Every guest who has spoken at Lunch & Listen, most recent first.
Sessions run roughly every two weeks, during second lunch. Every one has been held at the SDC Stairs, Saigon South International School.
Founder, Lumiere Education
Harvard statistics graduate who founded Lumiere Education, a research mentorship programme that pairs high-school students with PhD mentors. He lives in Ho Chi Minh City and performs stand-up comedy in Vietnamese.
Analytics Engineer, Lakeshore Recycling Systems
SSIS Class of 2015 who moved from a Fortune 500 financial rotational programme into data engineering, and now works as an analytics engineer for Lakeshore Recycling Systems from Vietnam.
President of CORE (Columbia Organization of Rising Entrepreneurs) and student, Columbia University
SSIS Class of 2024, now studying computer science and history at Columbia University, who came back to talk about building at the AI frontier and what working at a Silicon Valley startup is actually like.
Founder, Laws for Paws Vietnam
Former interior designer who became an animal rescuer and founded Laws for Paws Vietnam, which has helped treat more than 1,200 dogs and rehomed hundreds.
Vice-Chairman and Founding Owner, Los Angeles Football Club
Harvard graduate, Vice-Chairman and Founding Owner of Los Angeles Football Club, and Chairman of McDonald's Vietnam. He brought McDonald's, Forbes and 7-Eleven to Vietnam, and founded the Saigon Heat basketball club.
Professional wrestler, coach and founder, Crush Combat Academy
Former business consultant and biometric analyst who became a professional wrestler, coach, and founder of Crush Combat Academy.
Chef and media figure
Canadian-Vietnamese chef and media figure known for poutine, who left a Vietnamese fishing village as a boat refugee to Canada in the 1970s.
