连氏基金主席连宗诚

    演讲嘉宾

    连氏基金主席

    连宗诚先生，现任连氏基金的主席。他也是新加坡社区基金会主席和新加坡国际明爱会副主席，非营利领袖中心副主席和和新加坡管理大学连氏社会创新中心董事会成员。连先生曾任全国志愿服务和慈善中心的总裁，也曾在许多政府部门担任要职。他也是2011年至2014年新加坡官委国会议员。

    连先生拥有新加坡国立大学和哈佛大学肯尼迪政府学院硕士，并于2010获颁艾森豪奖学金。他常受邀做国内外论坛的演讲嘉宾。他也常常在新加坡《海峡时报》评论栏里发表言论。

    SPEAKER

    Mr. Laurence Lien

    Chairman, Lien Foundation

    Mr. Laurence Lien is the Chairman of Lien Foundation and the Community Foundation of Singapore, Deputy Chairman of Caritas Singapore, Vice-President of the Centre for Non-Profit Leadership, and Board Member of the Lien Centre for Social Innovation at the Singapore Management University.

    Mr. Lien was the CEO of the National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre from 2008-2014. He was also a Nominated Member of Parliament from 2012-2014. Under his leadership, Lien Foundation has become a leading edge foundation well-known for its forward-thinking and innovative approach.

    Prior to his work in the non-profit sector, Mr. Lien served in the Singapore Government. He holds degrees from Oxford University, the National University of Singapore, and Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. In 2010, Mr. Lien was awarded the Eisenhower Fellowship.

    Mr. Lien is a frequent speaker at local and international conferences. He has a regular Op-Ed column in the Straits Times on social and community issues.