Feon Ang

As a member of the Governing Board, I contribute to shaping the strategic direction and long-term development of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. The Board, chaired by Mr Goh Chok Tong, Emeritus Senior Minister, Singapore brings together leaders from government, academia, and industry to guide the School’s mission of advancing public policy education and research that improve governance and create a more sustainable, inclusive world.

As a board member of SkillFuture Singapore, I contribute by sharing ideas and help shape the policies related to SkillsFuture Singapore. SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) drives and coordinates the implementation of the national SkillsFuture movement, promotes a culture and holistic system of lifelong learning through the pursuit of skills mastery, and strengthens the ecosystem of quality education and training in Singapore. Our mission is to enable individuals to learn for life, pursue skills mastery and develop fulfilling careers, for a future-ready Singapore

LinkedIn promoted me to lead both the Talent Solutions and newly acquired Learning Solutions businesses across the entire APAC Region. I was tasked with integrating Learning Solutions operations and team into the LinkedIn APAC region and growing its presence. Learning Solutions is a business that LinkedIn acquired in 2015. Since its acquisition, the business more than tripled and continues to be the fastest growing business in the region. I combined the Learning and Talent businesses into one cohesive unit and drove strategy to make them highly successful. I restructured and created new roles, new sales motion, new pricing structure and simplified a complicated GTM approach. This pulled the organization in the same direction and allowed the sales team to work with both products. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, a full range of solutions within Online Learning was immediately available. I realigned the market focus to grow the Learning sales team from 20 to 250 by reassigning staff from the Talent sales team, resulting in 80% growth YoY in Learning, and 100% growth in just the last two quarters. To drive professional growth, I developed and launched two programs– EmergeIn, for emerging leaders, offering mentoring and guidance for the next level, and EmpowerIn, providing networking and a community for women at the upper levels of LinkedIn. These programs have been adopted by other LinkedIn business units and are now used globally.

I was promoted to run the APAC region and further grow the Talent Solutions business. Talent Solutions is the largest business in LinkedIn and contributes to more than 60% of the business in APAC region. During this period, we continue to drive double digit growth across the region.

LinkedIn recruited me to join the Talent Solutions business in Asia in to manage clients accounting for $20M in revenue. Within 6 months, I was tasked to drive growth in Hong Kong and China, setting up the business and hiring ~50 staff to create this mini business inside of LinkedIn.

Gartner promoted me to transition APAC from field sales to 3 go-to-market channels – Strategic Account Team, Field Sales team and Inside Sales team, aligning execution to company vision, values and goals. I oversaw the Strategic Account Organization across APAC, responsible for budgeting, forecasting and resource planning, working with global product teams and introducing products relevant for the region. As the Head of Sales APAC for Strategic Accounts, I developed the top strategic accounts for Gartner across APAC. Exceeded annual targets resulting in growth of more than 30% YoY. I opened new markets in China and Malaysia and grew key accounts in India, Korea, China, Australia, HK and Australia. In this role, I instilled a culture of high performance, specializing in change management of the sales organization across the region. I recruited, coached and mentored sales managers and sales executives globally in selling at the executive levels. In addition, I received the Global Leadership Excellence Award and was named No. 1 Worldwide Regional Vice President in 2010, and I was named to the Winners Circle Club for 11 of my 13 years at Gartner.

I was promoted to oversee operations throughout Southeast Asia, including top tier one accounts across all of APAC, leading a team of 3 sales managers and 1 agent with 16 sales people. I consistently delivered double-digit YoY growth, leading to SEA being the fastest-growing region in APAC in both 2007 and 2008

Gartner advanced me to transform the sales team. Under my leadership, the Singapore business more than doubled in one year. I won the “Gartner’s NCVI World Cup” in 2007, and the Eagle Sales Award, the most prestigious sales award given to a sales person who drives more than 250% of new business against the set quota.

I was recruited to be an Account Partner in 1999 and was promoted multiple times to become Account Director, responsible for managing the business relationships with companies representing more than $1.5M in annual sales revenue. I repeatedly achieved sales that were well above target, including in FY 2000 when sales were exceeded by more than 300%. I received special recognition from the CEO in 2002, winning the Eagle Sales Award, and received many additional Sales awards in this role. In addition, I qualified for the “Winners’ Circle” for worldwide sales for six consecutive years.

I was the Account Executive acquiring new logos for the business of Information Services and Credit Services