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“There is no alternative to digital transformation…[and] those that don’t adapt will fail.”

“There is no alternative to digital transformation…[and] those that don’t adapt will fail.”

Chartsiri Sophonpanich, President of Bangkok Bank, speaks with Tan Chin Tiong about the future of banking in Thailand and the region as the world slowly emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic.
How has the COVID-19 crisis changed your views on long-term investment in Thailand and the rest of the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) region?

It's more than tech.

N. Edwin Widjonarko, co-founder and Director of Technology of Xurya, speaks about his entrepreneurial journey in Indonesia’s solar power generation space.
From being trained as a physicist to becoming a scientist in a US national research laboratory, then cutting his teeth at corporate Intel, Xurya co-founder and Director of Technology N. Edwin Widjonarko has worn many hats in the course of his career. Edwin speaks about his journey to boost the adoption of solar energy in Indonesia’s commercial and industrial sector, and why he believes now is the best time to do so.

Advanced fintech lowers barriers to investing.

This needs an urgent ‘whole-of-society’ approach.

Digital transformation in Singapore’s MICE industry.

How digital transformation can be made good for all.

In digital advertising, video ads as a top-of-funnel function have a longer-lasting effect than display and search ads on a consumer's consciousness.

It’s about when, not whether.

An effective customer service platform and a strategic communication channel.
One of the most successful global social media campaigns is by the cosmetic brand e.l.f. #eyeslipsface on TikTok in 2019. It generated seven billion views and five million user-generated videos, spreading organically through Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter, with many celebrities like Lizzo, Ellen DeGeneres, and Reese Witherspoon joining in too.1 This is just one example of how social media in the last decade has fundamentally and irrevocably altered advertising.

Board leaders need to keep up with the accelerating rate of change.