Material and enerFrom venture capital to a career in sustainabilitygy consumption in the Asia-Pacific region is rapidly on the rise, with the region accounting for over 50% of world consumption. By 2025, it is expected to generate about 2.5 million tonnes of waste daily. Sustainability is no longer just a corporate buzzword but a business imperative.
Brandon Lye, Chief Executive Officer of Tiger Asset Management Pte. Ltd. (TAM), an investment firm and trustee manager for a digital real estate trust with assets under management in Singapore, the Philippines and Myanmar, and a Nanyang Executive MBA (EMBA) participant, discusses his journey navigating Myanmar’s business landscape. He explains why taking on the Nanyang EMBA at this point in his career was timely, and how the EMBA was critical in helping him achieve his goals in Myanmar as well as explore other opportunities in the region.
With virtually every industry affected in the last two years of the pandemic, even those at the top of their respective fields feel the need to become more digital. The shift to digital demands flexibility, agility, and an awareness of how emerging technologies are used to drive business innovation.
Terumasa Takahashi, currently a Managing Director at Japanese conglomerate USHIO, has worked there for more than 20 years. Founded in 1964, USHIO is an electronic components and equipment manufacturer that has traditionally sold a range of light source products, including halogen lamps, xenon lamps, and UV lamps. These are incorporated in products used widely in various fields such as office automation equipment including printers and projectors, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, and medical devices. At USHIO, Takahashi now handles marketing, sales, and after-sales support for customers in ASEAN, India, Oceania, and China.
Stakeholders today demand that business investments account for not just economic returns but for social and environmental impact as well. Companies feel the pressure to elevate sustainability as a top priority and accept their responsibility to impact society positively. Business leaders who fail to respond, risk both their social license to operate and their ability to survive and thrive long-term. Winning this sustainability revolution requires a new approach to business education to prepare business leaders to be purpose-driven trailblazers, driving change not just today, but for the future.
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