Speaker bureaus and speaking agencies in Singapore

It's operated by SpeakIn, which does have Singapore headquarters, so in this one case the national branding is fair. SpeakIn was founded in 2016 and runs a second headquarters in India.

Its About page states the SpeakIn connection outright, which is more than the Australian, British and Canadian versions of the same product do.

Because it's one company. SpeakIn operates country-branded sites and its own website lists them: Australian, British, Canada, Singapore, China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and roughly twenty more.

The service is real and the profile is free. Just know that a site called the Australian or British Speakers Bureau is reaching the same global roster from the same Singapore desk.

Nobody on this page will tell you publicly. Not one organisation here publishes a fee band, a range or a starting figure.

For a reference point, the British and American bureaus that do publish put most working professional speakers between £5,000 and £10,000 or $5,000 and $20,000. Singapore quotes are all negotiated.

The market is served regionally rather than locally. Speakers Connect operates from Hong Kong, London Speaker Bureau Asia from Kuala Lumpur with a Singapore office, and SpeakIn runs a global platform from here rather than a local roster.

For a city with this much conference activity, that's unusual. It also means a Singapore event organiser is often dealing with someone in another country.

Start with Asia Professional Speakers Singapore. It's the local industry body, its members are working Singapore-based speakers and trainers, and it publishes a members directory.

SG60 Speakers is the other route, a curated platform of sixty Singaporean voices where each speaker maintains their own profile, articles and video.

APSS has two tiers. There are 50 Professional Members, eight of whom hold the Certified Speaking Professional designation, alongside 81 Associate Members for people building towards it.

Membership brings a directory listing, special interest groups, signature events and the accreditation pathway. Because APSS belongs to the Global Speakers Federation, the CSP designation is recognised in every other country covered by this directory.

The umbrella body linking national speaking associations. APSS in Singapore belongs to it, and so do the equivalents in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Ireland, the United States and Canada.

The practical consequence is that Certified Speaking Professional means the same thing in Singapore as it does in Toronto or Minneapolis, which matters if you speak across borders.

Routinely, and often you'll have to. London Speaker Bureau Asia covers Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Japan and Australia. Speakers Connect works across the region from Hong Kong. Several large British and American bureaus book into Singapore as a matter of course.

What you lose is local knowledge of which names land with a Singapore room. What you gain is roster depth.

Same company, two brands. Speakers Connect handles general Asian corporate work and China Speakers Agency, trading as 中国名人演讲堂, focuses on China expertise.

If your event needs someone who can speak credibly about doing business with China, that's the door. For a general Asian conference, use the main brand.

English is the working language of Singapore business, so most corporate events run in English without difficulty. That's a genuine contrast with Canada, where French capability is a routine booking question.

Where it does matter is regional. If your audience spans Southeast Asia or mainland China, ask about language, and note that China Speakers Agency exists precisely for that kind of brief.

Six to twelve months for a conference keynote, the same as everywhere else. Singapore's conference calendar is busy and competes with Hong Kong and Dubai for the same international names.

Because so much booking runs through regional offices, add time for coordination across countries and time zones.

Email us. Every organisation here was checked on its own website on the date at the bottom of this page.

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