IRIS | BEYOND SUSTAINABILITY

Faculty

Arnaud Blandin
Founder and Lead Faculty


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Agnes Kwek
System Thinking and Design Expert, MindTheSystem

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Jayanth Bhuvaraghan
Purpose Expert,
EYElliance

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Justin Tan
AI Transformation Expert, EvolutioConsulting

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Arnaud Blandin

Adjunct Professor, SMU | Founder, IRIS and Shisenzo

  • Senior sustainability advisor to Fortune 500 companies, private equity firms, and startups

  • Adjunct Professor and guest lecturer at institutions like INSEAD, HEC Paris, Singapore Management University, SKEMA, and CEDEP

  • Collaborated with and advised organisations such as ENGIE, Michelin, J&J, Eurofins, Oracle, Tikehau Capital, EDB, Temasek

  • Developed pioneering methods to identify and quantify the environmental and social impacts of human activities

Agnes Kwek

Founder & CEO, MindTheSystem

Agnes has over 20 years of career in the Singapore Administrative Service, with diverse portfolios in defence, labour policy, grassroots organisation and social welfare, public service innovation, transportation and creative industry development. She has over a decade of experience in public sector transformation - across the entire spectrum from strategy development, business operations to organisational development - giving her a unique perspective on driving large-scale systems change.

Her mission is to translate all her practical experience into pragmatic, actionable training for leaders who need to manage complexity. Agnes has trained over 500 senior executives in complexity management, design thinking and systems thinking with clients such as the Singapore Government, ST Engineering, EY Design Studio (US), and non-profits like The Equity Initiative and Centre Europeen d’Education Permanente (European Center for Executive Development). She is an in-house consultant with the Oceanus Group, a Singapore publicly listed food security company, and drives its global brand development and business transformation. She sits on the Board of Directors for School of Design, University of Cergy-Pontoise, France.

Justin Tan

Adjunct Professor, UCL | Managing Director, Evolutio Consulting

  • Senior advisor supporting organisations across AI education, strategy, and transformation

  • Adjunct Professor at UCL and guest lecturer at INSEAD and AIT, working to bridge theoretical and practical applications of AI

  • Thought leader and speaker on the topic of people-first technology transformations

  • Has worked with organisations such as Holland & Barrett, Bupa, Merck., NHS, Kearney, 3i Group, Caledonia Investments

Jayanth Bhuvaraghan

Purpose Expert, EyElliance

Jayanth is an accomplished Global business leader in the eye health sector and is currently involved in many eye health acceleration initiatives around the World. He is a strong campaigner for greater eye health access and awareness.

After a long and successful professional career with the eye care leader Essilor International, Jayanth retired as its Chief Mission Officer and Executive committee member in 2021. During his tenure with Essilor, he is credited with launching and developing the business in India and in many other countries. One of the highlights is creating first-time primary eye care access to over 500 million people living in low and middle-income countries. 

He is driven by a strong purpose to bring good vision to everyone everywhere and this has been a huge part of his life and career. Jayanth serves on many boards of large Global Non Profits in the Eye care space and other large eye health acceleration initiatives.