BCLP partner named Trailblazer of the Year by AmCham in Singapore

Singapore Partner Wanjing Goh has been named Trailblazer of the Year by the American Chambers of Commerce in Singapore.

Presented at the organization’s annual Women HERo awards event on Nov. 3, this award recognizes a man or woman who has driven significant and systemic change in their organization to increase the representation of women in leadership and across the organization. The awards themselves were created to celebrate those who’ve made the commitment and delivered on their promise to advance women leaders and to eliminate unconscious bias and sexism.

Wanjing is a highly experienced transactional infrastructure, construction and engineering lawyer who advises on all aspects of major infrastructure and real estate development projects in Asia. BCLP has a deep commitment to diversity and inclusion, supported by well-established goals, programs and leadership. Wanjing is the firm’s D&I lead in Asia and helps drive diversity initiatives in the region, within the firm and with clients of the firm.

Within BCLP, Wanjing helped to curate a series of CoLab trainings – a firm first – to bring together internal specialists and external practitioners to discuss the challenges women face in the workplace and how best to navigate change. Sessions have covered a wide range of topics, such as supporting women for success, standing up for change and the importance of active bystanders, developing powerful allies, and winning business and driving relationships through diversity. This was a highly successful series, with high engagement from BCLP’s Asia and Middle East offices, leading CoLab to extended topics to cover cognitive diversity, emotional health and mental illness.

Instrumental in BCLP’s Asia recruitment program, Wanjing also has been appointed BCLP’s “people partner” in Asia. This role makes her responsible for engaging closely with associates on their needs and challenges in the workplace, and how their engagement and satisfaction can be improved. She also serves on the BCLP global LGBTQ+ Steering Committee, helping to guide policies and programs, and works closely with clients on client-led LGBTQ+ initiatives, including the popular Pink Friday initiative.

Outside of the firm, Wanjing is very active in civic groups, including with the British Chamber of Commerce of Singapore’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee and Women in Energy Asia.