United States
Mergers & acquisitions, private equity and new market entry strategy. Globally active. Research and finance background.
Innovating data-driven AgTech solutions for farms in Latin America. Actively deployed across multiple geographies with a growing customer base.
Collaborated on shaping regional expansion agenda.
Brought on-board to help company respond to a US player with an M&A interest. Leadership decided not to exit and to stay the course.
Focusing on the US - Southeast Asia corridor.
Completed 50+ mandates for the Southeast Asia region. Worked closely with former senior executives of Dun & Bradstreet in pursuing opportunities in the business information / credit scoring / credit decisioning space. Set-up data partnerships for Western clients entering Asia Pacific.
Advised clients on merger & acquisition mandates as we established the firm in Singapore, New York and Zurich. Managed team of analysts and partnership network. Indo Pacific responsibilities on-the-ground in Japan, Australia and India.
Serving as organization's treasurer.
Conceptualized and launched VC arm. $2.5M capitalized by Cisco & Allan Gray Philanthropies. To date, over $1.5M deployed across 17 ventures. Sectors include agriculture, transportation, fintech, healthcare and education.
Early movers in Africa's start-up and venture capital space. Shaped coalitions of like-minded Africa-centric innovators and entrepreneurs. Nurtured relationships with supportive institutions in the West, including the Vatican, Harvard, Cisco, among others. An incredible journey so far, with many exciting possibilities ahead.
Researched the political and economic nexus between Southeast Asia & Africa. Published academically with Taylor & Francis Africa Review Journal and Institute for Southeast Asia Studies. Authored numerous op-eds for Singapore's Business Times newspaper, among other publications.