Pass the Power with Paige Parker

Dr. Beh shares with Paige why he left the medical world to join Singapore’s Economic Development Board, ultimately becoming chairman; he offers guidance on how to shape a successful career, his optimism in millennials, fears over social media as a parent, and how his working mother remains a role model to him and his daughters, along with his belief and challenge to the young generation to create...

Join Paige Parker and Emi Eu, Executive Director of Singapore Tyler Print Institute (STPI), as they chat on Emi’s youth, surrounded by art, which led her to The Met and Venice; the joy she finds in working with artists, which is a key component to the uniqueness of STPI, and her thoughts on young Singaporeans’ rising interest in following their passions; they talk paper versus canvas, as well as g...

Join Paige Parker and Rosaline Koo, founder and CEO of CXA Group, Asia’s leading Insurtech start-up, as they chat on how Rosaline’s youth, growing up in Watts, California, during the riots that killed 34 people, shaped her mindset for life, and how education was her escape. Later Rosaline founded two startups before taking the leap to launch CXA at age 51, using all of her family’s savings. The wo...

Anil Thadani, a superb storyteller and life-long risk-taker, is Chairman of Symphony Asia. Such a pleasure to learn about his childhood, particularly his father, who told him, “Nobody in our family has the brains to be an engineer”, which inspired Anil to prove him wrong; why he left tropical Madras, India, for snowy Wisconsin to gain a master’s in engineering, and while there, how he organized “c...

“Chocolate is an experience.” Join Paige and Janice as they discuss the mandate for business owners, including pastry chefs and chocolatiers, to pivot and follow trends globally, and how her university time in Australia led her to follow her passion in Paris at Le Cordon Bleu; her strong desire to return to Singapore, though not before gaining experience from the crème de la crème in the confectio...

Join Paige Parker and Tracie Pang, artistic director and co-founder of Pangdemonium Theatre Company, as they discuss how the company pivoted during the pandemic, how studying fine arts led Tracie to theatre, how she manages to direct her sons and husband, and how she coped with a lack of female role models. Plus her ongoing dream of staging “The Full Monty”, and the intricacies of an actor’s life,...

Join Paige Parker and Professor Tommy Koh, lawyer, writer, and trusted diplomat, as they discuss silver linings from Covid, his thoughts on education, the humanities, and the arts; his lifetime of service to Singapore; the importance of taking ownership of climate change, why pulling for the underdog is important, Prof Koh’s “feminist mother”, how we all must walk the talk on gender equality, and...

Paige has been curious about successful people all her life. Now she wants to talk to accomplished folks about a bit of their backstories and have them share nuggets of wisdom to pass the power on to you.  Pass the Power debuts on the 1st of March.