Panellists see more board roles for women

Speakers at forum say digitalisation will pave way for women to take up leadership roles

(From left) Ms Janet Ang, vice-president of industry solutions and business development at IBM Asia Pacific; Ms Jacqueline Poh, former chief executive of GovTech; Ms Khai Lin Sng, co-founder and chief financial officer of Fundnel; and Singtel chairman Simon Israel at yesterday’s forum, which discussed the role of women in the future workforce. PHOTO: IBM
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Women will occupy more board roles as digitalisation disrupts the way companies organise themselves, said panellists at a forum yesterday.

Singtel chairman Simon Israel said at the event that discussed the role of women in the future workforce: "I could imagine that tomorrow, sitting around the table will be chief data scientists, chief software engineers, heads of product and research and development, chief privacy officers... and chief reputation officers."

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on May 09, 2018, with the headline Panellists see more board roles for women. Subscribe