ERC Institute Blog: ERC SUCCESS FORUM

ERC SUCCESS FORUM

02 NOVEMBER 2011

When it comes to business sense, we will definitely think of our CEO, Mr. Andy Ong. He was a self-made millionaire when he was 26 years old, making him one of the youngest self-made millionaires in Singapore.

Currently, Mr Andy Ong is the CEO of ERC Holdings. He is also the founder of Asia Financial Planning Journal, Chairman of Stock Exchange of Thailand, and The Founding President of the Financial Planning Association of Singapore, a member of the Financial Planning Association (America) & the Education and Public Awareness committees of the International CFP Council.

Besides Andy, there were two more speakers sharing their experience and journey at this success forum event. Firstly was Mr Douglas Foo, who is the CEO of Sakae Holdings. He started his own business in 1996 while the Asian financial crisis happened in 1997 and global financial crisis in 2005 but Sakae Holdings was able to ride through that tough period and developed into a Public Listed Company.

Our second speaker was Dr. John Vong, he has more than 33 years experience as a financial consultant. He has held senior positions at the World Bank, United Nations, Deloitte Australia, NTU & HSBC Banking Group across 17 countries. He has worked with and be consultants for the public & private sectors in all 10 ASEAN governments, 5 Global Technology giants (HP, Motorola, IBM, Siemens & Seagate), and 6 Global Banks.

At this success forum, our students were given an insight on “How to invest in property amidst a volatile market” by Mr. Andy Ong; “Entrepreneurship in Business – How to grow business from dream to be real” by Mr. Douglas Foo, and lastly is “How to manage your business during Financial Crisis” by Dr. John Vong. Students gained a lot of knowledge through this event and they were more prepared for their future especially in business line.

Participants:

Over 650 attendees