Adrian Yap is the founder and Managing Director of Playbox Distribution. Playbox is a distributor and exporter of video games systems and accessories its main export markets being southeast Asia, Australia and the middle east. Playbox also recycles and refurbishes used video games systems.

As director of Park Hotel Group, Law's vision is to develop PARK into a world-renowned hospitality brand by stemming its presence in major Asian cities.

Born and raised in Hong Kong, Dr Ansgar Cheng obtained his dental specialist training in Chicago and Los Angeles before settling down in Canada for 12 years. He juggled a thriving private practice and appointments as Head of Maxillofacial Prosthetics at the largest cancer hospital in Canada and as assistant professor at the University of Toronto

Anurag became entrepreneur in 2005 after working in various leadership positions in Singapore, London and India with firms like HP, PTC, Interwoven and Endeca. He cofounded Space Matrix Group in Singapore with his architect wife. Also cofounded One Animation Singapore ( www.Oneanimation.com ) and is actively involved in Sconce, Singapore ( www.Sconcesolutions.com ). Pursuing his interests in venture world he sits on the investment committee of Accel India Fund 1. Anurag is Electrical Engineer from IIT Kanpur, India.

Arthur Chua is the Managing Director of Goldbell Group, a family business which was started by his Father Mr. William Chua. Arthur visualizes his company to (be) the first point in Industrial vehicles within the region.

Not having even a diploma in IT did not deter this entrepreneur from founding a software company as far back as 1987. Starting from Calcutta in India, Arvind Agarwalla has today established offices of FACT Software all over India and companies in Singapore, Malaysia and Dubai.

Ben Phee started OVCL Asia group of Companies in the new millennium to focus on freight forwarding and NVOCC services in the Indo-China region. Currently, he has offices in Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam and Singapore with plans to expand into Thailand and Indonesia. From a humble beginning, Ben is now the Managing Director of three group of Companies employing a total of about 180 staff.

Bernard Oh is renowned as the individual who helped transform and elevate the local Events Industry to a new level of sophistication. “Always, Always exceed Expectations” - this summarizes his philosophy and the formula for his success – and the success of AMC Asia! Pte Ltd, a premium turnkey events solutions provider, and Bernard’s “baby”.

Carolyn Choo is the Director and Shareholder of Hotel 81 Management which was started by her father Mr. Choo Chong Ngen. Hotel 81 Management established in 1996 is a chain of hotel with the mission to provide comfortable, clean, affordable and a safe accommodation. Hotel 81 Management manages the hotel 81 and Value Hotel

Brothers Charles and Keith Wong make shoes that make young women squeal with delight. Over the last eight years, the brothers have built a $20 million-a-year business with 11 stores in Singapore and 20 overseas on stylish shoes. The eponymous shoe label they started is completely homegrown and has humble beginnings.

Cheo Ming You is the Executive Director of Containers Printers, G and U, and Choon Heng Transport. With a focus on high-margin industries, he has led the companies with a view for international expansion and local excellence.

Miss Chia Ming Ting has a passion for alternative energy and waste reduction. Combining her business strengths with this passion led her to found The Global Serve. Her specialisation in plastics trading often finds her on frequent travels to secure purchases and to get updates on industry developments. Ming Ting also manages the accounts and logistics aspect of The Global Serve’s plastic division.

Chris Morriss is a passionate & hardworking entrepreneur who loves sport, business, travelling and meeting new people. He & his partner has recently move to Singapore to set up their Asian regional office. Currently they have a successful operations in New Zealand and Australia.

I started Pure Commerce 10 years ago whilst at university. I studied banking and finance and worked for two summers at Australia’s largest CBA. Unfortunately I hated it as it was so big and uncompetitive. Everyone behaved like robots. I’ve always been entrepreneurial so it wasn’t hard for me to start a business with a focus in financial services.

Satia Narjadin has been in real estate development and the construction industry with regional experience in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singpore for the past 14 years. He has held top managerial positions as Executive Director in Indonesian & Malaysian companies. Satia is currently the managing director of Global Orion Holdings, an upcoming vibrant real estate developer with operations headquartered in Singapore. He oversees the Group principal operations in property development and is responsible for leading the group's strategic expansion plans in Singapore and beyond.

I am a self-motivated, results-oriented, business co-owner in a family business with experience in start-ups and corporate financial management. I have tied up with key clients, set up and managed project teams, and led financial reviews for large projects including establishing a 25,000sqm. Entertainment center in India, and two fine dining restaurants in China and India.

Don Tan is the founding director of this local accredited advertising agency. Established since 1993, the agency has been providing creative and effective communications solutions to clients. It is currently reinventing to become a fully integrated communications agency so as to ride the new era of digital communications.

Eldwin Chua is the founder of Paradise Group Holdings with three F&B concepts under its wing; Taste Paradise, Seafood Paradise and Paradise Inn. Having literarily built his success story with his own hands, Eldwin started from a humble stall in 2002 to a group of restaurants and casual dining outlets till date and is still growing confidently.

77th Street is an iconic street wear retail fashion chain in Singapore, dealing with the hip and trendy youth culture of today. Our 13 outlets island-wide offer the best buys in street-wear fashion for both males and females. We also have the coolest accessories to help you to look in tune with today’s hip hop, rock and alternative fashion. At 77th Street, we also offer you a chance to GetALIfe!

Glenndle Sim is in charge of the Group's overall business strategies and direction, corporate plans and policies as well as the daily management and operations of the Group.

Achieving an annual turnover of SGD84 million in 2002, Mr Goh Kai Kui, Chief Executive Officer of the established distributor in the food and beverage and consumer electronics industries, has been instrumental in Goh Joo Hin's business growth. His strategic move and innovative branding have helped cinch several awards for the Company.

Henry has acted as financial advisor to various local & foreign companies for listing on the SGX-ST main board and Catalist. Henry was awarded 1st class honors in Accountancy from NUS 1988 and is a member of Mensa International. He is also a Chartered Accountant from Australia.

Herman Chan is the founder and owner of Elephant & Coral, a leading wholesale and retailer of luxury branded pens and bespoke fine stationary. Herman qualified as an engineer from Imperial College, London started a career in derivative and treasury trading spanning across 8 years before he started Elephant & Coral in 1996 from a humble 170sq.ft. shop in holland village

I co-founded Universal Commodities with a partner in 1990. As with most start-ups the business had its share of growing pains in the early years and I even took up employment outside my company to gain further experience in the logistics industry that in hindsight served to strengthen this aspect of my business.

Mr Jason Sim, founder of Jason Parquet Specialist (S) Pte Ltd, success came with incredible grit and determination. Extremely hands on and a friendly and unassuming person, he started off with literally the shirt he wore on his back and worked through the ranks to achieve what he has today. Jason Parquet Specialist (S) Pte Ltd started out with a two-men operation in 1988 and expanded considerably to a medium-sized enterprise.

Jazz Chong is an art consultant with Ode To Art. She provides art consultancy and has been providing artwork to hotels, serviced apartments, offices and homeowners. Strategically located between 2 hotels and a shopping centre, Ode To Art serves as a platform to display the work of local artists. The gallery also features international child prodigy artist Alexandra Nechita. Jazz Chong is also a hobby painter and a commercial song composer.

As co-founder and CEO of Utiba, Justin is responsible for the success of Utiba’s business strategy, sales and marketing, business development, and alliances. Justin’s goal is to build a world-class organization that facilitates mobile payments for everyone.

As Deputy CEO for the Europtronic Group, Justin Huang's key responsibilities include overseeing the day to day operations and undertakes management oversight for its financial, operational, administrative and legal functions. He identifies and developes new business opportunities and strategic alliances.

At age 21, Kenji founded Motoworld, forgoing opportunity for Engineering Degree in NTU, to start his business. Being a competitive sports athlete, Kenji represented his schools he attended in table tennis, swimming and soccer as a school representative. He believes that business like sports requires discipline and his athlete spirit has helped him in his business.

As an online marketing veteran for Singapore and South East Asia (SEA) markets, Leonard Tan founded PurpleClick Media in 2006, an online Search Marketing agency after his 2-year stint in Yahoo! Inc. He grew the modest 2-man team into a full-fledged Search agency; gained recognition as industry leader with offices in Singapore and Malaysia, serving clients across the SEA region.

Citystate Lifestyle Company operates 3 fine dining restaurants - Ristorante Teatro (an Italian Theatre Restaurant) at the Esplanade, Las Pampas (a Spanish Latin American Restaurant) and Ikukan (a Japanese Restaurant) on Club Street. Citystate Lifestyle also runs Shidong Bar on Club Street, a casual live music pub.

Der Shing is directly responsible for the overall direction and performance of JobsCentral & JobsFactory. His work scope includes strategic planning and management.

Mr Lim Kok Hui, 33, graduated with a Degree in Estate Management (Honors) from the National University of Singapore and was a Senior Executive with EM Services before he joined KLW Holdings Ltd who had a numbers of companies under its umbrella. When he joined the group, he was involved in the diversification of the group’s businesses, strategic business planning, business development and overseas expansion.

Tong Hai Yang Construction is a family business which was set up in Year 1983 as interior decoration company with a carpentary factory. As a teenager, Weiping started out as carpenter apprentice under a shanghainese carpenter. After graduating in Year 2000 at Manchester UK, he joined the company as a project manager. In Year 2005 The Company ventured into showflat business in Year 2005 which gradually grew as a popular name among property industry players as property booms.

Singaporean, Lynn Tan is the Managing Director of Fusion Cosmetics Pte Ltd, Singapore’s leading and sole beauty distributor for renowned botanical and nature inspired haircare and skincare brands; Phyto, Lierac, Nuxe, Evolu, Secret Professional by Phyto and Medavita since 2003.

Marc Nicholson is the owner and director of Rocket X Media, the Singapore-based advertising and consulting firm. Originally from Montreal Canada, Marc received his MBA from the London Business School. He subsequently worked as a management consultant in the media industry before joining the founding team of Iglu.com, an online ski travel business. Marc helped grow Iglu from a start up venture into a successful travel business with 60 staff, 3 call centres and operations in Germany, France and the UK.

I founded Axxel Marketing together with Wee Kiat, my university mate, back in 1997 while we were completing our undergraduate studies in NTU. It was a means for extra pocket money, and while earning us academic points to stay in our hostel it also provided us with a good excuse to skip classes. Upon graduation in 1998, I did a one-year stint with KPMG while Wee Kiat spent his time further developing the business and trying to convince me to take the plunge.

Nicklaus D’Cruz is the founding partner and the Chief Executive Officer of OAAG (S) Pte Ltd. OAAG was established in 1998. The idea to bring golf to Singaporeans and making it easier for all Singaporeans to pick up the game was conceptualized by Nicklaus when he first started OAAG. Nicklaus has over 10 years experience in the golfing industry and has now become a specialist in the industry.

Ong Tze Boon graduated with honours from the University of California, Berkeley in 1991. After graduation, he worked at Andy Vu Design & Construction and with world renowned Frank.O.gehry & Associates in the United States, returning to Singapore in 1994 where he joined Ong & Ong Pte Ltd as an architect. In 1999, Tze Boon took over the reins of the company as Managing Director and subsequently Chairman in 2007.

Patrick started in Singapore Press Holdings as a Management Trainee after graduating from National University of Singapore in 1998, with a 2nd Upper Class Honors in Business Administration. In 2002, he co-founded and helped to establish Adam Khoo Learning Technologies Group Pte Ltd (AKLTG).

Rajesh Nair is the founder and chairman of the WorksAlliance group of companies headquartered in Singapore and the managing director for all SearchWorks offices globally. The WorksAlliance group currently operates out of Singapore, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Bangalore, New Delhi and Sydney and comprises SearchWorks [an executive search and recruitment firm] and FlexiWorks [a staffing services firm]. Rajesh has a MBA and is married with 3 lovely children.

Entrepreneurship has always interested me. I guess that comes from the fact that I was born into a family that has been in business for 3 generations. Each generation has innovated and entered into a new industry in keeping with the times and on occasion even ahead of their time.

Prior to co-founding Veracity, Robb most recently opened and ran the Asia office of a US-based Venture capital firm. In 2002 he founded a boutique international advisory firm focused on the Asian markets. His previous experience in the software industry and management consulting has enabled him to work with industry leaders in varied sectors including telecommunications, automotive, financial services, hi-tech and professional sports. As a Partner and Managing Director at Veracity, Robb oversees Veracity's Asia and Middle East operations from Singapore.

As the Business Development Director of GA, Roger strives to market GA as an integrated service platform to deliver "Great Aesthetics" in Interior Design, Architecture and Project Management. This is built upon the philosophy of small but effective work clusters, with significant emphasis on design values, technology and profitability.

Ronald is the CEO of Transmex System Pte Ltd (TSI) a global company specializing in the design and development of world-class Track & Trace, Carrier Logistic & Fleet Management, Emergency and Knowledge Based products and systems. TSI currently has offices in Singapore, Thailand, China and Norway.

Samuel Lim is the founder and CEO of the eFusion Group of Companies. Fuelled by his entrepreneurial passion, Samuel started his business trials at the age of 19 and worked through university to create what eFusion is today. By the time Samuel graduated from NTU, eFusion was already having a sales turn over of S$4M. Today, the 9 -year-old company has grown to a 200 plus-strong company with operations in 4 countries and growing.

Sanjeev Shah is a serial entrepreneur and has a degree from Loyola Marymount University, USA. He has established several manufacturing companies in India, including a joint-venture company with Trelleborg AB of Sweden. In 2007 he moved to Singapore with his family and is now a partner in Singapore's leading Angel investor fund, BAF Spectrum.

Sean Lee is the CEO of Marco Polo Marine Ltd, a growing integrated shipping group principally engaged in the ship chartering and shipyard businesses and listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange Sean credits his achievements to his versatility as well as his ability and willingness to learn quickly

Shalini K. Sharma is the founder and Director of Formula 1 Furniche Pte Ltd., a company that supplies exclusive materials to the hospitality industry. Formula 1 Furniche Pte Ltd. currently operates in Singapore, the U.S., and India with its Dubai office slated to open later this year.

CEO of Polymet SA, Polymer distributions and marketing company. Inherits 4 generations of business experience, a commerce graduate started this company to expand business beyond his home ground and today has offices in 4 countries and targeting more.

Born and brought up in Jakarta, Indonesia Shruti Lohia completed her primary education at JIS (Jakarta International School) later entering Babson College, Massachusetts where she obtained an undergraduate degree in Marketing and Management. This was followed by a one year post-graduate management program at Harvard University in 2001. Shruti Lohia took the helm at Medisafe Technologies in 2002 where she has remained as its Director.

Steve Davis am the CEO and Founder of Javelin Wealth Management, a Singapore licensed wealth management business. The company was set up in 2003 and offers tailored, transparent investment management advice, of a kind that should be offered by private banks but is not, to individual and corporate investors in Asia and beyond.

Steve is an entrepreneur with 18 years experience building business in Asia and Europe. He is CEO and co-founder of PropertyGuru.com.sg, Singapore's leading property site used by over 1.3 million consumers monthly. Steve focuses primarily on business development, sales and marketing activities and led the successful private funding process in 2008. He is the primary spokesperson for PropertyGuru and is frequently interviewed in the press.

Steven Chew is responsible for the overall operational management of the Sitra Group of companies in Singapore and globally. He has ten years of experience in the timber industry, having joined Sitra in 1999. Since then, he has overseen the full spectrum of the sales, purchasing, operations and finance functions of the Group.

Suraj Jaising (SJ) is the managing director of CENTURY STEEL PTE LTD, a special steels distribution company headquartered in Singapore and with distribution centers and representative offices across Asia & Europe. SJ has been involved in the steel trading-distribution-processing business since the last 12 years and has wide experience & contacts in this industry.

Born in 1967 Kagawa prefecture in Japan, Takeshi Izuka graduated from a department of Science and Engineering of Waseda University, and took his Masters from School of Tokyo Institute of Technology. He established Digital Forest Inc in 1998 through working at Andersen Consulting (Now known as Accenture) He also made WEB analytics the leading company in Japan and sold it to NTT Communications in 2009.

Jit Khoon join his family business Winson Press Pte Ltd in 1995 afterworking with Hewlett Packard. Together with his team of committed people, Jit Khoon is confident of bringing Winson Press to achieve greater height. Jit Khoon is passionate about self improvement, enjoy spending time with family and friends as well as training for triathlon.

Tan Swee Wan is the founder and CEO of Tecbiz Frisman Pte Ltd. He has extensive investigation experience in both criminal and civil proceedings. Prior to setting up Tecbiz Frisman, he held senior management positions in several multi-national corporations and a “Big Four” accounting firm, where he was in charge of the planning and execution of corporate fraud, irregularity and intellectual property rights (IPR) infringement investigations in the Asia-Pacific region.

Tan Wee Teck is the Managing Director and founder of Conint Pte. Ltd. The company's principal activities include design and construction for building projects, additions and alterations, design and renovation of commercial buildings, general building construction, project management and property development.

Thomas Fernandez, trained in the United States on Pest Management. He is the founder of PestBusters in 1991. PestBusters is one of the largest and most successful Singaporean Pest Control Company and has created itself a household name. It is also recognised as the market leader in the Pest Management Service.

Thomas Tan is a director of BTH Group with business interests in food packaging distribution, plastic resins trading, plastic recycling, retail and property development. Thomas joined the group in 2002 to head the finance division after leaving Accenture Singapore.

Mr. Tony Seow is the founder and managing director of Purple Sage Pte. Ltd, which prides itself as one that delivers one-stop solutions for catering events. Driven by a strong passion for food and hospitality, Tony started Purple Sage in August 2002. From a humble beginning of five staff and one office, Tony has grown the company to thirty full time staff and three offices in three years.

Tristan Chew is the Managing Director of BGC Group, a Recruitment and Search Firm which he started in the year 2005. At Present Tristan has expanded his operations in Hong Kong and hopes to further expand his business in 5 other regional Offices

Established in 1969, Straits Construction was a construction company founded by my father, Mr Wong Swee Chun. In 1983, the company branched out to property development under the brand name Hoi Hup Realty. I grew up with this business and officially joined after graduating from NUS. I started my career as an Assistant Foreman, worked through numerous operation and management positions before becoming the Managing Director after the group completed an internal restructure in 2009.