Jan 2021 – Feb 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo · Beijing, China

• 1) Strategy planning & execution; strategic projects management
• 2) Venture investment, M&A
• 3) Strategic lobbying, to steer ICT guidance and directions from government documents
• 4) Industry and Ecosystem level Partnership & Alliance management，Strategic marketing
• 5) Corporate Open Innovation

Jul 2019 – Dec 2020 · 1 yr 5 mos · Beijing, China

• Oversee commercialization and monetization of AI technologies developed from AI lab, to enable various applications across verticals like Government, Healthcare, Consumer, etc.

Sep 2016 – Jul 2019 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Beijing, China

• Head of PRC & APAC, part of a global team that brings external innovation to Lenovo group through venture investment, strategic investment and various types of commercial collaborations
• Primary focus: Artificial intelligence
• Other areas of interests: AR, Blockchain, SDx

Jun 2013 – Aug 2016 · 3 yrs 2 mos · Singapore

• Started from Singtel Group Consulting team, part of Chief Strategy Office. Worked with C-level stakeholders of the group to develop and refine medium & long-term strategies and prioritize initiatives on the roadmap. Led strategic transformation projects in identified “new growth areas” such as Digital media, Data analytics, and Cybersecurity – incl. setup of “Enterprise Security” as a new operating business unit
• Worked with business units and external partners on strategic partnerships, and joint ventures. Incl. collaboration with EDB to setup Cyber Security Competency Centre in Singapore, and joint ventures in India, Philippines to sell managed services to local enterprises
• Became M&A specialist and the go-to person for inorganic growth projects that derived from strategy recommendations. Identified acquisition targets and conducted dozens of valuation, commercial and technical due diligence – incl. acquisition of US based MSSP Trustwave (US$850 Million enterprise value), largest non-telco investment in Singtel history. Developed post merger integration plan to reverse integrate Trustwave and Singtel Enterprise Security business unit
• Other projects experiences in Singtel incl. Net neutrality, Digital transformation, Opex reduction, Simplified procurement, Fin-Tech for Telco, etc.
• Recently joined investment team of Singtel Innov8, venture arm of Singtel group with US$250 Million AUM, to invest in disruptive startups, and drive value creation between startups and Singtel Group
• Participated in Singtel internal Hackathon 2013 and awarded 2nd position with $15,000 innovation fund. Nominated to “Emerging leader”, with direct mentoring from Group CEO and Group CFO

May 2012 – Jun 2013 · 1 yr 1 mo · Singapore

• A Specialist Consultant under Corporate & Investment Banking practice, worked directly with senior partner, global head of CIB in Roland Berger. Built proprietary metrics and analytics to advise clients on industry competitive landscape and winning strategies
• Publications – Investment banking outlook. Pointed out that global investment banks need to cut ~75,000 headcounts – which gained global media tractions and were in line with what happened 2-3 years after the reports were released

Jul 2008 – Jun 2012 · 3 yrs 11 mos · Singapore

• Led a team of business analysts across Singapore, India and London, to support front-to-back change management as part of post merger integration (with ABN Amro bank) in APAC markets. Liaised between business users and IT teams for system integration and migration

Feb 2007 – Feb 2008 · 1 yr · Singapore