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Dr

Chung Wei Bernard Leong

Adjunct Associate Professor

Strategy And Policy

  • Adjunct Associate Professor
    Strategy And Policy
  • (+65) 9748 2320 (Mobile)
  • NUS Business School, 15 Kent Ridge Drive, Singapore 119245

BIO

Dr Bernard Leong is currently the CEO and co-founder of Dorje AI. As an experienced senior executive with an extensive business and technology management background in the digital space, he held regional business roles as the Head of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Amazon Web Services for ASEAN and Vice President of Airbus Aerial specifically on satellite and drone services in the Asia Pacific and senior management roles in Singapore Post as the Head of Digital Services and Group Chief Information & Digital Office in Woh Hup.

 

While not in his corporate hat, he's a connector to the Southeast Asia entrepreneurial ecosystem as an entrepreneur in residence at INSEAD Business School. Bernard is the founder and host of the Analyse Asia podcast where he interviewed global thought leaders, key industry players and journalists across major media outlets from The Information to Wall Street Journal. He is an active independent angel investor specializing in Web3 and AI startups over the past three years by himself or with the XA Network. 

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE APPOINTMENTS

  • Adjunct Associate Professor
    BUSINESS, STRATEGY & POLICY, SINGAPORE1 Dec 2022
  • Adjunct Lecturer
    Institute of Systems Science, Artificial Intelligence, Singapore1 Jan 2024

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • CEO and co-founder
    Dorje AI, Singapore1 May 2024
  • Group Chief Digital & Information Officer
    Woh Hup, Digital and IT, Singapore, Singapore1 Nov 2021 - 31 Aug 2023
  • Head of Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, ASEAN
    Amazon Web Services, Singapore, Singapore2 Jul 2019 - 31 Aug 2021

DEGREES

  • PhD
    Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom1 Oct 1999 - 1 Feb 2003
  • Master of Advanced Studies (MASt)
    Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom1 Sep 1998 - 30 Jun 1999
  • BSc of Science with Merit
    National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore1 Jul 1995 - 30 Jun 1998

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Senior Accredited Director
    Singapore Institute of Directors, Singapore, Singapore1 Jan 2024
  • Fellow
    Singapore Computer Society, Singapore, Singapore1 Oct 2021
  • Data Protection Operation Execellence
    Singapore Management University1 Aug 2022
    Certified Data Protection Officer

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Chinese (Mandarin)
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Chinese (Cantonese)
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review