Founder of Optimal Investments
Senior executive with over 30 years experience in the telecommunications and technology industry in Singapore, such as Starhub & M1.
Extensive experience in heading teams across strategic planning, marketing, operations and sales management.
Co-Founder of MyRepublic Ltd, Singapore’s 4th telco and now an advisory board member.
Chairman of Unabiz Advisory Board Singapore Board member of Unabiz, Emotech & Hiverlab.
Co-founder of Optimal Investments
Ex-Senior Remisier at Phillips Securities Pte Ltd with 20 years experience in the financial market.
Recognised for 3 national-level awards: “Successful Entrepreneur Award 2012”, “Top 100 Excellence Award 2012”, and “Promising SME 500 Award 2012”.
Significant experience in trading financial markets, equity and investment analysis, cryptocurrencies and start-up management.
Retired partner of Accenture, the world’s leading management and IT consulting firm. Had held various leadership positions within Accenture across Asia Pacific. He had consulted with blue-chip clients such as Dell Computers, Ericsson, Singapore Airlines, Ministry of Education.
He is currently a Committee member of the Singapore Turf Club and a board member of the Singapore Totalisator Board and Singapore Pools.
Professor Lai Kim Fatt is the Regional Senior Advisor to both Sensetime International Pte Ltd, China’s leading AI company, and DXC Technology, a world-leading IT services provider.
Professor Lai brings with him extensive experience in leadership roles in the Information Technology and IT Services sector, such as IBM, Singtel, NCS and DSTA.
He serves on numerous boards and advisory committees, such as the management committees of SoC-NUS, Institute of Systems Science and the Singapore Discovery Centre.
More than 10 Years of experience in the Biotechnology industry. Specialised in venture, biotech investments and incubating startups.
A*Star – Pioneering the Medtechnology Group. Portfolio covers 5 Research Institutes and universities.
QuantuMDx Asia – Product development and collaborations with academia and clinical partners, Manufacturing partnerships and supply-chain management.
Koh Kok Tian brings more than 20 years of executive and leadership experience in the Tech industry, helming various management roles in technologies and operations in organisations like CIO Academy Asia, Inchcape.
Kok Tian has spearheaded several tech projects, such as the deployment of the first fully autonomous passenger vehicle, EZ10 at NUS Kent Ridge Campus.
CS Liew, Managing Director of Singapore-based Pacific Agriscience, graduated from Iowa State University in 1979 with a double major in Agronomy and Pest Management.
He worked in various international roles from Market Research to Registrations and then to more senior management roles at Uniroyal Chemical (USA). After 11 years with Uniroyal, he worked for Nufarm (Australia), also based in Singapore, for seven years in senior positions. He set up his own agricultural chemicals trading and marketing company, Pacific Agriscience, in 1999.
Throughout his career, he has been deeply involved in market development, sales and promotion of foliar fertilizers, micronutrients and biostimulants, in addition to proprietary pesticides. He has also managed distributors and have been active in product training as well as developing and implementing marketing plans and strategies. Over the past 5 years, he has been very active in mergers and acquisitions – putting together deals in the agricultural inputs space.
He is also actively raising seed capital for high potential Tech start-ups in the Ag Tech and Food Tech space.
Derek is Executive Director of Strafin Asia Pte Ltd, and is responsible for growing the Asia-Pacific Wealth Management business.
With more than 20 years experience in banking and insurance, Derek has held senior management roles at UOB Bank handling one of the largest loan portfolios in Singapore.
Strong background in managing large businesses and corporate governance.
Corporate lawyer and Partner at Dentons Rodyk
& Davidson LLP and a key partner at the firm’s Venture Capital, Private Equity, Healthcare and Life Sciences and India practice groups.
Recognised as one of Singapore’s most influential lawyers under the age of 40 in 2016 by Singapore Business Review.
Actively involved in the legal aspects of the local
VC/ Startup ecosystem.
Top 50 TMT lawyers in Asia.
With 15 years sales experience in the sports industry, Andrew is the Head of Sales in City Football Group, which owns EPL team, Manchester City.
Oversees multiple strategic JVs across APAC.
Worked across 3 continents with key business leaders.
Significant experience in strategic partnerships, sales and channels management.
Low See Lien has over 20 years of experience in assurance and advisory services across the trading, manufacturing, construction, property development, investment, retail and media communications, oil and gas Industries for both MNCs & LLEs listed in the US and statutory boards in Singapore.
See Lien is also involved in financial due diligence reviews to support merger and acquisition transactions of corporate and private equity clients. He is a certified Chartered Accountant in Singapore.
> 18 years of experience in banking consultancy, accounting, capital markets and financial services industries
Previously the lead banking consultant for Ernst & Young Advisory SG with specialization in Basel Capital Frameworks, Wealth Management Advisory, Financial Investments & Products Suitability, MAS Tax Due Diligence & AML/CFT Frameworks
Possessed varied Private Banking (PB) & Wealth Management technical competency. Was instrumental in the integration, asset migration & formation of Clariden Leu Ltd. SG; engaged in the separation program for ABN Amro PB from RBS PLC and pioneering the bank-wide investment risk control & monitoring framework for Bank J. Safra Sarasin Ltd. SG Branch.
Currently a senior career banker in Private Banking & Wealth Management sphere
Strong entrepreneurial spirits with successful business investments and collaborations
Ex-Account Director, Singapore Press Holdings Ltd.
Judy was Account Director in Marketing, Singapore Press Holdings for 23 years. Her track record include leading a sales team, developing and growing key/major accounts spanning across industries.
Before that, she managed key accounts in Corporate Marketing-Consumer Banking, United Overseas Bank.
Since 1998, she has been invited annually to teach as lecturer in Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University.
She is a board member of Rotary Club of Raffles City, serving as Public Relations & Publicity Director. She is also, since 2010, appointed as Vocational Service Region Chair, representing Singapore for Rotary Club 3310 at district level.
Judy holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from National University of Singapore and has been appointed as N.U.S.S. Mentor to undergraduates since 2016.
>18 years of experience in corporate and corporate finance law industry
Acting as counsel in IPOs and M&A and a variety of fund raising exercise
Recognised by legal 500 Asia Pacific in areas of Capital Markets, Banking & Finance and Corporate and M&A
