Kwong Weng Yap
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Yap speaking at a youth forum about the risks and returns of Southeast Asia's economy.
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| Born | November 11, 1977 |
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| Nationality | Singaporean |
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Yap Kwong Weng (born November 11, 1977) is a Singaporean author, frontier entrepreneur, social activist and former soldier. He is the CEO of Leap Group and a founding board director of Triip, a Vietnam-based tech company.
In 2017, Yap was appointed as Regional Advisor, Indochina of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. Between 2014 and 2016 he was the COO of Parami Energy Group in Myanmar, where he managed the group's infrastructure deals, transformation and transparency plans while advocating for the use of clean energy in Myanmar. He has also worked for Jebsen & Jessen (SEA), a regional engineering company as a General Manager who oversaw its expansion into Laos and enhanced its business units in Myanmar. Yap has been named a World Cities Summit Leader in 2014 and a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum (2012 to 2017).
In May 2016, Yap came to public attention after being featured in an article with the Singapore Straits Times, where he discussed his life and completion of US Navy SEAL training despite suffering from serious injuries. During June of the same year, Marshall Cavendish published Leap: Journey of a Young Global Leader from Singapore, a memoir featuring stories of failures and successes in Yap's military training, work stints and world travels.Kirkus Reviews said of Leap: "Kwong Weng’s debut memoir recounts a life of remarkable persistence." In December 2016, Yap was interviewed by Belinda Parmar OBE via the World Economic Forum about the application of empathy in business.
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