WKWSCI Alumni Awards 2025
In 2020, the WKWSCI Alumni Awards was renamed the WKWSCI Spotlight Awards. The WKWSCI Spotlight Awards continues to recognise our alumni who have made an impact in their own fields of work and social causes.
We honored the recipients of this year's awards at our WKWSCI Spotlight Awards Night.
Impact Awards
The WKWSCI Impact Awards recognises alumni whose achievements influence society, industry or a social cause.
Emerging Star Awards
The WKWSCI Emerging Star Awards recognises meritorious achievements of alumni in the early stages of their career.
Award recipients
Lynette Teo
Emerging Star Award Recipient
CS'16
Lynette is the Head of Strategic Accounts at Pinterest Singapore, where she spearheads sales strategy for key retail and e-commerce advertisers in 40+ new markets launched in 2025. With a focus on driving expansive growth and high-impact partnerships, she leverages her deep expertise in digital marketing to empower partners and brands in the rapidly evolving commerce landscape.
Before Pinterest, Lynette spent seven years at Google Singapore's Large Customer Sales team, shaping digital media strategies and crafting innovative branding and D2C commerce solutions for major Retail, Tech, and Beauty advertisers across APAC.
Beyond her commercial leadership, Lynette is a dedicated advocate for community empowerment. She supports women, young girls, and youth development in Singapore, previously serving as Social Impact Lead for Women@Google and lecturing on digital marketing at local universities. She also led Google's traineeship and mentoring partnerships, reflecting her commitment to nurturing future talent.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Nanyang Technological University’s Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information (2016).
Dr Chew Han Ei
Impact Award Recipient
CS'01
MMC'08
As a researcher with UNESCO, he co-authored I’d Blush If I Could, one of the earliest global reports to spotlight gender bias in AI voice assistants. His earlier work on reading in the mobile age also shaped education policies in multiple countries by examining how screen-based reading affects learning and equity.
He currently heads the Governance and Economy cluster at the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), where he leads work on digital trust, online harms, and technology adoption. His studies have informed national strategies on digital inclusion, user protection, and responsible tech use.
He also serves on the Board of SG Her Empowerment (SHE), where he guides a multi-year research programme on online harms. In this and other roles, he has helped build and lead research teams that translate evidence into action. His team’s work has amplified survivor voices, identified policy gaps, and supported efforts to build a safer and more supportive digital environment.
In addition to his research and advocacy, Han Ei has contributed to academic governance as an external scientist on NTU’s Institutional Review Board, supporting the ethical conduct of research across the university.
On a lighter note, Han Ei is known as The Chart Doctor, a data storytelling project that reimagines how public charts can better inform, engage, and empower.
Across all these roles, Han Ei remains committed to applying research for social good and building a more inclusive and digitally resilient society.