Coface Business Dialogues 2025 - Decoding Risk Together
From Insight to Impact

Join a half day executive forum built for senior leaders and risk professionals across Asia Pacific. This event delivers strategic insights and practical tools to help you lead through uncertainty and make confident decisions in a shifting global landscape.

🌐Start with clarity as Bernard presents the latest economic trends including interest rate movements, tariff impacts and supply chain disruptions that are influencing boardroom decisions across the region.

πŸ“ŠGain strategic foresight from Smitha, Marie and Dominic as they unpack lessons from 2025 and share forward looking approaches to credit risk and business resilience in 2026.

πŸ’‘See intelligence in action with a live demo of Coface Urba360 and discover how real time data and predictive analytics can strengthen your risk management framework.

🧠 Challenge your thinking in a hands on group exercise designed to test your credit decision making in a fast paced and collaborative environment.

This is a high impact session for leaders who want to stay ahead of market shifts, sharpen their risk strategy and connect with peers driving transformation across industries.

Seats are limited. Secure yours today and be part of the conversation that is shaping the future.

Date and Time:
12 Nov 2025, Wed
9.00am - 1.00pm
Registration begins at 8.30am
Bento lunch will be served at 12.15pm
Venue:
Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre - Level 3 Meeting Room
1 Raffles Boulevard Suntec City, Singapore 039593

REGISTRATION
AGENDA
09:00 – 09:15
WELCOME REMARKS
Ms Grishma Kewada, Chief Executive and Country Manager (Singapore), Coface
09:15 – 9:30
ECONOMIC INSIGHTS: Asia’s Role in a World of Uncertainty
Mr Bernard Aw, Chief Economist (Asia Pacific), Coface
9:30 – 10:30
PANEL: Shared Risk, Shared Strategy: Lessons from 2025 & Outlook for 2026

  • Ms Smitha Menon, Partner and Head of Restructuring & Insolvency Practice, WongPartnership
  • Mr Bernard Aw, Chief Economist (Asia Pacific), Coface
  • Ms Marie Lim, Head of Risk Underwriting (Southeast Asia), Coface
  • Moderator: Mr Dominic Phan, Senior Business Development Manager of Business Information (Asia Pacific), Coface
10:30 – 11:00
MORNING BREAK
11:00 – 11:15
URBA360 IN MOTION
Ms Edeline Phua, Senior Business Development Manager of Business Information (Asia Pacific), Coface
11:15 – 12:00
LESSONS FROM THE FIELD: When Missing Business Insights Cost Opportunities
Mr Benson Tay, Senior Business Development Manager of Business Information (Asia Pacific), Coface
GROUP ACTIVITY: β€œWould You Grant Credit?”
12:00 – 12:15
CLOSING REMARKS
Mr Joe Jacob, Business Information Leader, (Asia Pacific), Coface
12:15 – 13:00
NETWORKING BENTO LUNCH
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