Silvia Melchior is a fundraising professional with 15 years of experience in the arts and cultural sector. Currently Head of Individual and Trust Giving at the English National Ballet, Silvia oversees the regular giving schemes,

Major Giving, Trusts and Fundraising, Legacy Giving and Fundraising Appeals. Prior to this, Silvia was Membership Manager at Southbank Centre where she built a new membership scheme with a focus on maximising engagement and spend from a 20,000 strong members base. She also worked in fundraising teams at the Royal Opera House and Handel House Museum, matching her knowledge of the charity sector with skills gained in commercial ventures such as Ticketmaster and the Mean Fiddler Music Group.

Matt Morse joined Creative Partnerships Australia in a newly created role Executive Director, Strategy and Programs. In this new role Matt was responsible for building Australia’s first federally matched funding program for the cultural sector, whilst developing ongoing programs to upskill Australian arts based fundraisers and organisations to build their capacity in fundraising.

Matt has worked in a number of arts organisations in senior positions, including BalletLab, The Australian Ballet, and Sydney Theatre Company, where his role included development across the private and government sectors, as well as strategic reviewing and planning for the organisations.

Martin Tan is the Executive Director of The Majurity Trust (TMT), a philanthropic organisation with social impact programmes and platforms to create and advance collaborative causes and activities that build a thriving and sustainable community for all in Singapore. TMT provides philanthropic advice and support to Yong Hon Kong (YHK) Foundation founded by Danny Yong. A recipient of the Patron of the Arts Award, YHK Foundation has given over $10 million to charities, educational institutions and the arts.

Martin was formerly the Executive Director of Institute for Societal Leadership and Co-Founder of Halogen Foundation Singapore. He works with leaders in the public, private and people sector in over 14 countries including Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, United Kingdom and the United States.

For his contributions to Singapore and the region, Martin was awarded The Outstanding Young Person Award in 2008 in Singapore, inducted as a Fellow of Asia 21, as part of Asia Society New York in 2011 and was conferred the Singapore Youth Award, Singapore’s highest accolade for youth in 2013. 

As Vice President of Group Strategic Communications and Brand, Lian Pek is responsible for the messaging and branding of the Singtel Group given its strategy and goals. She oversees Singtel’s crisis communications management, providing strategic counsel to senior and top management on critical communication issues. As the Group’s brand custodian, she’s responsible for creating brand equity and protecting Singtel’s brand values. Besides responsibility for Singtel’s branding campaigns, her role involves maintaining a consistent brand architecture across the Group’s numerous business units. She also assesses and is in charge of sponsorships and donations that align with Singtel brand values.  

Prior to Singtel, Lian was Senior Vice President at Mediacorp Pte Ltd where she was Chief Editor of Channel News Asia International, setting editorial agenda and overseeing production. Lian is a broadcast news veteran, having worked for international news agencies such as Bloomberg and CNN where she was the first Singaporean anchor hired by the American news network. Beyond news, Lian helmed Journey Pictures Pte Ltd where she produced long form current affairs and documentary content for the likes of Discovery, History, Aljazeera, NHK. She started her career at Mediacorp after winning a scholarship to read English at the National University of Singapore. She holds a Master of Arts in Theatre from Goldsmiths, University of London.

Kenneth Kwok is the Assistant Chief Executive Officer (Planning & Development) at the National Arts Council of Singapore, overseeing the Strategic Planning, International Relations and Research departments as well as arts education and capability development policies and programmes. A former secondary school teacher and vice principal with the Ministry of Education, he holds an Ed.M in Arts in Education and has served as adjunct lecturer in Educational Drama with the National Institute of Education. He has also been involved in community arts projects over the years with various local arts groups, and has sat on the boards of Arts House Limited, *SCAPE youth centre, and Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music. Kenneth is currently pursuing an MA in Creative Writing with LASALLE College of the Arts and will be moving to the Ministry of National Development as Director, Partnerships and Coordination from 1 Jan 2020.

Jo-Anne Duchesne has 20 years of professional experience in philanthropic management that includes extensive experience in strategic planning and performance management. Jo-anne has demonstrated adeptness in adapting to simplifying complex situations. Jo-Anne has also worked with multiple stakeholders in developing and implementing the philanthropic activities such as major donations, planned giving, digital marketing campaign, etc. In her current role as Head of Operations at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA), Jo-anne has also been instrumental in driving the annual Circles campaign, which saw donations increased by 146%. MMFA ranked #1 amongst Canada’s cultural foundations, according to The 2019 Charity 100.

Clémence directs Agenda’s international operations and manages the Paris office. Since 2012, Clémence has led the planning, programming and production for Agenda’s three major conferences: Communicating the Arts (formerly Communicating the Museum), Culture Business, and the Grands Prix (formerly International Communication and Design Awards).

Between 2012 and 2018, Clémence headed consulting services in digital strategy, branding, media planning and cultural partnerships, most notably for Eléphant Paname (Paris) and The Olympic Museum (Lausanne).

Prior to joining Agenda, Clémence oversaw campaigns for Procter & Gamble and BBC as part of the digital account management team at Leo Burnett London.

Clémence graduated from the New York Institute of Technology with a Master in Communication Arts. She also holds a Masters’ Degree in Communication from EFAP in Paris, and a Double Bachelor in Languages and Economics from the Sorbonne University in Paris.

Clémence is fluent in French and English.

Matt Morse joined Creative Partnerships Australia in a newly created role Executive Director, Strategy and Programs. In this new role Matt was responsible for building Australia’s first federally matched funding program for the cultural sector, whilst developing ongoing programs to upskill Australian arts based fundraisers and organisations to build their capacity in fundraising.

Matt has worked in a number of arts organisations in senior positions, including BalletLab, The Australian Ballet, and Sydney Theatre Company, where his role included development across the private and government sectors, as well as strategic reviewing and planning for the organisations.

An expert in communications, branding and event management, Corinne Estrada founded Paris-based international communications agency Agenda in 1995 and Agenda Pacific in Sydney in 2013.

For over 20 years, Corinne has managed international communications for major museums, art spaces and tourist destinations across Europe. She has advised international organisations such as Tate, Fundacion Mapfre, the V&A, The National Gallery, London and Guggenheim Bilbao on their communications strategies and global positioning. She has built an extensive network of cultural and corporate professionals across the world.

In 2000 Corinne co-founded Communicating the Museum, the world leading event for arts communications professionals. Corinne is also founder of IDCA, International Design Communication Awards (formerly IMCA, International Museum Communication Awards) and Culture Business, a conference focusing on sponsorship.

In 2011, Corinne was appointed to train 150 art organisations in Estonia and Oaxaca (Mexico) about international strategies and branding. Since 2012, Corinne has been teaching Master students in communications management at the CELSA University, Paris-Sorbonne.

Trilingual in English, French and Spanish, Corinne holds an MBA in marketing from Pace University, New York (1988). From 1986 – 1989 Corinne worked in New York as Group Coordinator for international travel group Carlson Wagonlits and in the ticketing industry in London.

Will Dallimore is a consultant specialising in organisational strategy and brand communications. Between 2011 and 2018 he was Director of Public Engagement at the Royal Academy of Arts (RA) in London, heading up the marketing, communications, audience, digital and visitor experience functions. During his time at the RA, Will repositioned and rebranded the organisation, devised its first Strategic Plan, and secured its status as the UK’s most successful venue for paid temporary exhibitions. He oversaw the successful launch of The New RA in May 2018 and managed the relationship with the Academy’s biggest single donor, the National Lottery Heritage Fund, throughout the five-year redevelopment.

Before joining the Royal Academy, Will was a strategy and communications consultant advising a diverse range of UK government, NGO and corporate clients, including the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, WaterAid, O2/Telefonica. Before that he worked in marcomms roles at London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts, the Royal College of Art, and the British Film Institute. Will is a graduate of the Getty Leadership Institute – the world’s preeminent training programme for museum directors.

As Vice President of Group Strategic Communications and Brand, Lian Pek is responsible for the messaging and branding of the Singtel Group given its strategy and goals. She oversees Singtel’s crisis communications management, providing strategic counsel to senior and top management on critical communication issues. As the Group’s brand custodian, she’s responsible for creating brand equity and protecting Singtel’s brand values. Besides responsibility for Singtel’s branding campaigns, her role involves maintaining a consistent brand architecture across the Group’s numerous business units. She also assesses and is in charge of sponsorships and donations that align with Singtel brand values.  

Prior to Singtel, Lian was Senior Vice President at Mediacorp Pte Ltd where she was Chief Editor of Channel News Asia International, setting editorial agenda and overseeing production. Lian is a broadcast news veteran, having worked for international news agencies such as Bloomberg and CNN where she was the first Singaporean anchor hired by the American news network. Beyond news, Lian helmed Journey Pictures Pte Ltd where she produced long form current affairs and documentary content for the likes of Discovery, History, Aljazeera, NHK. She started her career at Mediacorp after winning a scholarship to read English at the National University of Singapore. She holds a Master of Arts in Theatre from Goldsmiths, University of London.

Ms Charlotte Koh has 20 years of experience spanning across fundraising, corporate strategy & international relations. In the area of philanthropy, Charlotte has raised funds for a variety of sectors ranging from social, higher education and now, the arts.As the Deputy Director of the Arts & Culture Development Office, Charlotte leads the department in forging strategic relationships with organisations, foundations and individuals to raise the profile of arts philanthropy in Singapore. Charlotte is also the secretariat of the Cultural Matching Fund, a matching grant for donations to eligible arts and heritage charities and IPCs. Prior to joining NAC, Charlotte held senior roles in the President’s Challenge Secretariat, Community Chest and NUS Business School. She is familiar with the full range of fundraising from raising major gifts, running capital campaigns, setting up of endowment gifts for legacy purposes, corporate social responsibility & sponsorships.

As a “cyberculturalist”, Kevin Lim (PhD) studies the co-evolution of network and culture. He is interested in ways to promote creative economies, by helping people understand how the participatory and self-governing aspects of social computing generates new forms of social, economic and legal affordances. Transitioning from an academic to a social enterprise, he resonated with the aspirations of National Gallery Singapore since pre-opening days, which is why he has spent the last nine years evolving across diverse roles at the Gallery, from Visitor Experience, to Corporate Planning, to his latest venture at CoLab X, an innovation provocateur role at the Gallery. Operating CoLabX for the past three years, luck truly is a combination of preparation and opportunity as little did he expect to receive support to launch a museum innovation lab at the Gallery slated for 2020, where numerous domains are saturated by startups, ArtTech remains as vast as blue ocean especially for the Southeast Asian region. By promoting this cause, we not only discover museum-centric applications of new technology by local startups, but we live up to our the ambition to establish Singapore as a thought-leader, and facilitator, of a vibrant art ecosystem for the region. Finally, the Gallery’s innovation lab would serve as a dynamic space to engage non-native museum visitors, introducing a new accessible channel for aspiring young and adult citizens to engage with art.

Clémence directs Agenda’s international operations and manages the Paris office. Since 2012, Clémence has led the planning, programming and production for Agenda’s three major conferences: Communicating the Arts (formerly Communicating the Museum), Culture Business, and the Grands Prix (formerly International Communication and Design Awards).

Between 2012 and 2018, Clémence headed consulting services in digital strategy, branding, media planning and cultural partnerships, most notably for Eléphant Paname (Paris) and The Olympic Museum (Lausanne).

Prior to joining Agenda, Clémence oversaw campaigns for Procter & Gamble and BBC as part of the digital account management team at Leo Burnett London.

Clémence graduated from the New York Institute of Technology with a Master in Communication Arts. She also holds a Masters’ Degree in Communication from EFAP in Paris, and a Double Bachelor in Languages and Economics from the Sorbonne University in Paris.

Clémence is fluent in French and English.

Silvia Melchior is a fundraising professional with 15 years of experience in the arts and cultural sector. Currently Head of Individual and Trust Giving at the English National Ballet, Silvia oversees the regular giving schemes,

Major Giving, Trusts and Fundraising, Legacy Giving and Fundraising Appeals. Prior to this, Silvia was Membership Manager at Southbank Centre where she built a new membership scheme with a focus on maximising engagement and spend from a 20,000 strong members base. She also worked in fundraising teams at the Royal Opera House and Handel House Museum, matching her knowledge of the charity sector with skills gained in commercial ventures such as Ticketmaster and the Mean Fiddler Music Group.

Artistic Director of The Theatre Practice (Practice), award-winning theatre director, lighting and set designer, and independent filmmaker, Kuo Jian Hong has always taken on multi-faceted roles within the arts.

Jian Hong’s artistic vision encompasses the broad spectrum of Practice’s artistic output, which transcends themes, genres and forms. She is best known for being a pioneer in the Chinese language musical theatre genre with beloved works like If There’re Seasons…, Lao Jiu: The Musical and Liao Zhai Rocks! Her experimental ventures include I came at last to the seas, where she led a team of international artists in the first-ever full commission by a Singaporean theatre company for the Esplanade Theatre by Huayi Chinese Festival of Arts. Meanwhile, her advocacy for the development of theatre for young audiences has led her to create award-winning works such as The wee Question Mark series and three-part initiative: The Nursery Rhymes Project.

As a veteran arts practitioner, Jian Hong is active in developing the cultural landscape of Singapore. Under her direction, Practice continues to be a vital voice in the local arts scene, while charging ahead in its mission to always be a voice for the underdog.

Jo-Anne Duchesne has 20 years of professional experience in philanthropic management that includes extensive experience in strategic planning and performance management. Jo-anne has demonstrated adeptness in adapting to simplifying complex situations. Jo-Anne has also worked with multiple stakeholders in developing and implementing the philanthropic activities such as major donations, planned giving, digital marketing campaign, etc. In her current role as Head of Operations at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA), Jo-anne has also been instrumental in driving the annual Circles campaign, which saw donations increased by 146%. MMFA ranked #1 amongst Canada’s cultural foundations, according to The 2019 Charity 100.

Clémence directs Agenda’s international operations and manages the Paris office. Since 2012, Clémence has led the planning, programming and production for Agenda’s three major conferences: Communicating the Arts (formerly Communicating the Museum), Culture Business, and the Grands Prix (formerly International Communication and Design Awards).

Between 2012 and 2018, Clémence headed consulting services in digital strategy, branding, media planning and cultural partnerships, most notably for Eléphant Paname (Paris) and The Olympic Museum (Lausanne).

Prior to joining Agenda, Clémence oversaw campaigns for Procter & Gamble and BBC as part of the digital account management team at Leo Burnett London.

Clémence graduated from the New York Institute of Technology with a Master in Communication Arts. She also holds a Masters’ Degree in Communication from EFAP in Paris, and a Double Bachelor in Languages and Economics from the Sorbonne University in Paris.

Clémence is fluent in French and English.