"Future of Work and Leadership 2020, Skills for Success" to Be A Key Focus at Break the Ceiling Touch the Sky Summit in Singapore on Aug. 29, 2016

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SINGAPORE, July 18, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- House of Rose Professional Pte. Ltd today announced the full line up of CEOs/ senior leaders scheduled to speak at the 2016 World Edition of Break the Ceiling Touch the Sky – the success and leadership summit for women.™ The summit will be held on August 29, 2016 at the Shangri-La in Singapore from 8.30 am to 6.30 pm and is headlined by some of the biggest names in business including CEOs/top executives from Kellogg, SC Johnson, Prudential, Unilever,  Coca-Cola, HP, FleishmanHillard, CXA, Hasbro, Sandoz, the Human Capital Leadership Institute, etc.

The opening panel on the Future of work and leadership 2020 will include Amit Banati, President, Asia Pacific, Kellogg; Pier Luigi Sigismondi, President Southeast Asia and Australasia, Unilever; Ann Mukherjee, Global Chief Marketing Officer, SC Johnson, Lynne Anne Davis, President, FleishmanHillard Asia Pacific and Vikram Khanna, Associate Editor, The Business Times, Singapore.

This will be followed by a power panel on How gender diversity can build your business featuring Su-Yen Wong, CEO, Human Capital Leadership Institute; Peter Sharp, President, Walmart Asia Realty; Lydia Sedlmayr, Global Head of Diversity & Inclusion, Sandoz; Nicolina Marzicola, Regional Head of HR, Asia Pacific & Japan, HP Inc.; and Victor Mills, CEO, The Singapore International Chamber of Commerce (SICC).

The highlight discussion on The best techniques to have it all: success secrets of inspirational women will feature Paula Dart, Vice President, Strategy and Planning, Global Commercial Leadership, The Coca-Cola Company; Carolyn Miles, President and CEO, Save the Children; Grace Ho, Chief Commercial Officer, Singapore Post Limited; Catherine Hall, General Manager, Marine, Shell Chemicals and Annurag Batra, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, BW Businessworld and exchange4media

A full listing of the day's agenda and speakers and sign up for the summit is available at www.houseofroseprofessional.com.  

Values based leadership (building your leadership compass); wellness techniques for high performance, collaboration and building networks to enable your business are some of the other key topics on the agenda for the day.

Rosaline Chow Koo, Founder and CEO of CXA, who is also scheduled to speak at the summit commented, "The workplace and the role of leadership is evolving rapidly. More than ever, the fullest leverage of human capital is becoming increasingly important. Gender diversity is a critical pillar of successful and innovative organizations. It is great to be part of Break the ceiling touch the sky, which empowers and enables leaders by providing a platform for the sharing of so many diverse best practices for success.  I am very happy to be a part of this initiative."

Amit Banati, President, Asia Pacific, Kellogg, shared, "Kellogg is delighted to be part of Break the ceiling touch the sky 2016, a great way to celebrate women leaders and be inspired by what is possible. Developing female leaders is a passion for Kellogg.  Gender diversity is key to our success. In these rapidly changing times it is especially important for us to share and learn from other best practices in the area of leadership in particular. Through our Women of Kellogg program we seek to inspire and enable women to feel fulfilled and achieve their full potential.  I am personally proud to be leading our Kellogg delegation at this summit."

Added Lucy Haydon, Membership and Communications Manager, British Chamber of Commerce, Singapore; "It is incredibly important that professional women today are given a voice at the table in leadership positions. The strength of the talent pool among female leaders is immense and the British Chamber of Commerce continues to support this drive through our event calendar and our Women in Business committee group. BritCham is delighted to be supporting the Break the Ceiling Touch the Sky summit".  

Break the Ceiling Touch the Sky -- the success and leadership summit for women ™ is Asia's fastest growing summit platform for women (and men who support gender diversity). It has a simple objective -- to help women to succeed faster and enable greater gender diversity that ultimately reflects in more women on Boards of Companies in Singapore and surrounding countries. The summit is a cost-effective and efficient platform for leaders to learn, network and achieve together and for Companies of all sizes to develop their talent. It is also an excellent forum for entrepreneurs to connect and network with businesses. While the content is customized for women leaders, male leaders are welcome.  The summit is based on research done for the best selling book "Break the ceiling touch the sky: success secrets of the world's most inspirational women" and further insights gathered from interaction with over 6000 women leaders since 2012.  In the last eight months over 850 leaders from 170 Companies have attended the two prior editions of the summit.  The annual edition continues to be hosted in Singapore.    

The 2016 World Edition of the summit is supported by Prudential Singapore as Platinum Sponsor; SC Johnson & Son, Kellogg and Unilever as Gold Sponsors and FleishmanHillard, HP and Coca-Cola as Silver sponsors.  A couple of sponsor slots are still open.   

Singapore International Chamber of Commerce (SICC); American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) Singapore; European Chamber of Commerce (EUROCHAM) Singapore; British Chamber of Commerce (BRITCHAM) Singapore; Australian Chamber of Commerce (AUSTCHAM)Singapore; Efficient Consumer Response Asia Pacific  (ECR AP) and Singapore Council of Women's Organizations (SCWO) are Industry Partners for the summit. Entrepreneurial Action for Others Creates a Better world for us all (ENACTUS), BW Businessworld and the Athena Network, Singapore are network partners for the summit.  Current members of the Industry partners enjoy preferential delegate rates at the summit. So do members of ENACTUS and the Athena network, Singapore.

Anthony A. Rose, Founder Chairman and CEO, House of Rose Professional, and best-selling author of the book Break the ceiling touch the sky: success secrets of the world's most inspirational women concluded, " The summit is an actionable means by which Companies can support gender diversity and empower women in leadership and for entrepreneurs and professionals to learn, network and achieve together. We welcome our delegates, partners and speakers to the summit and encourage Companies and individuals to leverage this unique forum to their advantage -- both to learn from the best practices shared as well as to reiterate their commitment to gender diversity and inclusion."

For full details on the summit, confirmed speakers and to book delegate passes/corporate tables please visit www.houseofroseprofessional.com.  

Companies desiring to get involved with the summit as sponsors please email anthony@houseofroseprofessional.com

Break the ceiling touch the sky: the success and leadership summit for women ™ is the property of Singapore-based House of Rose Professional Pte. Ltd.  which operates across three business segments -- People, Public Relations (PR) and Publishing.

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