Magdalene Loh (Chief Judge)

Managing Director, Made Here

Magdalene Loh is the Managing Director of Made Here, an innovation lab and story studio that helps communities, creators and companies honour their heritage through storytelling and shape future possibilities through design and experimentation.

Magdalene previously held senior roles in Strategy, Government Relations, Legal, and Innovation at a global multinational. As Global Head of Innovation, she led the scaling of design and digital initiatives across 24 markets, including several award-winning programmes developed in collaboration with public and private sector partners.

A SkillsFuture Fellow and board member of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce, Magdalene champions inclusive innovation for SMEs, career design and community-building through creative, human-centred approaches.

Cindy Koh

Executive Vice President, Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) 

Ms Cindy Koh is the Executive Vice President of the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) and a member of EDB’s Executive Committee. She oversees EDB’s Advanced Manufacturing Group, supporting global companies in sectors such as semiconductors, healthcare, aerospace, and mobility to invest and grow in Singapore.

Previously, she was the Executive Vice President responsible for EDB’s International operations across 20 global offices (2021-2023). Between 2018 and 2021, Cindy was Senior Vice President (Consumer) and held a concurrent appointment as Senior Vice President and the Head of Region for Americas, where she led EDB’s operations in North and South America.

Cindy held positions as Director for Chemicals from 2015-2018 and Director, Resource Development Division (Planning & Policy) from 2013-2015. She was also the Centre Director of EDB’s Washington DC Centre from 2005 to 2009. She joined EDB in 2002.

She received a Bachelor of Business Administration from the National University of Singapore in 1999.

Wong Zeng Yi

Assistant Managing Director, Manufacturing, Enterprise Singapore

Mr Wong Zeng Yi is the Assistant Managing Director of Enterprise Singapore, overseeing the growth of Singapore companies in various technological industries such as manufacturing, biomedical sciences, digital technologies, clean energies, climate mitigation and adaptation.

Prior to this, Zeng Yi was Assistant Managing Director of Organisation and People Development Group at the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) from 2021 to 2025. He oversaw a diverse portfolio covering People Development, Organisation Development and Communications, Legal, and Corporate Services departments, as well as the MAS Academy. Under his leadership, he undertook various initiatives to strengthen organisational capabilities, drive digital transformation and corporate sustainability, and support leadership and staff development.

Having served in MAS for almost 20 years, Zeng Yi has held other key leadership positions, where he contributed towards shaping Singapore’s financial sector and beyond. His experience spans financial centre development, oversight of banks and capital markets entities, and international relations.

Zeng Yi holds a Master of Public Administration from Columbia University, Master in Public Policy from the National University of Singapore, and Master of Philosophy in Finance from Cambridge University. He also graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a dual degree in Economics.

Johnson Poh

Assistant Chief Executive, Sectoral Transformation Group, Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA)

Johnson is a seasoned executive as well as data and AI practitioner with over 16 years of leadership experience across both public and private sectors. He currently serves as Assistant Chief Executive at the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), where he plays a key role in shaping Singapore’s digital future and advancing the digital economy.

In the private sector, Johnson has held senior roles in regional banking and global consulting, including Group Chief Data Officer, Group Head of Enterprise AI and Analytics Technology and earlier, Chief Data Scientist (ASEAN) respectively. His career began in the public sector, where he was Principal Scientist and Head of Data Science in the defence domain.

Beyond his executive roles, Johnson contributes to academia as an Adjunct Faculty at Singapore Management University (SMU) and a Principal Fellow at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD).

He holds undergraduate degrees in Mathematics, Statistics, and Economics from UC Berkeley, and a postgraduate degree in Statistics from Yale University.

Michael Goh

Chief Executive Officer, IPI Singapore

Michael Goh, a founding member of IPI Singapore and its Chief Executive Officer, brings over 19 years of experience in intellectual property, business and technology management, and commercialisation. He has worked with enterprises across manufacturing, medtech, food, digital and sustainability to unlock growth opportunities through strategic innovation. Michael has also driven organisational development, digital transformation and capability-building at IPI, while contributing to advisory panels such as SHELL Startup Engine, Hong Kong University’s RAISe+ projects and the Technical Committee on Agritech and Agrifood Production.

Prof. Fiona Nah Fui Hoon

Professor of Information Systems, School of Computing and Information Systems, Singapore Management University

Fiona Nah is a Professor of Information Systems in the School of Computing and Information Systems at Singapore Management University. She is one of the world’s top 1% most highly cited researchers, according to a study by Stanford University. She won the inaugural Top 50 Asia Women Tech Leaders Award 2024 and is a Fellow of the Association for Information Systems (AIS). She is the Editor-in-chief of AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction. She received her Ph.D. in Management Information Systems from the University of British Columbia in Canada, and her B.Sc. (Hons) and M.Sc. in Computer and Information Sciences from the School of Computing at National University of Singapore. She previously served on the faculty of Purdue University, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Missouri University of Science and Technology (formerly University of Missouri-Rolla), and City University of Hong Kong.