Vietnam Innovators
Episodes
S2#10 Angus Liew, General Director of Gamuda Land: Housing in 4.0 era
26 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Angus Liew is the General Director of Gamuda Land, which is the property development arm of Gamuda Berhad - one of the leading infrastructure groups i...
S2#9 HEINEKEN and innovations made for Vietnamese people - Holly Bostock, Corporate Affairs Director HEINEKEN
19 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For many years, Dutch beer brand Heineken has become the beer of choice for celebrations of Vietnamese people. Do you know Heineken, Tiger, Larue, Bia...
S2#8 Robert McClelland, Professor, Deputy Dean, School of Business and Management RMIT Vietnam: Authentic Assessment Evaluation Method
12 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As an experienced higher education administrator, Robert McClelland is currently Professor and the Deputy Dean of the School of Business Administratio...
S2#7 Nguyễn Tường Huy, Regional Lead Growth Businesses Facebook in Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia
05 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nguyen Tuong Huy, a German-born Vietnamese, is the Regional Lead Growth Businesses at Facebook with a focus on Vietnam, the Philippines, and Indonesia...
S2#6 Emmanuelle Gounot - CEO Intrepid Vietnam: Technology is a powerful “weapon” of businesses
28 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ms. Emmanuelle Gounot graduated with a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Harvard University. She has held senior roles in big global t...
S2#5 Jimmy Pham, Founder & CEO, KOTO (Know One Teach One)
21 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jimmy Pham is a humanitarian and restaurant owner. He is renowned as establishing the Know One, Teach One (KOTO), a leading not-for-profit social ente...
S2#4 Sakshi Jawa, Former Chief People Officer, Tiki
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sakshi Jawa was the General Manager of Human Resources at Tiki Corporation- “The best working environment in Asia” nominated by HR Asia and curren...
S2#3 Pearl Hoang, Former Head of People Operation, Creatory
07 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With considerable expertise in Human Resource Management, Employer Branding, and Company Culture, Pearl Hoang has held key positions in big companies ...
S2#2 Emin Turan, Foundation General Manager and Country Lead, Sanofi Vietnam & Cambodia
31 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mr.Emin Turan is currently the Foundation General Manager and Country Lead of Sanofi Vietnam & Cambodia, a multinational pharmaceutical company. O...
S2#1 Warrick Cleine, Chairman and CEO of KPMG, Vietnam and Cambodia
24 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mr. Warrick Cleine is a Chairman and CEO of KPMG in Vietnam and Cambodia. He served as KPMG Asia Pacific Head of Tax from 2010 to 2016 and is also a m...
VIETNAM INNOVATORS Season 1 Ender
27 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Vietcetera CEO and Vietnam Innovators (EN) host, Hao Tran, looks back at the journey and growth of the organization’s first ever multimedia podcast,...
#37 Bill Nguyen, Chief Technology Officer at AIA Vietnam
02 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Over the past years, Chief Technology Officer Bill Nguyen’s focus on putting technology in service of customers has helped propel AIA Vietnam to the...
#36 Huỳnh Ngọc Tấn, Data Director at Masterise
22 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The science of data has become a common interdisciplinary field in recent years, with big and small businesses, governments and different organization...
#35 Soames Hines, Chief Executive of Ogilvy Group in Vietnam
15 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Soames Hines took over as Chief Executive of the Ogilvy Group in Vietnam in January 2020 and has 40 years’ experience in the marketing and communica...
#34 Bryan Lee, Country Manager of Glints Vietnam
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bryan Lee has been with Glints, a Singapore-based talent connector platform, for just over 3 years, first in Singapore, and then as Vietnam’s countr...
#33 Mark Morawski, CTO at ZaloPay
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
An IT professional with 18 years of experience working in enterprise architecture and application development in the west, Mark Morawski joined VNG Co...
#32 Valéry Gaucherand, CEO at L'Oréal Vietnam
25 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
L’Oréal is one of the most well-loved beauty and personal care brands in Vietnam. With the likes of Lancome, Yves Saint Laurent, Shu Uemura in its ...
#31 Gunneet Singh Bally, Head of Products & Customer Engagement at Übank
21 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Banking is going through a fundamental shift. To make sense of the changes in the financial services industry, we invited Gunneet Singh Bally, Head of...
#30 Chef Peter Cuong Franklin, Owner of Anan Saigon
18 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anan Saigon offers an unorthodox take on the Vietnamese cuisine. It is for the gastronomical adventurers, the innovators — the ones whose palates ar...
#29 Shuyin Tang, Co-founder & CEO at Beacon Fund
14 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Shuyin Tang co-founder and CEO of the Beacon Fund, a boundary-breaking fund for female entrepreneurs in Southeast Asia's emerging markets. Shuyin...
#28 Bao Nguyen, Salesforce Country Manager
11 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the US, Salesforce is huge: the B2B software company is a crucial part in American business. Big Vietnamese corporations who understand the value o...
#27 Dzung Dang, Nano Technologies Co-Founder
07 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
To date, only two Vietnamese startups have had the honor of being accepted into Y Combinator (YC) — the famous accelerator program that launched Air...
#26 Dane Fort, CEO of Fitness & Lifestyle Group Vietnam
04 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
No fitness club membership? No problem, says Dane Fort, the CEO of Fitness & Lifestyle Group Vietnam. For the country’s largest fitness group by...
#25 Jack O’Sullivan, Founder of Modmo
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It was Vietnam’s friendly trade policy that convinced Dubliner Jack O’Sullivan to swift his e-bike production in the country. Admittedly, Vietna...
#24 Olivier Raussin, Co-founder at FEBE Ventures
20 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Among the factors behind Vietnam’s rise in the start-up ecosystem are its global integration, strong educational programs, such as K-12 math teachin...
#23 Bez Babakhani, Canada’s Consul General in HCMC
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The appeal of Canada in general and Canadian education in particular is easy to explain, says the new Canadian Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Bez ...
#22 Alex Crane, Managing Director at Cushman & Wakefield
09 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Vietnam’s real estate market continues a positive run amidst the economic hardships brought by the pandemic. The demands for residential, office, in...
#21 Mark Chapman, Chief Partnership Distribution Officer at Prudential Vietnam Assurance
05 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As people in Vietnam live longer, the questions of wealth accumulation, wealth preservation and legacy planning become more pertinent. This is where l...
#20 Taku Tanaka, CEO & Co-Founder of KAMEREO
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Vietnam’s food and beverage scene is dynamic and full of promise, according to Taku Tanaka, the Co-Founder and CEO of KAMEREO. An all-in-one supplie...
#19 THE VIETCETERA JOURNEY
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Vietcetera is celebrating five years of bringing Vietnam to the world and the world to Vietnam. Beyond the media we create and publish daily, the comp...
#18 Emily Hamblin, British Consul General in HCMC & Director for Department of International Trade
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Vietnam and UK’s bilateral cooperation continues to evolve and create investment opportunities for both countries, as British investors expand their...
#17 Kartick Narayan, Founder & CEO at Kilo
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Even with the growing economy and technological advancement, the retail industry in Vietnam is still mostly operated in traditional ways. With the lau...
#16 Samresh Kumar, Executive Chairman and CEO for SkyX Solar
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 2019, VinaCapital, a leading investment company in Vietnam, has expanded to invest in the energy industry, primarily on renewable energy - the SkyX...
#15 Leon Cai, Regional Director at Enterprise Singapore
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Vietnam has become of the most attractive emerging economies in Asia, attracting investors from highly developed economies such as Singapore. Enterpri...
#14 Bruce Delteil, Managing Partner of McKinsey & Company Vietnam
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bruce is the managing partner of McKinsey’s Vietnam office. He works at the intersection of digital, strategy, and implementation, and leads the fir...
#13 James Vuong, Founder & CEO at Infina.vn
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Saving and investing money always scare the young, especially because most of the fact that people do not really know the right process, or that they ...
#12 Kelly Wong, Vice President of Operations at VNG Corporation
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kelly Wong was appointed Vice President of Operations at VNG Corporation after nine years as Deputy General Director at Kido Group. VNG engages in i...
#11 Oscar Jesionek, co-founder and CEO at Fonos
26 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Oscar Jesionek has many years of experience working in marketing and programming roles for startups in the US and the UK. With Fonos, he aims to bring...
#10 Kelly Tran, Chief Innovation Officer at Pizza 4P's
19 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
4P’s currently has four business units: restaurants, cheese production, cheese wholesale, dairy retail; and they’re constantly developing new busi...
#9 Spencer Ton, Director of Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Fulbright University Vietnam
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Spencer Ton joins Fulbright University Vietnam after a long career as an investment and philanthropy executive. As the Director of Fulbright’s Cent...
#8 Phillip An, Co-founder at Homebase
05 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Homebase is a Vietnam-based proptech startup providing customized co-investment plans, where home buyers, notably millennials, can pay the portion the...
#7 Manisha Philip, Marketing Director, Timo Vietnam
22 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In 2015, Vietnam's first digital bank, Timo, launched as a platform for clients to manage money, pay bills and buy mobile phone top-ups.According...
#6 Michael Ngo, Country Director, ELSA Vietnam
15 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Ngo, Country Director of ELSA Vietnam joined the ELSA Vietnam family back in June 2020, but due to the pandemic, he had to find a way to manag...
#5 Bicky Nguyen, Co-founder of CricketOne
04 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Bicky Nguyen is a Co-founder of CricketOne – a startup focused on solving the impending global food crisis by sourcing food sustainably in the form ...
#4 Asif Mehrudeen, Founder and CEO at AHM Lifestyles
20 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Asif Mehrudeen is the Founder and CEO of AHM Lifestyles, a pioneering food and beverage company with some of Vietnam’s most exciting consumer brands...
#3 Greg Ohan, Director and Property Concierge of Sonatus building
07 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Director and Property Concierge of Sonatus Building, Greg Ohan shares with us how he and his team are aiming to shape Vietnam’s real estate industry...
#2 Winnie Wong, Country Manager of Vietnam, Cambodia & Laos for Mastercard
24 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As COVID-wary shoppers seek safety from germs in cashless transactions, digital payments have boomed. And where consumers go, businesses must follow. ...
#1 Duc Phung, Country General Manager Vietnam, Gojek
09 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Gojek, an Indonesia-based decacorn, started as a motorcycle ride-hailing service provider and has since branched out into mobile payments, food delive...