United Arab Emirates
Current role: Deal origination support, deal execution, stakeholder engagement, people management (Client, Target, Team) and risk management Core competencies: Business valuation, transaction structuring, financial modelling, business plan development, due diligence, definitive agreements review and negotiations (commercial terms) Sector Focus: Media and Tech • Sell-side advisory for the divestment of a payment and loyalty solutions platform provider in Malaysia, with client appreciation on overall deal navigation given lack of established finance function • Buy-side advisory for the acquisition of the largest regional Big Data Analytics and Cloud Enterprise Solutions player on behalf of a Japanese conglomerate • Sell-side advisory for a divestment of a leading SEA Out-of-Home Advertising Company • Strategic M&A options assessment (transaction structuring) for the regional data centre of a leading European IT outsourcing provider for the purpose of cross-border M&A
Independent valuation advisory to support clients ascertain the value of their businesses / assets • Performed a business valuation of a leading ANZ technology startup within the e-remittance space for the purpose of M&A • Valuation advisory of a leading telecommunications provider’s entire digital startup investment portfolio. • Assisted a Malaysian State Investment Corporation in their corporate restructuring exercise - including benchmarking of financial performance across business segments, developing a restructuring road map, preparing proforma post-restructuring P&L and BS
Engagements across Southeast Asia across TMT and the public sector: • Supported the valuation of mobile broadband Spectrum for a leading Malaysian telecommunications operator (government spectrum allocation) • Involved in the PMO of a Smart City project undertaken by a Malaysian GLC • Developed a strategic blueprint for the largest Digital Park in SEA • Advised a major Thai telecommunications operator on the development of a technology accelerator program (framework, financial modelling, operational and governance structure)