18 June 2026 | Main Conference Day 2

Embedding Customer-Centric Thinking Across Operations

8:15 am - 9:00 am Morning Refreshments & Registration

9:00 am - 9:05 am Welcome & Housekeeping Address from CX Asia Week

9:05 am - 9:10 am Opening Remarks from the Chair

9:10 am - 9:40 am Human by Design – Keeping People at the Heart of Intelligent Experiences

• Exploring how organisations can maintain empathy, authenticity and trust as AI and automation transform every customer interaction

• Examining the evolving role of human creativity and judgement in shaping meaningful experiences that technology alone cannot deliver
• Discussing how design ethics, accessibility and inclusivity can be built into digital transformation strategies from the outset
• Sharing practical lessons from CX and service leaders on aligning intelligent technologies with genuine human understanding

• Exploring how CX, digital and contact centre teams are building shared accountability for customer outcomes

• Discussing how to overcome silos, align incentives and create clear ownership across journeys.
• Examining leadership models that bring together operations, data and design to deliver consistent service
• Sharing examples of cross-department initiatives that have improved both efficiency and customer satisfaction

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Manpreet Singh

Managing Director, Head, Group Customer Experience Management
CIMB Group

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Fatimah Hussein

Senior Vice President and Head of Customer Contact Centre
RHB

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Xavier Chia

Head of Customer Service
Pacific International Lines

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Neeti Mahajan

Managing Director - Global Service Centre
HSBC

10:40 am - 11:00 am Speed Networking Session

Join us in this Speed Networking Session where you will be able to meet other participants at the Conference! During this session, you will have the opportunity to engage with several leaders in a short amount of time and exchange business cards to take the conversation beyond the Conference.

11:00 am - 11:40 am Morning Break & Refreshments

Take a break and use this time to network with your fellow industry peers at our Exhibition Hall!

Customer Insights & Analytics


Customer Insights & Analytics

11:40 am - 12:10 pm Driving Experience Excellence through Data Insight and Action
Yash Sheth - Head of Subscriptions and Loyalty, Gojek

• Examining how leading organisations are transforming raw customer data into insight that informs design, service and strategy.

• Discussing how to connect voice-of-customer, operational and behavioural data to uncover actionable intelligence

• Highlighting the systems, skills and leadership required to turn analytics into meaningful change rather than dashboards


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Yash Sheth

Head of Subscriptions and Loyalty
Gojek

Customer Insights & Analytics

12:10 pm - 12:40 pm Industry Thought Leadership


Customer Insights & Analytics

12:40 pm - 1:10 pm Case Study | Reimagining Loyalty for Modern Shoppers: Inside Metro Singapore’s New Treasured Programme
Roxanne Lim - CRM and Customer Loyalty Manager, Metro Singapore

Metro Singapore has relaunched its flagship loyalty programme, Treasured, redefining how a heritage retail brand engages, personalises, and rewards today’s increasingly experience-driven shopper. This session explores how Metro rebuilt its loyalty strategy to deepen emotional connection, strengthen customer insight, and deliver measurable commercial impact.

• Revamping the loyalty value proposition to shift from transactional rewards to meaningful, relationship-led engagement

• Building a unified customer profile by integrating purchase, digital, and behavioural data to power more relevant and personalised interactions

• Designing modern tiers, benefits, and experiential elements that reflect evolving customer expectations and shopping behaviours

• Activating real-time personalisation to deliver the right offers, content, and service moments across touchpoints


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Roxanne Lim

CRM and Customer Loyalty Manager
Metro Singapore

Customer Insights & Analytics

1:10 pm - 2:10 pm Networking Lunch Break

Customer Insights & Analytics

2:10 pm - 2:40 pm Case Study | Driving AI Adoption with Trust and Impact: Lessons from Customer Services at Siemens Healthineers
Ricardo Ramires - Head of Customer Services Asia-Pacific, Diagnostics, Siemens Healthineers, Siemens Healthineers

In highly regulated healthcare environments, adopting AI is as much a people and change challenge as it is a technology one. This session explores how Siemens Healthineers Customer Services successfully drove AI adoption across its teams while keeping customer experience and patient care at the core of decision-making.

• Taking a structured, customer-centric approach to AI adoption that builds confidence, trust, and frontline buy-in in a regulated healthcare context.
• Using data and insight to measure both quantitative and qualitative impact - from operational performance to experience outcomes.
• Balancing compliance, governance, and innovation without compromising on care quality or customer trust.
• Embedding AI as an enabler of better decision-making and service delivery, rather than a replacement for human judgement

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Ricardo Ramires

Head of Customer Services Asia-Pacific, Diagnostics, Siemens Healthineers
Siemens Healthineers

Customer Insights & Analytics

2:40 pm - 3:10 pm Panel Discussion | Unlocking the Power of Data-Driven Insights to Scale Personalisation and Customer Loyalty
Eduardo Imperial - Head of Service Management Asia, Vodafone Group
Dinesh Ramchandani - Director, Data and Analytics, Unilever
Yash Sheth - Head of Subscriptions and Loyalty, Gojek

• Transforming raw customer data into meaningful insights that drive engagement

• Strengthening relationships by tailoring interactions to individual preferences
• Balancing automation and human touch for superior service
• Highlighting industry leaders' personalisation best practices

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Eduardo Imperial

Head of Service Management Asia
Vodafone Group

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Dinesh Ramchandani

Director, Data and Analytics
Unilever

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Yash Sheth

Head of Subscriptions and Loyalty
Gojek

Redefining Service Excellence in the Era of Intelligent Operations

11:40 am - 12:10 pm Case Study | Laying the Groundwork for Intelligent Customer Service: Lessons from Process Redesign and Change Management
Chermaine Tay - Assistant General Manager of Client and Customer Service Management, DKSH

• Redesigning workflows and customer journeys to remove friction before digitalising them

• Aligning people, process, and technology to support sustainable change
• Embedding change-management principles that drive adoption and behavioural shift
• Translating process improvement into measurable CX outcomes to achieve faster resolution, higher satisfaction, and stronger trust

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Chermaine Tay

Assistant General Manager of Client and Customer Service Management
DKSH

Redefining Service Excellence in the Era of Intelligent Operations

12:10 pm - 12:40 pm Industry Thought Leadership


Redefining Service Excellence in the Era of Intelligent Operations

12:40 pm - 1:10 pm Panel Discussion | Elevating the Human Advantage in the Era of Intelligent Operations
Babul Balakrishnan - Senior Vice President Customer Experience, Thunes

• Redefining the value of human capability as automation reshapes customer engagement

• Developing adaptive skills and emotional intelligence as core competencies for the modern service workforce
• Aligning leadership behaviours with empowerment, ownership and continuous learning

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Babul Balakrishnan

Senior Vice President Customer Experience
Thunes

Redefining Service Excellence in the Era of Intelligent Operations

1:10 pm - 2:10 pm Networking Lunch Break

Redefining Service Excellence in the Era of Intelligent Operations

2:10 pm - 2:40 pm Optimising Workforce Performance through Intelligent Forecasting and Automation

• Combining AI-driven forecasting with human judgement to match demand, resources and service quality

• Integrating digital tools to streamline scheduling, knowledge sharing and performance tracking
• Analysing how data-driven resource management improves both efficiency and employee wellbeing

Redefining Service Excellence in the Era of Intelligent Operations

2:40 pm - 3:10 pm Case Study | Empowering the Frontline: How LEGO Turned Its Contact Centre into a Brand Experience Hub
Felicia Cao - Head of APAC Contact Centre Operations, LEGO Singapore Pte Ltd

• Repositioning the customer centre as a key brand touchpoint and community builder

• Equipping agents to act as experience ambassadors rather than issue resolvers
• Streamlining workflows and tools to remove friction and elevate empathy
• Embedding continuous learning, creativity, and ownership into service culture

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Felicia Cao

Head of APAC Contact Centre Operations
LEGO Singapore Pte Ltd

Tomorrow's Teams: The Future of Service Excellence

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Afternoon Break & Refreshments

Take a break and use this time to network with your fellow industry peers at our Exhibition Hall!

4:00 pm - 4:30 pm Case Study | From 1.6 to 4.3 CSAT: How a Government-Led Organisation Scaled Guest Experience with GenAI

Nafisa Misquith - Deputy Director, Guest Insights and Experience, Sentosa Development Corporation

As a public-facing organisation managing high volumes of guest enquiries across physical and digital channels, this team faced growing pressure to improve responsiveness while maintaining trust, governance and service quality. This session explores how the Guest Experience team introduced GenAI-powered chat to support frontline staff and guests - improving accessibility, reducing friction, and delivering measurable uplift in satisfaction.

• Deploying a GenAI chatbot to handle common guest questions across digital channels, reducing reliance on email and phone enquiries

• Identifying high-frequency queries such as wayfinding, maps and general information to improve first-contact resolution and ease of access

• Balancing strong governance and stakeholder scrutiny with the need to demonstrate why GenAI is safe, valuable and fit for purpose in a government environment

• Improving guest satisfaction by making it easier and faster for guests to find answers, contributing to a CSAT increase from 1.6 to 4.3 within months of launch


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Nafisa Misquith

Deputy Director, Guest Insights and Experience
Sentosa Development Corporation

4:30 pm - 5:00 pm Case Study | Reigniting Purpose and Care – Building a Culture of Experience Excellence

Hui Hwa Koh-Minjoot - Vice President & Head, Allied Health & Patient Experience, Group Procurement (Ph, IHH Healthcare

Exploring how IHH Healthcare Singapore is strengthening its patient experience culture by reconnecting employees with purpose, care and service excellence.

• Embedding CX as a shared organisational responsibility across all departments - from F&B to clinical care

• Implementing the “People-Patient Experience” strategy to achieve positive employee experience with positive patient outcomes

• Using technology and AI to simplify daily work and free staff to focus on care

• Building a patient experience roadmap that fosters empathy, accountability and pride in service


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Hui Hwa Koh-Minjoot

Vice President & Head, Allied Health & Patient Experience, Group Procurement (Ph
IHH Healthcare

5:00 pm - 5:00 pm Closing Remarks from the Chair and End of Conference