Joanne Yoong is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of RFI. In this role, she is principally responsible for the conduct of RFI’s work in accordance with its organizational values, and for the short and long term corporate strategy. She provides leadership to the management team and oversight and support to the RFI team as a whole while representing the organization in dialogue with sponsors and collaborators.

Contact Joanne at joanne@rforimpact.com

In the 20 years of Sherria’s career, she has worked with national governments and international organizations in Asia, The Middle East, Europe, and Africa, both in advisory and leadership positions. In the past 5 years, Sherria assumed back-to-back roles as a global lead, providing strategic directions and operational guidance in Europe, Africa, South America, and the Middle East. Her leadership style is constantly shaped by each multinational and interdisciplinary team that she leads. She learned that a plan is only as good as the modifications it is willing to accommodate through listening to different voices and wisdom.

Contact Sherria at sherria@rforimpact.com

Yik Lin’s career has spanned the public sector to MNCs to SMEs to startups, covering a wide range of responsibilities, such as strategy, policy, finance, client management, programme design and project management. As a Vice-President at the Bank of New York Mellon, a Group CFO at Shooting Gallery Asia, the General Manager at FireForge Games (Singapore) and most recently as a Principal Senior Director at Temasek Foundation, he has built and managed many high-performance teams with a strong and positive organisation culture. He hopes to contribute similarly at RFI.

Contact Yik Lin at yiklin@rforimpact.com

Given RFI's wide-range of projects and collaborations, Amanda supports the RFI team in ensuring alignment with the overall strategy, overseeing effective use of resources, and optimizing the impact achieved. For this role, she draws from her past experience in both the public and private sectors, in organisations such as Ogilvy, A*STAR and NUS, where her work has included strategic planning, stakeholder engagement and management, programme planning and execution, as well as project management.

Contact Amanda at amanda.goh@rforimpact.com

A natural fit for his economist portfolio, Oliver oversees and monitors the company’s cash flow and financial transactions, as well as produces financial projections. He strives for good documentation and insightful analysis, as well as to provide accurate and updated information to facilitate rational decision-making.

Contact Oliver at oliver@rforimpact.com

Jamie is an Assistant Director (Finance) at RFI. With a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degree in Accountancy and Finance Management from the University of Portsmouth, she brings 14 years of invaluable finance experience to her role. She upholds good governance and operational excellence through her responsible delivery of financial functions such as accounting, treasury and reporting, with strict adherence to statutory requirements and in line with RFI’s organisational policies and strategic vision.

Contact Jamie at jamie@rforimpact.com

As RFI’s Data Governance Executive, Wei Kok develops and oversees policies for responsible data use in RFI, ensuring alignment with Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA). In this capacity, he serves as RFI’s designated Data Protection Officer, implementing best practices for data security, retention, and compliance. He also guides and institutionalizes RFI’s adoption of artificial intelligence, promoting its responsible use for research and evaluation. With a background in applied economics and quantitative research, Wei Kok brings a rigorous and practical approach to strengthening RFI’s data systems and governance.

Contact Wei Kok at weikok@rforimpact.com