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CELIS LEADERS Singapore 26

16 July 2026

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The inaugural CELIS Leaders Singapore will take place on 16 July 2026, and features a series of closed-door, high-level roundtables and workshops held under the Chatham House Rule. The event will convene approximately 25–35 senior participants from government, private practice, the investor community, and academia to exchange best practices in the design and implementation of foreign investment screening frameworks, address key governance challenges, and consider how governments can remain open to investment while safeguarding essential national security interests. Discussions will draw on the experience and perspectives of thought-leading experts from Singapore, major Indo-Pacific jurisdictions, as well as the European Union (EU) and the United States (US), with a view to strengthening cross-border cooperation, fostering public-private dialogue, building trust, and promoting the exchange of best practices.

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Meet the speakers (confirmed)

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Robert Tay

Commissioner, Office of Significant Investments Review and Director (Europe), Americas, Europe & Central Asia (AECA), Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore 

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Anne-Mette Heemsoth

Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton, London 

Ana Belacurencu

Ana-Maria Belacurencu

FDI Expert, Foreign Investment Department, Romanian Foreign Direct Investment Screening Commission, Bucharest 

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Chris Tinning

First Assistant Secretary, Foreign Investment Division, Australian Treasury; Executive Member, Foreign Investment Review Board, Sydney 

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Carmina B. Acuña

Assistant Director-General, Policy and Strategic Studies, Office Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Manila 

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Hendy Handoko

Head of Legal, Xora Innovation, Singapore 

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Eu Jin Chua

Head of Institutional Relations & Managing Director Singapore Market, Temasek Holdings, Singapore 

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Mark Hitchcock

CFIUS Review Team and Foreign Service Officer
U.S. Department of State

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Steffen Hindelang

Professor of International Investment and Trade Law, Uppsala University; Executive Director, CELIS Institute, Berlin 

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Mircea Esanu

Executive Director, Public Service Agency, Chișinău 

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