Pok Wei Heng

"I wanted to gain practical experience and expertise. My parents wanted me to do accounting because I was good at math, and I went along with it. Then, I added Supply Chain Management because it felt like a relevant business concept. Supply chains are what we need to deliver food services by using our phones and getting it into our hands. I always wondered how that happens, what processes are involved, and how to make them more efficient. Also, I saw how well-accredited the Business School is and what a great reputation it has in New Zealand."

"The Bachelor of Commerce is more financially astute and builds on business acumen, such as having a firm grasp of accounting fundamentals and understanding more about supply chains. However, I was surprised to discover tangential papers, where we explored more beyond what we specialise in. We talked about corporate social responsibility and what ethical marketing looks like. I found that interesting because we had a glimpse of what was beyond just a regular business world. In my opinion, the business world is urgently in need of transformation and change."

"I would say it’s the clubs. I have been Co-President of Impact Consulting Group, which is sort of a pro bono consulting club. We provide some degree of assistance and help to nonprofits and social enterprises. For example, we could help advise them on how to advertise a new financial product they want to release as a nonprofit and reach out to a different audience. That really helped me get the most interaction with real people working on real things with real concerns that I thought were very interesting."

"I previously worked at Ernst and Young for two and a half years. I thoroughly enjoyed that. I worked on sustainability strategy and regulations. After that, I decided to move into a field that really focuses on consulting, so I moved to Edge Impact. I would call it almost like a boutique medium-sized consultancy that focuses on human rights risks and modern slavery, as well as looks at climate change impacts. More recently, I've been focusing on how these two risks engage together and how they affect each other."

"I have helped organisations understand what human rights risks they're opening themselves up to. For example, this involves finding out where they source their cement and concrete if they are a construction company, and evaluating their working conditions. Addressing these areas can help understand how a company sees human rights and possibly the risks they leave themselves open to if not properly addressed. We focus on training them and on report writing to holistically evaluate all of their systems. The industries I have worked with are very interesting. I've worked with museums, the private sector, and nonprofits, and I have made submissions to Parliament, which are all different and very interesting."