Edward Chia
Edward Chia Bing Hui (Chinese: 谢秉辉 is the co-founder and managing director of Timbre Group. Through his work at Timbre, Chia has been supporting and developing Singapore musicians and culinary talents with a focus on social mission since 2005[1]. Concurrent to his professional capacity of managing Timbre Group, he is currently a council member of the Ngee Ann Polytechnic, National Youth Achievement Award Council and a board member of SMU Enterprise and NP Enterprise Pte Ltd.
Background[edit]
At the age of 18, Chia founded the non-profit organisation Arts For Us All (AFUA)[2], now defunct, engaging youths in arts-based community work and events. He continued to run AFUA during his National Service. At 21, Chia co-founded Timbre with Danny Loong (then named the Ublues Group[3]) while pursuing his undergraduate studies at the National University of Singapore (NUS). Two years later, he became the Managing Director of the Group. He graduated with a Bachelor of the Arts in Economics from the National University of Singapore.
In 2010, Chia, together with the Group’s other Co-Founder Danny Loong, was conferred the Tourism Entrepreneur of the Year award[4] under the Singapore Tourism Board’s Singapore Experience Awards. In 2011, he was awarded Outstanding Young Alumni by NUS. He became a recipient of the Singapore Youth Award[5] in 2014. In the same year, the Junior Chamber International (JCI) Singapore honoured Chia as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World[6] under the Business, Economic, and/or Entrepreneurial Accomplishment category. Chia also received the ASEAN Youth Award[7] at the 21st Youth Day Meeting in 2016.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Social missions and new technology — is Timbre+ the future of hawker centres?". The Edge Singapore. 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2019-10-20.
- ↑ "Only 27, but this S'porean runs 11 businesses". sg.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2019-10-20.
- ↑ "NLB Music SG - Universal Blues Band". NLB Music SG. Retrieved 2019-10-20.
- ↑ "Singapore's Tourism Stars The Toast Of The Town | STB". www.stb.gov.sg. Retrieved 2019-10-20.
- ↑ "A visionary entrepreneur". Youth.SG. Retrieved 2019-10-20.
- ↑ "Past Winners | JCI Singapore". jcisingapore.cc. Retrieved 2019-10-20.
- ↑ "ASEAN presents award to ten ASEAN youth leaders". ASEAN | ONE VISION ONE IDENTITY ONE COMMUNITY. 2016-08-31. Retrieved 2019-10-20.
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