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In November and December, we conducted our annual survey of regional business leaders to gain insights into their challenges and priorities for 2025. We explored key questions such as:

  • What are the biggest operational risks?
  • Which markets show the most promise?
  • And where are regional investments and employment growth being directed?


We will soon gather to exclusively reveal the results of the latest EICN Asia Business Outlook Survey. This survey will provide a fresh and original data set, reflecting the sentiment of senior business leaders across China and Asia. It will also allow us to compare responses with those from our members in eight other network cities across the Middle East and Africa.


To provide context for the survey results, we will also present the latest global and regional forecasts from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and host a panel of CEOs to discuss the findings. This will give our members a comprehensive update on what business leaders are experiencing, anticipating, and planning for the future.

Please note that this event is limited to senior-level executives and per invitation only. If you are not an existing member of Economist Intelligence Corporate Network, but would like to learn how you can attend our events, please send an email to eicn_sea@economist.com.

Agenda

08:00 - 08:30
Arrival, registration, networking and breakfast
08:30 - 09:00
Welcome note, presentation of results of the latest EICN Business Outlook Survey
09:00 - 09:45
Panel Discussion
09:45 - 10:00
Q&A and closing remarks

Speakers

  • Peta Latimer (Mercer Asia President at Marsh (Singapore) Pte Ltd)

    Peta Latimer

    Mercer Asia President at Marsh (Singapore) Pte Ltd

    She is accountable for the performance, as well as the practice and portfolio strategy, of the firm across 11 markets in Asia. In addition, Peta is responsible for fostering greater collaboration across all four businesses under Marsh McLennan: Mercer, Marsh, Guy Carpenter and Oliver Wyman, to support clients in the region with their evolving Health, Wealth and Career needs.

    Before being named President of Mercer Asia, Peta served as CEO of Mercer Singapore and Chair of Marsh McLennan Singapore. As Chair, she was responsible for driving internal synergies between the four businesses and optimizing Marsh McLennan’s overall portfolio of risk, strategy and people capabilities for greater market impact. Prior to joining Marsh McLennan, Peta held various leadership roles at KMPG, IBM and Kenexa.

    Outside of Marsh McLennan, Peta is a board member of WorkWell Leaders, an ambassador for she1K’s chiefX angel investment syndicate and an active member of Women Corporate Directors.

    Peta has a Masters in Organizational Psychology from Birkbeck, University of London, UK and a Bachelor of Commerce from The University of Sydney, Australia. She has also completed the Singapore Management University’s Business & Industry Insights executive education program.

    With extensive experience in advising multinational companies on change and workforce transformation, Peta is passionate about making a difference and always seeks to drive high performance through people in an authentic and sustainable way. This stems from her background in organizational psychology and experiences of living in many different parts of the world.

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  • Marc Burrage (Managing Director of Hays Asia)

    Marc Burrage

    Managing Director of Hays Asia

    Marc has broad industry and functional expertise, with a proven track record of continued success and has led and grown businesses in the UK, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Asia. Prior to working in the recruitment industry, Marc held various sales and marketing management positions in the automotive industry. He has extensive business transformation and change management experience and is adept at building, developing and leading cross functional teams. Marc was a board member for the Leadership Institute of New Zealand and studied strategy at Ashridge International Business School.

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  • Howie Sim (Senior Partner, Global Growth Markets, Enterprise at NCS Pte Ltd)

    Howie Sim

    Senior Partner, Global Growth Markets, Enterprise at NCS Pte Ltd

    Howie Sim has been appointed as Senior Partner, Global Growth Markets of the Enterprise Strategic
    Business Group (SBG) with effect from 1 January 2025. Within the Enterprise SBG, he was the Senior
    Partner for the Transport Client Service Unit (CSU), focusing on helping transport organisations digitally transform their services in moving people and goods, to become more people and customer-centric to support future demands in smart cities.

    Howie has over 30 years of experience in management consulting, IT consulting and business process outsourcing. His key roles in the past include client account management, overseeing the business relationship for sales, revenue, and the P&L of the client accounts under his supervision.

    He has successfully led large-scale transformation projects, implementing systems for enterprises and ensuring on-time, on-budget project delivery. His expertise in solution architecture extends to
    procurement, finance, and accounting for business process outsourcing, and he has played a pivotal role in closing Business Process Outsourcing deals.

    Howie serves as an industry practice lead for transport contributing to the growth of business and
    capability-building in APAC, ASEAN & Singapore regions. He regularly contributes his thought leadership to industry communities such as the Intelligent Transportation Society Singapore and Singapore Institute of Technology to promote innovation and collaboration.

    He is passionate about helping clients to digitally transform their business enterprises to the next level of business growth.

    Howie graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Finance) and Master of Business Administration with California State University, Sacramento, U.S.A.

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  • Frederick Kliem (SEA Director of EICN)

    Frederick Kliem

    SEA Director of EICN

    Frederick Kliem is the Southeast Asia Director of the Economist Intelligence Corporate Network (EICN) based in Singapore. Frederick works closely with network members to help inform their business strategies through political, economic and operational insights and to connect them with their senior leadership peers.

    Frederick is a seasoned consultant and well-published thought-leader in politics, the economy and sustainability of Asia. He has more than 20 years of experience working on and in South- and Southeast Asia, and he has worked closely with business, political and civil society stakeholders to help inform their strategies and build networks.

    Before joining The Economist Group, Frederick was the Director Climate Change and Energy Security for the Konrad Adenauer Foundation – a development organisation of the German government, dedicated to the promotion of a social market economy - in Singapore and Hong Kong. Prior to that, Frederick lectured and taught post-graduate students (MA and PhD) at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore.

    Frederick holds a PhD in International Relations and Multilateralism in Asia and is passionate about politics and economics as well as climate and sustainability issues. On these and more, he is a well-published published author, with several books, peer-reviewed-journal articles and numerous media appearances and op-eds to his name.

    Expertise:
    South- and Southeast Asia, ASEAN, and Europe

    Specialist subjects:
    Geopolitics, Development, Energy Security and Transition, Politics and Economics ASEAN and the EU,

    Languages:
    English, German, and ever-improving Malay

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Venue

Four Seasons Hotel Singapore

(Crescent Ballroom)
190 Orchard Boulevard,
Singapore 248646

Singapore

If you have any questions please contact EICN SEA

Contact Organizer

+65 65345177

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