VNCNUS Career Day 2009 (Mar 28th, 2009)


VNCNUS Career Day 2009


You want to enhance your employability after graduation?...
You want to learn useful career skills like resume writing, interviewing and career management?...
You want to meet and learn from experienced and successful people?...


You are invited to VNCNUS Career Day 2009

Date: Saturday, 28 March 2009
Time: 1:00pm - 6:00pm
Venue: Function Room 1, Prince George's Park Residences, National University of Singapore

Free entrance.
Dress code: smart casual / business casual
Registration: http://registration.vncnus.net/index.php?sid=37275


Agenda:

1:00pm - 1:15pm: Registration & Warm-up
1:15pm - 1:55pm: Resume Writing Workshop
1:55pm - 2:35pm: Interview Skills Workshop
2:35pm - 3:50pm: Mock Interviews + Feedbacks
3:50pm - 4:00pm: Break
4:00pm - 5:30pm: Career Sharing Session
5:30pm - 6:00pm: Open Networking



Confirmed List of Speakers/Guests:

Resumes/Cover Letters Workshop + Interview Skills Workshop:
Main Instructor:
Mr. Son Nam Nguyen - Associate Director, UBS Wealth Management and Head of Banking & Investment Family, Vietnam2020 (Association of Vietnamese Professionals in Singapore)

Career Sharing Session:
- Mr. Dinh Pham Hung Nang - Senior Investment Analyst, Keppel Land
- Mr. Son Nam Nguyen - Associate Director, UBS Wealth Management
- Mr. Nguyen Thanh Tung - Analyst, Product Supply, FMCG Industry
- Mr. Nguyen The Anh - Advisory IT Specialist, IBM (Singapore)
- Dr. Tran Duc Vi - Research Fellow, NUS Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore
- Ms. Truong Viet Huong - Associate Manager, Customer Market Knowledge, Procter & Gamble (Singapore)

MC: Ms. Tran Thi Huong Lan (NUS BBA, 2nd year)

We are also honored to have Mr. Vo Ta Han - Chairman of Vietnam2020 (Association of Vietnamese Professionals in Singapore) and Director of City Developments Limited - joining us in the Career Day and sharing his experience with us.


About Mr. Son Nam Nguyen:
Mr. Son Nam is presently Associate Director at UBS AG in the Wealth Management division. Selected among a panel of well over 2000 candidates, he joined the first Wealth Management associate program of UBS geared towards young professionals with a minimum of 5 years experience. Previously he worked as a European equity fund manager at Union Bancaire Privee (UBP) for two years and prior to that, he was a financial analyst covering the energy and financial sector at Bordier & Cie, both in Geneva, Switzerland. He is a CFA charter holder and in the midst of completing a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst diploma (CAIA). He graduated with BA in Economics from McGill University in Montreal, Canada.

About Mr. Vo Ta Han:
Born in Hue and grew up in Saigon. Mr Vo Ta Han attended Nguyen Trai High School (1960-1967) and National Conservatory of Music in Saigon (1962-1967). After passing 3 national exams with highest honors and won the Vietnam President's Award, he received the USAID Leadership scholarship to study in the US in 1968.
Graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology with BS and MS in Management in 1972 & 1973. Recipient of 2 MIT Awards. MIT teaching assistant. Thesis "Export Processing Zone and Vietnam after the War".
Worked with Bank of Montreal for 12 years in International Banking, Project Financing, Corporate Banking and Investment Banking in Montreal, Toronto and Manila before moving to Singapore in 1981.
Since 1986 he has been with the Hong Leong Group where he held several senior positions including: Board Director of City Developments Ltd. (since 1988), General Manager of Singapore Finance Ltd, CEO of the hotel group Millennium & Copthorne International and other companies in the Group.
Formed own consulting company VOTA MANAGEMENT Pte. Ltd. in 1986, specializing in corporate turnaround. Set up a few subsidiaries (eg. Vietnam Business Corporation) to promote Singapore-Vietnam business.
Other activities including:
- Member of the Governing Council of Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) and Board of Trustees of SIM University (2005 - )
- Director of The Arts House (Old Parliarment Pte Ltd) (2006 - )
- Senior Advisor of Swiss banking group UBS AG (2003 - 06)
- President of the Canadian Business Association (1985 - 88)
- Chairman of Singapore Offshore Banks' Association (1982)
- Founder of the MIT Club of Singapore (1983)
- Founder of the MIT / Boston / Singapore Classical Guitar Society
- Published over 100 transcriptions for Classical Guitar & Piano – Released 40 CDs of Vietnamese songs & compositions
- Published over 80 articles in Economics, Finance and Management. Author of "Canh Hoa Truoc Gio", the best selling Economics books in Vietnam
- Founder of Vietnam2020 Professional Network (2007)



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Last Update: 29 April 2009 04:10:54
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