Redefining Success in the Workplace: Inspirational Stories

Sher-li Torrey is the founder and director of Mums@Work (Singapore) – Singapore’s first flexible-work career portal. Mums@Work conducts training workshops for MNCs and SMEs, focusing on flexible-work management and implementation. Sher-li currently sits on the Singapore Government’s REACH Supervisory Panel and is an appointed Work-Pro Ambassador (under Ministry of Manpower). An alumna of the National University of Singapore Business School, she is married with two children.

Robert Vogtle resides in Singapore and is the Chief Financial Officer for Deutsche Bank Asia Pacific. Rob is a member of the Deutsche Bank Group Finance Executive Committee and the Asia Pacific Regional Executive Committee. In addition, Rob is the Executive Business Sponsor for dbPride APAC - Deutsche Bank's LGBT network.

Prior to his current role, Rob was the global CFO for much of DB's Global Markets business and was based in London. Prior to DB he worked for Bankers Trust in Toronto and Singapore and for Citibank in Toronto. Rob started his working life as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG in Toronto.

Rob believes that higher education is a key to obtaining employment in this competitive world. Rob volunteers as a Director with AkarakA - an International Charity that enables underprivileged students to get a college or post secondary education. Through financial support and mentoring, 'Friends of AkarakA' have enabled more that 500 years of education and are currently supporting over 200 students to complete tertiary education. (Go to akaraka.org.sg to learn more)

Rob is married to Liz and they have two daughters Jennifer and Laura.

Founder of the not-for-profit organisation Kanchi and its pioneering social franchise The Ability Awards, social entrepreneur Caroline Casey is driving societal change aimed at nothing less than a complete reframing of disability. Central to her and Kanchi’s approach is the idea that as a powerful, all-pervasive influence in society, business can lead this change – and lead it well. And where business succeeds, Caroline believes, the rest of society will naturally follow. It’s just a question of harnessing and channelling that influence in the right way.

Caroline’s success and vision have seen her win many accolades. She was the first Irish person to be appointed a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum. She is also an Ashoka Fellow and an Eisenhower Fellow, and holds an honorary doctorate from National University Ireland. Currently she sits on the board of a number of media and charity organisations in Ireland. She is also co-founder of British conservation charity Elephant Family, which promotes habitat conservation for the Asian elephant.

Caroline’s energy and enthusiasm have made her a sought-after public speaker. She has become a well-known figure in the Irish media world and has also travelled the globe to speak on her leadership work at prestigious events and forums including the Global Competitiveness Forum, the Clinton Global Initiative, Davos and the TED Talks. She also speaks at corporate events around the world on areas such as leadership, management, motivational and social entrepreneurship.
Her humour, passion and humanity mean she is always worth hearing.

Annalisa Burgos is a TV presenter and reporter for Channel NewsAsia’s morning shows First Look Asia and AM Live! An award-winning multimedia journalist with 13+ years in breaking news, business and lifestyle reporting, Annalisa has worked in Los Angeles and New York, covering everything from Wall Street to food and real estate, for some of the biggest names in media, including Forbes, CNBC, HGTV, Food Network, Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal. Annalisa's journalism career has involved a variety of unique experiences, including reporting from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, meeting U.S. President Bill Clinton, talking movies with Morgan Freeman and reporting on a USMC V-22 Osprey. Annalisa holds bachelor's degrees in Communications and English from UCLA and a master's degree in broadcasting from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. Annalisa's passions include food, real estate, travel and technology. Learn more at channelnewsasia.com/amlive.