Personal portfolio
Ethan Yam
Singapore

Experience

Commercial research, product development, education and community work.

Ethan standing with four peers in formal attire against a red stone wall
Group portrait

Commercial and product work

September 2026Business Administration Intern · MOL Drybulk
Compared charter benchmarks for multipurpose vessels, researched wind turbine blade movements and examined what project-cargo demand could mean for vessel operators.
Product and entrepreneurshipManaging Director · SociusFlow
Shaping the product direction for a student planner that brings together timetables, deadlines, revision and daily planning. My work covers feature priorities, team coordination and decisions about how AI should handle student data.
October 2025 – February 2026Marketing Assistant to Head of Marketing · StainAway
Progressed from supporting marketing work to leading the marketing function in a student venture.

Education

EducationDiploma in Business Administration · Singapore Polytechnic
Coursework spans financial management, consumer research, business operations and digital service design. I have also served as a class vice-chair and helped guide visitors at Open House.

Community and policy

October 2026Team lead · Singapore Model Parliament 2026
Brought The Heartland Parliament team together to debate Singapore’s economic competitiveness and defend a proposal for a nuclear-skills development pilot.
June – September 2026Secretary and Head of HR · Mentorship Lab
Helped coordinate a Seletar–Serangoon Youth Network mentoring programme for secondary-school-age participants.
July 2026Prime Minister · Singapore Model Cabinet
Led Cabinet 8 through a simulation on community support and sustainable careers in the arts. Our team developed a proposal covering fair commissioning, access to space and participation in live arts.
June 2026First Runner-Up · Singapore Youth Policy Competition
My team developed the Youth Digital Safety Pathways Framework to clarify what happens after online harm is identified and how schools, platforms and other organisations can respond.
CommunityGrassroots and community volunteering · Seletar–Serangoon
Support Meet-the-People Sessions through petition writing and volunteer coordination, and have led work on the branch’s voucher distribution programme.
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