Our board members
Our Board members come from a wide range of backgrounds to guide the work of New Life Stories and chart its growth.
Graham Kelly
Graham has been the Executive Creative Director at some of the world's leading advertising agencies including Ogilvy, Saatchi & Saatchi, BBH and TBWA. Graham’s creative work has achieved international recognition across all media, winning major awards for his print, TV, direct marketing and digital campaigns. Graham is also a regular speaker at key advertising events, such as The Asia Pacific Advertising Festival, AdAsia, The Media Spikes and The One Show (where he spoke in the Great Hall of the People).
K. Veerapandiyan
K. Veerapandiyan is an educator with more than 15 years of experience in the teaching profession. He teaches students from the ages of 13-18 in subjects including Knowledge & Inquiry, Media Literacy, Design Thinking and Project Work. In his previous stint, he worked in the media industry producing current affairs programmes and documentaries. Furthermore, he worked with the United Nations Mission in Kosovo and led a team in registering and organizing the first post-conflict elections. He has also experience being a Programme Manager of an NGO in Kosovo, which was tasked with minority protection. Veerapandiyan also has a Masters in International Relations from the International University of Japan.
Su Chzeng Ong
Su-Chzeng has more than 30 years of experience in diverse corporate and cross-cultural environments, having worked for more than a decade each in London, then in Tokyo and now in Singapore. In these countries, she has held various business leadership roles at senior management level, including director and vice president, variously at JPMorgan Chase Bank, Jardine Fleming Asia, Collins and Macmillan Publishers, UK. She has a Masters in Education from Sheffield University, UK, and a BA in English Literature, as well as professional certificates in coaching from Corporate Coach University, USA, and other coach training organizations. She is an adjunct executive leadership coach for the Centre for Creative Leadership, INSEAD and IMD business schools and is PCC accredited by, and founding committee member of, the International Coach Federation in Singapore.
K H Majeed
K H Majeed is an experienced counsellor at the Singapore Prison where he has been counselling inmates for over 15 years. He is an accredited asatizah with MUIS as well as an accredited mediator at the Syariah Court. In addition to his role as Head of Welfare at SKML, he initiated the Marriage Preparatory Course as well as the Jenazah Services.
Zakiah Halim
Zakiah Halim has over 30 years of experience in the media and broadcasting Industry with professional expertise in programming, editorial, training, events and promotions. She started as a Producer-Presenter before heading the Malay TV and Radio stations. Under Zakiah’s stewardship, Suria’s commissioned programmes won International Awards including Asian Television Awards and New York Festivals. Zakiah sat on several advisory boards, mainly in the fields of Education, Arts, Media and Broadcasting. She was the Chairman of the Asian Broadcasting Union (ABU), Radio Working Party and was a regular speaker at ABU Conferences. Zakiah received the ‘Patron of Music’ Award given by COMPASS for her contribution in the music industry and the inaugural ‘Friends of MCCY’ Award given to those active in the arts, heritage, community and Youth sectors. Zakiah graduated from the National University of Singapore, NUS with a Bachelor Degree in Arts & Social Sciences. She last served as Head, Malay Community, Mediacorp Pte Ltd, before leaving the company in 2018.
Azmeen Moiz
Azmeen heads the Field Compliance at the Office of Ethics and Compliance in SAP, in Asia Pacific and Japan. She started her legal career in 1990 in Drew and Napier and is well known in the legal sector. Azmeen has taken on leadership legal roles in private practice, multinational companies and in government, statutory boards and government linked companies. She is deeply passionate about the role of civil society, and has applied her combination of legal skills and knowledge on various projects for the betterment of society over the years including CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women), Trafficking, Foreign Brides and Sex Tourism, and has also worked with Family Services Centres and other NGOs. Azmeen was also nominated by the US State Department to represent Singapore in 2011, in the International Visitor Leadership Program on The Role of NGOs and Global Women issues, in Washington DC with NGOs, federal and state agencies.
Mike Troemel
Mike Troemel had been in the data-storage industry for 35 years and held leadership positions in product development and manufacturing for Seagate. Throughout his career, he also held various engineering and operations management roles in the US, Asia, and Europe, building an extensive set of global management skills. Mike holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Chemical Engineering; a Master's of Science in Materials Science; and an MBA — all from the University of Minnesota.
Alwi Hafiz
An engineer by training, Alwi Hafiz has almost 30 years of experience in professional services, consulting, and IT. He is a founding partner of Rekanext Capital Planners and co-founder of Intuitif Technologies. Alwi was appointed as Trustee Emeritus of Nanyang Technological University in 2018. He also serves on the boards of Mendaki Social Enterprise Network (SENSE), Mercy Relief, and the Malay Heritage Foundation. In the past, he has served on the Boards of the Land Transport Authority, Yayasan Mendaki, and the Association of Muslim Professionals. Currently, Alwi holds the position of Sustainability Advisor at Golden Veroleum Liberia and is also the Head of Strategic Partnerships, Group Sustainability and Communications at Golden Agri-Resources.