Alvin Teo is Ninja Van’s Chief Partnerships Officer. Alvin has been involved in various aspects of Ninja Van’s business since 2014, playing pivotal roles in the launch of the business within the Singapore, Malaysia, and Philippines markets and managing Ninja Van’s regional fleet operations.

Within his Partnerships portfolio, Alvin oversees the relationships with Ninja Van’s Key Partners and is responsible for the delivery of impactful solutions to maximize client performance. He is also responsible for the management and growth of Ninja Van’s regional franchising business, setting the expansion strategy and strengthening retail partnerships across the company’s Pick-Up and Drop-Off point network in Southeast Asia.

Prior to Ninja Van, Alvin was part of the team that co-founded Marcella, an omni-channel custom menswear label, and managed the organization’s retail and supply-chain operations. His work with start-ups has given him extensive experience in hyper-scaling start-ups to a position of maturity, and broad knowledge of the various functions across organizations.

Connie Kwok is an expert partner in Bain & Company’s Retail practice, based in Singapore.

She has more than 15 years of experience in industry, consulting, and startup roles, specializing in eCommerce, digital innovation and transformation, product management, automation, and strategic partnerships. Her client portfolio spans retail product categories, including consumer electronics, toys, FMCG, grocery, and media.

Prior to Bain & Company, she served as a general manager and technical advisor at Amazon.

Connie holds an M.Sc. in Management from the London School of Economics and a B.A. (Hons) Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from the University of Oxford.

Duangdao Mahanavanont is the Chief Executive Officer at Sabina Fareast, Thailand’s leading apparel and fashion brand since 2022.

Prior to her current role, she was the Head of Alternative Channels Sales and Corporate Marketing in Sabina, responsible for developing an innovative business model to serve their existing and new customers through online channels.

Duangdao also holds a BBA in marketing and a master’s degree in Computer Information System from Assumption University.

Gary Chu is the SVP of Online International at Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) and leads the company’s eCommerce strategy for international regions.

He joined ELC China in 2014, where he established ELC's eCommerce business and created strategic partnerships with Alibaba across all regions.

With over 25 years of experience in managing digital, eCommerce, analytics, and CRM, he is an experienced entrepreneurial executive with a deep understanding of the global beauty and luxury industries.

Gary holds an Executive MBA at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and a Bachelor of Computer Science from Tsinghua University.

Jeffrey is a leading expert on the digital strategies of the best US, China and Asia companies.

Called the “Michael Porter of digital”, Jeffrey is one of the most followed analysts in Asia (+3.1M followers on LinkedIn). He was also the #1 LinkedIn Top Voice for Finance globally (2017) and a Top Voice for China (2016, 2017, 2018). He is frequently cited as a global influencer by companies such as Huawei and Alibaba. He has been seen on Bloomberg, CGTN, CBS News, ABC and other programs.

Jeffrey received an MBA from Columbia Business School, an MD from the Stanford University School of Medicine, a BA in Physics from Pomona College and a Fulbright Scholarship in Biophysics from the Karolinska Institute for Biomedical Science in Stockholm, Sweden.

Jeff lives in China and the US.

Jerome Hamlin is the Industry Head of eCommerce at Google, responsible for Google’s sales and business development operations in the eCommerce industry, across Southeast Asia.

Prior to this, Jerome led Google’s New Business Sales organization in Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and The Philippines. He has also worked with various Google businesses across Asia Pacific.

Before joining Google in 2014, Jerome worked with Michael Page in Singapore and he ran his own recruitment company in New Zealand.

Jianggan Li is the Founder & CEO of Momentum Works, a Singapore-headquartered venture outfit.

Prior to founding Momentum Works, he co-founded Easy Taxi in Asia, and served as Managing Director of Foodpanda.

He holds an MBA from INSEAD and a degree in Computer Engineering from Nanyang Technological University. Apart from English and his native Mandarin, he is also fluent in French and conversational in Cantonese & Spanish.

Momentum Works is a Singapore headquartered venture outfit. Over the years, they have become a strong brand for insights, community and ventures in tech, ecommerce and digital economy across emerging markets. Their main business areas include insights, research, advisory, corporate education (Momentum Academy) and venture building.

Olive is responsible for Synagie’s business and operations across its 7 markets in Southeast Asia and in Spain. Synagie is the region’s #1 Digital Commerce Enabler, winner of Lazada Regional Partner of Year 2021-22. The Group manages over 1,000 e-stores for 600 brand partners and employs 450 full time employees across the region.

Prior to Synagie, Olive spent 20 years in the FMCG & Retail industry, in leadership positions at Johnson & Johnson, Bausch & Lomb and Watsons.

Olive is also the founding and current ex-co member of SG-WEN (Singapore Women Entrepreneurs Network), established in 2021 by the Singapore Business Federation to promote and facilitate greater collaboration and support for women business leaders in Singapore.

Sujith believes in merit, openness, and collaboration, and he encourages this constantly in his team. He lives by the mantra: ‘if you win take the clap, if you fail, we take the fall’. This is his vital ask in his role as a collaborator. As a lead of honing this culture of collaboration within the agency, all levels, across seven markets are encouraged to share their latest work, innovations and learning at monthly Commerce Champions meet.

After starting his career with a series of roles doing business analytics for startups, Sujith moved to Malaysia, with an initial remit to consult digital first brands like Malaysia Airlines and KFC about their analytics. With more than 17 years of experience, Sujith has worked across categories like Telco, CPG, Airlines, BFSI to name a few.

Today, at Publicis Groupe, he runs Commerce for Southeast Asia.

Vincent Iswara is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of DANA, Indonesia’s leading digital wallet-based fintech firm that provides a platform for payments and financial services.

Prior to DANA, he founded INDOMOG, a successful online payment provider that pioneered gaming payment solutions in Indonesia. In addition, he founded several other companies – PointStar, Polaris 3D, and Polaris Tech Centre – and was awarded as 1st Endeavor Entrepreneur in 2014.

Vincent received his MBA from Waseda University.