COL. (Ret) Chen completed 33 years of service with the Singapore Navy. He attained a BA (with Honours) from the National University of Singapore and was awarded a Masters Degree in Strategic Studies from La Trobe University, Melbourne.

COL. (Ret) Chen attended various management courses conducted by Kennedy School of Government, Harvard and National University of Singapore.

As the Consultant for Asia Development Bank, International Maritime Organisation and International Labour Organisation, COL. (Ret) Chen provided consultancy and training in Thailand, China, Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Bangladesh and Pakistan.

Mr. John C. H Young with extensive senior management experience in the hospitality industry and graduated from the University of Cornell, USA. He has spent a total of 25 years with the Shangri-la Hotel Group.

From being the first Singaporean Resident Manager of a large international hotel, Mr Young added feathers to his cap with a further 15 years’ of experience at the Corporate Office of Shangri-la International Hotel Management Ltd in Hong Kong where he held regional and corporate positions, including eight years as a Regional Vice President.

In 2000, he was appointed as Executive Director, to the Board of Shangri-la Asia Ltd, a Hong Kong listed holding company, owner of Shangri-la hotels and parent of the management company.

Dr. Radford has extensive consulting and leadership experience in both the academic and commercial worlds, and has held key roles in a number of companies. Most recently, Dr Radford was the CEO and MD of Symbiosis Group Limited, a Life-Sciences investment, management and development company.

Previously Dr. Radford was Professor of Behavioural at Hokkaido University (Japan).

Dr. Radford has also been Director Asia-Pacific Region for an international consulting firm based in Singapore providing consulting advice to Fortune 500 companies around the world.

Dr. Radford received his Ph.D. from the Flinders University of South Australia, and his Doctor of Medicine from Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Japan. He is a Fellow of both the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Australian Institute of Management.

Mr Toh Ser Khoon is currently the Deputy Director of School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering as well as Department of Organisation Development both at Singapore Polytechnic (SP).

Mr Toh was conferred the Public Administration Medal (Bronze) by the President of Singapore at National Day 2008 for his public education contributions and service. Mr Toh received Mr Koh Boon Hwee Scholarship Award (Nanyang Technological University) – Certificate of Honour from the President of Singapore in July 2010, in recognition of his influence of inspirational teaching, and the enduring bonds that are forged between him and his students.

Mr Toh has recently been awarded the PS 21 Certificate of Recognition in recognizing his contributions as outstanding activist in leading and driving ExCEL movement in his organization through the many organisational development initiatives launched in his capacity as Deputy Director (DD) of Organisation Development on top of his teaching responsibilities and management role also as a DD in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE).

Mr Toh started his higher education teaching career back in 1991. Till today, teaching has always been regarded as his passion and one of the most privileged and noble profession one can ever be called upon to serve. His teaching and research interests in recent years have been in the areas of Aircraft Electronics, Robotics & Control and Industrial Electronics.