“Michelle is an Excellent Moderator”
Hugh Andrew, MD BlackRock Real Assets
About Michelle
You’ve heard Michelle across two of the nations biggest networks - Mediacorp and SPH.
Michelle’s work has featured on numerous radio stations, Channel 5, Channel News Asia, The Straits Times, Business Times and she can currently be heard every weekday on her business radio show on MONEYFM89.3 “Your Money with Michelle Martin”, which hit number one on the Apple Charts for Investing Podcasts in Singapore in 2021.
Award winning radio and tv host.
Michelle Martin has been “live” on air for twenty years. MNC’s, think tanks, government organizations and businesses passionate about great content have engaged Michelle for enlightening quality discussions.
Always on brand.
As a corporate host or moderator, Michelle is always on brand. From moderating at the Singapore Fintech Festival to hosting a live stream from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Michelle is adept at tailoring a style to the tenor of the conversation. How does decentralised finance work? What are alternative revenue systems for news organisations? What’s the future of investing in real estate in a post-covid world? How are companies using data to gain a competitive edge? Empowering, enlightening engaging conversations are what Michelle specialises in creating.
Are you planning an ESG event? Michelle is accredited with a CFA Certificate in ESG Investing.
Photo: ST, Siewcast, 2023
Clients
Moderating, hosting and speaking engagement client list.
Milken Institute
HSBC
Singapore Deep-Tech Alliance
Securities Investors Association Singapore
Property Guru Asia Property Awards
Singapore Writers Festival
The Straits Times
Singapore Council of Women's Organisations
Canon
Hallmark Channel
National Arts Council Singapore
National Library Board Singapore
National University of Singapore
Nanyang Technological University
Monetary Authority of Singapore
National Heritage Board
Singapore Management University
Tableau
TedX Singapore Women
Mogul.sg
Bumble
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View Michelle’s highlight video reel. Watch her speak to the man behind the pseudonym, who caused a stir when he bought a work of digital art for a record US$69.3 million worth of cryptocurrency mere days after the news broke.
Michelle Martin Highlights Reel
Metokovan / Vignesh Sundaresan interview.
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Always engaging, Michelle is adept at crafting lively conversations.
Michelle’s work engages audiences and that leads to happy clients. Her show, Women Of Worth, garnered two nominations at the Asia Pacific Wide Women Empowerment Journalism Awards. Michelle is well known for managing panel discussions that bring the best out of any guest. She carries her journalistic preparation through to any event and has an ability to make complex topics understandable to a wider audience.
Audience Reaction
Michelle always creates a great experience for attendees. Here is sense of audience feedback to her interviews.
Michelle has won hearts and minds with her on-air conversations.
Michelle has sat along distinguished icons including the late Singapore President S.R. Nathan, Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz and Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker.
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Career highlights
Michelle is fluent in the language of visual and audio storytelling. She’s presented at some of Singapore’s most watched television and live events. She was television commentator for several National Day Parades on Channel 5. Michelle will sit across noted author Elizabeth Gilbert ( Eat, Pray, Love) as invited moderator for the Singapore Writer's Festival 2021 90-min "livestream" event. 
Telling data Stories 2021 Tableu.
At the forefront of current discussions. Moderating for the Milken Institute.
Livestreaming Jazz music to you during Covid.
MIchelle has been privileged to be a part of conversations that make the news.
Main stage discussions at festivals like the Singapore Writer’s Festival.
General Election Coverage 2020.
The view from my seat at the live TV commentator for Singapore’s National Day Parade. It’s easy to channel the electricity of the crowd when you have this view! You are literally 50-feet in the air. What I enjoy about commentary is this; you have to be comfortable flying without a safety net. There’s really no room for error. You need to be lightening quick to pick up nuances and channel that into a narrative for a huge television audience watching the show across Asia. It takes meticulous attention to detail, you have to speak while taking directions in your earpiece ( so many voices in your head!) and you have to have fun or the right energy won’t come through.
Emcee for the National Day Rally, at rehearsals
A a professional anchor I use techniques to engage audiences. It is a performance at the end of the day, and there certainly are techniques to presenting powerfully and clearly, which I use to improve webcasts.
When I sat across Halimah Yacob our incumbent president, for our one-on-one interview what struck me was how absolutely open she was to speaking with me “live” about her early life. She did not have an easy or privileged start. She spoke about living with very little and how her mother raised the family after losing her husband. I remember watching phone lines light up with tributes from listeners that just poured in throughout the interview. People were moved. They wanted to connect and share what hearing her experience meant to them. She’s the first woman to hold the post of President in Singapore’s history. There’s a great quote from her on the Singapore Women’s Hall of Fame ( which I was emcee of the launch of! ) “ Women must realise that while they would like to think that their work speaks for itself, in reality, they do have to take greater charge of their own careers. And be ready to accept invitations to be a board member, even if it means being the sole woman on the board.” -Halimah Yacob, First Woman President of Singapore
With the late Tony Buzan, whose concept of the MindMap still transfixes audiences around the world. I shared with him how his tool for radiant thinking helped me ace my university exams! We had a great chat about that! I still use what he shared with me in our post-show chat to create and plan creative media strategies and to drive sessions for impact.
What I’ve learnt about emceeing over the years is whether its a grand stage at the National Day Rally or the imaginary stage of a digital event , what matters is the ability to put yourself in the place of the audience. What do they want to hear? What tone would suit the event? These questions are a crucial part of my preparation.
Delivering my Capstone Lecture at the Singapore Management University. As a speaker, I share on many topics. I’ve spoken to marketeers, PR experts, in academia, on panels and to a range of businesses on a range of topics including How to Free your Creativity, What Pro-Moderators Know About Getting The Best From Any Panel, How to Plan for Memorable Conversations - The Green Room tips, Charisma and Influence, Content Creator Masterclass - The Rules and Art of Telling Great Stories.
I love everything to do with reading. Here is something rather different, a book cover that I was invited to create that was auctioned off for charity. I’m not a crafts person but when books, art and a cause come together, I had to say yes. My donated collage included patois cards (a card game that reminds me of fun times with my late grandmother) and an attached silver necklace that doubled as a bookmark. My book SOLD!
Michelle is a long time supporter of the literary scene, attending publishing , writing and reader events. Michelle also supports efforts to close the gender gap. She’s lent support to organizations like UN Women Singapore, Board Agenda and the Singapore Council of Women’s Organizations.
Course
Develop Gravitas
What is gravitas?
Why is it a core characteristic of authority?
How can we display it?
In this virtual presentation, learn to develop gravitas as you speak, the the key behaviours that exhibit gravitas, and how successful leaders use the trait.