Nomination of Councillors

Annual General Meeting 2024

Ordinary Members I

Sharon Lim
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Sharon Lim is the Chairwoman of Browzwear, a leading fashion tech company that partners with leading fashion retailers, brands & manufacturers globally in their digital transformation. A well-recognized tech visionary for the fashion industry, she has been both an advocate & consultant for sustainable change in the industry through technology for 20 years.

Prior to her technology career, she was the General Manager for Tommy Hilfiger in Latin America where she oversaw in the region the product development, supply chain, retail and wholesale functions of the company. This experience showed her the unsustainable challenges of the industry, and triggered her transition to the technology world with the intent to develop tech and consulting solutions for the industry globally.

Browzwear was included in the 2021 Fortune Impact 20 list as a business that offers products and / services that have a positive effect on the world – a testament of her tenacity to the mission of enabling digital transformation in the fashion industry.

She is also a board mentor to TBN Asia, a network that supports Social Enterprises to achieve their impact goals. In addition, she volunteers as a mentor for Digital Mission Ventures – a faith-based incubator that trains early-stage tech founders.

PROPOSER:
Wilson Teo,
Executive Director,
Teo Garments Corporation Pte Ltd
SECONDER:
Felicia Gan,
CEO, 
Ghim Li Global Pte Ltd

Felicia Gan
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Ms Gan began her career at GLG as a Legal Officer where she was assigned the task of leading the legal compliance office. She is now responsible for the overall management of the Sales & Marketing Teams and the Product, Development and Design department.

  

She builds, direct and drives the annual strategic sales and marketing plan to achieve results in sales, market penetration, day to day operations, customer relationships and order fulfilment. In addition, MsGan plans and implements marketing strategies to identify and develop new customers and business opportunities on a global scale. 

PROPOSER:
Sharon Lim,
Chairwoman,
BW Global Pte Ltd
SECONDER:
Clarence Lee,
CEO, 
Lee Yin Knitting Factory Pte Ltd

Dione Song
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Dione Song is the CEO of Love, Bonito. She believes in working with the startup community, and is a mentor with 500 Startups. She is also a board member at Ramblin’ Brands, a sexual wellness consumer brand out of Asia. 

 

Prior to being the CEO of Love, Bonito, Dione was at Sephora Digital heading up the Australia & New Zealand and the Digital Marketing for the region. Before this, she was the Managing Director of ZALORA Singapore, the largest online fashion marketplace in Southeast Asia.

 

Dione, a graduate from NYU Stern School of Business and Università Bocconi, is also strongly passionate about female empowerment, diversity, wellness & education.

PROPOSER:
Wilson Teo,
Executive Director,
Teo Garments Corporation Pte Ltd
SECONDER:
Sharon Lim,
Chairwoman, 
BW Global Pte Ltd

Clarence Lee
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Clarence is the CEO of Lee Yin Apparel Group, and an Advisor to the Singapore Fashion Council.

He believes that sustainability rests strongly on two touchstones – effective and timely application of technology, and acting now with the cards we have rather than holding out for a better hand.


Since joining Lee Yin, Clarence has emphasized the adoption of renewable energy, beginning with the installation of a first solar power plant in their production facility in 2016. Beyond such top-of-mind sustainability initiatives, he also champions process innovation (e.g., digitalization throughout the business) and product innovation (e.g., smart garments), which all contribute towards reducing carbon emissions in the supply chain. He continues to explore new upcycling and recycling perspectives and opportunities in their manufacturing and retail businesses.

Before joining Lee Yin, he spent time as a practising lawyer. His strong interest in technology then took him to places like Visa, Yahoo! and Adobe for an inside view of these visionary brands.

PROPOSER:
Felicia Gan,
CEO,
Ghim Li Global Pte Ltd
SECONDER:
Sharon Lim, 
Chairwoman
BW Global Pte Ltd

Ordinary Members II

Rajul Mehta
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Rajul Mehta is an established International Artist who has been recognized for her unique art styles used in all of her renowned art works. Her works can be seen in many art exhibitions and galleries all over the world.

  

Rajul is also the creative mind and founder of the Queenmark brand. In 2013, while visiting Mongolia, Rajul saw the amazing quality and beauty of cashmere that was being produced there which gave her much inspiration in transferring her artistic styles onto a gorgeous cashmere shawl. Her creative ideas hence brought forth the start of the Queenmark story Malaysia, India and Vietnam.

 

PROPOSER:
Esther Tay
Managing & Creative Director
ESTA Pte Ltd
SECONDER:
Nicole van der Elst Desai
Founder/Consultant
VDE Consultancy

Nicole van der Elst Desai
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Nicole van der Elst Desai is the founder of VDE Consultancy, a consulting and advisory firm for companies in the textile and fashion industry.

She is a member of the Supervisory board of Lenzing, the chair of Singapore Fashion Councils’ Sustainability Steering Committee, an advisory board member at Delvify, an AI fashion tech platform, and a mentor at Fashion for Good.

Nicole, a graduate of the Amsterdam Fashion Institute and an alumnus of INSEAD’s Leading the Business of Sustainability, is passionate about creating better products and processes in the fashion industry that leave behind a better planet for future generations..

 

PROPOSER:
Rajul Mehta,
Director/Founder,
Queenmark Pte Ltd
SECONDER:
Esther Tay,
Managing & Creative Director
ESTA Pte Ltd

Esther Tay
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Esther was a locally-acclaimed designer back in the 80’s & 90’s. She has sold collections to many departmental stores including Tangs and El Corte (Spain’s largest fashion store), launching ESTA’s label within Southeast Asia. Over the years, Esther has represented Singapore by participating in many local and international fashion shows. She then opened her own 3 boutiques in Singapore. In 2005, Esther decided to focus on corporate wear. She is now the Managing & Creative Director of ESTA Pte Ltd, a one-stop uniform provider with 2 brands. ESTA Signature offers turnkey uniform management, whereas R2W carries ready-to-wear items for quick turnarounds.

PROPOSER:
Nicole van der Elst Desai
Founder/Consultant
VDE Consultancy
SECONDER:
Rajul Mehta
Director / Founder
Queenmark Pte Ltd