And… I’m not talking about Medica in Dusseldorf — no, the largest medical tradeshow in the world is none other than Arab Health in Dubai, with over 130,000 attendees from all corners of the world.

I recently had the fortune of being asked to speak at the APEC Business Ethics for SMEs Forum on the topic near and dear to my heart — governance. Here are some of the key messages. Good governance is a key attribute we look for in our investments as we…

I confess — I have the attention span and memory of a gold fish. I am also more ambitious and optimistic with how to allocate my time than reality permits. Unfortunately, the combination of these personality quirks is not very conducive to the conventions followed by many of my peers…

Background Bangladesh is not a country we hear about every day in the news — and when we do, it probably has something to do with floods, cyclones, earthquakes, droughts, fires and tsunamis. What we don’t hear about as much, or at all, is the incredible human talent, resourcefulness and…

Background and First Impressions When you think of Rwanda, what comes to mind? For most who have actually heard of this small landlocked nation in Eastern Africa, it’s usually something to do with the Hôtel des Mille Collines (and the horrific genocide associated with it). Until I heard the Former…

I had a problem. I kept buying books but I never read them. The Japanese coined a term to describe this malady — tsundoku, a portmanteau of sunde-oku (積んでおく, to pile things up ready for later and leave) and dokusho (読書, reading books) [thanks, Wiki!]. When buying the books, I…

It’s been 536 days since I landed at Changi Airport, the iconic landmark that helped put Singapore on the map as an international travel hub. …

I am probably starting to sound a little repetitive here, but we made a commitment to universal access to health in 1948 and we’ve had telemedicine to help bridge some critical access gaps since at least 1964, yet we’re still not there. …

I decided to stop eating for 7 days, or 168 hours starting from midnight July 1st to midnight July 8th, which in isolation sounds a bit odd, but hopefully by the end of this story will make more sense. I’ve known about the numerous health benefits of fasting for quite…