Great Women of Our Time 2012
Singapore Women’s Weekly has revealed the winners of this year’s Women of Our Time Awards, an annual award honouring the achievements of the nation’s most inspiring women. These women were recognised at a gala dinner presentation on 28 September 2012, from 7pm to 10pm, at Four Seasons Hotel Singapore. Guest-of-Honour Dr Amy Khor, Minister of State, Ministry of Health and Ministry of Manpower, graced the event.
Selected for outstanding leadership and performance in their professions and in public service, 18 honourees were nominated from six fields: Arts & Media; Finance & Commerce; Education & Public Service; Science & Technology; Health, Sports & Wellness; and Design & Style.
The panel of judges for the Awards included Dr Ann Tan, Immediate Past President of the Singapore Council of Women’s Organisations (SCWO) and Chairperson of Women’s Register; Ms Agnes Sng, General Manager of Raymond Weil; and Ms Tara Barker.
Lusi, CEO and Life Coach of Lusi Group, emerged the big winner, bagging two awards. She took home an award under an the Finance & Commerce category, as well as for the ‘Most Inspiring Woman’ as voted by readers of The Weekly’s September 2012 issue via an SMS poll.
Tara Barker, Editor-in-Chief of The Singapore Women’s Weekly : “These unique awards honour the unsung heroines of Singapore. We celebrate these women who are leaders in their fields, yet are not known to the public at large. Our goal is to show the talents, energy, creativity and heart of women in Asia – women who will inspire us all to live our best lives.”
The Winners of Great Women of Our Time Awards 2012 are listed below :
Arts & Media
Hairani Hassan -Joshi
Curator, National Museum of Singapore
Design & Style
Fang Siwei
Visual Arts Lecturer, Faculty of Visual Arts, SOTA
Education & Public Service
Dr. Caroline Low-Heah
Clinical Director & Chairman, Kidz Horizon Appeal
Finance & Commerce
Lusi
CEO & Life Coach, Lusi Group
Health, Sports & Wellness
Dr. Teo-Koh Sock Miang
Associate Professor, NIE, President, Special Olympics Singapore,
Chairwoman, Asia-Pacific Regional Leadership Council of Special Olympics International
Science & Technology
CEO, Eco-Wiz Group
Most Inspiring Woman Award (based on reader’s votes)
Lusi
CEO & Life Coach, Lusi Group
AdLib congratulates all Honourees and Winners. It was a pleasure to be in the midst of such inspirational women.
AD-LIBRARY SINGAPORE 