University of Cambridge

NYU Stern School of Business

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Vice President, Inclusive Impact & Sustainability for Asia Pacific at Visa

Visa

Vice President, Inclusive Impact & Sustainability for Asia Pacific

As Chief of Staff and Head of Platforms, Patsian worked closely with the Chair and CEO to ensure effective planning and execution of strategic priorities. She served as the head of AVPN’s action platforms for social investors across Asia to build stronger and more collaborative efforts towards impact in critical thematic areas like Gender Equality and Climate Action, among others. Prior to this, Patsian served as Policy Advisor to AVPN’s action platform for policymakers across Asia to build stronger and more collaborative social impact funding ecosystems.

AVPN

Chief Of Staff

Tri-Sector Associates

Director, Project Advisory

•	Research, design and support implementation of Asia-Pacific community impact strategy, working with Just Cause Asia Pte Ltd as partner consultants
•	Strategise roadmap and opportunities for impact for J&J companies and community investment across North Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia and Australia/New Zealand. 
•	Research and map current programmes and plan for transition strategy to align with new objectives 
•	Engage with CSR coordinators in local offices across the region for research and implementation
•	Formulate impact thesis, theory of change and impact metrics that will guide local programme design
•	Build capacity building strategy and resource library to improve impact-potential of J&J CSR coordinators region-wide

Johnson & Johnson

Consultant, Global Community Impact Asia Pacific

•	Trainer in Innovations in Impact & Financial Sustainability at the ACE Capstone Leadership Programme for Nonprofits, jointly produced by the Lien Center for Social Innovation and Social Services Institute, in 2018.

Lien Centre for Social Innovation

Trainer

•	Coaching and training services to the social entrepreneurs incubated in UNFramed’s Makanpreneur and Singtel Future Makers accelerator programmes.

UNFRAMED

Coach / Advisor

•	Launched by National Volunteer & Philanthropy Center, Singapore
•	Curate and facilitate capacity-building fellowship programme for CSR practitioners in Singapore. 
•	2 cycles each lasting 5 months (commitment 11 business days) of 35-40 fellows each cycle.
•	Develop learning outcomes and adapt programme design to meet NVPC requirements
•	Engage and prepare external trainers to deliver sessions to achieve desired outcomes
•	Develop proprietary training materials and deliver sessions to open and close the programme
•	Coach programme Fellows in their Action Projects and encourage adoption of NVPC framework
•	Judge and select winner among the Action Projects at the end of each Fellowship cycle. 
•	Achieved high satisfaction rating from Fellows; 100% completion rate.

Company of Good

Lead Facilitator, Fellowship Programme

•	Worked with Corporate Citizenship to structure an impact assessment framework for select government agencies and conduct training for agency officers

Corporate Citizenship

Social Impact Consultant (Project Contract)

•	Trainer in the Singapore Institute of Director Nonprofit Directors' Programme on Social Innovation/Entrepreneurship since 2016

Singapore Institute of Directors

•	Senior advisory role in the strategic and operational implementation of AVPN's strategy in engaging policy and governments.  
•	Design and deliver action platform that connects, educates and advocates for policy community in Asia to collaborate with AVPN members and stakeholders in building the social economy.
•	Built database of over 400 policy stakeholders that inform and affect the work of AVPN
•	Policy thought leadership events to engage and integrate policy community into AVPN member and stakeholder outreach  
•	Launched Policy microsite which houses over 60 resources for policy community about the social economy
•	Delivered annual programme cycle within annual Conference, India Summit, Southeast Asia Summit, including workshops and webinars on policy matters that affect Asia impact investment environment
•	Conceptualised and developed AVPN’s proprietary policy framework and related knowledge products
•	Represent AVPN in speaking in policy events across the region
•	Engage funders and partners to support policy activity, ranging from private foundations, businesses, multilaterals agencies and other governments 
•	Design and deliver value-added policy services and knowledge products to AVPN members e.g. Social Economy Policy Pulse Map; Pay-For-Success Case Studies: First Movers in Asia-Pacific; APFx Policy Exchange for Impact

Policy Advisor

•	Design community philanthropy approach to address gaps between education & employment in SE Asia
•	Design a collaborative funding vehicle and strategy to mobilise APC members as donors
•	Conduct desk research, literature review and landscape analysis of education-to-employment field in Philippines and Indonesia
•	Engage an effective network of partners to execute fund programmes
•	Engage high-net-worth members as prospective donors and invite their input into fund design
•	Conduct workshops and outreach activities to achieve planning milestones
•	Developed fund strategy, theory of change; programme guidelines; funding budget and draft prospectus

Asia Philanthropy Circle

Consultant, ASEAN Community Impact Fund

I am independently offering advisory/ideation services, programme consultation/management, and training/development in the fields of social entrepreneurship/social investment, impact philanthropy and non-profit strategy. Among organisations I work with, I help to build strong networks of cross-sector stakeholders, managed multi-disciplinary teams, conceptualized and driven innovative projects and strategies that deliver results. I have worked with the Asian Venture Philanthropy Network; Johnson & Johnson; Changi Airport Group; Tri-Sector Associates (Asian affiliate for Third Sector Capital Partners); National Volunteer & Philanthropy Center; Asia Philanthropy Circle; Corporate Citizenship; Just Cause Asia Pte Ltd; UNFramed; Lien Center for Social Innovation; Social Services Institute and the Singapore Institute of Directors.

Social Economy / Venture Philanthropy / Non-profit Strategy

Independent Consultant

•	Advise and support the delivery of regional charity research report on Ageing sector by Just Cause, commissioned by a corporate donor.

Just Cause

Senior Advisor

The Foundation champions social entrepreneurship and supports the growth of social enterprises all over Asia. Key initiatives include Social Venture Challenge Asia, a grantmaking programme for social enterprises, and incubator programmes in Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, India and Indonesia.

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DBS Bank Ltd

Senior Vice President, Head of DBS Foundation

Independent Director on the Board for Singapore chapter of the Banking With The Poor Network, established as an International NGO in Singapore.  

The Banking with the Poor Network (BWTP Network) is Asia’s microfinance network that works towards building efficient, large-scale sustainable organisations, through co-operation, training and capacity building with the aim of achieving innovative, appropriate and demand-driven financial services for the poor. The Network is an association of a diverse range of microfinance stakeholders committed to improving the quality of life of the poor through promoting and facilitating their access to sustainable financial services. The BWTP Network is an initiative of the Foundation for Development Cooperation and its Secretariat is based in Singapore. Please visit http://www.bwtp.org

Banking With The Poor Network Ltd.

Independent Director

Responsible for initiatives to promote Philanthropy in Singapore, part of NVPC's vision of Singapore as a Giving Nation.  Includes Singapore's largest online donation portal SG Gives (www.sggives.org), and Independent Charity Analysis, which provides objective research and publication of analyst reports on Singapore-based charities. 

National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre (NVPC) is the national body, established in July 1999, to promote volunteerism and philanthropy in Singapore, working in partnership with the public, people and private sectors. Please visit http://www.nvpc.org.sg

National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre

Director, Philanthropy

Training course designed by UNCDI in conjunction with the World Bank and Asian Development Bank Institute to improve the capacity of microfinance practitioners and those who are interested in microfinance. Accredited by ADBI to conduct training in this online course material.

UNCDF ADBI Microfinance Training of Trainers Course

Certified Trainer

Founding member of first interest group in Singapore for Microfinance.  Elected President at Society's 1st Annual General Meeting (2010). 

The Microfinance Society (Singapore) was officially set up on 29 September 2009 in Singapore. Its mission is to connect, educate and engage people in the field of microfinance by creating a forum for innovation and collaboration, thereby reducing global poverty. The Society seeks to bring people together who are interested in learning about microfinance, micro-credit, and related finance, economic, and development topics. As interest in the Society has evolved into a Facebook special interest group, the Society is now dormant.

Microfinance Society (Singapore)

President & Founding Member

Social Venture Partners (SVP) brings together worlds that typically do not overlap: grant making, volunteerism, nonprofit capacity building, and philanthropic education. Every SVP is a network of engaged philanthropists who believe that they can have a positive impact on their communities and who use innovative strategies to address complex social issues. 

SVP (Singapore) was formed in October 2009 and brings together Singaporeans interested in high-engagement philanthropy. As the society's members have identified other ways to be more impactful, the Society is now dormant.

Social Venture Partners (Singapore)

Treasurer

Research and editing for upcoming publications by Singapore's thought-leaders in social innovation: 

- Research, Co-writing and editing for "The World That Changes The World", editors Willie Cheng/Sharifah Mohammed October 2010 . Published by John Wiley & Sons


Published author of articles in academic journal about social innovation 

- Co-writer for “Media and the Nonprofit World - A Case study on WWF-Malaysia‟s Use of Media Tools to Champion Advocacy” (co-author: Anita Devasahayam, Trinetizen Media Sdn Bhd) October 2010, Social Space 2010, published by Lien centre for Social Innovation.

- Author of “Microfinance & Migrant Workers: Asia‟s Next Market Opportunity?” October 2010, Social Space 2010, published by Lien centre for Social Innovation.


Instructor for executive training course for non-profit leaders

- "New Social Models” Lecture and Case Studies April 2010
iLEAP Professional Education Course for Non-Profit Leaders, Lien Centre for Social Innovation 

- “Assessing Social Impact” Lecture and Case Studies April 2011 iLEAP Professional Education Course for Non-Profit Leaders, Lien Centre for Social Innovation

Researcher / Instructor

Providing consultative and research support in social finance and microfinance sector, including authoring and editing academic publications, executive training for non-profit organisations, devising and executing microfinance initiatives for non-profit and/or research purposes.
- Research and Facilitation work with Lien Centre for Social Innovation, 2008 - 2010
- Drafting of business plan for Singapore's first microfinance pilot, in consultation with the Institute for Policy Studies, Microfinance Society (Singapore), aidha, and other stakeholders.  2009 - 2010
- Independent board seat with Banking With The Poor Network Ltd, Singapore chapter. 2010
- Co-author of Microcredit Scheme pilot proposal for AWARE (Singapore women's advocacy group), 2009 - 2010. 
- Distance mentor to social enterprise Bawa La Tumaini (http://www.bawalatumaini) which seeks to support poor women in the urban slums of Nairobi, Kenya. 2008 - 2010

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