Featured Profiles
“All About Lifelong Learning” Hayden Chou’s Inspiring Journey with the EMBA
Completing the NUS Executive MBA in August 2025 marked a shift in how Hayden approaches leadership. Having earned his first MBA as a mid-level manager, he now values how the NUS EMBA reframes familiar disciplines through a strategic, enterprise-wide lens — supporting more visionary decision-making at senior levels.
Creativity with Impact: How Mira Pham is leading her digital agency in a fast-paced industry
For Fortune Media Founder and CEO Kieu Oanh Pham (Mira Pham), the tension between creativity and client expectations is nothing new. What has changed is perspective. As a 2025 NUS EMBA candidate, she now sees client feedback not as a compromise, but as part of a disciplined process that aligns bold ideas with feasibility and real impact.
Data to Dining: How Gennadii Bochkar is Building Asia’s “Culinary Staycation” Group
Gennadii Bochkar, NUS EMBA Class of 2025, advises candidates to enter the program with clear goals and alignment to their long-term dreams. His own mission to expand across Southeast Asia led him to NUS. After a decade in data analytics with Fortune 500 firms in China, he pivoted to entrepreneurship and is now Founder & CEO of BIBIMI F&B Group, running restaurants in Singapore and Shanghai.
Boardroom to Boxers Boss: How the NUS EMBA Supported a Bold Life Pivot for Luigi La Tona
Luigi La Tona (NUS EMBA Class of 2020), founder of ThunderWear Asia, turned a spontaneous idea into a bold menswear brand. With the NUS EMBA shaping his vision, he now blends expressive design with comfort- selling not just underwear, but emotion.
Recognising Leadership & Impact: Poets & Quants 2025 Best & Brightest
NUS EMBA student Neeraj Govil, COO for APEC at Marriott International, has been named to Poets & Quants’ 2025 Best & Brightest. Leading operations across 24 brands and 22 markets, he exemplifies cross-cultural learning, mentorship, and purpose-driven leadership.
Transforming Property Sales and Leasing with AI: How Saran Rangarajan and Proplens Are Reimagining Customer Engagement
Despite its scale, real estate remains reliant on legacy systems. NUS EMBA alumnus Saranyan Rangarajan (Class of 2025) saw an opportunity to transform the industry with Proplens AI. In this blog, he shares how the NUS EMBA shaped his journey from sales leader to tech founder.
From Classroom to Container Ship: How an NUS EMBA Student Brought Global Trade to Life
What happens when classroom learning meets container ship operations? NUS EMBA student Amy Park brought her peers on board the HMM Bangkok to explore real-world shipping logistics — a powerful example of peer-led learning in action.
Shaping the Future: Manuel Sguazzi’s Vision at Swagelok Singapore
Manuel Sguazzi, a 2023 NUS Executive MBA graduate and Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Swagelok Singapore, has a 15-year career spanning global markets. He excels in leadership, innovation, and strategy in technology and sustainability sectors.
Pioneering Digital Excellence across Different Cultures: Insights from Naohiro Yamaura , COO of Ayudante, Inc.
Mr. Naohiro Yamaura, COO of Ayudante, Inc. and NUS Executive MBA alumnus (Class of 2024), exemplifies leadership in digital marketing. Ayudante, a specialist in Google-centric solutions, expanded its regional presence by acquiring Southeast Asia data marketing firm Sparkline in June 2024.
Redefining Education: Insights from Jaydeep Saha, Founder of empwr.ed
Jaydeep Saha, founder of empwr.ed and a 2023 NUS Executive MBA graduate, leverages his technology leadership background to innovate in education. Through empwr.ed, he seeks to transform global access to and perception of education. His insights draw from a distinguished career across various sectors.
Tech for good: Championing mental health through purpose-driven entrepreneurship
Jeff and his team are championing mental wellness through Zoala. The mental health platform operates online and via a mobile phone app. Users receive regular check-ins, virtual assisted therapies, and community access, ensuring a seamless continuity of care. Let’s find out how the team met during the EMBA(Singapore) program and how it helped develop their synergy to start Zoala.
From shampoo to skincare, he’s always up for more.
Koji Kobayashi embraces new experiences, marketing different products in India and Shanghai. After a decade, he seeks a new challenge and joins The NUS EMBA program in 2014. Now, he enjoys being an industry speaker on marketing analytics, sharing knowledge with MBA candidates and giving back to NUS BIZ. We interviewed Koji to hear his thoughts on the EMBA program.