Penny Low
A senior advisor, mentor and confidante to C-suites., Penny pioneered movements and entrepreneurship across the media, academic, private, public and people sectors. A global connector and innovator, she is passionate about technology for Good and mindful leadership. She advises multiple technology and innovation organisations across the globe.
From 2001-2015, as an elected Singapore Member of Parliament, she chaired an inter-agency taskforce to build the first eco-town in the tropics – the Punggol Digital District, sat on national committees covering the Parliament Estimates Committee, Ministries of finance/trade and industry, education/ national development/ environment & water resources/ information/ arts, culture, community and youth. She chaired the Government Parliamentary Committee for the Ministry of Communications, Information and the Arts. She sits on various global boards – Asia Society Global Council, Interlink Group, Operation Hope, Global Dignity, amongst many others.
A successful wealth manager, she founded the Social Innovation Park, co-created SEA and raiSE – a national platform responsible for the social enterprise sector development work. She strategized and implemented media programs, co-created television programs, the Global Social Innovators Forums and businesses that impacted numerous social entrepreneurs and people for a better world.
She sat on various universities boards including the board of Yale World Fellows (Yale University), Leonardo Centre (Imperial College of London) and the Singapore Institute of Management. She published many articles and books, including the ‘Top 50 Social Innovations Changing Our World” and ‘Practising Sustainability’ published in New York, which won the Springer Nautilus Silver award.
Penny is a frequent speaker on prestigious platforms like the World Economic Forum (Davos), Asia Society, International Parliamentary Union, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, World Knowledge Forum, DLD, Skoll Forum, etc. She has been honoured with many pinnacle global awards- founding member of the World Economic Forum’s New Asia Leaders and Young Global Leaders, the Global Shapers Community, Asia 21 Young Leaders, Aspen Ideas Festival Scholar, Yale World Fellow & Scholar, INSEAD Scholar, NTU-Lien Legacy Fellow, Salzburg Global Fellow and is an alumnus of NUS, Harvard, Yale, and Tsinghua University.
She is an avid explorer who has traversed more than 90 countries, experiencing cultures and spotting trends alongside unique landscapes across the globe.
