Founder and Managing Director
Jessica Cheam

Founder and Managing Director

Eco-Business

Jessica is the founder and Managing Director of Eco-Business; an award-winning journalist, TV presenter, director, producer, and a social entrepreneur. She has more than 15 years of experience in media, sustainable development and ESG issues globally.

She is a regular columnist for national newspapers, commenting on current affairs and policy developments; and is on the Board of Directors for Singapore-listed ComfortDelGro, one of the world's largest land transport companies, as an independent director on the Nominating, Investment and Digitalisation committees.

She serves as Strategic Advisor to Blue Planet Environmental Solutions, and is founding Director of EB Impact, a non-profit dedicated to positive sustainable development impact in Asia.

She is also a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors (SID), and a member of its ESG and Communications committees. Jessica specialises in advising the Boards of governments and multi-national organisations globally on ESG strategy, and studies issues at the intersection of sustainability, technology and the media. She directs and produces documentaries, and also chairs the Climate Action SG Alliance – an initiative supported by the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment to advocate climate action and raise public awareness on climate issues.

Jessica also has a passion for driving sustainability innovation and building start-up ecosystems around the world, including helming The Liveability Challenge, a global search for sustainability solutions in the urban tropics presented by Temasek Foundation.

She was previously a political correspondent at The Straits Times and a Singapore Press Holdings scholar. She has been recognised in many regional and international journalism and media awards, including Women of the Future Southeast Asia Awards and LinkedIn’s Power Profiles.