Alice Kwan

Alice Kwan is a veteran media professional, with over 30 years of experience being a reporter and was active in the local entertainment scene for over 50 years.

Prior to being a reporter, Mdm Kwan worked in record labels for 10 years, and also as an assistant in Mediacorp previously. She is well-known in the local entertainment scene as a veteran, having interviewed countless artistes and witnessed the ups and downs throughout her career.

She is also well-respected due to her amiable personality, and is often known as ‘大姐’ (elder sister). After her stint in Shin Min Daily News where she spearheaded columns ‘管大妈日记’ and ‘管大妈回忆廊’ which received positive public reception, she now goes by ‘大妈’ (elder mother).

With a passion in acting, she also appeared in many programmes such as Growing Up, A Mother’s Love, The Happy Trio, Modern Romance, Don’t Worry, Be Happy, Three Women and A Half, The Little Nyonya, Double Bonus, Absolutely Charming, 3 Wishes, and many others.

Amy Wong

Amy Wong graduated from Shanghai Polytechnic Institution in 1974, and joined Asia Television Limited (ATV) in 1976, where she was promoted to Executive Producer in 1984. She left ATV in 1989 and joined Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB), where she is currently Manager for the Drama Productions department. Amy specialises in capturing personal and humanic relationships, and bring her productions to life while evoking audiences’ emotions.

Angeline Poh

Angeline Poh is Mediacorp’s Chief Customer & Corporate Development Officer. In this concurrent appointment, she oversees Mediacorp’s audience engagement and programming across its multiple platforms; as well as manages the development and execution of corporate-wide strategy, projects, and initiatives. She also oversees the Singapore Media Academy, which offers training and education services for the media industry.

Before joining Mediacorp, Angeline was the Assistant Chief Executive Officer of the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) responsible for developing the Tech & Media sectors. She also oversaw the development and implementation of Singapore’s public service content strategies and initiatives. Prior to the formation of IMDA, she led the Media Development Authority’s industry planning and development group.

She also previously led a regional publishing business as Managing Director of McGraw-Hill Education. In this role, she led the growth and digital transformation of the company’s business in Asia across the Higher Education, School & English Language Training as well as Professional & Medical lines of business.

Angeline’s extensive experience in industry development and transformation was built through her career at the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), where she held various positions. Most notably, she was the Director concurrently leading the organisation’s Planning division spearheading corporate-wide strategy development, implementation and performance management; as well as the Research & Statistics Unit responsible for economic research and forecasting. Angeline also led the InfoComms & Media Cluster which experienced significant sector-wide growth, including the introduction and development of the Interactive & Digital Media industry.

Angeline graduated from the Nanyang Technological University and was awarded the Lee Kuan Yew Gold Medal.

Cai Yiren

Cai Yiren is the founder of TCR Music Station. Since the year 2000, he has produced many music concerts for overseas and local celebrities. He also promotes Xinyao (新谣) actively in educational institutes and organises song writing competitions.

Chang Long Jong

Long Jong is the Group CEO of mm2Asia, a SGX mainboard-listed media and entertainment company with market presence in Singapore, SEA, Greater China, and USA. Before joining mm2 in 2017, Long Jong was the Deputy CEO of Mediacorp, responsible for its media businesses including TV , News, Radio, Print and Digital.

Long Jong is the non-executive Chairman of Thye Hua Kwan Moral Charities. He also sits on the Board of Thye Hua Kwan Nursing Home and a few commercial companies.

Long Jong has been volunteering his services and making contributions in various national and industry projects. He is a past member of the Speak Mandarin Council, Pioneer Generation Taskforce, and Advisory Board of Singapore Media Festival. He is presently a member of Ngee Ann Polytechnic’s Advisory Committee for the School Of Humanities and Social Sciences, and an advisory panelist of U, a NTU alumni magazine.

Chang Ting Fei

Ting Fei has eight years of experience bring a scriptwriter, with over 25 years in film and television productions specialising in drama series, and is a highly trained professional with a wide network.

Ting Fei graduated from Fu Jen Catholic University with a History major, as well as from National Taiwan University of Arts, Department of Drama. She joined the film industry in 1996, and took on many roles including being in the planning division, scriptwriting and production for eight years. She then joined TVBS as an Executive Producer for eleven years, and took on many roles thereafter including as a manager at LINE TV, Chief Content Officer at CHOCO TV, as well as VP & Head of Chinese Original Production Taiwan at FOX Networks Group Asia.

She is currently assuming senior executive producer role in various productions, as well as an Assistant Professor at her alma-mater, National Taiwan University of Arts for the Department of Drama.

Having witnessed the transition of traditional media to new media, she is equipped with knowledge of the ecology and operative models of both medias. In 2018, her production of ‘HIStory 2 - 越界（HIStory2-Crossing the Line）’ was nominated for the Mini-Series Award in the 53rd Golden Bell Awards, while her script for movie production ‘煞尘爆（SARStorm）’won the Outstanding Script Award at the 40th Excellent Screenplay Awards.

Chua Chim Kang

Chua Chim Kang is the Chief Editor of News & Current Affairs Chinese & Youth Editorial, Mediacorp, a position he has held since March 2018. He spent 18 years working as a journalist in various appointments before joining Mediacorp.

Presently, Chim Kang serves as Chairman of the Promote Mandarin Council, and as a Board member of the Singapore Centre for Chinese Language and Lee Kuan Yew Fund of Bilingualism.

He is also a Member of the YRSG (Yellow Ribbon Singapore) Employability & Employment Committee, Business China’s Future China committee, and the People’s Association Chinese Culture and Language Advisory Panel.

Dasmond Koh

A household name in Singapore, Dasmond Koh is a veteran in local media and entertainment industry with more than 26 years of experience. He is one of the most popular celebrities in Singapore, having won 10 of the Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes at Mediacorp’s Star Awards. Dasmond was presented the All Time Favorite Artistes Award in 2021.

Talented in multiple fields, Dasmond has diversified into a range of business ventures. He is the founder of the NoonTalk Media Pte Ltd, which comprises subsidiaries such as Events, Artistes and Academy. In addition, he is also the founder of a diving school with a chain of dive shops in Asia.

His career journey started from a radio DJ to a producer, and to being the founder of one of Singapore’s leading media entertainment company. With his wealth of experience over the years in the industry, he has managed and oversees various creation and production of online dramas, live shows, commercials, and many others. Working with various directors, creative and production teams, this allows him to bring a wide range of experiences to his audiences. He has always got an eye of viewers’ expectation and that makes the shows he produces with high viewership and good reviews.

Dennis Yang

Dennis Yang is the Founder and Managing Partner of Taiwan’s new original content development company Studio76. Studio76 demonstrates a new content business concept where they raise a regional fund to support and develop Chinese original stories IP out from Taiwan, develop the stories into digital-first, genre-focused Telemovies and mini-series for the worldwide OTT platforms. Studio76 is a joint investment from Taiwan's KKBOX Group and MegaBank as well as Aashi Broadcast Group's Dream Ventures from Japan.

Prior to the launch of Studio76, Dennis was the Chief Content and Business Officer of KKTV, one of the top Taiwan home-grown SVOD/AVOD service focusing on premium Asian TV content. Aside from building a deep TV drama library of Korean, Japanese and Chinese dramas from Taiwan, China and Hong Kong, KKTV also launched own original production projects of web movies in a very unique short format and successfully gained commercial responses in the region.

Dennis has more than 20 years of rich experience in digital entertainment business and commercial operations in Greater China and Asian markets, held senior management positions in MTV, Yahoo!, Warner Music and HTC before joining KKBOX Music Group to co-found KKTV in late 2015.

Guo Jingyu

Mr. Guo Jingyu is responsible for supervising the overall business operations and management of the Group, as well as business strategies and providing executive leadership and supervision to the senior management team. He is also responsible for directing and producing the drama, film and online video series projects produced by the Group.

Mr. Guo has close to 30 years of experience in the entertainment industry and is well known as a prolific and award-winning director, producer and scriptwriter. To date, he has received numerous nominations and wins under various awards in China for his work as a director, producer and scriptwriter for multiple TV drama series. Mr. Guo graduated from Hebei Art School with a Certificate in Drama in 1993 and is currently a member of the Youth Committee of China Television Drama Production Industry Association.

Jacky Chan

Jacky Chan is a media veteran professional, having helmed many positions such as a manager of the production unit at Star Chinese Channel, Programme Director of Hit Radio997 at Metro Broadcast Corporation, Director of Productions Resources at Asia Television, Director of Communications and Sponsorship at Pok Oi Hospital, Lead of Communications at Po Leung Kuk, Consultant for URadio Phoenix, Manager of Public Affairs and Media Relations at Hong Kong Design Centre, to name a few. He was also a committee member for the Hong Kong Televisioners Association.

He was also the host for other programmes such as URadio Phoenix’s U and Me 一起讲, Viu TV’s Food and Cultural Programme Senior Cuisine, Hong Kong Open TV’s Chef’s Tales, and Jacky’s Club.

Janine Stein

Janine Stein is Editorial Director for ContentAsia's information platforms, including print, multimedia and online. She has covered the Asian television, media and satellite business across Asia since 1989 and has worked for, among others, The Hollywood Reporter (U.S.), South China Morning Post/Television & Entertainment Times (Hong Kong), Cable & Satellite Asia, Television Business International (TBI, U.K.) and Electronic Media (U.S.). Prior to 1989, she covered the African television and media industries for five years.

Among other roles, she was TV Editor for an English-language national daily and a correspondent for industry magazine Southern Screen & Stage out of Johannesburg.

Jason Poon

Jason Poon has more than 10 years experience in Malaysia’s media and broadcasting industry. Today, he continues contributing to the broadcasting industry with his Content Director role in 8FM, together with his team.

He started his footprint in the media industry in 2007 with Media Prima & Primeworks Studio for 5 years. Along the years, he was also involved with 8TV as Program Producer & Director. He achieved his career peak with his role as an Announcer in 988 radio station from 2011 to 2019, where he was the drive time & prime time announcer. He moved on to continue his announcer career with Astro Radio Melody from 2019 to 2021.

Other than an active role in the broadcasting industry, he also has experience in event emcee and featuring in film and stage.

Kelvin Yau

Kelvin joined iQIYI International in February 2020 as Vice President of International Business Department and General Manager of iQIYI Thailand. Reporting to Xianghua Yang, SVP and President of iQIYI MOG and IBD, Kelvin is responsible for iQIYI International’s strategic growth, business operation and overall commercial and brand development. In July 2022, Kelvin was promoted as VP and Head of South East Asia and Global Marketing.

Prior to iQIYI, Kelvin served as Senior Vice President and General Manager, Greater China of BBC Studios since 2015, where he led a multi-territories team in-charge of content and channel distributions, format co-development, brand marketing, IP licensing and government relations. He had worked across the Asia region, and lived in Beijing for over 10 years, managing businesses for The Economist Group, Euromoney Publications PLC and other world-renowned companies.

Lawrence Cheng

Lawrence Cheng is a Hong Kong film actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and master of ceremonies. He has acted mainly in comedy films and currently hosts variety shows as a freelancer. Lawrence is well known for creating a hit radio drama series The Yuppie Fantasia, which was later adapted into a movie, a box office hit.

He owns a YouTube channel 健康旦(Healthy Egg) with over half a million subscribers in just two years.

Lee Hung Sheng

Lee Hung Sheng is a senior member of the Customer Group in Mediacorp, Singapore’s national media network. He oversees audience planning, content partnerships and acquisition, and management of the free-to-air channels and mewatch, Mediacorp’s OTT video streaming platform. Apart from strategising the delivery of a wide range of quality scripted, factual, sports and kids content across the network to serve the needs of our Mediacorp's audiences, Hung Sheng is also responsible for developing strategic partnerships that strengthen our capabilities in audience engagement and IP development.

Prior to his current role, Hung Sheng served different positions within Mediacorp, including business and content planning for OTT, management of both English and Chinese TV channels, content commissioning, training and consultancy, and business development for the Greater China region.

Lee May-Yi

May-Yi Lee is the Content Editorial lead for Factual & Lifestyle at Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). She’s part of the Asia Pacific Content Operations team responsible for operating the content portfolio across the region in areas of content strategy, editorial, management and curation. This role drives optimal content utilisation strategy by informing the best internal and external content mix for WBD’s platforms and its factual and lifestyle brands.

The Content Editorial team is responsible for factual and lifestyle content acquisitions and content utilization strategy for SEA, with additional coordination and sourcing responsibilities for the rest of the APAC markets. Based in Taiwan, May-Yi is also focused on providing editorial guidance and supervision for original productions in SEA and Taiwan, and content with travelability potential across APAC.

Previously the lead for production and development of unscripted entertainment programming for WBD’s networks and services in SEA, Taiwan and Hong Kong, May-Yi developed and produced multiple series for release on discovery+ and HBO GO, including Food Affair with Mark Wiens with Zhao Wei Films.

May-Yi is an award-winning executive producer who has brought the best out of Asian storytellers on hundreds of productions over more than 20 years. She joined WBD (then called WarnerMedia) in 2021 from National Geographic where she worked with creative talent across APAC and the Middle East.

Lim Sau Hoong

Lim Sau Hoong is CEO and Executive Creative Director of 10AM Communications, an advertising agency that was founded in 2000. Since its inception, 10AM has garnered more than 300 awards including Cannes, the One Show, the British Designer & Art Directors club, Clio and Communication Arts.

Identified for her unique creative talent, Sau Hoong was invited to join the Planning Committee for the 2008 Beijing Olympics' Opening Ceremony as visual advisor, and contributed to the success of the Beijing Olympics. She headed the Shanghai World Expo 2010 Singapore Pavilion Advisory Panel from 2008 to 2010, and chaired the Speak Mandarin Council (Singapore) from 2008 to 2011. In June 2013, she was appointed Chairperson of the Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC) Stakeholders Communications Committee and in August 2013, appointed Member of the Singapore50 Culture and Community Committee. She was re-appointed as Director of the Singapore Chinese Orchestra Board.

Sau Hoong has sat on the jury for many international advertising festivals including Cannes, Clio, Times Asia Pacific Advertising Awards, the New York Advertising Festival, and London International Advertising Awards. She was also a jury member on the inaugural President Design Award in Singapore. Sau Hoong was nominated as one of the top three most influential persons in media, marketing, and advertising in Singapore.

Lo Ting-fai, Lofai

Mr. Lo Ting Fai, Lofai is the CEO and Board Director of MakerVille Company Limited (MakerVille), which focuses on content creation business, talents management and the events business. He is also the Board Director of HK Television Entertainment Company Limited (ViuTV), where he was also the General Manager of ViuTV before his present appointment. During his tenure in ViuTV as General Manager, Mr. Lo was responsible for establishing and overseeing the free TV business.

Mr. Lo graduated with a bachelor’s degree in social sciences from the Chinese University of Hong Kong with first class honours, and also holds a master’s degree in science from Oxford University, UK, and is an alumnus of Harvard Business School, US.

Man Shu Sum

Man Shu Sum is a veteran of the local media industry, with a wealth of experience in TV management, content development, as well as industry development.

He started his career in Hong Kong as a writer and journalist, honing his skills in TVB and Ming Pao Evening News. He joined the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation in 1981 and spearheaded its entertainment productions as well as manages a satellite television channel in Taiwan. In 2000, he was appointed the COO of MediaWorks Singapore, and was tasked to start two new free-to-air channels.

In 2005, Shu Sum joined the Media Development Authority (MDA) as the Director of Broadcast and Film, and was in-charge of developing Singapore’s media industry. He managed public service funding as well as the drive for the creation of high-definition content in Singapore’s nationwide high-definition TV trial. In 2008, Shu Sum left the MDA to join Mark Burnett Productions Asia as its CEO. In November 2009, Shu Sum re-joined Mediacorp to helm Raintree Pictures. In 2014, Shu Sum joined Hong Kong Baptist University as Associate Director of its academy of Film and appointed Professor of Practice 2019 and Endowed Professor in Film and Television 2020. He was also the vice-chair of the executive board launching the first and second Global University Film Awards under Hong Kong Baptist University in 2018 and 2020.

Shu Sum has held the office of Chief Judge for the Asian Television Awards since 2006, and serves on many other committees. He currently holds the following positions:

• •   Advisory Member of Hong Kong Trade Development Council (Entertainment Industry)
• •   Advisory Committee Member for Singapore Film Commission
• •   Academic Board Member for Singapore Media Academy
• •   Resource Panelist for Singapore Press Holding
• •   Jury for Hong Kong Film Awards

Mark Huang

As Senior Producer for Discovery Network, Asia-Pacific, Mark Huang is responsible for developing current and new program formats. He works closely with talents in Asia and has produced several award-winning series, including How Things are Made (Taiwan Made), Taiwan Revealed: Medical Elite, Man-Made Marvel: National Taichung Theater, Taiwan Military Elite, Tribe Alive, and Secrets of the Pangolin. He now works to create, produce and manage groundbreaking, innovative television programming for broadcast TV and the Internet, overseeing the efforts of multiple production companies simultaneously. He is constantly looking to create new programs, new genres, and finding new ways of talking to global audiences.

Sabanitha Shanmugasundram

Sabanitha Shanmugasundram oversees Mediacorp’s Content Commissioning & Commercial Engagement, and Indian Community Engagement. She leads the Customer Group’s efforts in developing effective programming and content integration strategies across its multiple platforms. Sabanitha brings with her 25 years of experience and expertise in the entertainment industry in Asia, across marketing communications, programming, channel management, and media distribution. Prior to joining Mediacorp, Sabanitha was a Media Consultant, providing consulting services on business transformation, product development and strategic value creation for Media & Broadcast networks in Asia. She started her career as a journalist in the UK and progressed to take on media and brand management roles in broadcast operations, content creation and network programming for several networks in the UK before moving across to Asia.

Shih Hui Min

Dr. Shih Hui Min is the Managing Director of Asia Professional Development Academy and was an adjunct research fellow at the East Asian Institute (EAI) in the National University of Singapore. She obtained her PhD in journalism and communication from Tsinghua University, and has authored a number of publications on communications, social media and internet development in East Asia. Dr Shih also has over 30 years of experience in radio and newspaper production and management in Singapore, Taiwan, and Indonesia. She also is a certified trainer and courses developer at the Institute for Adult Learning Singapore.

Simone Lum

Simone heads the Growth and Audio team under Mediacorp’s Consumer Group where she oversees digital growth initiatives on owned and 3rd party platforms. This includes Mediacorp Drama and Entertainment YouTube channels, the Creators Network, 8days, melisten and Mediacorp’s entertainment radio stations (which excludes CAPITAL 958 and CNA938). Before taking up this new role, she was in charge of Mediacorp’s Chinese entertainment portfolio across television, radio and digital platforms as well as driving the transmedia content adoption.

Prior to the move to Mediacorp’s Consumer Group, Simone led the content and partnership team in mewatch where she commissioned its first co-production “Blue Tick”. Simone is also a pioneer team member of xinmsn that spearheaded Mediacorp’s video-on-demand service and its first interactive web drama “Let’s Play Love”.

Tang Chien Chiang

Tang Chien Chiang is a veteran media professional in Taiwan. He has 40 years of experience since he started his career in 1982, and produced many popular entertainment programmes such as Golden Partner, Happy Holiday, Diamond Stage, Good Luck, amongst others. He was also in Singapore Broadcasting Corporation from 1993 to 1996, where he helmed the Content Development department, and produced popular local programmes such as Fun Discovery, Those Were The Days, as well as the fourth edition of the Star Search 1995.

He returned to Taiwan and had worked at multiple broadcasters and various companies such as Formosa Television, Power TV, SET Metro, Eastern Broadcasting, ETtoday, Wolves Valley and WebTVAsia Taiwan.

Virginia Lim

Virginia was previously the Chief Content Officer at regional streaming platform Viu, where she was responsible for all content strategies, production of original series and content investments across Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and South Africa. She has more than 26 years of experience in the media industry, across functions, from managing P&L to operations, advertising, distribution, content, production, and marketing.

She has helmed several key leadership positions, including at Sony Pictures Television Networks, where she spent 11 years, eventually running the networks business in Asia which is best known for its top-rated channels AXN and ONE. She is also no stranger to the Singapore scene, having started her career as a TV producer with Mediacorp, before moving to StarHub. She joined Mediacorp in 2021 as a Chief Content Officer, where she oversees the company’s content creation, syndication, production facilities and resources.

Yang Chuanlin

Yang Chuanlin currently helms the position of Programming & Marketing Director at POP Radio FM91.7. POP Radio established on 18 March 2009, and plays the latest pop hits throughout northern Taiwan, with a listenership of more than 9 million people.

Chuanlin graduated from Shih Hsin University with a Master’s Degree in Communications Management. He has won several Golden Bell awards (best show of the year/best marketing of the year…) He has also worked as Program Planner and Producer at Broadcasting Corporation of China’s Program (Beautiful World/Morning Overtures), as well as Program Director at Voice of Taipei (Hit FM).