Singapore Games Association - Executive Committee

The Executive Committee brainstorms, plans and executes projects, activities and events to keep the conversations revolving around the games industry enticing and meaningful.

KAI LUN PANG

Chairperson

Kai Lun trained as an artist and animator, providing art services both as a freelancer and for a period of time, as a self-run company. He is currently a lecturer at Singapore Polytechnic, teaching students in the area of art, production and mentorship in entrepreneurship.

Kai Lun is also heavily involved in the development of games as part of a small-time indie studio.

JAMES BARNARD

Vice Chairperson

Industry & Market Research

Ex AAA Indie dev with more than 25 years of making games, having run Springloaded here in Singapore for more than half of that time.

SHAWN TOH

Vice Chairperson

Community & Outreach

I'm a game designer of about 15 years in the SG scene, and ended up founding BattleBrew Productions, a multi-award winning indie games studio.

MARY-ANNE LEE

Secretary

Marketing & Comms

14 year industry veteran with a primary background in community and communications. Mary-Anne worked as a games journalist, on ground in esports tournaments, and embedded in AAA dev teams, with some of her greatest adventures centred around her time at Blizzard Entertainment.

NEO DUAN KAI

Treasurer

Education & Academic Partnerships

Duan Kai or DK, is a game producer with 6 years of professional experience. He is an indie game producer that has previously produced games at Team Junkfish, such as Bootleg Steamer and Attack of the Earthlings Mobile. At present, he is running his own indie studio, Asian Salad Studio and working on an unannounced indie game.

As a indie game producer, he understands the pain points of running an indie studio in Singapore and the balancing act that indie workers always maintain, that Indies often have to choose between career progression and chasing their passion.

PHILIP WHITEHALL

Executive Committee

Memberships & Fundraising

Founder of the indie studio Sprytosaur Games and a game developer since 2018, utilising his many years of experience navigating multinational corporations to develop and ship games onto consoles, PC and mobile. Recently, you may have seen him support the Professional Pathway, host a Singapore-focused meetup at Gamescom Asia, and lead delegations at industry events.