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Application & Judging Process

Advisory: Unsolicited "Business Award" Participations and Nominations via WhatsApp - Verify Source of Communications

We have received reports from member companies and past award winners informing that they have fallen victim to the growing number of marketing packages disguised as "Business Awards". These schemes are aggressively marketed to Singapore businesses, and typically operate by sending unsolicited WhatsApp messages, cold calls or emails claiming that the business has been "nominated" or "selected" for an award, after which payment is demanded for trophies, plaques, gala dinners, marketing and/or sponsorship packages.

These entities have no affiliation with ATC, the Singapore 40 Under 40 Business Leaders or any of ATC's Business Standards programmes.

ATC does not cold-solicit businesses for award participation and any correspondence from ATC are via our official domain @atc.sg or official WhatsApp accounts. ATC's WhatsApp accounts are used only after a verified relationship has been established and only for notices, automated status updates and administrative transactions to existing applicants and members. If your first-ever contact from "ATC" is a WhatsApp message informing that you have been "nominated" or "selected" to participate and pay for an award, it is not from us.

If you are unsure of the source of communications:

  • Do not respond, make payment or share any personal, business or financial information with the sender, unless verified.
  • Do not click on links embedded in suspicious WhatsApp messages or emails.
  • Verify directly with us by calling +65 6304 3145 or emailing members@atc.sg before taking any further action.
  • Report the incident to the Singapore Police Force via the ScamShield helpline 1799 or at www.scamshield.gov.sg
  • File an official report with us

Important Note: ATC only administers the Singapore 40 Under 40 Business Leaders and the other segments officially listed under ATC's Business Standards. Any other programmes not listed on our official website is not endorsed by, affiliated with or recognised by ATC.

For more information, please visit our advisory page .

Application & Judging Process

How to apply for the Singapore 40 Under 40 Business Leaders?

All nominees are to submit their application through ATC's application portal. The steps for application are outlined as follows:

  1. Ensure that you have met the entry and application criteria an you may proceed to apply for the Singapore 40 Under 40 Business Leaders through ATC's application portal.
  2. Complete the pre-application validation and declaration through the questionnaire provided. For nominees whom fulfilled the entry and application pre-requisites, you will be able to proceed with your application.
  3. For nominees with an active BizPortal, you will be requested to enter your UEN and obtain an OTP to proceed with the application. Otherwise, please input your UEN and relevant business's information.
  4. You will be asked to input the information of the keyman and authorised representative (if any). Please input the respective information and the keyman for the application would be the nominee in this instance.
  5. Please confirm the segment that you are applying for and you will be provided with a summary of the application, including the Terms and Conditions.
  6. After submission, please login to BizPortal and access your application information to download the "Singapore 40 Under 40 Business Leaders - Application Questionnaire" (Application Questionnaire).
  7. All fields and sections in the Application Questionnaire is to be completed, and two (02) endorsers, who supports your application for the Singapore 40 Under 40 Business Leaders is to be provided.
  8. Please submit the completed Application Questionnaire within seven (07) working days. Submission of Application Questionnaire is to be provided via the BizPortal - Document Upload section.
  9. The assessment unit will commence assessment thereafter and provide its findings to the judging committee where you will receive your application results via your BizPortal registered communication modes.
Understand the Application and Judging Processes

The chart provides an overview of the application to judging process that a nominee will experience upon submission of an application.