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Updates for February

MBA Alumni - NUS  24th Annual General Meeting

Event Details

Day/ Date         : Saturday, 21 February 2009

Time/Venue      : Shaw Foundation Alumni House
                               12pm – 2pm (Lunch) – LEVEL 2
                               2pm – 4pm (Meeting) – Level 2 Function room

Please register via email. : mbaalumni@nus.edu.sg

Download the forms

Nomination Form to the Executive Committee

Nomination by Proxy Form for the Executive Committee

Minutes from 23rd Annual General Meeting 2008

 

 
 

Updates for February 2009

 

1.  Thurs, 5th Feb, 7:00pm - An evening talk with Professor Ilian Mihov on "A Perspective on the Current Financial Crisis"

2.  Tues, 10th Feb, 7:30pm - 9:00pm - DUAL Plays Cupid / DUAL Speed Dating

3.  Thurs, 19th Feb, 7:00pm - 9:00pm - DUAL Drinks

4.  Wed, 25th Feb, 7:00pm - 9:00pm - LSEAAS - Archipelago Beer Appreciation Evening with Brew Master Fal Allen

5.  Thurs, 9th Apr, 4:00pm - 7:30pm - Tiger Brewery Tour & Social Networking at the Tiger Tavern with Imperial College Alumni Association

 

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1.  An Evening Talk with Professor Ilian Mihov on "A Perspectve on the Current Financial Crisis"

 

Professor Ilian Mihov, Princeton '96, will be giving a talk at INSEAD regarding his view of the current financial crisis. Among his many credentials and accomplishments, Professor Mihov is a professor of macroeconomics and econometrics at INSEAD as well as a research fellow at the Center for Economic Policy Research (London, UK) and a visiting research consultant at the Monetary Authority of Singapore. His research is primarily in the fields of monetary and fiscal policies, economic growth and political economy.  Please see attached for Professor Mihov's bio.

 

The Princeton Alumni Association of Singapore is pleased to welcome members of DUAL to participate.

 

Date:    Thursday, Feb 5th

Time:    7:00pm (sharp)

Venue:  INSEAD

            1 Ayer Rajah Avenue

Cost:     Free

 

RSVP:  As seating is limited please RSVP to Christopher Chou at ctchou@gmail.com by Wednesday, January 31.

 

2.  DUAL PLAYS CUPID

 

DUAL is organizing a speed dating event at Harry's in Millenia Walk!  Response has been good so please secure yourself and your friends a spot.  Whether you're looking for your ideal match or just want to try it out for fun and a laugh please RSVP to Chris Chou at ctchou@gmail.com by Wednesday, February 4th.

 

Our event will be held from 7:30 to 9 pm on Tuesday, February 10th at Harry's in Millenia Walk (previously SUBA) and all participants will be entitled to 2 drinks* and finger food. Cost of participation is $25 a person. We encourage you to come alone or with friends - no need to be shy this is the place to meet people!  Space is limited.

 

Please confirm your interest and send the following:

 

1. Name

2. Gender

3. Email

4. Phone number

5. University

6. Profession/Industry

7. Recent photo (recommended)

 

These details are what we will send in the followup to any matches (mutually interested parties ref below description) so that you can remember who the contact is! They will not be displayed to anyone else.

 

Speed Dating Guidelines/Description

Speed dating is a formalized matchmaking process whose purpose is to encourage people to meet a large number of new people. Guys and girls will rotate to meet each other for a series of short 3 minute "dates" to interact and get to know each other. At the end of the event each participant will fill out a form to be handed to the organizers stating any of the guys or girls whom you have interest in for a follow up date. We the organizers will compile the forms and contact any particpants where there is mutual interest and leave it up to you to take the next step.

 

Please note that there is no commitment required for a follow up date and that throughout the event you are not allowed to ask for or exchange phone numbers/contact details. The short time frame of each date protects participants from being stuck with any mismatches (but of course all of our participants will be well groomed eligible candidates!).

 

Acknowledgement

DUAL would like to thank Viscion Media Group for their assistance and support in organizing this event.  Viscion Media Group is the publisher of Lexean, a bi-monthly current affairs/lifestyle publication, Smitten, Singapore's most popular shopping magazine, and their recently launched Playeur, which aspires to be Esquire meets Crazy Horse, matching intellectual wit and an appreciation of the female form. 

 

* drink coupon is for choice of either a half-pint Heineken, House Wine, House Spirits, Juices, Soft Drinks or Harry's Premium Lager

 

3.  DUAL Drinks

 

Do come down and join us for DUAL Drinks every third Thursday of the Month!  It will be a great time to relax, catch up with old friends, and meet new people!

 

Date:    Thursday, February 19th, 2009

Time:    7:00pm - 9:00pm

Venue:  Brewerkz Restaurant & Microbrewery

            30 Merchant Road #01-05/06 Riverside Point

            Singapore 058282

            Tel: (65) 6438 7438

Cost:    $5 for 2 soft drinks

            $15 for 2 beer

 

4.  LSEAAS - Archipelago Beer Appreciation Evening with Brew Master Fal Allen

 

Interested in knowing more about beer and its production process? Want to guzzle all the beer you want but cannot find a good excuse for doing so? Now you can do both!  

 

The LSE Alumni Association is organizing an Archipelago Beer appreciation event on Wednesday, the 25th of February at Archipelago’s Craft Beer Hub in Circular Road. Fal Allen, a brew master with over 20 years of experience in craft brewing and a certified beer judge since 1992 will introduce us to the different types of Archipelago brews crafted at their microbrewery. We will sample four exciting and very different types of beer – Straits Pale, Traveller's Wheat, Trader's Brown Ale and Samui – while we will be able to fortify our stamina with items from a finger food buffet ranging from chicken curry to braised beef cheeks, baby black ribs and chicken kebabs.

 

To find out more about Archipelago Beers, Fal Allen, Beer Sampling, and Archipelago, please go to www.archipelagobrewery.com.  

 

 

Here are the details for the event:

 

Date: Wednesday, the 25th of February

Time: 7pm – 9pm (venue opens at 6.30pm)

Venue: Archipelago Craft Beer Hub, 79 Circular Road

Items covered by the price: Beer Appreciation Session with Master Brewer Fal Allen sampling four different kinds of beer.  Finger food.  (note after the appreciation session, additional drinks will be charged to guests on a per consumption basis).

Prices: $55 for DUAL and $60 for non-members

 

Interested? Please contact Edwin at edwin_tr_seah@yahoo.com to RSVP your place soon.

 

5.  Tiger Brewery Tour & Social Networking at the Tiger Tavern with Imperial College

 

The Imperial College Alumni Association of Singapore would like to invite members of DUAL to join them for their Tiger Brewery Tour & Social Networking at the Tiger Tavern.

 

Date:    Thurs 9th April

Time:    4:00pm - 7:30pm

Venue:  Asia Pacific Breweries

Cost:     DUAL members $10; non $12

 

RSVP - please register with Yap Tiong Peng via email tiongyap@igard.com.sg (indicate "Tiger" in the subject line).

 

Please see attached for further details.

 

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www.dual.org.sg

DUAL is the Distinguished Universities Alumni League, an umbrella organization comprising members from the following 18 alumni clubs - Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Cornell University Hoteliers, Dartmouth College, Imperial College, INSEAD, Johns Hopkins University, London Business School, London School of Economics, MIT, NUS MBA, Oxbridge Society, Princeton University, Stanford University, University of Chicago, University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania and Yale University

 

 


 

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NUS MBA Alumni Association Wine Tasting Event

 

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SIAS Investors' Corporate Governance Conference – 8th October 2008

SIAS is proud to present its first Investors’ Corporate Governance Conference in Singapore on 8th October 2008. The main objective of this conference is to bring to the forefront the strong realisation amongst global frontrunners that good corporate governance does promote global competitiveness. This Conference will be graced by Mr J Y Pillay, Chairman, Singapore Exchange Ltd, as Guest of Honour.

Major issues that will be addressed at this conference include Does Corporate Governance Provide A Competitive Edge to companies? What must companies do for corporate governance to help create sustainable, long-term shareholder value? How can companies avoid negative publicity and falling share price from crisis affecting shareholder issues? How should companies react to allegations of fraud and corruption by employees? How have Singapore companies achieved excellence to deserve the accolades of investors?

You can find more details about the Conference in the attached brochure.

Brochure

Registration Form

SIAS 9th Investors’ Choice Awards – 9th October 2008

This is the event of the year for the Association and certainly one of the key events for the financial community in Singapore, as it honors and recognizes those public listed companies, which have demonstrated exemplary Corporate Governance and Transparency practices throughout the year. In total, three types of awards will be presented. They are the Singapore Corporate Governance Award, the Most Transparent Company Award and the Best Financial Journalist Award. This is the only event in the Asia-Pacific region by investors rating Public Listed Companies

Table Booking Form

 

 

 News
Distinguished Alumni Business Leaders Forum (DABLF)

“Investment CEOs Roundtable I – Opportunities and Market Outlook”

29 June 2007 • 3.00pm – 6.00pm • SBF Auditorium
Introduction

The resurgence of the stock market, real estate, venture capital & private equity market and the economy in general has raised significant rooms for investment opportunities. However new developments also bring about new uncertainties.

According to Warren Buffet, the world’s greatest investor, the key lies in value investing. Is the best time to invest low already over amidst the current sky-high stock and real estate market? Where are the hidden values in the various stock, real estate and venture capital market, both local, regional and overseas? Amongst the different investment instruments, where can we find the highest potential returns and yields?

The Distinguished Alumni Business Leaders Forum warmly welcomes you and friends to this exclusive seminar where speakers from dollarDex Investments, Jones Lang LaSalle and Merrill Lynch will share their insights of the trends and opportunities of the various investment markets and the market outlook for the year ahead.

Proposed Topics for Panel discussions:

  • Is the best time to invest low now over amidst the current sky-high stock and real estate market? 
  • Where are the hidden values in the various stock, real estate and venture capital market, both local, regional and overseas
  • Amongst the different investment instruments, where can an investor find the highest potential returns and yields?

 Distinguished Alumni Business Leaders Forum generates lively debate, Dated 13 July 2006

The NUS MBA Alumni held a lively and interactive forum on “Growing beyond Mid-Life Companies – SME Growth Issues and Challenges” on July 13, 2006 at the Hon Sui Sen Auditorium.

The event attracted about 150 young entrepreneurs and businessmen from a variety of industries eager to meet with the forum’s distinguished panel: Mr Eric Tan, General Manager of Singapore, Nokia Enterprise Solutions; Mr Winston Tan, Managing Director of Corporate Brokers International; The NUS MBA held a lively and interactive forum on “Growing beyond Mid-LifeCompanies – SME Growth Issues and Challenges” on July 13, 2006 at the Hon Sui Sen Auditorium.

The event attracted about 150 young entrepreneurs and businessmen from a variety of industries eager to meet with the forum’s distinguished panel: Mr Eric Tan, General Manager of Singapore, Nokia Enterprise Solutions; Mr Winston Tan, Managing Director of Corporate Brokers International; Mr Philip Deford, Principal of 101 Capital and Practice Leader – Financial Services; and Mr Colin Chow, Executive Director of Singapore InfoComm Technology Federation.

As moderator of the forum, Dean Christopher Earley facilitated a smooth and dynamic discussion on breaking down bottlenecks that SMEs face. The panelists, on the other hand, freely shared their views and experience on hoe SMEs can overcome those challenges. Mr Colin Chow (BBA, 1981) focused on how SMEs could penetrate into emerging markets; and Mr Winston Tan emphasized the need for having a collaborative working culture amongst the SMEs for future growth while Mr Philip Deford touched on the micro-business day-to-day issues that SMEs should observe.

The evening reached its climax with a lively Q & A session. Guests were treated to a dinner-cum-networking session after the seminar. A member of the audience walked away with a Nokia E61 in the lucky draw that brought the event to a successful conclusion.

Nokia and HSBC sponsored the event.

[Please CHECK OUT the following web page for details:]

http://www2.bschool.nus.edu.sg/corpdev/bizleads/alumniupdate.htm#au1

Alumni bodies discussed greater collaboration at Dean's appreciation dinner, Dated 12 July 2006

The evening of July 12 was an occasion for bonding, camaraderie and collaboration when the directors of all three of the School’s alumni organizations – the NUS Business School Alumni Association, the MBA Alumni and the Mandarin Alumni – met over dinner hosted by Dean Christopher Earley.

Taking place in the convivial setting of an Asian fusion restaurant, the event provided a platform for the alumni bodies to discuss ways to enhance the School’s alumni network. The Gathering also witnessed Dean Earley presenting awards honoring the contribut-ions of the leaders of each alumni association.



How one person can make a difference

"My contribution (to the NUS MBA Program)… reflects my zeal in shaping the program." - Nikhil Kochhar, 27, winner of the 2006 NUS MBA Alumni Leadership Award

This year’s winner of the NUS MBA Alumni Leadership award is Nikhil Kochhar, president of the NUS MBA Club (2004-2006). NUS Business Leads reproduced excerpts of his acceptance speech here:

NUS Business School has established its presence all over Asia as one of the best business schools in the region. As the MBA program breaches the Financial Times 100 rankings, the next few years are critical in shaping the future of the MBA program, especially in terms of its perception in the Western world. A good MBA program is known not only for the modules it offers but the role it plays in shaping the personality of its students. A lot depends on how the program utilizes the time of the students in the best possible manner and ensuring that the learning goes hand-in-hand with having fun. As a person who strongly believes in work-play balance, I decided to play an active role in the School’s MBA Club activities when I got accepted into the NUS MBA program.


The NUS MBA program is diverse in terms of the nationalities of its cohort and its course electives. It is an advantage NUS has over other schools; however it is also a challenge to carry out programs that reflect the interests of everyone in the batch. During my tenure as the president of the MBA Club, I have tried to ensure that every activity undertaken by the club benefits everyone and takes the NUS MBA a few steps forward in terms of content and structure.

There are three critical areas of the MBA Program in NUS. They are program developm-ent, student activities, and career services and my efforts have been focused on changes and improvements in these three key areas.

PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT: I helped shape the NUS MBA program in several ways. For example, when the options and futures module was cancelled, I fought for it to be reinstated, even if it was not a credit course. as finance students felt it was important.
I also introduced Saturday classes for the part-time students so that they have greater flexibility. There was also a need for courses in the summer, and that is on track now through the introduction of two summer sessions.

The exchange program is one of the highlights of the MBA program and the recent increase in the number of exchange schools was due partly to the feedback I gathered from students.

I was also instrumental in introducing the School’s first-ever week-long orientation program for first-year MBA’s in 2005. The orientation was a huge success in terms of team-building within the cohort.

STUDENT ACTIVITIES: In an MBA program, life outside the classroom is as important as life within and I have always tried to contribute by not only being part of various activities but also by being instrumental in organizing the events. Events like Cerebration for example. For me, organizing these activities was a challenge as their success depended a lot on the level of participation from the cohort. Through my leadership skills, I have been able to bring the different MBA batches together and organize memorable events for everyone.

CAREER SERVICE is one of the most important areas of an MBA program as the success of it determines the growth and popularity of the program. One of the initiatives that I have been involved with is the three cocktail evenings organized to give students the opportunity to interact with industry leaders and better their chances in the job arena. Through my resources and networking abilities, I managed to persuade GE Money to offer internship opportunities for our students, and am in the process of getting cable tv news station, CNBC to do the same.

My contribution in the above areas reflects my zeal in shaping the NUS MBA Program. My communication and people skills have helped me fulfill this desire and make a difference in the past two years of MBA life at NUS. Besides the tangibles that are visible to all, I feel that one of my main contributions has been in making sure that I am accessible to all at any given point of time and that all are helped in every possible way.

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