FASS Conversations - Design your Career
Date: 8 Mar 2016, Tuesday; Time: 6.30pm – 8.30pm; Venue: AS7 Level 1 Seminar Room B
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Speaker Profile
Shawn Lee
Business Lead
Monocoque Service Design LLP
Shawn graduated from NUS FASS in 2012 with a Bachelors in Economics, and is currently co-running
Monocoque Service Design LLP. He plans and sets the direction the company is taking as Monocoque
maneuvers through the business landscape of Singapore. He is also charged with growing the company
portfolio and reputation, analyzing situations to scout out potential opportunities to set the company on
the path to success.
Prior to starting Monocoque, Shawn started off in the PR industry, learning the ropes as he went along.
Having short but fruitful internships at small PR firms, Shawn moved on to take on a hybrid role at a
media agency, covering new business and communications across the region.
Outside of work, Shawn enjoys a casual swim from time to time having left the days of competitive
swimming behind. He spends time catching up with his friends through a myriad of activities such as
café hopping, travelling, mahjong and building business ideas.
FASS Conversations - Design your Career
Date: 8 Mar 2016, Tuesday; Time: 6.30pm – 8.30pm; Venue: AS7 Level 1 Seminar Room B
Click HERE to register.
Tong Su Yee
Manager (Food Services, Industry and Enterprise Development)
SPRING Singapore
Su Yee graduated from NUS Sociology in 2013 with a Bachelor of Social Sciences (2nd Upper Hons) and
currently works in the Industry and Enterprise Development Group in F&B Services in SPRING Singapore.
On a day to day basis, she works with F&B companies in the Chinese and Catering subsectors on how to
improve their businesses as a whole be it through productivity initiatives or business development ideas.
In addition, she deals with manpower policy planning in the F&B sector and works in inter-agency efforts
with the likes of WDA and MOE to address the F&B industry's manpower issues.
Prior to graduating, she interned with The New Paper as a Journalist due to her interest in writing and
hopes of being a Food and Travel journalist (a long term dream at this point in time). After graduating,
she joined NTUC for two years as an Industrial Relations Officer as her first job. The two years as an IRO
were eventful as she was seconded to the Electronics union where she understood the HR practices of
15 companies (including MNCs like UTAC and SSMC) while getting involved with union member
engagement events. Working as a union representative (which is an easier term for an IRO) taught her
the importance of understanding wages of workers in the grander scheme of public policy; and it was
with this experience that she feels equips her to be effective in her role in manpower policy formulation
presently.
Before graduating, Su Yee was an active member of NUS Softball and Raffles Hall. She was involved in
Hall activities like softball, photography, orientation and musical production. In her free time presently,
she believes in self-improvement and has been actively studying outside of work to upskill beyond her
day to day job requirements.
FASS Conversations - Design your Career
Date: 8 Mar 2016, Tuesday; Time: 6.30pm – 8.30pm; Venue: AS7 Level 1 Seminar Room B
Click HERE to register.
Rachel Nadia
Assistant Manager, Resource Development and Communications
World Vision
Rachel has always been active in the non-profit sector. At 18, she started her own charity group. Barré,
now formally affiliated with CHARIS Singapore and associated with a US-registered charity. Barré worked
for the education of refugee children fleeing Myanmar into Thailand in 2010 and pioneered a long-term
education programme for ethnic minority children in Central Vietnam. Rachel has also worked in the
slums of Calcutta and among orphans in Pattaya, Thailand.
Upon graduation, Rachel also completed an internship with a human rights NGO based in Geneva and
contributed significantly as a member of the Senior Management Team there through reports and
analyses of UN Human Rights Council Sessions and Treaty Body Sessions, such as those of the CRC and
CEDAW. Upon completion, Rachel also became a member of Geneva for Human Rights.
Her degree in Southeast Asian Studies from NUS has gone beyond academia and equipped her with
lifeskills applicable to her current role as Assistant Manager, Resource Development and
Communications at World Vision. There, she works to strengthen partnerships between the non-profit
and private sector as well as advocates strongly for causes often disappearing under the radar, such as
the Syrian refugee crisis and other development causes in Southeast Asia.
FASS Conversations - Design your Career
Date: 8 Mar 2016, Tuesday; Time: 6.30pm – 8.30pm; Venue: AS7 Level 1 Seminar Room B
Click HERE to register.
Amanda Tan Hui Lin
Senior Executive, Resort Marketing Team
Resorts World Sentosa
Amanda graduated from NUS in May 2013 with a double major in Economics and Communications &
New Media.
She is currently a part of the Resort Marketing Team at Resorts World Sentosa, managing both Post Arrival and Singapore Sales Support portfolios. As a senior executive within the team, she is required to
devise and execute marketing campaigns and promotions to attract free independent travelers from the
region.
Prior to this, Amanda was also a Strategy Analyst with Eden Strategy Institute, a social innovation
consulting firm. In her two years with the organization, she monitored and anticipated industry trends
through in-depth market research, interviews, and translated areas of untapped market potential into
specific strategy and tactical initiative for multinationals. Some of her past projects include developing
marketing entry strategies for Covidien's lung cancer diagnostics device in Asia, assessing the impact and
effectiveness of SPRING Singapore’s ICV program, as well as designing and conducting a co-creation
workshop for LTA.
During her time in NUS, she had the privilege of embarking on a Student Exchange Programme to live
and study for half a year in Sweden, followed by another half a year of internship at Hill & Knowlton
upon her return to Singapore. She was also an active leader in the NUS Cuesports Club, taking on the
role of Project Director and further representing NUS to compete in National level competitions.