of the Year

• Business Services - Gear Inc.
• Retail - Unity Pharmacy (part of FairPrice Group)

The SBR Management Excellence Awards is presented by the Singapore Business Review. For more information about the awards programme, please contact Julie Anne Nunez-Difuntorum at (+65) 3158 1386 ext. 242 or [email protected].