Empowering Women at the Workplace

organized by WIL Committee

Nov 4, 2021 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM The Reverie Saigon Event Level Rating: III

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Instead of our normal monthly meeting, WIL committee will organize event Empowering Women at the Workplace on November 4, 2021 and our next meeting will be held on November 23, 2021.

AmCham Women in Leadership Committee Meeting - November (For AmCham Members Only)

REGISTRATION GUIDELINE

Virtual and physical participation are available.

For physical attendees, please register in advance to reserve your seat.

For virtual attendees, please register to receive the Zoom link.

Physical participation is strictly followed by the City instruction and subject to change

Event Description

Join this event to meet an insightful group of three female business leaders and a male ally dedicated to empowering women at the workplace in Vietnam. Hear their inspirational stories and stories and learn how to empower yourself and your teams.

To mark the occasion of Vietnam Women’s Day, AmCham Vietnam’s Women in Leadership Committee will celebrate women in their multiple roles in society and business, and discuss specific steps we all can take to make our workplaces better places to work for everyone.

In recent years we’ve seen a shift of attention and a commitment of business leaders in Vietnam to foster more diverse, more equitable and more inclusive workplaces. How can you make a difference for yourself and your organization?

At this event, we will hear from three leading women in different industries and a dedicated male leader about initiatives, policies, or programs they have led or in which they have participated, as well as practices they have adopted that make a difference for them personally and for their businesses.

You will leave with clear ideas on how to empower yourself and create workplaces that empower women and all members of your team!

We hope to hold this event in a hybrid format, both virtual and in-person at the Reverie Hotel, followed by a networking reception, if local directives allow. Please indicate on registration if you wish to opt into the in-person event if allowed. In the event an in-person event is not possible due to COVID social distancing restrictions, you will be able to join the event via Zoom and we will refund the price differential. Let’s keep celebrating and empowering women at the workplace in Vietnam everyday!!

AGENDA

4:00 PM	Check-in for physical guests
4:15 PM	Check-in for virtual guests
4:30 PM	Panel Discussion and Q&A
6:00 PM	Cocktail reception Event ends for virtual guests
7:00 PM	Event ends

COST

Physical attendees

AmCham Members: VND 650,000

Non-members: VND 800,000

Virtual attendees

AmCham Members: VND 200,000

Non-members: VND 350,000

Physical participation is strictly followed by the City instruction and subject to change

Reservations/cancellations must be received by 24 hours before the event, and must be made on-line or by email. We are unable to accept reservations/cancellations by telephone.

SPEAKERS

Michele Wee

CEO

Standard Chartered Vietnam

A seasoned banker with over 25 years industry experience, Michele joined Standard Chartered in 2011 as Global Head of E-commerce Sales to build an e-commerce business distribution channel for the Bank’s Financial Markets (FM) clients. Prior to her appointment as CEO of Vietnam, she was the Head of FM for Singapore, Australia, and Brunei, in which she was responsible for the development and execution of these markets’ FM strategy.

Warrick Cleine

Chairman and CEO; Managing Partner – Deals, Tax and Legal

KPMG Vietnam

Warrick is the Managing Partner of Deals, Tax and Legal, and Chairman and CEO of KPMG in Vietnam and Cambodia. He has been a Tax advisor in Vietnam for over 20 years, and is recognised as one of Vietnam’s leading tax professionals. He began his tax advisory career upon graduation in 1992 and moved to Vietnam 1998. He has extensive knowledge and experience in Vietnam of taxation advisory and compliance, tax dispute resolution, corporate governance and structuring issues, and has advised on numerous corporate transactions in Vietnam and Cambodia.

His clients include major international corporations operating in Vietnam from Europe, Asia and the United States, in the financial services, manufacturing, natural resources, technology and consumer goods industries.

Warrick is well known and respected by the corporate community in Vietnam, and has extensive experience working with the authorities at all levels of the Government. He is a frequent commentator in the Vietnamese media on tax and business issues.

He served as KPMG Asia Pacific Head of Tax from 2010 to 2016, and as the Global Leader of High Growth Markets for Tax thereafter. He has been a member of KPMG’s International Tax Steering Group since 2010 and is also a member of KPMG’s Asia Pacific Board and Global Council.

KPMG has been recognised for its contribution to the financial sector by Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance, and has been named the Vietnam Tax Firm of the Year, most recently for 2020, by the widely respected and independent International Tax Review.

Outside of KPMG, Mr Cleine is Chairman of the New Zealand Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam, Chairman of British Corporate Advocacy Council in Vietnam, and Adjunct Industry Professor in the School of Business & Management, RMIT Vietnam University.

Uyen Cao

Industrial Engineering Director

Intel Products Vietnam

Uyen Cao is Industrial Engineering Director at Intel Vietnam, in charge of factory capacity and space planning, managing equipment supply chain and driving continuous improvement of capital efficiency and productivity. She has been instrumental in ramping Intel Vietnam to the largest manufacturing facility in Intel assembly and test network, producing a diverse portfolio of microprocessors and devices related to computing and communications. Prior to Intel, Uyen has experience in quality assurance and financial management solutions.

Uyen is a passionate advocate of diversity and inclusion, focusing on empowering technical female to deliver significant business impact through expanded network and skill development.

She holds a Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University and a Bachelor degree in Chemical-Food Engineering from Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology.

Tran Nguyen Thien Huong (Venus Tran)

Founder, CEO & Group Editor In Chief

Sun Flower Media

1996: Established Au Viet Design together with a friend. Launched the first ever consumer magazines of Vietnam: Tin hoc & Doi Song (IT & Life) and The Gioi Phu Nu (World of Women). World of Women revolutionized publishing in Vietnam, as a publication focused on its readers and caring for their needs.

2001 until now: Founded and manage Sun Flower Media, publishing several newspaper and magazine titles.

The most successful is the weekly Tiep Thi & Gia Dinh, serving women and families. This magazine has been the most successful Vietnamese magazine in the last 20 years.
Other local titles are: The Thao Ngay Nay sport newspaper, The Gioi Van Hoa (World of Entertainment) magazine, Vao Bep (Cooking) magazine, Shape magazine, Thanh Dat (Success) magazine.
In 2008, licensed Her World – the first international magazine in Vietnam. Her World has opened a new chapter in the Vietnam’s media scene with international titles making their presence in the country.
In 2010, licensed Cosmopolitan. The magazine was shut down in 2015 due to the new development of the world wide web.
In 2011, licensed Harper’s Bazaar Vietnam. This title is the largest magazine title in Vietnam now. It has contributed tremendously to the growth of the fashion/beauty industry of Vietnam.
In 2013, licensed Esquire. The magazine was shut down in 2018 due to the new changes in the men’s magazine section.

Some other side projects during the whole time of working in the magazine industry:

2010: Imported and distributed Seventh Generation in Vietnam, thus opening a new chapter on the public awareness of natural and eco products in Vietnam. Lost the brand to Unilever in 2017.

2016: Writing and directed Chuyện tình nàng Giáng Hương (Legend of the Fairy) musical, which was the first-ever modern Vietnamese musical. The musical was not financially successful, but helped launch a new movement of musicals in Vietnam.

In general, Venus has a passion in pioneering new things – financially successful or not. She has served as a role model in the media industry and helped transform and modernize industry practices in Vietnam, bringing global standards to Vietnamese readers and consumers.

MODERATOR

Irene Ohler

Co-founder

Lightpath Consulting Group

Irene founded Lightpath Leadership drawing on her 20+ years experience in leadership development on four continents with leaders from the corporate and government sectors. Irene has been based in Vietnam since 2012 and has since become a sought-after expert for her work to promote women leadership. Irene has pioneered a number of initiatives to inspire women: she co-authored an awarded book on Vietnamese women leaders, BaTrieu’s 21st Century Daughters. Stories of Remarkable Vietnamese Women, and founded the Women’s Storytelling Salon, an inter-cultural and inter-generational events series, in 2014, which runs in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

LightPath Leadership now offers cutting edge international women leadership programmes tailored to the Vietnamese context.Irene holds a Master Degree in Sinology from Vienna University, Austria, is a certified global executive coach, and has an executive certificate: Public Narrative: Leadership, Storytelling and Action from Harvard Kennedy School | Executive Education.