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SCWO Appoints Lorraine Lim as Deputy CEO, Designate
The Singapore Council of Women’s Organisations is proud to announce the promotion of Lorraine Lim from Head, Direct Services to Deputy CEO, Designate. Lorraine has been with SCWO for 10 years, since 2011. Prior to her being a permanent employee, she had been a Volunteer Counsellor for Star Shelter. Of course, when the Star Shelter Counsellor left, she was very quickly offered the position of Star Shelter Administrator and Counsellor in September 2011. Lorraine was promoted to Manager-Star Shelter in 2015. When asked to take on the added responsibility of managing MSC as well, she did it willingly. In May 2020, her designation was changed to Head-Direct Services to better reflect her…
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The Singapore Council of Women’s Organisations has Successfully Registered as an IPC
The Singapore Council of Women’s Organisations has been successfully registered as an Institution of Public Character (IPC). Following this successful registration of SCWO as an IPC, we intend to deregister the IPC status of ‘SCWO – Star Shelter’ and ‘SCWO – Service Fund’ as IPCs. This is in line with SCWO’s plans to continue to create synergy and for better financial planning by reducing the costs of operations and compliance. ‘SCWO – Star Shelter’ and ‘SCWO – Service Fund’ are not separate legal entities of SCWO. Instead, these funds are integral parts of SCWO. The assets and liabilities relating to these respective funds are accounted for under SCWO and will…
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Board Diversity – Moving Beyond Lip Service?
Board Diversity – Moving Beyond Lip Service? Singapore is moving in the right direction to increase the number and percentage of women on its boards. However, much more work needs to be done. Everybody – government, companies, stock exchanges, asset managers, and directors have a part to play. By Karen Loon, BoardAgender Committee member To celebrate BoardAgender’s 10th Anniversary, together with the 30% Club, on 1 June 2021, BoardAgender hosted a panel attended by 180 people from across 16 countries. The panellists included Ann Cairns, Global Chair of the 30% Club and Executive Vice-Chair of Mastercard; Piyush Gupta, CEO of DBS Group; and Nicola Wakefield Evans, Chair of the 30%…
