Sep 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 6 mos · Singapore · On-site

Oct 2021 – Aug 2023 · 1 yr 10 mos · Singapore

Sep 2021 – Aug 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos · Singapore

• Leading Schroders' collaboration with fintech players and spearheading innovation initiatives in the APAC region.

Mar 2020 – Aug 2023 · 3 yrs 5 mos · Singapore

• Leading the community initiative in growing the FinTech ecosystem in Singapore.
• Fintech journey of Singapore has been a story of relentless pursuit of excellence to build a global financial service hub with limited means and lots of aspirations. The slogan of “Dream big. Start small. Move fast” brought together regulators, startups, investors, corporates and everyone else to achieve a common goal.
• One of the critical superpowers of Singapore is a national character built on survival instinct and a distinctive obsession with being successful. Singaporeans by nature are Kiasu (a Hokkien word which can be loosely translated to fear of missing out), and they wear it as a badge of honor. Like Israeli Chutzpah, it has both positive and negative connotations. Being Kiasu (drives Singaporeans to be constantly paranoid, doing everything they can to achieve success. It creates a certain fanaticism about meritocracy and instils a belief that one can never be complacent. In a regulated industry, our fear is our biggest strength, pushing us to comply with a wide range of ever-evolving regulations. The durable social fabric supports an adherence to order and authority. It proves to be a significant asset when it comes to developing and supporting a heavily regulated industry like financial services.
• Singapore attracts people across the region to build their ventures in the domains of finance and technology. This book traces Singapore's journey from 2015 till today starting with establishment of regional hubs and globalization of fintech innovation. The key principles which established Singapore as a Fintech Nation have been an obsession with excellence referred to as RFFL (Right First, Fast Later), a unique model of economic and legal policies known as Singanomics and lastly, an organized and controlled model of a new idea development termed Garden Innovation.

Jun 2018 – Sep 2021 · 3 yrs 3 mos · Singapore

• Heading the strategic partnership and sales efforts for the South-East Asia region for Quantifeed.
• Quantifeed powers digital wealth management journeys for financial institutions. The company combines software engineering and quantitative finance to help transform its clients into providers of wealthcare – a customer-centric service focused on meeting everyone’s wealth management needs. Quantifeed’s investment journeys enable retail investors, advisors and portfolio managers to manage portfolios according to risk appetite, investment interests or life-goals. Its award-winning robo-technology platform, QEngine, brings productivity, scale and efficiency to banks, brokers and insurance companies. Delivered on cloud or on premise, QEngine supports multiple instruments, including funds, listed securities and fixed income.
• Quantifeed is headquartered in Hong Kong and has offices in Singapore and Sydney. Today Quantifeed services some of the largest banks and wealth planners to democratize wealth management in Asia and beyond. Its QEngine platform has been named Best Robo Advisor Solution by Asian Private Banker magazine in 2017, 2018 and 2019.

Nov 2016 – May 2019 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Singapore

Aug 2014 – Aug 2017 · 3 yrs · Singapore

• Responsible for growing the revenue base in Asia-Pacific region including Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, India and other ASEAN countries.
• Resounding sales success since the beginning of regional operation for the Company in mid 2014.
• Building up a healthy long-term sustainable pipeline given the strategic nature of digital banking projects
• in major banks and financial technology firms across the region.
• Strong co-operation with product and marketing teams to devise and execute Asia-Pacific strategy to secure key wins.
• Providing valuable key input and feedback in talent management, product development, integration and delivery processes.

Jan 2013 – Mar 2014 · 1 yr 2 mos · Singapore

• Account management for large financial institutions focusing on enterprise technology.
• Identifying growth opportunities through cross-selling and effective relationship management.
• Strategic discussions with client’s C level suite and collaboration with key stakeholders within Bloomberg to deliver on enterprise-wide initiatives.

Dec 2011 – Dec 2012 · 1 yr · Singapore

• Generating new business for Asia-Pacific region for both terminal and data feeds segment.
• Working with channel partners and other service providers to offer a complete solution to financial services industry clients.

Mar 2009 – Dec 2011 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Singapore

• Business development for the quantitative solutions business in the ASEAN region, mainly
• Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand
• Expertise in selling real-time datafeeds along with high capacity real-time analytics engine
• Generating new business for the pricing & referential datafeeds business in the ASEAN region

Mar 2008 – Jan 2009 · 10 mos · Singapore

• Generated risk figures and provided in-depth analysis for diversified portfolios enabling over 20 Hedge Funds, Banks, Central Banks and Asset Managers to make informed hedging decisions
• Advised clients on measurement and management of market risk (Monte Carlo, Historical VaR) and credit risk.

Oct 2006 – Jan 2008 · 1 yr 3 mos · Singapore

• Designed and developed financial models on derivatives and structured products for the Asian markets ranging from Option Adjusted Spread, NDF Analysis to Cross Asset Portfolio VaR using advanced Excel techniques and Macros for Reuters 3000Xtra terminal
• Advised clients on valuation of FX Structured Products and Interest Rate derivatives
• Managed all phases of a project life-cycle starting from collation of user specifications, detailed project scheduling and resource allocation to final client deliverables
• Projects included India Market Browser (a one-stop customized browser for multi-asset market data), Interest Rate Swap and Overnight Index Swap models leading to increase in sale of desktop terminals.

Jul 2005 – Jan 2006 · 6 mos · Singapore

• Conducted research for review of regulatory policies for the Singapore financial sector
• Member of the Organizing Committee for the IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings 2006 responsible for Internal Communications