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Nurul Jihadah Hussain
Founder of The Codette ProjectNurul Jihadah Hussain is a globally recognized community leader and founder of non-profit The Codette Project that aims to get more minority/Muslim women into technology. The Codette Project is working towards long-term change through developing tech skills, building a collaborative community as well as reclaiming narratives of success to include underrepresented women’s stories. She also runs her own lifestyle brand and a career consultancy that focuses on helping clients through transitional phases. She has one son, Aaron, who is her why.
Sher-Li Torrey
Founder of Mums@Work (Singapore)Sher-li Torrey is the founder & director of Mums@Work (Singapore), which was started in 2010. Trained in various personality profiling tools, she has more than 20 years of corporate experience holding various roles in different industries. In 2010, following the birth of her daughter, Sher-li started Mums@Work (Singapore) – a social enterprise that supports women. A point of information source for women looking at flexible work arrangements and/ or starting their own business, Mums@Work is a career portal that supports more than 60,000 women. In 2016, she started a subsidiary of M@W, Career Navigators – with a focus on bringing women back into the workforce in full-time roles. Through this subsidiary, partnerships with more than 150 MNCs have been established – and various returnships and back-to-work programmes have been implemented across the years. In 2021, Sher-li launched “Singapore:40-over-40. Inspiring Women”- an annual initiative to highlight 40 women in Singapore, over the age of 40, who have started a business, restarted a career, changed career paths or created a social giveback project. The project aims to speak up against ageism and gender bias faced by women in Singapore.
As founder of Singapore’s first flexible work career portal, Sher-li has spoken to various organisations and local media on Diversity & Inclusion topics, as well as HR-related issues. She is a frequent speaker and article contributor to press and TV on topics related to new work environment, employment trends and diversity hiring. As a trained career coach, Sher-li also currently sits on various advisory boards of Singapore’s different government ministries – including the COMPASS Council (Ministry of Education) since 2017, the ACCORD Family & Community Council (Ministry of Defence) since 2019 and the Families For Life Council (Ministry of Social & Family Development) since August 2019. A mother of 2 school-going children, Sher-li strongly advocates a work environment that thrives in allowing employees to have better work-family integration.
Alicia Lee
Digital Business Analyst (Service Design) at GovtechAlicia is a mum of 2 boys, who in her opinion are like a cat and a dog! At work, she lives in the intersection of tech and business, utilising service design to conceptualise meaningful services for citizens, businesses and public service in GovTech, on top of co-chairing Women in (Gov)Tech employee resource group and volunteering as a Design Thinking champion. Motherhood amplified her drive to encourage and empower women, when she realised she needed to redefine her definitions of success. Her mantra as a mother now is “let go”.
Deborah Hendricks
Business Development at Standard Chartered BankDeborah is a first time mother to an 11 month girl, and covers Business Development and Strategy in Standard Chartered Private Bank. Through her motherhood journey thus far, she navigated a huge M&A at her previous company and made a career switch to a truly flexi employer that supports employee personal life. She truly believes in supporting first time moms in particular navigate the seemingly daunting and less spoken about physical and emotional challenges as they welcome a little one.
Pei Rong Cheo (Moderator)
Volunteer at YWLCPei Rong is an educator and career coach who has experienced eventful career and life transitions. Outside of work, she volunteers in the areas of life and career coaching and mentoring, youth, women development and empowerment, mental wellness, nature, and sustainability. Pei Rong believes in living a holistic and authentic life that is aligned with one’s values, purpose, and priorities.