Conversation with CEOs

kopi-C with CEO of Keppel Infrastructure Trust: Turning essential infrastructure into growth

  Kevin Neo, CEO of Keppel Infrastructure Trust's trustee-manager, traces his path from operations and investments to steering KIT's evolution to an actively managed infrastructure trust.  Despite being the CEO of Keppel Infrastructure Trust’s (KIT) trustee-manager,...

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kopi-C with CEO of NetLink NBN Trust: Why stability is the business model

  NetLink NBN Trust owns and operates the fibre network that provides nationwide coverage to homes and businesses across Singapore, generating recurring wholesale revenue from fibre services provided to telcos. CEO Tong Yew Heng explains...

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kopi-C with CFO of NTT DC REIT: The investor who crossed to the other side of the table

  Masayuki Ozaki spent nearly two decades analysing and investing in REITs from the buyside before joining the Manager of NTT DC REIT as CFO. A year after listing, he explains how a business built...

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kopi-C with CIO of Manager of Parkway Life REIT: The art of waiting for the right moment

  Chief Investment Officer Tan Seak Sze explains why instinct—sensing the moment, then waiting for the right one to act—has shaped everything from a 2008 investment into Japan to a decade-long courtship of France. Earlier this...

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kopi-C with Gush: Building the next Singapore advanced-materials champion

  What started as an air-purifying interior paint conceived during the 2015 haze has evolved into a portfolio of functional building materials spanning interior walls, exterior façades and windows. The next challenge is no longer...

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kopi-C with the CEO of ZICO Holdings: From law firm network to financial services platform

  ZICO Holdings spent the better part of a decade shedding its identity as a legal services conglomerate. Its Group CEO, Datuk Ng Hock Heng, explains why exiting low-margin work was the prerequisite for...

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kopi-C with MariBank CEO: Scaling through simplicity and ecosystem integration

  Ask customers about their common frustrations when dealing with banks, and recurring themes quickly emerge — whether it’s the hassle of securing annual credit card fee waivers, navigating layers of conditions to unlock...

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kopi-C with Charge+: The 5,000-kilometre bet on an electric Southeast Asia

  Singapore's largest EV charging operator was built on personal frustration, a road trip across three countries, and a bet that most of the opportunity hasn't fully materialised yet. In 2018, Ong Tze Boon drove his...

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kopi-C with Riverstone Holdings CEO: The glove maker quietly benefiting from the AI Boom

  Wong Teek Son built Riverstone Holdings from a glove chlorination service into one of the world's leading cleanroom glove manufacturers. He explains how an unassuming Malaysian industrialist ended up at the centre of...

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kopi-C with CEO of Hyphens Pharma International: From dispensary to ASEAN’s dermatology specialist

  Lim See Wah spent decades building a business that investors may not have heard of. He shares his journey from pharmacist to regional builder, explaining why the company's quiet, execution-focused model may be its...

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