FWA-AWF MENTORING PROGRAMME

Programme Overview

The FWA Advancing Women in Finance (FWA-AWF) Mentoring Programme has been running since 2011, and was awarded the AWARE New Initiative Award in 2013.

In 2020, we received sponsorship from Seeds of Change Fund, supported by the Ministry of Social and Family Development and administered by the Singapore Council of Women’s Organisations. The funding has been used to develop the Programme manuals for the Mentors and Mentees, and other resource materials to support the mentoring journey.

The programme is designed for mid-career women in the banking and finance industry, who seek guidance in professional and personal development from senior industry executives outside their organisations.

To date, we have successfully mentored over 250 mentees, many of whom remain connected with their Mentors. Here are some of our 2026 Mentors, made up of senior executives in the Singapore finance industry, many of whom are also Male and Female Champions of FWA.

• Abhishek Chatterjee, HSBC - Head of Europe , Americas and Middle East coverage , Global network banking
• Alvin Lee, Maybank - Singapore CEO
• Angela Ching, DBS Bank Ltd - Managing Director, Risk Management Group DBS Bank Ltd
• Benny Quek, Goldman Sachs - Managing Director
• Charu Chanana, Saxo - Chief Investment Strategist
• Christy Goh, First Sentier Investors - CEO Singapore, Head of Intermediary Business Asia
• Chunyen Liu, AIA Singapore - Chief investment officer
• Cindy Tan, GMO - CEO (Singapore)
• Cynthia Leung, Aberdeen Investments - Commercial Director
• David Mitchell, PIMCO - Head of Marketing, APAC
• Desmond Fennell, CBA - Managing Director, Head of International and Co-Head Capital Markets & Syndicate
• E Eing Neoh, DBS Bank Ltd - Managing Director
• Eileen Chia, DBS Bank Ltd - Managing Director
• Elizabeth Lin, UOB - Managing Director
• Evonne Tan, Barclays - Head of Private Bank Singapore
• Fiona Yik, First Abu Dhabi Bank - Executive Director
• Giao Pik Ho, UOB - Managing Director, Global Financial Institutions Group
• Greg Kallinikos, StoneX Financial Group Inc. - CEO, APAC
• Irene Liu, Accenture - Managing Director
• Jessie Yim, ANZ - Head of Coverage Singapore and Head of Aerospace & Shipping International
• Julia Kraus - BlackRock (Singapore) Limited, Head of APAC Solutions Structuring
• Karen Toh, Temasek - Head, Treasury and Investor Relations
• Karen Ung, SMBC Nikko Securities (Singapore) Pte Ltd - Executive Director
• Kenneth Tan, AIA Singapore - Chief Corporate Solutions Officer
• Li Ling Kwan, ANZ - Head Financial Institutions Group Singapore
• Lyn Wong, DBS Bank Ltd - Executive Director, Chief of Staff
• Maria Levanti, ICE - President & COO
• Morven Fulton, Nomura - Managing Director
• Natalia Rajeswska, Amova - Asset Management Managing Director
• Nicolo Magno, UBS AG - Managing Director, Head of South East Asia & South Asia, Global Banking
• Nuttawan Juanuwattanakul, State Street - Managing Director
• Peixian Lye, State Street Investment Management Head of Institutions, South East Asia
• Pragati Vaswani, OCBC Bank - Managing Director
• Roberta Madden, CBA - Head of Human Resources, Asia
• Siew Choi Yau, HL Assurance / Newcastle Institute - Independent Director
• Siew Khee Lim, CGS International - Deputy Group Head of Research, Head of Singapore Research
• Tra Zboinski, UBS AG - Managing Director
• Wei Lin Chin, Singlife - Head of People
• Wing Kwong Choo, Amova Asset Management - Group Head of Portfolio Solutions
• Yii Hui Wong,  BlackRock - Executive Director
  

Objectives

• To pair mid‐career female executives in the financial services industry with leaders and professionals with similar backgrounds/careers
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• Build a supportive community where mentors and mentees can openly discuss, share and learn from experiences.
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• Increase awareness of FWA, and encourage mentees to contribute to FWA and its many causes.

• Pre-Matching Networking with Pre-Selected Mentors (for successful Applicants)
• Final pairing with Mentor based on mutual ranking of preferences (best efforts basis)
• Minimum 6 one-on-one Mentor-Mentee sessions between Programme Launch and Closing
• 3 Milestone Events: Launch, Mid-Point and Closing Events to facilitate skills development, self‐awareness exercises and networking opportunities for Mentors and Mentees
• Milestone Events will proceed only if venues are available and at least 60% of invitees confirm their attendance