Update (14 March): Dear all, thank you for your keen interest in our WEimpact Dynamic Huddle Panel Discussion. Please note the event is now full and registrations have closed. If you'd like to be placed on the waitlist, please email us at weimpact@fwasg.org. Thank you!

In collaboration with Uncommon Minds and hosted by Citi, the FWA Women Empowered Impact (WEimpact) pillar invites you to a panel discussion as an introduction to neurodiversity.  In this session you will learn more about learning differences such as ADHD, autism, and dyslexia.  In addition, the panel will discuss how you can understand and work better with neurodiverse individuals and be more inclusive in the workplace.  Lastly, we welcome our members to join us in an enriching discussion over an interactive Q&A segment.

Did you know? It is estimated that 15-20% of the global population is neurodiverse.  Learning differences are complex and varied.  Every individual is unique and their experiences, strengths and challenges, differs as well.  Neurodiversity is the idea that there is no one ‘right’ way of thinking or learning, and that these differences should not be viewed as deficits but rather be embraced as part of natural human diversity.

FWA WEImpact aims to foster diversity of thought and promote improved personal and professional lives by bringing our members health & wellness topics in women with awareness on mental, physical and emotional care across all aspects of life.  We hope that this panel discussion will bring to light that diversity is more than what meets the eye.

About Uncommon Minds:

Uncommon Minds is a grounds-up initiative that aims to inspire hope, break barriers and stereotypes, and celebrate the strengths of neurodiverse people with invisible learning differences such as autism, dyslexia, ADHD, dyspraxia. To learn more: www.uncommonminds.sg

Registration

Please note places are on a first-come-first-served basis so do register early! Deadline for registration is 29 Mar 2024, or until spaces are filled. Please sign up early to avoid disappointment. We apologise that any request for places after the deadline will not be entertained. As places are limited and if you have RSVP but cannot make it, we appreciate that you cancel your registration so that we can make the place available to someone else. Cancellation details are provided below under NO SHOW POLICY. Thank you.

Moderator: 

Jacqueline Chua, Membership Chair, Financial Women's Association Singapore

Jacqueline is a multi-talented leader with deep expertise in the banking and non-profit sector for close to 30 years. She has held frontline leadership roles in wealth management and business development at UBS, RBS Coutts, ABN AMRO, Citibank, and Allianz Global Investors. 

She has over 20 years of volunteer experience focused on impactful social contributions to society by inspiring transformation and empowering countless women and young minds to boldly embrace their potential. Aside from being the immediate past President of the FWA Singapore, she volunteers on several advisory boards, the CFA Singapore DEI Code, Singapore Changi Prisons Home Detention, Catholic Junior College, and Inspiring Girls Singapore. Jacqueline recently graduated with a Master of Science in Innovation at Singapore Management University (SMU) and is now a co-founder of an EdTech start-up in the SMU-BIG incubator program.

Jacqueline had undiagnosed high-functioning ADHD and has self-managed the disruptions throughout her life. Since her late-life diagnosis, she is currently seeking support to maintain a balanced mental wellness.

Speakers:

Dr Vivien Yang, Registered Educational & Child Psychologist, Uncommon Minds Co-Founder​ 

Dr Vivien Yang is a registered educational and child psychologist and founder of Bloom Child Psychology. She has worked with a diverse caseload of individuals with developmental differences, including autism, dyslexia, ADHD, dyscalculia, selective mutism, anxiety, developmental delays, genetic disorders, dyspraxia and other complex needs.  Vivien co-founded Uncommon Minds to create change in societal perceptions of neurodivergent individuals.

Himanshu Chaudhari, Neurodivergent Corporate Leader

Himanshu is a corporate executive in the Financial Services industry, currently serving as Managing Director, Group Operational Excellence in OCBC. His leadership focus is on Corporate Innovation & Digital Transformation. In close to two decades of his corporate career, he has worked across Asia Pacific in global firms like J.P. Morgan & Accenture.

As an adult ADHD-er, Himanshu is an active champion of mental health & seeking help. He serves on the board of a local charity organization, Unlocking ADHD, and chairs their audit committee. He drives multiple voluntary initiatives in his corporate role and has also actively led Corporate Social Development budgets & initiatives in Singapore. As a voluntary engagement, he has also led a global non-profit consulting project through the pro-bono consulting initiative – Accenture Development Partnerships.

Outside of his corporate role, Himanshu is an angel investor, has served on Start-up boards, is a compulsive ‘self-experimenter’ and is an active ‘Health & Longevity’ activist.

Dr Perpetua Neo (DclinPsy, UCL Mphil, Cambridge) Executive Coach, Psychologist, Writer & Uncommon Minds Ambassador 

Dr Perpetua Neo coaches Type A+++ overachievers with demanding lives to be in control of their heads, time, and relationships, so they perform and lead at their best always. She specializes in The Big 3 we mistakenly tolerate— high-functioning anxiety, toxic relationships, and panic attacks— blending cutting-edge neuroscience, psychology, and ancient wisdom.

Registration for Members:

FWA members attend free of charge. Please login to the website before registering.

Institutional Members:

• Diamond members- Registration at FWA member rates for up to 15 persons per Institutional Member.
• Platinum members- Registration at FWA member rates for up to 10 persons per Institutional Member.
• Gold members- Registration at FWA member rates for up to 5 persons per Institutional Member.

Please click 'Register Now' and register using your Institutional Codes (Please check with your respective coordinators for your Institutional Code).

THIS IS A MEMBER AND INVITE-ONLY EVENT. To join as a member, please follow this link

No Show Policy

We understand that with busy schedules, there may be times when you cannot make an event after you have registered for it. In the event that you cannot make an event, we appreciate that you use our new tool now available to cancel the event. Cancellation is allowed up to 2 days ahead of the event date. To do so, please log in to the FWA website, under “My Account”, select “My Events”, you can cancel the event registration under the “Cancel registration” column. For members that are no-shows for 3 consecutive events, we regret to inform that you will be barred from attending any FWA events for the next 3 months. We hope you understand this policy as our events are often in high demand and your co-operation will allow those who can and wish to attend our events to do so. 

Event Images, Photos and Recordings Policy

Please do note that if you attend events or programmes organised, managed, administered or publicised by the FWA, by attending such events, you agree and consent to the use of your photograph, voice, likeness, and image in any broadcasts of such event and in subsequent productions drawn from video or audio recordings of such event.  The photographs and recordings may be published or broadcasted in FWA publications and in publicity materials, including FWA’s websites and social media. All recordings, articles, quotes, photographs, films, audio or video and/or any reproductions of same in any form, are the property of FWA. FWA, its affiliates, employees, representatives and agents are released from any and all claims, demands, costs and liability that may arise from the use of these interviews, recordings, photographs, videotapes or films, and/or any reproductions of same in any form, as described above, arising out of being interviewed, recorded, photographed, videotaped or filmed.  If you do not wish to have your photos/audio-visual recordings taken at such event, it is your responsibility to remove yourself from group and candid shots/recordings that the photographers/videographers intend to capture.

For enquiries, please contact weimpact@fwasg.org

To RSVP, please register at our FWA website. For further enquiries, drop a note to weimpact@fwasg.org