MsUma Thana Balasingam

Uma Thana Balasingam is a multi-hyphenate founder, leadership strategist, keynote speaker, writer, community & movement builder, and podcaster redefining what it means to lead, grow, and reinvent in today’s world. Raised in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, to blue-collar parents, she put herself through university and started her career as an engineer. Later, she led billion-dollar-plus tech businesses across Asia Pacific and Japan before charting her own path. Now, she’s building a global platform at the intersection of leadership, media, and reinvention—spotlighting untold stories and making powerful ideas accessible. Her acclaimed podcast delivers raw, real conversations that spark change. Uma doesn’t just talk about transformation—she makes it tangible, scalable, and deeply human. She’s the visionary founder of The ELEVATE Group, on a mission to impact 5 million professional women and Lean In Singapore, where she built a community of over 7000 since 2016, dedicated to inspiring and educating thousands on gender equality in the workplace, including empowering girls to redefine what leadership looks like, which helps girls see themselves as leaders in a world that often tells them they’re not. She’s an internationally recognized advocate for gender equity, featured in prestigious lists such as CRN’s Most Powerful Global Women, Singapore’s Top 100 Women in Tech, LinkedIn’s Top Voice, LinkedIn Top 10 Voice in Gender Equity, #1 in Sales, and #12 in Singapore for Favikon Top Creators for LinkedIn. She’s the Architect of RAW leadership, inspiring global audiences with transformative keynotes on the power of vulnerability in personal and professional growth. Her global clients include Standard Chartered Bank, DBS, NTT Data, AVIVA, GE, Deloitte, and KPMG.