Connecting Businesses
We believe that a single action can make a difference in the Singapore community, and that collective action can greatly impact the business world. As a non-profit organization and through outreach activities, our team works tirelessly each day to contribute their part to the greater good.
WHO WE ARE
A Distinct Identity
In an advantaged position of "Been there, Done that", we are a group of individual Singaporean professionals and business people driven by a single goal; to share our work experience in Qatar and help others who are keen to walk the same paths as we did.
Our recommendations and experience sharing sessions are hence lesser of merely theoretical studies but more supported by comprehensive practical experiences and high quality data evaluation collected over the years.
Making A Difference
WHAT WE DO
NETWORKING EVENTS
Outreach Programme
Our goal is to promote business opportunities for Singapore-based
businesses looking to expand to Qatar and help Singapore businesses
in Qatar to expand their outreach. You can hear first-hand insights and gain access to the right resources and connections through us. Learn more about our work by getting in touch with our team today.
CONSULTATIONS
Finding The Right Partner
As the committee members are made up of professionals in their respective fields with decades of collective experience in the market, we will be able to help you find the right partner for your business. If you already have a name in mind, we could assist in helping to evaluate the strength and reputation of your potential partner.
BUSINESS BASICS
All You Need To Start
Between the group, we have an array of trusted local companies providing supporting functions such as office rentals, law firms, administrations, business registrations, PROs, etc whom we have worked closely over the years. Feel free to check with us for contacts of service providers which you require.
"What do you need to start a business? Three simple things: know your product better than anyone, know your customer, and have a burning desire to succeed."
Dave Thomas,
Founder of Wendy’s
KEY PEOPLE
JOSEPH ABRAHAM
President
Joseph has been the Chief Executive Officer of Commercial Bank Qatar LLC since July 4th 2016 and has extensive banking experience across both developed and emerging markets. Prior to that, he had held positions such as Chief Executive Officer of ANZ Indonesia (Australia and New Zealand Banking Group) based in Jakarta as well as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Ghana / Executive Director Corporate Banking of Standard Chartered Bank.
SUSANNA TOI
Vice President
Susanna is the General Manager for both Trendz Design Co WLL and Qatar Infrastructure Co WLL, with a company strength of total more than 1800 staffs and huge inventory and equipment/ machinery assets. Concurrently, she is also the Executive Director (Business Development) of Taleb Group of Companies handling various aspects of the business. In Singapore, Susanna had held the position as Chairman for YoungBPW in Singapore Business And Professional Women’s Association (SBPWA) for two consecutive terms.
ADRIAN TAN
Secretary General
Adrian is seconded to CBM Qatar LLC as the General Manager, appointed to oversee the company’s financial and operations performance and pursuing key opportunities to expand its business in Qatar. Concurrently, he is also a Vice President of CBM Singapore. Prior to joining the CBM Group, he held a diplomatic position as the Second Secretary (Infocomm) in Qatar under Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs .
ABBY CHAN
Director for Publicity
Abby is the Vice President, Business Development for Qatar Financial Centre, the Qatari Government agency which oversees promoting investment into Qatar. In her role, she sets market strategies and assists companies from Asia Pacific with their international expansion.
PHILOMENA GAN
Treasurer
Philomena is the Assistant General Manager, Institutional Operations of Commercial Bank Qatar with vast banking experience in both Retail and Wholesale Banking in Qatar and Singapore. She also launched several initiatives in Qatar including the Sadara Wealth Management and Al Wassela Funds.
HOWIE LEE
Director for Events
Howie is the Country Director of Gulf Ourooba Trading, a technology company established to bring robotics and green technology, facility-related software applications and oil & gas technology services etc into Qatar. A serial entrepreneur, Howie is also the co-founder of an interactive events company and a technology video-games cafe in Singapore.
LEMOUSHMI DEVI
Director for Events & Publicity
Lemoushmi is a Certified Public Accountant with Qatar National Bank with expertise in the field of restructuring and special credit workouts. Whilst in Singapore, she had led key initiatives for South East Asia largest shipping restructuring with a debt of US$2billion and one of Indonesia’s largest coal miners with debt in excess of US$1billion.
LUIS PHAY
EXCO Member
Luis possesses broad expertise in security management with 20+ years of diverse experiences; with a proven track record in the Singapore Armed Forces (COL (Ret)) and commercial settings. Luis's security experience span from managing Public Utilities Board, Data Centres, Petrochemical Refineries to critical public transport infrastructure such as the public metro system.
OH BENG CHIN
Associate Member
Beng Chin has years of experience in managing private security services business in Singapore and UAE, and was seconded to set up a new company; M/s Group Security System Certis International – Qatar (GSS Certis) in 2012. As its Managing Director, he developed and expanded GSS Certis’ private security business. Under his leadership, the Company grew from 250 to 3128 employees between October 2012 and 31st December 2017.
DIREN DORAI RAJ
Associate Member
Diren is a Chartered Accountant (ICAEW). He is the Group CFO of Al Mana Nissan LLC in Qatar. He brings with him extensive financial experience in his prior roles as Group CFO of Volkswagen Group Saudi Arabia, General Manager of Audi Singapore and collectively overseas the finance aspects of brands Nissan, Infiniti, Renaults and previously Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche. His current role covers fashion brands, food & retail and real estate.
