Kelley Cheng (she/her)

Kelley Cheng is a modern day polymath who has immersed herself in the roles of editor, writer, curator, spatial designer, graphic designer, video director, interactive designer, and educator.

Trained as an architect, she is the founder and creative director of design studio The Press Room, a publishing & design consultancy that designs everything from books, brands, exhibitions, documentaries, and even stage and film set design. From F&B businesses to an art gallery, her “creations” are diverse and unpredictable. An active educator, she has served as adjunct lecturer in Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Glasgow School of Art Singapore, National University of Singapore, and LaSalle College of the Arts.

Kelley is also a frequent name in international design judging panels including Red Dot Awards, Nagoya-Do!, Design for Asia Award, Creative Circle Award, James Dyson Award, etc. Kelley was celebrated as one of 2009 Great Women of Our Time and one of the 50 Most Inspirational Women 2010 in Singapore.

In 2019, the National Design Centre presented her 20-year retrospective exhibition “Proportion & Emotion: 20 years in Design with Kelley Cheng” as part of a series celebrating the acclaimed veterans of the Singapore design industry, and in 2021 she was conferred the SkillsFuture Fellowship for her achievements.

Jean Chong (she/they)

Jean Chong has been an LGBTQ activist for more than 20 years. She is currently the Executive Director of Sayoni, a feminist queer women's organization based in Singapore who organize, does research and advocate for equality in well-being and dignity regardless of SOGIESC. She first started in her activism by volunteering with a gay Christian support network, Safehaven, and became their first female vice chairperson. Subsequently, she was a founding member of an inclusive church, Free (First Realize Everyone is Equal) Community Church and served as their first chairperson. Looking to expand her horizons in helping others, she went on to be a part of the core team of People Like Us in Singapore.

Regionally, Jean is the Chairperson of ASEAN SOGIE Caucus, a network of LGBTQ groups across 11 countries in South East Asia. She also co-founded the South East Asia feminist LBQ Network. Globally, Jean has worked with various international LGBTQ organizations and serves as an advisor for Asia in LGBTQ foundations. 

Jean holds a Master of Human Rights and Democratization from the University of Sydney (EU scholarship). Lastly, she is also a winner of the AWARE Champion for Gender Equality and Justice Award 2018 in Singapore and the APCOM Community Hero Award for the Asia Pacific region in 2018.

Remy Choo (he/him)

Remy Choo is the founder and Managing Director of the law firm Remy Choo Chambers LLC, and is one of the lawyers who has worked on both the s377A repeal in 2013 and 2019 to 2021. Remy specializes in trial and appellate litigation as well as arbitration. Remy regularly argues commercial disputes and public interest litigation at every level of the Singapore Court system, including at the apex Court, the Court of Appeal.

In 2016, Remy was the first Singaporean lawyer to be named the International Bar Association’s Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year, an award that recognizes "excellence in work and achievements and a commitment to professional and ethical standards". Remy is currently the Secretary of the International Bar Association’s LGBTQ Committee, and is a founding member of Ready4Repeal.

Shiyan Koh (she/her)

Koh Shiyan is Managing Partner of Hustle Fund, a pre-seed/seed-stage fund based in San Francisco and Singapore. Hustle Fund’s investment process is designed to identify and  invest in teams who demonstrate relentless speed. 

Shiyan is an experienced operator and investor. She was most recently VP of Business Operations & Corp Dev at NerdWallet (employee #10), growing annual revenue from $1M to $150M+. Prior to NerdWallet, she was an investor at Institutional Venture Partners, a growth stage venture capital fund with $7 billion of committed capital and Bridgewater Associates, a global macro hedge fund with $160B under management. Shiyan holds a BS in Biomechanical Engineering and a BA in Economics from Stanford University as well as an MBA from Harvard Business School. 

Evan Lam (he/him)

Evan Lam is a partner with international law firm Ashurst LLP, specialising in financial regulations and OTC derivatives. He studied at the National University of Singapore and has been in practice for about thirteen years.

A transgender man, he transitioned while working at his previous firm. He is a founding member of Transgender SG and works closely with the team on legal issues. His interests lie in LGBTQ+ health care issues and building LGBTQ+ supportive workplaces. 

Su-Ann Nair (she/her)

Su-Ann is part of the Strategy & Operations team in Google. Prior to Google, Su-Ann worked at McKinsey as a management consultant in both the New York and Singapore offices. Before that, Su-Ann served as an Officer in the Singapore Armed Forces for 10 years.

Su-Ann holds an MBA from Stanford University, an MPhil in Nanotechnology Enterprise from Cambridge University and a BSc in Chemistry from the University of Chicago.

Su-Ann enjoys spending time with her dogs and taking long walks, preferably in nature.

Yan Phun (he/him)

Yan Phun is the co-founder and COO of 99 Group, the leading real estate technology company in Southeast Asia. Based in Singapore, 99 Group operates 99.co, SRX, iProperty Singapore, and Rumah 123. It has offices in Jakarta, Surabaya, and Bandung.

99 Group brings comprehensiveness, data and design to the property market, with a mission to help the 99% to make the best property decisions and property sellers market their properties more efficiently. Within three years of founding, 99 Group has rapidly gained traction to become the largest portal in Singapore and Indonesia. 99 Group has garnered support from top investors including Sequoia, East Ventures and Eduardo Saverin. 

Leading the Singapore team's growth effort, Yan grew the Singapore business with 3x growth across key indicators YoY. Today, 99 Group has cemented its status as the largest property portal in Singapore and Indonesia. 

He is also an alumni of School of Computing at the National University of Singapore.

Ali Potia (he/him)

Ali Potia is a Partner at McKinsey & Company. He is based in Singapore, where he is a leader in the Consumer Packaged Goods and Retail practices in Southeast Asia. Ali’s core focus is on food and other consumer goods value chains, including agriculture, processing, retail, e-commerce and food services. In addition, he spearheads McKinsey’s retail analytics SWAT team in Asia, helping clients create value from their consumer, point-of-sale and operations data.

Ali leads Diversity & Inclusion for McKinsey Asia and is one of the leaders of McKinsey’s LGBTQ+ affinity network GLAM. Ali also created McKinsey’s first mentorship program for LGBTQ+ colleagues and scaled up the Ally network in Asia. He has conducted leadership master classes for more than 60 LGBTQ+ senior executives in Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia.

Xaver Rustemeyer (he/him)

Xaver Rustemeyer is a ‘Compassionate Disruptor’ – he helps individuals and groups to wonder, question and reflect about their current situation and facilitates organizations through transformational change to reinvent the ‘new normal’. 

For over 10 years Xaver designed and implemented large scale transformation projects, both in Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Environment, Health and Safety (EHS). His passion lies in Diversity & Inclusion and he has studied the psychodynamic effects of transgender people in organisations for and advises MNC’s on LGBTQ+ related topics.  

Xaver has a deep understanding of individual and organisational mindsets and behaviours and their resistance to change and uses empathy, humour and spirituality to inspire change.

Alan Seah (he/him)

Alan has been in the advertising industry for 30 years in a career that has spanned across New York, London and Singapore. He's grown from Junior Art Director to Creative Director with multinationals like Saatchi & Saatchi and DDB. Along the way, he also helmed his own creative shop called Generator.

For the past decade, Alan has been at Mediacorp, where he heads Creative Central; a creative team of strategists, creatives and content creators that work with hundreds of clients, amplifying their marketing messages across the national media network’s platforms and content.

Since 2007, he has also been an 'accidental' gay activist in a country where intimacy between men is still criminalized by the law. His activism began when he co-founded repeal377A.com - a movement to repeal the law - which has since morphed into Ready4Repeal.com. 

Alan is also a founding member of Pink Dot SG, Singapore's de facto annual LGBTQ pride event which will hold its 13th edition this year.

Deryne Sim (she/her)

Deryne is a media and entertainment lawyer and an LGBTQ activist. She is part of Pink Dot SG, a social movement which promotes acceptance and equality for LGBTQ people in Singapore. Her portfolio in Pink Dot SG encompasses providing legal advice to the organization and spearheading Red Dot for Pink Dot, the business networking arm of Pink Dot SG which conducts fundraising activities for Pink Dot SG and promotes workplace inclusion in Singapore.

Additionally, she is a committee member with the Ready4Repeal movement, which advocates for the decriminalization of homosexuality in Singapore; and a contributor to the Same But Different legal guidebook for LGBTQ+ couples and families in Singapore.

In 2019, she was awarded the Chevening Scholarship by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and is using it to pursue an LL.M at the University of Edinburgh in Innovation, Technology and the Law. 

Willie Tan (he/him)

Willie Tan is the founder of home grown catering business Amici (which means “friends” in Italian). Amici is a local institution that started with brick and mortar restaurants in 2000, but has since evolved to be one of the most innovative and established caterers in Singapore. Awarded the Best Caterer by Singapore Tatler, alongside with many other awards, Amici is a one-stop solution as a boutique caterer offering a diversity of Eastern and Western cuisines. 

Willie is an accountant by profession, but he’s transformed his passion for food and customer service into creating amazing gastronomic experiences for his clients. The business was named “Amici” because of Willie’s belief that great company and great food are the key ingredients to having a great time.

Colin Teo (he/him)

Colin Teo is a Principal in Boston Consulting Group's (BCG) Singapore office. He is a core member of the firm’s Public Sector and Telecom, Media, & Technology practice areas with a focus on digital topics. He is an experienced leader and works with global firms and governments on their most critical needs in strategy, new digital business build, digitalization, new technologies, large scale transformation, and operational turn around. Colin is also BCG's Southeast Asia's lead for Diversity and Inclusion. Before joining BCG, Colin was part of a Singapore government agency and worked on a range of projects for the pharmaceutical industry.

Colin holds a B.A. (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) in Evolutionary Biology, and a Secondary in Film Studies from Harvard College.

Karen Teo (she/her)

Karen Teo is the VP of the Global Business Group for Asia-Pacific at Facebook. Prior to this role, she spent four years at the Facebook APAC Gaming team tapping into her gaming industry experience with big brands such as Xbox, EA Games, Take Two Interactive.

Once a small business owner, Karen has always been inspired by the many stories where small business owners manage to put food on the table, realize their dreams and create jobs for people in their communities. With this similar motivation, the Global Business Group APAC team working with a highly diverse slate of businesses including small local brands, drives business outcomes to enable businesses in APAC to meet their goals with a focus on the mission of building communities and connecting the world.

Also, as a passion project, Karen has spoken at various government and private institutions on the importance of diversity and culture for building a future-forward workforce. Having supported various diversity initiatives in Facebook, Karen is currently serving as Co-executive sponsor for the Facebook Pride@ as well as the Women@ resource groups in APAC.

Kathy Teo (she/her)

As an out and proud business leader, Kathy has been promoting LGBT+ D&I throughout her career as a marketer and entrepreneur. Since 2017, her company Xpointo has been a corporate sponsor of Pink Dot. In 2019, Kathy was designated as a business leader driving the Red Dot for Pink Dot campaign to advocate for other businesses to sponsor Pink Dot in order to promote greater understanding, inclusion and acceptance of the LGBT+ community in Singapore.

Kathy is a member of the Alliance, an invitation-only working group of senior global C-suite leaders brought together by McKinsey to address D&I issues affecting key sectors and geographies. In 2020, Kathy was appointed to the Board of Outright International, a leading international queer human rights organisation, and serves as one of two Asia-based board directors and its current Board Co-Chair. In 2022, Kathy co-founded Q Chamber, Singapore’s LGBTQ+ and allied chamber of commerce.

Kathy has spoken at and participated in various panels on themes of equality and non-discrimination for the LGBTQ+ community. In 2019, 2020 and 2021, Kathy was listed in the OUTstanding Top 100 LGBT+ Executives Role Model List, a list compiled by diversity and inclusion organisation INvolve, and published by Yahoo Finance.