Anjum Khan

A corporate secretary in Singapore has been ordered to pay her former employer S$14,683.33 after the District Court found that she breached her employment contract by providing services to a competing firm while still employed. District Judge Teo Guan Kee ruled that Wong Suet Mei Michelle breached her employment agreement with Korporatio Sing Pte. by working for rival corporate secretarial firm Xion AI Pte. without her employer’s knowledge or written consent.

Only 5% of organisations in Malaysia are confident they can recruit and retain enough AI-skilled talent, even as nearly six in 10 employers are already deploying or piloting AI, highlighting a growing gap between technology adoption and workforce readiness, according to a new Aon study. Aon’s inaugural Human Capital Trends Study found that 59% of Malaysian organisations have either deployed AI or are actively piloting AI programmes.

WRISE Group Chief Financial Officer Darren Ng Wee Kiat has taken on the additional role of Group Chief of Staff, expanding his remit as the wealth manager enters its next phase of growth. Ng will retain his responsibilities as Group CFO while working closely with the Board and Group Executive Committee in his new capacity. His responsibilities as Group Chief of Staff will include strategic planning, enterprise performance management and execution of key Group priorities.