So This Is My Why

Eric Sim Managing Director UBS Investment Banker, son of Singapore prawn noodle shop

Questions from the Audience with Eric Sim (former Managing Director, UBS & LinkedIn Influencer)

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Eric Sim, CFA, is the author of the book “Small Actions: Leading Your Career to Big Success” which was nominated for Business Book Awards in London in 2022. Previously when based in Hong Kong, Sim was a managing director at UBS Investment Bank and also an Adjunct Associate Professor of Finance at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Currently based in Singapore, Sim is the founder of the Institute of Life (IOL) with a mission to help young professionals achieve success at work and in life.

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Eric Sim Managing Director UBS Investment Banker, son of Singapore prawn noodle shop

Ep 112.2: How to Gain 2.9 million LinkedIn followers & Build a Second Career | Eric Sim (former Managing Director, UBS)

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Eric Sim, CFA, is the author of the book “Small Actions: Leading Your Career to Big Success” which was nominated for Business Book Awards in London in 2022. Previously when based in Hong Kong, Sim was a managing director at UBS Investment Bank and also an Adjunct Associate Professor of Finance at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Currently based in Singapore, Sim is the founder of the Institute of Life (IOL) with a mission to help young professionals achieve success at work and in life.

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Eric Sim Managing Director UBS Investment Banker, son of Singapore prawn noodle shop

Ep 112.1: Confessions of a hawker’s son turned MD of UBS with 2.9 million LinkedIn followers | Eric Sim (former Managing Director, UBS)

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Eric Sim, CFA, is the author of the book “Small Actions: Leading Your Career to Big Success” which was nominated for Business Book Awards in London in 2022. Previously when based in Hong Kong, Sim was a managing director at UBS Investment Bank and also an Adjunct Associate Professor of Finance at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Currently based in Singapore, Sim is the founder of the Institute of Life (IOL) with a mission to help young professionals achieve success at work and in life.

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Amanda Cua - Founder, Backscoop newsletter on Southeast Asian tech startups, One More Scoop podcast

Ep 111: Building the hottest Southeast Asian Tech Startup Newsletter | Amanda Cua (Founder, Backscoop)

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Amanda Cua is the Founder and CEO of BackScoop, a media startup focused on Southeast Asian startups and tech. It started with their first product, a free daily newsletter that makes it fun and easy to stay informed with everything Southeast Asian business and startups in minutes.

Launched in late 2021, BackScoop is read by thousands of SEA’s top founders, execs, VCs and startup operators. Born and raised in the Philippines, Amanda is 20 years old and was previously the first employee at Y Combinator-backed edtech Avion School.

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Chrissy Hill - General Counsel, Parity Technologies Web3; COO & GC at Tony Blair Institute for Global Change; Director, Compliance at Barclays Capital

Ep 109: From a £1.75 billion purchase of Lehman Brothers to Tony Blair & Web3 | Chrissy Hill (General Counsel, Parity Technologies)

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Chrissy Hill is the General Counsel of Parity Technologies, the former COO & GC at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change and former Director of Compliance at Barclays Capital, where she was involved in the £1.75 billion of Lehman Brother (US).

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Michelle Toh - writer reporter CNN Fortune Magazine award-winning

Ep 107: The Story Behind the Story – How a CNN Reporter Built Her Career | Michelle Toh (Writer & Reporter, CNN)

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Michelle Toh is an award-winning writer and reporter for CNN Business, based at the network’s Asia Pacific headquarters in Hong Kong. She covers business and tech across APAC, writing breaking news, features and analysis about companies, startups and banks in the region.

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Xav Desmet - Head of Digital Natives, Startups and Unicorns for Asia at Zoom; former Strategic Account Director at Microsoft and co-founder of Some Sweet Moments in France

Ep 106: WTF? This is the best secret to unhappiness | Xav Desmet, Head of Digital Natives, Startups & Unicorns for Asia @ Zoom

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Xav Desmet is the Head of Digital Natives, Startups and Unicorns for Asia at Zoom. Before that, Xav was a management consultant and startup founder in France then Australia.

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