Conversation with CEOs

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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kopi-C with CEO of Soon Hock Enterprise: From operator to developer

  Walter Tan Min Loon grew up watching his father build one of Singapore's largest logistics operations. Today, as CEO of Soon Hock Enterprise, he leads a company that has evolved—from moving goods to developing the...

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kopi-C with Raffles Medical Group CEO: “There’s no quick money in healthcare”

  Raffles Medical Group's Dr Loo Choon Yong on 50 years of putting patients before profit, and why healthcare must be built for the long term. Most CEOs focus on attracting as many investors...

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kopi-C with OUE REIT CEO: The case for prime assets in a volatile world

OUE REIT CEO Han Khim Siew spent three years overhauling the REIT he inherited, from capital structure and portfolio to strategy. He explains how the transformation of a flagship Orchard Road hotel reflects a...

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kopi-C with Fuxing CEO: The part that holds everything together

CEO Shaolin Hong on running one of the world's largest zipper businesses from Fujian, why margin discipline matters more than revenue, and the dividend policy recently announced. On many pieces of clothing, and likely every...

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kopi-C with Starhub CEO: Staying the dividend course through headwinds

StarHub’s CEO Nikhil Eapen on StarHub's transformation from a traditional telco to a human-centric digital telco serving both Enterprises and Consumers alike, what drove Singapore's mobile prices to shocking lows, and how StarHub plans...

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kopi-C with CEO of ASTI Holdings: The company nobody wanted to rescue

Photo credit : The Edge Singapore CEO Ng Yew Nam discusses walking into a governance crisis, why customers stayed loyal through a three-year trading suspension, and what it takes to rebuild a listed company from...

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kopi-C with ComfortDelGro Group CFO: From Singapore taxis to global multi-modal transport – delivering a sustainable ~6% dividend yield

  Most investors still view ComfortDelGro primarily as Singapore’s iconic taxi operator. Group CFO Christopher White explains why the Group’s successful international expansion, improving UK margins, disciplined capital allocation, and attractive dividend yield present a...

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