Singapore
With over 19 years’ experience spanning Asia and the Middle East, I am a legally-trained financial services professional with extensive transactional expertise in project finance, structured finance, deal origination and complex cross-border lending. At HSBC, I led the turnaround of a distressed agency platform, growing annual revenue from $300K to $17M while expanding our client base from Singapore into Vietnam, Thailand and MENA. I originated and executed more than $10BN in complex financings, including a $1.6BN Taiwan offshore wind farm, a $2.4BN Indonesian petrochemical facility and a $750M UAE education PPP. I also established APAC's first LIBOR-to-SOFR benchmark transition on a $3.2BN syndicated loan, creating a precedent used across the region. I reopened a closed sovereign wealth fund relationship and designed bespoke multi-jurisdictional escrow structures for acquisitions across Australia, India and China. Additionally, I led the execution of Singapore Airlines' SGD 6.2BN COVID-19 mandatory convertible bond; I designed the clearing mechanism from scratch and coordinated directly with the Central Depository. Beyond origination, structuring and execution, I build teams. As the most senior VP in my division, I mentored a team of 11, strengthening their technical, operational and client-facing capabilities. Previously, I served as a Transaction Manager at J.P. Morgan from 2013 to 2016, executing deals in bilateral, leveraged and syndicated loan transactions across Asia Pacific. I began my career in law, spending more than six years as a Banking and Project Finance Adviser at Linklaters LLP and subsequently at Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow. I speak fluent English, Mandarin, Cantonese and Bahasa Malaysia, languages that have accelerated relationship-building and deal execution across Asia's most demanding markets. I hold an LLB (Hons) from Cardiff University and have completed MIT Sloan's Executive Programme on AI for Business Strategy. I am now seeking a technology-focused role in financial services where I can apply my full spectrum of skills – AI, digital banking, fintech, structured finance, syndicated loans, ECA-backed lending, private credit and infrastructure PPPs.
● Rebuilt distressed loan agency and bond trustee platform from negative market reputation to highly profitable and respected business in Singapore, SEA and MENA. ● Secured first internal approval for SGX SPAC escrow product, navigating regulatory engagement, risk framework design and committee sign-off. ● Devised bespoke multi-jurisdictional escrow structures for SWF real estate acquisitions across Australia, India and China following relationship re-engagement. ● Executed Singapore Airlines’ SGD 6.2BN COVID-19 mandatory convertible bond, including design of clearing mechanism and Central Depository coordination. ● Mentored team of 11 as most senior VP, strengthening technical, operational and client-facing capabilities to improve execution and business development outcomes.