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Tag: Women of Distinction

Counting on professional values

As a daughter of a headmaster and a teacher, Helen Brand knows a thing or two about the virtues of discipline and delivering on one’s words in ... ...

Portrait of success

Gallery owner says it’s all about following one’s passion... ...

Lawmaker finds her balance

Life for barrister, legislator, party leader and mother-of-three Audrey Eu Yuet-mee is a succession of enriching challenges with ... ...

Family always comes first

With more women taking on leadership roles in business, they face the inevitable challenge of reconciling the demands of a fast-paced career with other priorities ... ...

Piovesana is leader of the brand

Alessandra Piovesana’s stated aim as is to drive growth, profitability, and productivity through a customer-led approach to ... ...

Jockey silences neigh-sayers

Wanting to prove people wrong can provide powerful motivation, as Chantal Sutherland found when she first told a ... ...

Kung fu double finds her niche

The first time Li Yifei saw Michael Jackson's Thriller video in the early 1980s, it gave her a clear ... ...

Thai cooks up fresh profession

Her two-pronged expertise in media communications and the culinary arts comes in handy for Nateampai Sarakosass in ... ...

News junkie thrives on her daily fix

As a young producer co-ordinating live reports and writing bulletins in the BBC's London newsroom, Mishal Husain ... ...

From a sweatshop to reshaping Beijing

Having built a property development empire, raised US$1.9 billion through its Hong Kong IPO, and already achieved ... ...