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About The Event
Since Singapore’s independence, our success has been built on human imagination, hard work, and the courage to be different—all founded on honour, integrity, and trust. From governance to business and community leadership, these values have shaped the nation’s global standing.​
Join Singapore Leaders Network (SGLN) and Honour SG for an insightful session featuring Mr Lim Siong Guan, former Head of the Singapore Civil Service and Founding Chairman of Honour SG. Mr Lim will share his perspectives on how these values remain the blueprint for Singapore’s continued survival and success, shaping leadership across families, organisations, communities, and nations.
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This session will highlight how upholding these principles can elevate Singaporeans onto the global stage, opening doors to leadership roles and opportunities worldwide. Engage in thought-provoking discussions, and discover how honour-driven leadership can set us apart in an increasingly complex world.
Event Details
Date:
Time:
Venue:
Tuesday, 8th April 2025
6.00pm - 9.00pm
Sheraton Towers Singapore - Ballroom 2
39 Scotts Road,
Singapore 228230
(Nearest MRT: Newton)
Event Agenda
Time
Description
5:30 - 6:00pm
Registration
6:00 - 6:10pm
Opening by SGLN
6:10 - 6:55pm
Moderated dialogue by Mr Lim Siong Guan
6:55 - 7:30pm
Q&A from audience
7:30 - 9:00pm
Dinner and Networking
Event Registration
Please note that this is an in-person event that aims to be as inclusive as possible. If you require any accommodations to fully participate in the event, please let us know in the registration form above.
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About the Singapore Leaders Network
Supported by the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) and managed by the Human Capital Leadership Institute (HCLI), the Singapore Leaders Network (SGLN) aims to prepare Singaporeans for global leadership roles. We aspire to help advance the social capital of Singaporean corporate leaders who can support one another on their professional and personal leadership journeys - whilst cultivating a vibrant and robust community. This is achieved through activities that enable members to learn, lead, and link including through large scale in-person events, smaller business networking sessions on various topics of interest, a structured mentoring programme, an Ambassador programme, as well as an online LinkedIn community.
About Honour SG
Honour (Singapore) is a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting a culture of Honour and Honourable Behaviour. They are a citizen-led initiative, founded by concerned citizens and guided by a multi-racial and multi-religious panel of community advisors.
Speaker
Mr. Lim Siong Guan
Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore
Senior Fellow of the Singapore Civil Service College
Mr Lim Siong Guan is a professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, and a Senior Fellow of the Singapore Civil Service College.
Having joined the civil service in 1969 as an engineer, he served two Old Guard Ministers – former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and former Deputy Prime Minister Goh Keng Swee – during his 37-year career with the civil service. He has described both leaders as his master teachers.
Citing Dr Goh Keng Swee in particular as his role model for leadership, Mr Lim is a great believer in the need for critical thinking, imagination and courage, as well as the urgency of being in time for the future. Because leadership is about “making good things happen”, he believes that, by definition, leadership must recognise values and principles, and that values form the compass for organisations entering into unknown territory.
Mr Lim has served as Group President of GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, Advisor to the GIC Group Executive Committee, Head of the Singapore Civil Service, Permanent Secretary in the ministries of Defence, Education and Finance and in the Prime Minister’s Office, and as Chairman of the Economic Development Board and various other government agencies.
Prior to his retirement from the civil service in 2006, he was recognised for his ability to draw out talent and for inspiring younger officers to innovate and excel. Mr Lim has compiled key lessons from his life experiences and his leadership insights into a book he co-authored, “The Leader, The Teacher And You: Leadership Through A Third Generation”, which co-won the Singapore Literature Prize for English Non-fiction in 2014. He is also co-author of the book “Winning with Honour: In Relationships, Family, Organisations, Leadership, and Life”. He has written a third book, “Can Singapore Fall?”, based on his lectures as the fourth S R Nathan Fellow for the Study of Singapore, delivered at the Institute of Public Policy.
A frequent speaker on the topic of leadership and change management, Mr Lim is a member of the International Board of the stars Foundation in Switzerland, a not-for-profit organisation that promotes development of next generation leaders. He chairs the Board of Directors of SwissRe Asia Pte. Ltd., the Asian subsidiary of Swiss Reinsurance headquartered in Zurich, and is also Lead Independent Director of Wilmar International Ltd.
He is an alumnus of the University of Adelaide, Australia, which he attended on a President’s Scholarship and graduated with First Class Honours in Mechanical Engineering in 1969. He attained a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration from the National University of Singapore in 1975. Mr Lim was awarded the Order of Nila Utama (First Class) in 2006.