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Irene Lim

Women in Corporate

As Executive Director and Technology Center Manager for J.P. Morgan Singapore (JPM), Irene Lim is responsible for driving strategy and initiatives for technology in the market. She is an advocate for women in STEM, pioneering multiple initiatives that promotes a diverse technology workforce within the company. Irene developed and led the “Winning Women in Technology” initiative, a program that encourages STEM undergraduates to pursue a career in technology at JPM, resulting in a 150 percent increase in local female graduate hires to our Software Engineer Program from the program’s launch in 2016. The program was later expanded beyond technology into a mentoring program for women that benefitted more females. Irene also drove several programs designed to inspire diverse groups of juniors to start their careers within the technology sector. Some of her achievements included: - Led J.P. Morgan's GenerationTech youth program in 2021 and 2022 to spark STEM interest among local secondary school girls. (refer to more details below) - Expanded the “Take IT Forward” community program into 9 APAC locations to support female technologists in career development - Increased 2021 Tech Apprentice hires from Polytechnics six-folds, with 92% female diversity - Participated as a mentor in the PolyFinTech 100 Mentorship Program - Engaged as 2021 and 2022 Women in IT Awards series Asia Judge Irene always finds time to personally coach and sponsor women to advance their careers, and her extraordinary dedication towards building a diverse workforce and an inclusive community of support for women technologists inspires others around her. About GenerationTech: GenerationTech is J.P. Morgan’s global youth program that debuted in Singapore in September 2021. Last year, the program brought together 70 female secondary students from 15 local schools to brainstorm solutions and use design tools to develop an application to address UN Sustainable Development Goals, such as gender equality or climate action. The students then pitched their solutions to a panel of J.P. Morgan judges, culminating in an awards ceremony recognizing the fantastic solutions from all the teams. The students were guided by 50 J.P. Morgan volunteers who used their expertise and experience to support and mentor the students to help them understand the role design plays in developing tech solutions. The volunteers acted not only as mentors but role models for females working in technology. For 2022, building on the success of 2021, J.P. Morgan has collaborated with SG Women in Tech and expanded this program to a 3-week design-based technology challenge for 70 female students, aged 13-17, across more than 20 schools. GenerationTech’s unique value has been recognized by the Singapore government; the Minister of State, Ms. Sun Xueling, will be Guest of Honor at the closing ceremony in August.

J.P. Morgan

As Executive Director and Technology Center Manager for J.P. Morgan Singapore (JPM), Irene Lim is responsible for driving strategy and initiatives for technology in the market. She is an advocate for women in STEM, pioneering multiple initiatives that promotes a diverse technology workforce within the company.

Irene developed and led the “Winning Women in Technology” initiative, a program that encourages STEM undergraduates to pursue a career in technology at JPM, resulting in a 150 percent increase in local female graduate hires to our Software Engineer Program from the program’s launch in 2016. The program was later expanded beyond technology into a mentoring program for women that benefitted more females.

Irene also drove several programs designed to inspire diverse groups of juniors to start their careers within the technology sector. Some of her achievements included:
- Led J.P. Morgan's GenerationTech youth program in 2021 and 2022 to spark STEM interest among local secondary school girls. (refer to more details below)
- Expanded the “Take IT Forward” community program into 9 APAC locations to support female technologists in career development
- Increased 2021 Tech Apprentice hires from Polytechnics six-folds, with 92% female diversity
- Participated as a mentor in the PolyFinTech 100 Mentorship Program
- Engaged as 2021 and 2022 Women in IT Awards series Asia Judge

Irene always finds time to personally coach and sponsor women to advance their careers, and her extraordinary dedication towards building a diverse workforce and an inclusive community of support for women technologists inspires others around her.

About GenerationTech:

GenerationTech is J.P. Morgan’s global youth program that debuted in Singapore in September 2021. Last year, the program brought together 70 female secondary students from 15 local schools to brainstorm solutions and use design tools to develop an application to address UN Sustainable Development Goals, such as gender equality or climate action. The students then pitched their solutions to a panel of J.P. Morgan judges, culminating in an awards ceremony recognizing the fantastic solutions from all the teams.

The students were guided by 50 J.P. Morgan volunteers who used their expertise and experience to support and mentor the students to help them understand the role design plays in developing tech solutions. The volunteers acted not only as mentors but role models for females working in technology.

For 2022, building on the success of 2021, J.P. Morgan has collaborated with SG Women in Tech and expanded this program to a 3-week design-based technology challenge for 70 female students, aged 13-17, across more than 20 schools. GenerationTech’s unique value has been recognized by the Singapore government; the Minister of State, Ms. Sun Xueling, will be Guest of Honor at the closing ceremony in August.

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