Be well, Lead Well: Mental Wellbeing as a Business Strategy

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This morning, CEOs and Managing Directors of 28 companies from 8 business chambers met together to engage in meaningful discussions and explore how they can lead the change within their organizations to foster positive transformations surrounding mental health.

Moderated by Anthea Indira Ong​, Founder & Chairperson of WorkWell Leaders, the 3 speakers (Suyeon Kim, Country President of AstraZeneca Singapore​, Boudewijn Pesch​, Vice President APAC of Axis Communications ​and Li-San Tan​, CEO, National Council of Social Service​ (NCSS)) shared with the audience their approaches in managing their own mental wellbeing and the current organizational strategies that worked well to manage the staff's mental wellbeing. The audience also raised many pertinent issues they faced during and after the panel discussion.

We want to thank Priit Turk , Ambassador of the Republic of Estonia to Singapore for the welcome note and Estonian Business Hub ​and the Estonian Embassy in Singapore​ for hosting this event at their venue.

A heartfelt appreciation to Anthea Indira Ong, Li-San Tan, Suyeon Kim, Boudewijn Pesch for sharing the challenges and strategies for mental health wellbeing. We also want to thank Nele Cornelis​, Executive Director of European Chamber of Commerce (Singapore)​ for the closing remarks.

A big shoutout to Lisa Ferraton and Anna Hedve Landgren (She/Her/Hers) from SwedCham Singapore for organizing this successful event with WorkWell Leaders and collaborating with the various chambers.

Lastly, we want to thank all CEOs and Managing Directors for participating in this important dialogue and being part of the transformation of workplace wellbeing landscape in Singapore.