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The Steering Committee
IDEA has just started. We are looking for passionate leaders who want to make a difference in society.
Seah Moon Ming
Board of Advisors
Group CEO of Pavilion Energy Pte Ltd and Pavilion Gas Pte Ltd; Chairman of International Enterprise (IE) Singapore, Singapore Cooperation Enterprise and Trusted Board Ltd.
Dr Chong Yoke Sin
Board of Advisors
CEO of Integrated Health Information Systems; appointed as board member of Republic Polytechnic and HISMSS worldwide
Robert Chew
Board of Advisors
Former partner of Accenture who is now a venture capitalist and sits on boards; Conferred the 2013 Public Service Medal
Eddie Chau
Board of Advisors
iDA Board member. Former Chairman of SITF. An entrepreneur and angel investor. Passion for creating IPs and nurturing them into meaningful businesses.
Pang Hee Hon
President
Board Advisor. CEO, was with Keppel Telecoms & Transport; held Hd Joint Logs and various senior appointments in Singapore Armed Forces.
Manik Narayan Saha
Vice President
CIO of APAC and Japan at SAP; over 14 years of experience in IT strategy, business transformation, enterprise architecture and innovation
Sreeram Iyer
Vice President
COO of ANZ Bank’s Institutional and International Business. Has more than 25 years of professional experience in Manufacturing, Management Consulting and in Banking; held several leadership role with Standard Chartered Bank previously.
James Sundram
Vice President
CEO of YuuZoo Corporation Limited and previously held various senior management positions at PropertyGuru.com, Lonely Planet (BBC Worldwide) and SPH Magazine Group; a significant international expertise in online multimedia, advertising and publishing industries.
Lydia Wu
Assistant Honarary Secretary
CIO of Pavilion Energy; oversees company's IT strategy, system and operations; prior as Principal Consultant of Trusted Source
Harish Pillay
Honarary Secretary
Global head of community architecture and leadership at Red Hat Asia Pacific with more than 34 years of experience in IT industry; A CTO and a co-founder of two startups dealing with elearning and with open source technologies and consulting.
Donny Liu
Honorary Treasurer
IT director APAC for Heraeus Group with more than 15 years of IT strategy, operations, business process management and general management experiences in the manufacturing and engineering industries.
Adrian Tan
Honorary Legal Advisor
Director of Stamford Law with two decades of litigation experience; former general counsel of Crimsonlogic, former best-selling author and debater
Alvin Ong
Council
CIO of IHiS and a public healthcare cluster; over 20 years in healthcare-IT, professional accreditation of high learning institutions, distinguished toastmaster and chess master.
Catherine Goh
Council
Head of IT of NKF with over 30 years of Technology leadership roles in the manufacturing, retailing & healthcare industries and passionate about initiatives for worthy causes.
Dennis Quek
Council
Director of Centre of Innovation for Supply Chain Management with 20 years in manufacturing, logistics and supply chain management
Lau Kok-Yin
Council
Kok Yin is the Managing Director of Krempl Communications and had been in executive search for more than twenty years. With a background in working with Senior Executives globally, he coaches interviewing and communication skills. Many C-Level executives have benefitted from these interactions to further career both within and outside of their work place.
Membership Tiers
Note: Membership category is subject to final approval
Fellow
employed in the senior management tier of companies having annual revenues or sales turnover exceeding S$100 million or in subsidiaries of holding companies having annual revenues or sales turnover exceeding S$100 million; and holding job titles such as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Information Officer, Chief Technology Officer, Chief Finance Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, President, Executive Vice-President, Senior Vice-President, Vice-President, Managing Director, General Manager, Director, Provost or Dean of a University and having work experience acceptable to the Executive Committee. Such application shall be supported by references obtained from any two Ordinary members.
The Executive Committee shall decide, upon the recommendation of a Membership Sub-committee, whether to admit any such person to Fellow membership.
A Fellow member carries two votes at the Annual General Meeting, Extraordinary General Meeting or any Society-convened meetings where voting takes place.Practitioner
employed in the senior management tier of companies having annual revenues or sales turnover not exceeding S$100 million or persons holding job titles such as Deputy Director, Assistant Director, Senior Manager, Manager, Assistant Vice-President, Assistant General Manager or Chief Executive Officers/founders of start-up companies who hold academic qualifications or professional qualifications or working experience acceptable to the Executive Committee. Such application shall be supported by references obtained from any two Ordinary members.The Executive Committee shall decide, upon the recommendation of a Membership Sub-committee, whether to admit any such person to Practitioner membership.
A Practitioner member carries one vote at the Annual General Meeting, Extraordinary General Meeting or any Society-convened meetings where voting takes place.
A Practitioner Member may request the Executive Committee for a review to convert his membership status from Practitioner Member to Fellow Member, when there is a change in his employment status. Supporting documents must be provided to support the request.Associate
employed or self-employed in companies having annual revenues or sales turnover not exceeding S$100 million or persons who hold academic qualifications or professional qualifications or working experience acceptable to the Executive Committee. Such application shall be supported by references obtained from any two members, one of whom must be an Ordinary member.
The Executive Committee shall decide, upon the recommendation of a Membership Sub-committee, whether to admit any such person to Associate membership.
An Associate member has no voting rights at the Annual General Meeting, Extraordinary General Meeting or any Society-convened meetings where voting takes place.
An Associate member shall not be eligible to hold any position in the Executive Committee.Small Medium Enterprise (SME)
A company registered in Singapore or in Asia, having annual revenue of not more than S$100 million or not more than 200 full-time employees (FTEs). Such application shall be supported by references obtained from any two members, one of whom must be an Ordinary member.
A SME member may nominate up to five representatives to participate in the meetings, conference, events and activities of the Society, subject to payment of the required entry fee or any other criteria decided by the Executive Committee. These nominated representatives are not considered members and shall have no voting rights.
The Executive Committee shall decide, upon the recommendation of a Membership Sub-committee, whether to admit any such company to SME membership.
A SME member or its nominated representatives has no voting rights at the Annual General Meeting, Extraordinary General Meeting or any Society-convened meetings where voting takes place.ENTRANCE FEES, ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS AND OTHER DUES
An entrance fee of S$200 is payable within two weeks of approval of membership, in default of which membership may be cancelled by order of the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee can decide to waive the entrance fee, either in whole or in portion, for any category of membership in accordance with membership promotion initiatives.
An annual subscription fee is payable in advance within the first month of the year, the amount is shown in the above table or any amount approved by the Executive Committee. If the Executive Committee makes a change in the annual subscription fee, the new fee will only take effect from the next financial year. The amount of annual subscription to be paid for new membership approved after 30 June shall be one-half of the normal annual fees for that year.
If a member falls into arrears with his subscription or other dues, he shall be informed by the Treasurer. If he fails to settle his arrears within one month of their becoming due, the President may order that his name be posted on the Society's website and that he be denied the privileges of membership until he settles his account. If he fails to settle his arrears for more than three (3) months, he will automatically cease to be a member.
