Anna Vanessa Haotanto

Anna Haotanto is the Founder (CEO formerly) of The New Savvy. She is the President of the Singapore Management University Women Alumni. She is part of the founding committee of the Singapore FinTech Association and headed the Women In FinTech & Partnership committee.
Anna’s story is featured on Millionaire Minds on Channel NewsAsia. She is the host for Channel NewsAsia for Challenge Tomorrow.
Anna was awarded “Her Times Youth Award” for Rising50 Women Empowerment by the Indonesian Embassy of Singapore. She was also awarded Founder of the Year for ASEAN Rice Bowl Startup Awards.
Anna has been awarded LinkedIn Power Profiles for founders, Tatler 40 under 40, The Peak’s Trailblazers under 40 and a nominee for the Women of The Future award by Aviva and Goldman Sachs. She is nominated & selected for FORTUNE Most Powerful Women conference in 2017, 2016 & 2015
Anna has been featured on CNBC, Channel NewsAsia, Forbes, The Straits Times, Reuters Money, Business Insider, The Peak Magazine, INC, The New Paper, The Edge, AsiaOne, eFinancialCareers, Singapore Women’s Weekly & more. She headlines the info commercial for Lifetime Asia: What does a boss look like? with close to 2 Million views.
She was the keynote speaker for ASEAN-China Young Entrepreneur forum.
Anna has 10 years of experience in the financial sector from private equity, research, sales & wealth management. Her previous work experience includes positions at Tera Capital Citigroup, United Overseas Bank, a regional role in Business Monitor & a private equity firm in Shanghai.
Among the numerous awards Anna had received, she was the Top Offshore Senior Client Advisor for 2 years running, within just 3 years of entering the industry.
Anna graduated from Singapore Management University (Finance & Quantitative Finance). She was the salutatorian for Private Banking course in SMU.
Anna seeks meaning in focusing her entrepreneurial career on financial literacy as she firmly believes that continuous learning empowers people.