Dec 2013 – Dec 2018 · 5 yrs · Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Roles & Responsibilities:
• Manage the Retail Equities & Futures P&L in Malaysia leading 500+ employees,
• Develop sales & marketing channels across 4 Asian countries spearheading teams of more than 800 sales personnel (Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam).
• Member of the Executive & Risk Committees in Maybank Investment Bank Bhd
• Led transformation efforts for the brokerage business in Indonesia & Philippines, as well as the group's Asset Management business
• Chairman of the Project Steering committee for successful Fidessa trading system project (institutional equities), steering committee member for Mobile Trading App
• Recruitment and development of new Retail Equities leadership in Malaysia, Philippines & Indonesia.
• Tasked to successfully turnaround loss-making Indonesian business & Malaysian Futures business
• Product development for Indonesian market, i.e., Repo services
• Tactical marketing strategies for Malaysian market
• Collaboration with stock exchanges on investor education and wealth management series
• Served additional roles as Regional Head for Retail Channel Management, Regional Business Devt Head (Technology) and Regional Business Devt Head (South Asia).

Oct 2011 – Dec 2013 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Jakarta, Indonesia

• CIMB Securities is a subsidiary of one of the leading financial and banking groups in Southeast Asia (CIMB Bank). The securities business is part of the wholesale banking unit within the group.
• Roles & Responsibilities:
• P&L management of online trading, house dealers, hunters and new business development
• Transformation of house team into a P&L team
• Strategic Marketing, Corporate Communications, Alliance Management
• Branch expansion strategic development & execution
• Product development of Repo, Equity Savings Plan (ESP) and ESP Syariah
• Strategic online product development with multi-channel platform (web, app, Blackberry), charting tools & multi-markets enablement
• Collaboration with Jakarta Stock Exchange for investor education series nationwide

Oct 2007 – Nov 2011 · 4 yrs 1 mo · Singapore

• Roles & Responsibilities
• Manage P&L for online trading business
• Implementation & maintenance of online trading platform
• Strategizing & implementing online client engagement strategy (O2O)
• Retail marketing, new client acquisition, marketing campaign management, and client retention strategies
• Implementation of mobile touch-points and go-to-market strategies
• Investment content management
• Investment education workshops with collaboration partners and stock exchanges across Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia & Thailand – more than 400 events & 30k new clients in 2009

Jan 2006 – Oct 2007 · 1 yr 9 mos · Singapore

• ShareInvestor is the region’s leader in listed-company investor relations outsourcing, stock trading app and investor education. I won the single-largest deal in company’s history that resulted in the company being acquired by Singapore Press Holdings within 6 months of the win.
• Roles & Responsibilities:
• Manage P&L for Singapore & Malaysia markets
• Revamping & redesigning of solutions offerings
• Strategy & implementation to improve client diversity & retention rates
• Developing new and existing alliance partners
• Up/Cross-sell strategies to improve revenues
• Conceptualization of new revenue stream for the firm
• Manage investor education courses partnering with alliances and stock exchanges
• Transformation of sales team with new go-to-market strategies and incentives
• Development of next generation of leaders
• Turnaround loss-making Malaysian entity

Jan 2003 – Dec 2005 · 2 yrs 11 mos

• Manpower Group is a Fortune 500 company with presence in every continent, providing staffing services to clients globally and locally.
• Roles & Responsibilities:
• Build and exceed P&L budget of new Banking & Finance unit
• Turnaround loss-making Strategic Accounts unit
• Development of new go-to-market strategies
• Smart bidding in bank staffing tender projects with high & profitable win-rates
• Partnering with clients in their recruitment strategies
• Building a high-performance team of producers & streamlining of processes

Jan 2002 – Jan 2002 · 0 mo · Singapore

• Head of IT and Supply Chain Management

Feb 2001 – Feb 2002 · 1 yr

• Responsible for business development and key account management for FSI clients within the Risk Consulting practice

Sep 1999 – Feb 2001 · 1 yr 5 mos

• Founded dot com startup focusing on internet auctions

Aug 1996 – Aug 1999 · 3 yrs

• Supply chain management for IT systems integrator

Mar 1988 – Mar 2017 · 29 yrs · Singapore

• Officially retired in 2017, holding the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel
• Enlisted full-time national service in 1988
• Top recruit in Company for Basic Military Training
• Graduated top 10% in Officer Cadet School in 1989
• Platoon Commander in Transport Battalion till 1990
• Battalion Logistics Officer from 1993 - 2000
• Brigade Logistics Officer from 2000 - 2007
• Infantry Battalion Commanding Officer from 2007 - 2013
• Military reserve from 2013 - 2017
• Key Courses attended:
• Officer Cadet Course
• Military Transport Officer Course
• Basic Logistics Officer Course
• Advanced Logistics Officer Course
• NS Command and Staff Course