FINTECH65 2022 Alumni

Ruma Balasubramanian

Rightship

Women Board Members

Ruma serves as an Independent Director for RightShip, the world’s leading Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) focused digital maritime platform, providing expertise in global safety, sustainability and social responsibility practices. She is responsible for providing guidance to the Board and management team on how RightShip can leverage AI/ML, Data and broader digital transformation initiatives to scale its business and support its mission to expand vessel safety and crew member well-being in an industry that is critical to the global economy. She has extensive experience at leading companies such as Google, Cisco, HP amongst others.

Ryan Thoo

Antler

Emerging Investors

Samantha Ghiotti

Habitto

Women Board Members

After a brilliant career in Venture Capital, Sam initially helped build Singlife, after which she went on to build in one of toughest categories in one of the toughest countries - a fintech in Japan. In her own words, she describes herself as an explore who is 'Curious about most things.' She serves as an Non-Executive Director on the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce and Bridgetown 3 SPAC (NYSE-BTNC) companies.

Samantha Horton

Syfe

Women Board Members

As a board member and Chief Operating Officer at Syfe, Samantha’s strategic direction has been pivotal in driving Syfe’s success and helped the company to expand into new markets. Bringing her experience as an institutional investor to the start-up arena, Samantha has facilitated key partnerships, helped to attract top talent, and guided the company through multiple regulatory landscapes. Her insights on market trends and risk management have been vital in making informed decisions, fostering innovation, and achieving sustainable growth.

Sharon Li

CHOYS

Friends of FinTech

Sharon Li is the co-founder and CEO of an insurtech startup called CHOYS - a gamified workplace wellbeing platform that provides insurance, rewards and recognition, and engagement for organizations and their employees. She is passionate about the diverse SEA ecosystem and iterates products with startups and SMEs. Prior to CHOYS, Sharon led the Innovation Team in Barclays Chief Technology Office, where she worked closely with fintechs, startups, universities, and government entities to incubate innovative solutions. She was named to the Tech Women 100 and the Women in Fintech Powerlist in 2021.

Shumin Lin

Drew & Napier LLC

Friends of FinTech

Shimin in her role advises clients on litigation and arbitration matters, including civil disputes relating to commercial contracts, shareholders’ disputes, banking and finance, company law and tort. She is known by her peers to have strong grasp on intricate fintech challenges and an ability to provide clear, strategic advice tailored to client's litigation needs. She holds a Bachelors in Law degree from National University of Singapore.

Sim Hwee Hoon

StashAway

Women Board Members

Ms Sim Hwee Hoon joined StashAway’s Board of Directors as an Independent Non-Executive Director in 2020, following a three-year tenure on the company’s Advisory Committee. Bringing over a decade of C-suite experience at major US banks, such as Morgan Stanley and J.P. Morgan, she has offered invaluable insights that have helped shape StashAway’s business, and more importantly, its risk management strategy since its early days in 2017. She holds directorships at NTUC Income and Singapore Labor Foundation, and serves as the President of the Board of YWCA of Singapore.

Sulin Chong

AIA Bhd

Women Board Members

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Sunil Rai

Dentons Rodyk

Friends of FinTech

Sunil has been working at a top law firm in Singapore as leading individual for venture capitalists, startups and emerging companies (as recognised by Legal500 and Chambers and Partners legal directories). He has been recognised as one of Singapore's most influential lawyers under age of 40 by SBR, top 100 lawyers by ABLJ, a Notable Practitioner in IFLR1000 for Finance and Corporate Law and Asian Legal Business Super 50 TMT Lawyers. He has an in-depth experience in advising on and being involved in high-stakes, complex cross-border corporate transactions, including M&A and private equity

Sylvia McKaige

Salween Group

Friends of FinTech

Sylvia partners and collaborates closely with companies in the fintech space to enhance their brand storytelling, content marketing, and communications. She has been instrumental in the Singapore Fintech Association, works to support the WIF committee, and actively supports the efforts of the Singapore Fintech Festival. Her dedication to capturing and telling compelling stories from the event has significantly contributed to its success and the betterment of the broader fintech community.

Takafumi Yamada

Quona Capital

Emerging Investors

Business professional with focus on consumer tech / fintech in Asia. Over 10 year experiences in consulting, investment, strategy & planning, and general management across Asia (Southeast Asia, Japan, India, Middle East). Currently working at Grab/OVO, responsible for consumer credit business and on-platform payments in Grab Indonesia as a part of OVO leadership team. At Grab, previously was leading strategy, corporate development, partnership and strategic projects for lending business, reporting to Regional Head of Lending. Also worked at Accion Venture Lab, a seed-stage investment fund focused on fintech in emerging markets, and Rebright Partners, a seed-stage VC based in Bangalore. Received a MBA with Distinction from Harvard Business School.

Terry Chou

Alpha Intelligence Capital

Women Board Members

Terry is a Partner at Alpha Intelligence Capital since over 7 years now. She also serves as a Kauffman Fellows Member. She currently serves at the Board of Ovom Care, am AI-assisted IVF service and operator of digi-physical fertility clinics in Europe. She also is on the board of Getvisibility which is a developer of contextual AI-engine and a data visibility platform designed for enterprises to control and govern their structured and unstructured data. In past she also served as a Board Member of Vamstar, an AI-enabled global sourcing and procurement platform for medical supplies and pharmaceuticals

Tiffany Liu

Elevandi

Friends of FinTech

Tiffany is an experienced B2B marketer in EMEA, APAC and the US markets. She has vast experience in driving growth and performance marketing for both digital and offline channels. Currently, ats Elevandi she is responsible for driving ecosystem partnerships and collaborations. In past, she has worked in multiple roles spanning across leading companies such as Microsoft, Google and Spotify.

Van Anh Do

Upskills, Klaara

Women Board Members

As the Co-Founder of Upskills and Klaara, Van Anh has demonstrated remarkable leadership and innovation in the fintech industry. Her visionary approach and dedication have significantly contributed to the advancement of financial technology, making her a distinguished and deserving candidate for this prestigious recognition. She serves as a Board Member at Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO) Singapore, a global peer-to-peer network of more than 17,000+ influential business owners with 213 chapters in 60+ countries. Prior to this she has served in multiple roles across Finance Change, Liquidity Risk in Credit Suisse and RBS Markets and International Banking.

Ysabel Chua

Forge Ventures

Emerging Investors

Ysabel is a passionate investor with focus on startups based out of Southeast Asia. In addition to that she is a Chief Happiness Strategist at Women in VSEA community. Prior to her current role, she has held multiple roles in leading companies such as PayMongo where she served as Chief of Staff. She also was a Senior Product Manager for cross-region product portfolio at Shoppe. She holds a Baachelor of Sciences from University of Philippines.

Abby Ho

M Ventures

Emerging Investors

Abby has extensive experience in venture investing and investment banking roles. MVP is an early-stage VC fund (Seed, favoring Fintech + Insurtech, Health + Bio, Consumer + others) with 40+ portfolio startups across Southeast Asia and India. She is always on the lookout for founders with superpowers in FinTech/ Insurtech domain, with focus on pre-seed/ seed startups.

Adeline Kim

Visa

Women Board Members

Adeline has spent over 10 years at Visa in several leadership roles. Most recently, she was Head of Data Solutions for Asia Pacific based in Singapore, and was responsible for leading the strategy, prioritisation, development and delivery of Visa’s data solutions including Open Data, Digital Identity, Risk Solutions and Data Products. She also is a strong advocate for diversity and inclusivity, and support various initiatives especially driving 'female mentorship'. She herself is a mentor of the Young Women's Leadership Connection community.

Adrian Ang

Allen & Gledhill LLP

Friends of FinTech

Adrian Ang heads the fintech practice at Allen & Gledhill LLP. He also volunteers at Singapore Fintech Association as an Executive Committee Member. He has been providing sound and practical legal inputs, coupled with his commercial experience when supporting his wide array of fintech clients. He has been leading the charge of representing SFA and its community with consultative responses, towards MAS' new changes. He is one of the most active SFF ambassadors, and is always keen to support with various initiatives.

Aliza knox

Probe CX, OIG Investors, Azentio Software

Women Board Members

Aliza is a leading Tech and Financial Services executive with broad international commercial, marketing, and management expertise, including at Google ,Twitter and Cloudflare. Experienced in SaaS, digitalization, scaling, AI, go-to-market. Familiar with cybersecurity, financial services, healthcare, tech services and products, ad tech, and online media. She serves as an Non Executive Director at Probe CX and Azentio Software, and also serves as an Advisor at OIF Ventures.

Amanda Cham

500 Global

Emerging Investors

Amanda Cham is the Associate Director of Investments at multi-stage venture capital firm 500 Global for its 500 Southeast Asia funds. Amanda leads strategic initiatives, early-stage investment deals, development of new fund structures, due diligence, as well as oversees all aspects of fund management and operations. Since joining the firm in 2020, Amanda has led the structuring and operationalizing of an early-stage fund, growth initiatives, and two special purpose vehicles (SPV) for companies valued above $1 billion. Amanda also supports over 340 companies across multiple sectors in 500 Southeast Asia’s portfolio, out of which 44 of them are companies within the fintech industry. Prior to 500, Amanda practiced law at a top-tier international law firm where she specialized in financial services, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate law. She regularly advised financial institutions and fintech companies on fund formation, as well as the offering and structuring of financial and non-financial products. She also supported the listing of CMC REIT (HKEX: 1053) amongst other projects.

Amit Ray

CrazyTok

Friends of FinTech

Amit is the founder of CrazyTok, a podcast, Youtube and LinkedIn production company supporting startups and small businesses. He takes pride in offer a reliable, affordable and hassle-free service well-suited to the needs and constraints of such businesses and is keen to support the Fintech community in his capacity as a podcast, LinkedIn and content marketing expert. He also has served across multiple roles in companies such as Grab, Uber, Citigroup amongst others.

Amiyandra Suratman

1982 Ventures

Friends of FinTech

Amiyandara, in her role as Regional Ecosystem and Platform Lead at 1982 Ventures, is a seasoned business development professional with a proven ability to boost new customer sales. She excels in lead generation, opportunity identification, and executing successful outbound sales strategies, consistently converting potential clients into satisfied customers. Her key responsibility involves enhancing the synergy between MDI Ventures' startup portfolios and Indonesian State-Owned Enterprises, along with related programs. Amiyandra holds a Bachelor's Degree in Education from Universitas Katolik Atmajaya. She has furthered her education with studies in literature at the University of Toronto and business strategies at Harvard Business School Online. With over fifteen years of experience, Amiyandra brings a wealth of expertise and accomplishments to her role as Regional Ecosystem and Platform Lead.

Amrita Vir

Findicate

Emerging Investors

Amrita Vir has been working in inclusive finance for nearly 15 years, beginning with founding a microfinance non-profit in college to now building and scaling fintech in emerging markets. After stints at Grab, wagely, Amrita co-founded Findicate, which invests in women-led startups in Asia. Findicate has invested in companies in Pakistan, Bangladesh, India and the Philippines. On the side, she hosts the Green Room | Fintech Journeys podcast, where she interviews the most innovative and impactful fintech leaders.

Andrea Ng

ShookLin & Bok

Friends of FinTech

Andrea is a Partner, and advises on a wide range of corporate finance matters, such as listed company transactions, as well as general corporate matters, such as private equity investments, start-up funding matters (both seed and Series A, B, C), joint venture agreements, shareholder agreements and various investment/subscription agreements. More recently, Andrea has been advising on regulatory and transactional matters related to virtual assets/digital tokens and in particular, the regulatory regime surrounding token offerings. She has also advised intermediaries operating in the virtual assets/cryptocurrency space such as issuers and platform operators on the relevant licensing and regulatory requirements.

April Srivikorn

Muang Thai Life Assurance Public Company || Google

Women Board Members

April is the Head of APAC Strategy and Operations at Google. Prior to her current role, April was the Country Manager for Google Cloud in Thailand. She is responsible for driving local revenue and go-to-market operations for Google Cloud and Google Workspace, and working with teams across Google to help customers in all industries reimagine their business through data-powered innovation. She has served as an Independent Director at Muang Thai Life Assurance Public Company Limited.

Audrey Fauvel

Fennech Pte Ltd

Women Board Members

Audrey, a 25+ year veteran in banking & finance, leads a FinTech company in Singapore, driving global expansion. Her expertise in international leadership, strategy, sales & marketing empowers strong business performance across markets. She serves as theCEO and Chairperson of the Board at Fennech Financial Ltd. In addition to that, she also has been at the Board Trustee of RE:ACT Disaster Response. Passionate about diversity, Audrey also champions mentoring future young talents in the FinTech industry and is involved in many social causes.

Benedict Tan

Vertex Ventures

Emerging Investors

Benedict is a strong believer in the potential of SouthEast Asia startups and has been playing an integral part of the team at Vertex Ventures. He focuses in his role particularly on the SE Asia and Indian startups. Prior to his current role, he held multiple roles as a Corporate and Investment Banking Analyst at leading organizations such as JP Morgan and North Ridge Partners. Benedict did his Bachelor of Business Administration at Singapore Management University.

Desmond Chua

Datasite

Friends of FinTech

Desmond Chua is Head of APAC, who joined Datasite (formerly Merrill Corporation) in 2014. Desmond is responsible for business development including driving growth and innovation for Datasite clients through the implementation of Datasite solutions that power thousands of deals in more than 170 countries. Datasite’s products are used by professionals across industry sectors including Fintech. He has collaborated with clients such as Grab, GoTo, Thunes, and M-DAQ to name a few.

Dorra MAHBOULI

DM STRATEGY

Friends of FinTech

Dorra Mahbouli blends deep expertise in fintech with a rich academic background from Executive MBA at ESSEC and Fintech program at INSEAD Business Schools. Serving as the VP of Strategy for a prominent financial group, she's also instrumental in launching a diaspora neobank. Dorra possesses dual insights into the fintech landscapes of Europe and Africa and has worked on numerous financial inclusion case studies. As an instructor, she offers a unique blend of theory and on-ground experience. She is also the host for Voice of fintech podcast wherein she interacts with inspiring fintech actors in MENA & beyond.

Eric Lim

Ocean Base

Friends of FinTech

As a successful ex-founder himself, Eric displays a passion for start up, always ready to impart and coach newer start ups. He is passionate about bringing cutting-edge technology from the "labs" to the market, and solving complex business challenges with scalable, high-performance, reliable, and low-maintenance solutions. With over 10 years of experience in the technology industry, he has a strong track record of driving innovation, growth, and customer satisfaction.

Fiona Lim

Atlas Ventures

Emerging Investors

Fiona is an investor at Atlas Ventures and is always on the lookout for early stage startups. She has held multiple roles in companies such as Symbiotics, Bloomberg LP as an Investment Associate and Equity Research Analyst. She holds an MBA from University of Oxford. She also holds a membership of Young Women's Leadership Connection community.

Frederick Ng

Square Peg

Emerging Investors

Frederick is an Investment Manager at Square Peg who do venture investments across Southeast Asia. He was previously the Country Manager at Glints, a Series-D HR-Tech Company backed by top US and Pan-Asia tech investors. He is eager to connect with passionate founders and operators in Southeast Asia solving large and important problems. He has done his Bachelors of Science (BSc) in Economics and Economics History from The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

Gan Boon Seng

80RR

Friends of FinTech

Mr. Gan has been the director, leading the charge of 80RR Fintech Hub since the start. As a co-working space dedicated for fintech companies, it has facilitated the growth of hundreds of companies. Mr. Gan has been very supportive towards Fintech and Singapore Fintech Association that is a resident at 80RR.

Gan Choon Beng

Infinitus Law

Friends of FinTech

Choon Beng, is a partner at Infinitus Law and Head of Corporate, Commercial, and Technology. He has been instrumental in supporting our previous and current fintech startup. With extensive expertise in corporate law, technology licensing, and commercial transactions, he has guided us through setup, funding, contracts, and buyout negotiations. His dedication and invaluable counsel have been pivotal in our growth and success.

Gelin Liu

M Venture Partner

Emerging Investors

Gelin is the VP (SEA/India/Health/Bio) at MVP Ventures, with a mission to back entrepreneurs with vision, true-grit and passion to create a "built to last" different future. She has previously also worked as an Investment Manager at Seeds Capital focusing on Seed-Series B startups in E-mobility, Consumer and IoT areas. Prior to that she was a Manager at Enterprise SG wherein she was part of the team who led Industry development for the Advanced Manufacturing Industry (Semiconductor, Medtech, Aerospace).

Hester Speigel

Epic Angels

Emerging Investors

Hester is creating network effects and enabling knowledge sharing between people and industries is what she loves doing most, to develop people and accelerate novel ideas. In the venture capital industry, she advances the diversity of perspectives by growing the number of confident women as investors and founders. Through providing content, community and experiences, she helps people - with a soft spot for professional women - to develop their courage and entrepreneurial mindset. Hester us an investor and entrepreneur with international experience as a leader in blue chip companies. Before starting her own companies, she had more than 15 years with PricewaterhouseCoopers and Deutsche Bank. she pivoted her career 180 degrees and brought the modern education system and coding school ‘42’ to Germany. In support of this venture, she raised double-digit millions from the country’s largest company and largest foundation, hired teams and found the route to market. Living in Singapore since 2020, she co-founded and run Epic Angels, the largest all-female angel investor collective investing in Asia. I am a venture partner at the venture capital firm Kaizenvest and support many startups founders on their way with capital, insights and network. As the founding and managing partner of Epic Angels, she interacts on average with 100 startup founders and investors every month and helps them with fund raising.

Huey Lin

Terraformation Inc.

Women Board Members

Huey Lin is the leading women board member of Singapore's fintech scene. She is on the board of Hang Seng Bank in Hong Kong, Nium in Singapore, and SGX in Singapore as well as Addi. She is an advisor and angel investor to countless fintechs and AI companies - and has moved into the climate space with her new venture, Terraformation. Huey is also part of an informal initiative in Singapore to bring more women to boards.

Huey Tyng Ooi

AIG

Women Board Members

Ooi Huey Tyng (Tyng) has extensive experience across global multinationals, banks and fintech. She is an experienced Managing Director, Advisor, Board Member and Business builder with a history of working in finance, banking, payments, FinTech and services industries. Tyng has held multiple positions in Grab, and was instrumental in setting up a strong team and foundation, driving growth in GrabPay to where it is today. Tyng is an Independent Director of AIG Asia Pacific Insurance Board, Maxis Berhad and Pacific Century Group, Bridgetown 3 SPAC.

Ismarina Ismail

Sleek

Friends of FinTech

Marina is Sleek's Singapore Country Head, which provides expert accounting & corporate services for a large share of Singapore's Fintech companies. Marina is a chartered accountant with over 25 years of expertise in accounting and overseeing company finances. Prior to joining Sleek Singapore, she gained extensive experience across multiple industries, including construction, project management, professional accounting services, semi-governmental sectors, and charitable organisations. Notably, Marina also served as the proprietor of a boutique accounting firm, where she offered tailored backend administrative support to small businesses. In her current role as the country head of Sleek Singapore, Marina leads operations for a diverse client base exceeding 8,000.

Janet young

UOB Bank

Women Board Members

Janet in her role at UOB is responsible for delivery channels serving retail and business customers across branches, self service banking, websites and champions Fintech and ecosystem partnership initiatives across the UOB group. She also oversees brand management, strategic communications, community stewardship teams across the group to achieve UOB's brand vision to build strong community relationships. Janet is a Board member of Singapore National Environment Agency, Singapore National Council of Social Service, Innoven Capital, Accuron Technologies and serves on the Advisory Councils of Nanyang Buisness School, NTU Singapore and Elevandi.

Jeeta Bandopadhya

Tookitaki Holding Pte Ltd

Women Board Members

Jeeta Bandopadhyay, Co-founder and COO of Tookitaki oversees their operations, marketing and client engagements. A self-taught technology expert, she began her career with Netscribe in India. Jeeta co-founded Social Audience, an advertising technology company. Later she co-founded Tookitaki in 2014. She is a strong supporter of women empowerment initiatives and an advocate of enhanced professional opportunities for women. Her efforts for the ecosystem overall and her leadership has driven Tookitaki's growth, earning her accolades like Southeast Asia's Top 50 Rising Women in Tech, Entrepreneur of the Year Award (Women in IT) and named SG 100 Women in Tech.

Jeremy Cheong

Softbank

Emerging Investors

Jeremy is an Investor at SoftBank Ventures Asia with focus on SouthEast Asia Tech. Prior to that, he has had varied experience at Goldman Sachs and Mckinsey with a background on research analysis in focus areas of Consumer, Agri, FinTech within Southeast Asia region. He holds a BSc in Economics, Summa Cum Laude at Singapore Management University.

Jeremy Soh

BEENEXT

Emerging Investors

Jeremy Soh serves as a Vice President at Beenext with focus on pre-seed to Series A startups. In his previous experience, he worked in multiple roles as Advisor and Incubation Manager at Bridges for Enterpries, an NGO based in the University of Cambridge that aims to support social enterprise start-ups worldwide. He holds a Bachelors degree (Hons), Business Administration at National University of Singapore.

Jiaway Ko

Insignia Ventures Partners

Emerging Investors

Jiaway has built and led talent development initiatives at the intersection of startups, education, and venture capital throughout Southeast Asia. Currently, she is the Program Manager at Iterative, managing the Iterative program that guides companies through 12 weeks to significantly increase the value of startups. Previously, she was at Insignia Ventures Academy where she designed programs for aspiring founders, operators, and investors. She also previously held roles at BANSEA and e27, driving venture engagement and ecosystem content. Known for bringing structure to dynamic environments, she focuses on building platforms that enable meaningful growth.

Joe Toh

Innoven Capital

Emerging Investors

With an engineering background, Joe has always been driven by a passion for solving complex problems. In his current role, he exclusively focuses on venture debt for Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, Phillippines markets. In past he has worked as an Investment Relations Associate with NUS Alumni Ventures (NAV). During his time at the National University of Singapore, he joined two startups—one in Singapore and another in Sweden—through the NUS Overseas College Programme.

Jozua Pung

Genting Ventures

Emerging Investors

Jozua focuses on Web2 and Web3 startups in his role as an Investment Manager at Genting, the venture arm of the Genting Group. The team is always looking to back early-stage disruptive tech startups and support them in their journey. He also is parallely building a personal care brand for men, starting with a streamlined skincare system. In past, he has worked for Protege Ventures, Monk's Hill Ventures in various capacities.

Jun Ho Bae

Tenity

Emerging Investors

Jun Ho has been working at Tenity for around 2 years now, and works closely with early stage fintech startups in Asia. He worked earlier with Plug and Play Tech Center as an Venture Investor, and in Private Equity/ Research roles at Newlake Alliance Management (Blackstone Advisor Korea) and The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in Korea. He holds a Bachelors of Science in Marketing, Economics and Strategy at Washington University in St. Louis.

Kevin Chandra

500 Global

Emerging Investors

Kevin is one of the associate directors who spearhead our investment in 500 Global SEA. Since joining the firm in late 2021, he is responsible for total of 25 new seed investment for the firm with primary verticals such as SaaS, Fintech and B2B marketplaces across different sectors. Some of early stage ‘fintech-first’ companies he brought to the firm are Ringkas, Credilinq, Yourpay and Seedflex. Kevin started his career as Investment banker before making his way into world of venture in 2018.

Kishore Ravichandran

Plug and Play

Emerging Investors

Kishore is a Ventures Investor at P&P with focus on Sustainable Cities, Deep-Tech & related sectors. He also has a mentorship role at Takeoff Accelerator, wherein he mentors Aerospace and Space Tech Startups part of the Programme. In addition to that, he also is a Deal Partner at Beyond Earth Technologies based out of US. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering(Honours)-BE(Hons.), Materials Science and Engineering at National University of Singapore.

Laksh Gangwani

DigiJanus

Friends of FinTech

Laksh serves as the Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at ViewTrade Holding Corp, a global financial institution. He has played a critical role in steering their transformation into a prominent wealth management platform and their exponential growth across APAC. Laksh founded DigiJanus as a community of leaders, innovators, and trailblazers, to expedite the transformation of the financial industry. Their Flagship show - Vantage Point invites Industry Executives, Thought leaders, and Innovators to share their unique perspective on how the Financial Industry is being transformed.

Leslie Ho

Ong Swee Keng LLC

Friends of FinTech

Leslie Ho is the main notary for Ong Swee Keng LLC. You would ask - why a notary as a friend of fintech, but the level of notarization for company registration, board appointments, all document submission with regulators in the region and in Europe is immense. Leslie always makes the notarization process streamlined, quick and cheap - without her, we would have spent way over SGD 100,000 just to appoint our board members for Tyme and the same for Pave Bank. Leslie and her firm are true friends of fintech by keeping the prices low and getting the notarization done as quickly as possible. Behind the scenes she has made a huge impact on her fintech clients.

Liew Ying Yi

Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow

Friends of FinTech

Ying has been a trusted advisor and friend to fintech companies. She is always keen to understand the A to Z of the fintech business and her knowledge of the regulatory aspect allows her to advise with confidence. Not only does Ying provides sound regulatory advice, she has also assisted in various practical solutions to regulatory, legal and even compliance issues faced by fintech companies. On top of all the above, Ying is reliable particularly in urgent circumstances as she's usually only one call away.

Luke Boland

Standard Chartered Singapore

Friends of FinTech

Luke has been a leader connecting traditional banking services with fintech and crypto services. His work with companies such as Crypto.com has provided greater access for customers looking to leverage their fiat and banking accounts to digital assets. He has helped create the playbook required to onboard fintech and crypto firms, ensuring rigorous due diligence is done and the right type of partnerships are formed. He truly embodies the fintech spirit and is a valuable supporting of this growing industry.

Maansi Vohra

Monk's Hill Ventures

Emerging Investors

Maansi is an Investment Manager at Monk's Hill Ventures, a leading early-stage (primarily Series A) venture capital firm investing in technology across Southeast Asia since 2014. In her role, she is actively endeavouring to identify and nurture innovative fintech startups in SEA. Previously, she served as VP at Citi Ventures, Citigroup's venture arm, investing in fintech startups across APAC, including Endowus. Her investing experience also includes roles at Granite Asia in Singapore and Lightbox Ventures in Mumbai.

Marc Palet Viader

Vectr Ventures

Emerging Investors

Always up for meeting passionate founders and fellow investors, Marc is an Associate at Vectr Partners, an early stage VC with presence in San Francisco, New York, Singapore, Hong Kong and Hawaii investing in fintech companies across the globe. He has served as an Investment Analyst at Encomenda Smart Capital, a venture firm investing in early stage digital companies in Southeast Asia and LATAM. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration, Finance from Esade.

Marcus Goh

Eurazeo

Emerging Investors

Marcus has been focusing on investments into the insurtech sector in SE Asia over the past 2 years as a member of the team. He has made great strides to build up his capabilities as an investor during this time on both quantitative analysis as well as in developing relationships with founders and management of insurtechs across this region. He has been exclusively focused on rowth stage investments in insurtech and fintech in Southeast Asia and India with some portfolio companies such as Igloo and InsuranceDekho. He has been identified by his peers as a very proactive young investor who continues to stay engaged with the startups.

Matthias Sim

Ethos BeathChapman

Friends of FinTech

Matthias is a recruitment professional specializing in the dynamic world of FinTech. With about three years of experience within the industry, Matthias brings a wealth of expertise in connecting top talent with leading FinTech organizations across the region. Some of the placements he has filled includes CEOs, CIOs, CFOs, General Managers, Sales Directors, Marketing Managers, Traders & so on within the Crypto/Blockchain/Web3, Wealth-Tech, Payments, Open Banking space etc. Matthias's work ethos is rooted in a consultative and fact-driven approach. He believes in deeply understanding the needs and goals of both clients and candidates, using this knowledge to provide tailored and data-backed recruitment solutions. Matthias values transparency, honesty, and thoroughness in his interactions, ensuring that every decision and recommendation is grounded in solid information and industry insights.

Melody Madhavan

Cento Ventures

Emerging Investors

Melody previously led climate and fintech investments at NonPublic (holdco of Ascend Network and Orvel Ventures) before joining Cento Ventures investment team.

Melvin Yuan

Starboard Corporate Pte. Ltd.

Friends of FinTech

Melvin is a 3rd-time venture-backed founder who has successfully built disruptive companies and products in several industries. He is also advisor to a Web3 startup that is building new, blockchain-based solutions for eCommerce. Melvin founded Starboard (under the brand Stellar) with the vision of a Company Operating System™ that enables founders to start and run global companies with ease. It provides a comprehensive range of corporate services — starting with company incorporation, accounting, bookkeeping, payroll and will soon offer a full ‘stack’ of corporate and financial services for companies in Singapore and the US. Before Starboard, Melvin co-founded YFind Technologies — an Indoor Positioning Technology company that enables precise targeting of location-based advertising content, and provides detailed indoor location-analytics to retailers and mall operators. The company was acquired by NYSE-listed Ruckus Wireless, Inc. in 2013. Earlier in his career as a marketing professional, Melvin used emerging ‘Web 2.0’ technologies to define new strategies and techniques in marketing and communications. He started and ran the Asia Pacific digital business unit for global communications agency — WE Communications — growing it from zero to a team of over thirty professionals, serving Fortune 500 clients, banks and Singapore government agencies before he left the firm. Melvin graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Communication, and started out his career as an Infantry Officer.

Oi-Yee Choo

URA

Women Board Members

Oi Yee has spent 25 years in finance, navigating through two financial crises, and witnessing the rise of electronic trading, the development of the S-REIT market, and the growth of the Singapore fintech sector. Each milestone transformed the finance and investment landscape, enhancing transparency, accountability, and investment opportunities. She is passionate about leading companies that leverage technology to boost financial inclusion and deliver superior value to stakeholders. She has a broad experience of serving on listed and non profit boards.

Peggy Wang

Nova Blu

Friends of FinTech

Peggy Wang is an active participant as a lawyer for fintechs. She assisted Tyme's negotiations to set up GoTyme Bank in the Philippines, and currently is the lead lawyer for their Vietnam entry. She has negotiated opposite the IFC fintech investment team to support fintechs (not yet named) in the Philippines. She was the lead lawyer while at Norton Rose for Animoca and is also involved in supporting clients in climate tech, SPACs and battery technology. Peggy has set up her own firms, Nova Blu, to support early stage tech ventures in Singapore.

Rachel Ooi

Founder, Strategic Advisor & Systemic Change Coach + CEO Success Coach & CEO Programme LeadCEO Success Coach & CEO Programme Lead SMU-ExD Executive Development

Women Board Members

Rachel Teow

Quona Capital

Emerging Investors

Rachel was an investment associate at 500 Global's Southeast Asia fund, where she engaged in sourcing, evaluating, and executing investment opportunities and overseeing portfolio performance. She began her career at PwC Singapore's M&A advisory department, assisting on various commercial due diligence and valuation projects across the technology, consumer, and healthcare sectors. Rachel graduated from the University of Manchester with a Bachelor's in Economics and Finance with first-class honors.

Rama Sridhar

Board TrusteeBoard Trustee Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) + Corporate AdvisorCorporate Advisor Temasek

Women Board Members

Rama has vast experience across three industries, multiple geographies and organizations, has helped me drive transformative change and non-linear growth. She serves as a Board Trustee at Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), and a Corporate Advisor to Temasek. In addition to that she also is a member of the Modern Services Sub-Committee at Singapore Future Economy Council. She supports various initiatives driving growth agenda for social enterprise, mentorship, diversity particularly digital inclusion and female healthcare, help ideas (and the people, organisations) realise their highest potential.

Roy Ong

January Capital

Emerging Investors

Known amongst his peers as a very helpful investor with good vision and operator mindset, Roy currently works at January Capital. He has also served in the Investment teams of Rapyd and XA Network in past. He holds a Bachelors Degree, BBM majoring in Finance and Strategic Management from Singapore Management University.