In today’s workplace, women encounter unique health challenges from general women’s health to fertility and menopause, and these concerns can significantly impact women’s productivity, well-being, and career progression and wellbeing-balance. Yet, many organisations still lack comprehensive policies that address the full spectrum of women’s health needs.
This event aims to ignite a meaningful conversation on how we can move from simply acknowledging women’s health issues to taking real, actionable steps, so as to bridge the gap between awareness and action. By bringing together female leaders from the healthcare, HR, and government sectors, we will explore how organisations can enhance support for women’s health in the workplace. The discussion will focus on how we can shape the workplace through culture and HR policies so that women feel supported to take care of their own health.
This cross-committee panel discussion aims to gather insights from our members on the potential impact of these developments:
- Walking the Talk: How Women Leaders in the Healthcare Industry Lead the Change
- Evolution of the Workplace: Trends and Evolving HR Approaches to Empowering Women Wellbeing
- Inclusivity for Health Impact: How workplace culture can create a safe space and influence health behaviours for people living with stigmatised conditions
- Life-course Perspective towards Corporate Health Insurance: Are current corporate insurance products or corporate support sufficient to address multi-faceted needs for women’s health?
- Sustainability and Empowerment: Why women representation is key to shaping the workplace environment and how it affects work-life balance
- Government & Community Support: How public policies and initiatives can contribute to a more inclusive workplace
Join us for an inspiring and solutions-driven discussion on how companies, in partnership with the pharmaceutical industry, can build a healthier, more inclusive future for women in the workforce.
09.00 am Registration & Networking
09.30 am Welcome Remarks by EuroCham
09.35 am Opening Remarks by AstraZeneca
09.40 am Panel Discussion, moderated by Ms Kandyce Ong, Government Affairs Lead, AstraZeneca
- Ms Siow Ai Li, Managing Director, Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei, Siemens Healthineers
- Dr Priyanka Rajendram, Clinical Head, Cancer Prevention & Control, Singapore Cancer Society
- Ms Lee Wee Nar, Head of Human Resources, AstraZeneca
10.40 am Live Q&A
10.55 am Closing Remarks
11.00 am End of Event
The organisers reserve the right to change the programme content without giving prior notification or any reasons thereof.
Managing Director, Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei
Siow Ai Li has served as the Managing Director of Siemens Healthineers Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei.
She started her career in X-Ray Laboratories in Taipei since 1997 and has brought more than two decades of invaluable healthcare industrial experience to her role. She moved to Hong Kong to start her journey with Siemens Healthineers in 2002 and held various positions from Product Marketing, Business Development to Sales Management. Currently she is leading the Siemens Healthineers businesses in Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei.
Some of the highlights of her career includes the establishment of the Asia Pacific Reference Site for the Ultra High Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging in 2005 in Hong Kong, bringing this novice advanced imaging technique in diagnostic healthcare to Asia Pacific region in the early 2000s. She has also spearheaded many key company initiatives to enhance healthcare services and drive the organisation’s digital transformation.
Among her accomplishments are the launch of FlexForce solutions to address staffing shortages in medical imaging centers, and the creation of the Healthcare Digihub to support the hospitals healthcare digital transformation.
Ai Li holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geosciences from National Taiwan University. Fluent in English, Mandarin, Cantonese, and Fujian, her strong communication skills enable her to navigate diverse business environments effectively.
Dr Priyanka RajendramClinical Head, Cancer Prevention & Control
Dr Priyanka Rajendram is a public health physician from Singapore with expertise in public health promotion, policy development, content creation and programme management. At the Singapore Cancer Society, she oversees public education and outreach initiatives to drive cancer awareness, improve screening uptake and community health outcomes.
Her expertise includes social and behaviour change communication (SBCC) and entertainment-education(E-E) initiatives, with work across local and global settings.
Dr Priyanka is also the co-founder of Girlsplained, a non-profit community organisation based in the UK that uses SBCC and E-E to support black and brown girls’ sexual health and rights through social media. She believes in achieving results through creative thinking and experimentation and building solid relationships through collaborative and participatory approaches.
Ms Lee Wee NarAstraZeneca
Wee Nar is an accomplished HR leader with 15.5 years of extensive experience in Human Resources across medical device, pharmaceutical, and chemical industries. She is currently serving as the Head of Human Resources at AstraZeneca and developed core competencies include strategic HR leadership, employee engagement, coaching, and consulting. Her career spans major roles in globally recognised companies, including Pfizer as the People Experience Manager and Alcon, where she played a pivotal part in organisational transformations.
As an IHRP Certified professional, she demonstrates a commitment to maintaining high standards in HR practices. Under Wee Nar’s leadership, AstraZeneca has been recognised for its outstanding workplace culture and community contributions. In May 2025, the company was honoured as Champion of Good, and it has received the Great Place to Work award for the last two years across 2023 and 2024. Wee Nar is dedicated to supporting initiatives that nurture emerging female talents in healthcare through mentorship and leadership development, enhancing opportunities for women to ascend to leadership roles. She is also instrumental in developing and implementing policies that foster an inclusive and supportive workplace environment, addressing challenges specifically faced by women, such as maternity support and flexible work arrangements.
Moderator
Government Affairs Lead
Kandyce has more than 15 years’ experience working with multinationals, research institutions, associations, academia and government stakeholders, supporting policy and advocacy, awareness and literacy and capacity building efforts across Hong Kong, Indonesia, South Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. She currently serves as Government Affairs Lead at AstraZeneca.
Kandyce has helped brokered closed-door meetings and collaborations between private and public stakeholders across the entire healthcare ecosystem, from pushing for budgetary concessions for underserved communities or needs, to brokering closed-door dialogues with senior ministerial advisors, to leading community-led policy dialogues on public health issues and initiatives. She has led teams in the region to engage across multiple ministries for varying issues in the region across business missions, closed-door business-to-government workshops, policy and political landscape briefings, capacity-building workshops, published several policy reports and facilitated more than 20 closed-door meetings with high-impact government stakeholders.
In APCO, Kandyce led the Healthcare and Geocommerce pillars for Southeast Asia and has worked with many of the leading health companies, covering salient issues such as sustainable health financing, women’s health, infectious diseases, stigma and discrimination and inclusive healthcare.
Prior to joining APCO, Kandyce was the scientific affairs manager at a Fortune 500 multinational company. Her role translated high impact scientific engagement across the whole-of-healthcare universe in the Southeast Asia region to meaningful policy dialogues and shifted the needle in advocacy objectives, sub-specialising on public health issues and policies with regards to management of non-communicable diseases and preventative care.
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