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Fellow in Law
E-mail: alan.bates@cambridgealliance.com.sg
Alan Bates graduated in Law from Christ's College, Cambridge University
with first class honours and was awarded the University's
Clive Parry Prize for International Law. He was a scholar
of Christ's College which twice awarded him the De Hart
Prize for Public Law. He then served as a research assistant
at the Law Commission of England and Wales where he
worked on an audit of the compatibility of the English
law of bail with the UK's Human Rights Act. He obtained
the degree of Master of Laws in 2002 at the University
of Pennsylvania where he was a Thouron scholar, specialising
in comparative constitutional law and the interaction
between environmental concerns with the law of international
trade. Alan's legal interests include public, constitutional
and elections law, civil liberties, human rights, and
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Fellow in Law
Director, Pre-Law Scholar Programme
E-mail: krishna@cambridgealliance.com.sg
Krishna read law at Leeds and undertook his professional
qualifications in London. After completing his Master
of Laws at Christ's College, Cambridge, Krishna worked
as a corporate finance lawyer at leading international
law firm, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer for several
years in London. During his time with Freshfields, he
was involved in cross-border mergers and acquisitions
and corporate finance transactions. He was also involved
in telecommunications, media and technology slanted
transactions. Since returning to Singapore, Krishna
has acted as legal consultant for several technology
companies. He is currently practising as a corporate
finance lawyer with Clifford Chance in Singapore.
Professional Qualifications:
Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales
Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore
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Fellow in Law
Director, Cambridge Alliance Centre
E-mail: leon.yee@cambridgealliance.com.sg
Leon pursued his law degree at Christ's College, Cambridge
University and has since worked for top international
law firms, both in Singapore and Hong Kong. Prior to
that, he was doing strategy consulting for a
leading Singapore SME and advised on its debt-restructuring
as well. He is currently practising as a corporate finance lawyer
with an international law firm.
He was the founding
President of Cambridge University Asian Lawyers Association.
Professional Qualifications:
Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore
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Fellow in Law
E-mail: andrew.khoo@cambridgealliance.com.sg
Prior to working as a General Manager of a leading London
Hotel, Andrew worked for Marriott Management Services
in Seattle, where he also graduated with an MBA.
Andrew is currently the Corporate Affairs Director for both the Corus Hotels group and Laura Ashley. He also sits on the board of several listed companies.
Andrew graduated from Robinson College, Cambridge University with a law
degree. He was also past President of the Cambridge
University Asian Lawyers Association.
Professional Qualifications:
Barrister-at-law, Lincoln's Inn
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Fellow in Engineering
E-mail: trevor.ng@cambridgealliance.com.sg
Trevor holds a Master in Engineering (Aeronautics) from Hughes Hall,
Cambridge University and has worked for a number of engineering
companies both in Singapore and Hong Kong.
At present, he is pursuing his PhD in Aeronautics &
Astronautics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
and advises Cambridge Alliance on any technology-related matters.
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Fellow in Engineering
Director, Winter School Programme
E-mail: cylim@cambridgealliance.com.sg
Chian Yieh read Manufacturing Engineering at Christ's College, Cambridge
University. His work experiences within the UK Manufacturing
Industry include companies such as Invensys and Grant
Instruments, dealing with business strategy and manufacturing
systems issues.
He has just finished his working sabbatical with a European
Commission funded project on Futures of Industrial Approaches
in Electronics Manufacturing Industry with the Institute
of Manufacturing, Cambridge. His other work experience
includes Change Management with Accenture.
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Fellow in Law
E-mail: karen.tong@cambridgealliance.com.sg
Karen Tong graduated in Law from Downing College, Cambridge
University in
2000 and topped the Department with first class honours both in her second and final
year Tripos and was
awarded the University's Slaughter & May Prize 2000
for best overall performance, and the College's Senior
Jarvis Scholarship. Karen studied
Natural Sciences in her first year in Cambridge and
obtained a first honours
before pursuing her interests in Law.
After her graduation
in 2000, she took
the professional certificates in law exam in Hong Kong
and was awarded the Baker & McKenzie Postgraduate
Prize 2001, the YM Wong Memorial Prize 2001, the Brian
McElney Medel in Law 2001 and the Bloomsbury Books Prize
in Law 2001. She then commenced her legal career in
2001 with international law firm Clifford Chance in
Hong Kong.
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Fellow in Banking
E-mail: shaoming.thein@cambridgealliance.com.sg
Shao Ming Thein is an investment banker in the Real Estate group
of the Blackstone Group and is based in London. Since
joining Blackstone in 2002, Mr. Thein has been involved
in Blackstone's Real Estate activities in the UK and
in Italy.
Mr. Thein received a Bachelors degree in Engineering
from Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine,
where he graduated with first class honors and was
awarded the Governor's Prize for the most outstanding
academic performance. He was then awarded a full-paying
Citibank scholarship for his MPhil in Management Studies
at Queens' College, Cambridge University.
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Fellow in Management
E-mail: yenlee.heng@cambridgealliance.com.sg
Yen Lee read Chemical Engineering at Christ's College,
Cambridge University and also Management Studies at the Judge
Institute of Management.
She joined Accenture with their Strategy Consulting
group based in Singapore and has advised multinational
companies within the financial services,
telecommunication and government sectors on a broad
range of issues. Her work includes advising on
customer relationship management, business strategy,
change management and system implementation issues.
Prior to joining Accenture, she had worked in London with both KPMG Consulting and
Goldman Sachs.
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Ramesh is recognised as one of the
emerging breed of entrepreneurs in "Singapore Savvy
- 50 Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow". In July 2001,
she was named by Asiaweek as "one of the most influential
women in Asia". She has an MBA from Stern Business
School, NYU.
Previously at Technowledge Asia Group Pte Ltd as its
Chief Executive Officer, she was instrumental in growing
the business, setting up its regional offices and managing
its 80 professionals in four countries. She also managed
the company's public listing application and undertook
several business mergers.
Ramesh's current company, 3R Holdings Pte Ltd, provides
mentoring and coaching on business vision, leadership
and change management to entrepreneurs and corporates
in Asia Pacific.
Practising Lawyers
Various locally and foreign trained legal practitioners
will be appointed by the Centre to conduct some of the
lectures and workshops.
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