QED’s Apex Advisory Match: National Momentum for Multi-Stage Careers
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In Singapore’s recent Committee of Supply Debate, Senior Minister of State for Manpower Koh Poh Koon highlighted the growing importance of designing workplaces that support multi-stage careers.
As Singapore’s workforce ages and careers lengthen, organisations are increasingly exploring how experienced professionals can continue to contribute meaningfully while businesses retain access to valuable expertise.
As part of his remarks, Dr Koh referenced a pilot under the Alliance for Action on Empowering Multi-Stage Careers for Mature Workers (AfA-EMW) led by the Ministry of Manpower, which brings together organisations and intermediaries to test new models of employment for mature professionals.
Among the initiatives highlighted was the Apex Advisory Match by QED Changemakers.
“By connecting experienced senior professionals with companies that need their expertise on a project basis, senior professionals can continue contributing meaningfully – sharing decades of experience, staying active, and earning an income – while companies, especially SMEs, get access to seasoned leadership when they need it.”
The mention reflects the broader intent of the AfA-EMW initiative: to pilot practical approaches that allow experienced professionals to remain economically active while helping organisations address real business challenges.
Unlocking Senior Expertise in New Ways
One of the challenges organisations face today is that expertise often accumulates over decades - yet traditional employment models do not always provide flexible pathways for experienced leaders to continue contributing.
At the same time, many companies face strategic inflection points where seasoned leadership experience is invaluable, even if only for a defined period.
Through the Apex Advisory Match, QED is working with partners in the AfA-EMW ecosystem to explore how project-based advisory engagements can bridge this gap.
This approach enables organisations to access senior expertise in areas such as:
Growth strategy and market entry or exit
Business transformation and strategic pivots
Business resilience, crisis, and turnaround situations
Risk, cyber, and information security
Operational productivity and cost optimisation
Leadership transition and succession planning
For experienced professionals, the model offers an opportunity to remain engaged, contribute meaningfully, and share decades of leadership experience in focused ways.
Contributing to Singapore’s Multi-Stage Career Future
The Alliance for Action model is designed to test new ideas through real-world pilots, generating insights that can inform broader workforce policies and industry practices.
QED’s participation in the Apex Advisory Match contributes to this broader effort by exploring how organisations can better unlock senior expertise and create flexible pathways for later-career professionals.
As Singapore continues evolving toward a multi-stage career ecosystem, initiatives like these offer a glimpse of how companies and experienced leaders can collaborate in new ways.
The recent national mention reflects growing recognition that experience remains one of the most valuable resources in today’s economy - and finding new ways to deploy it will benefit both organisations and society.
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