Bio

A black-belt in Taekwondo, a licensed windsurfer, and an avid runner, Annabelle is one of the most dynamic people you will meet. Before she turned 15, she had already marched for her nation in the National Day Parade, and represented her country again on a Tsunami relief mission to Phuket (Thailand). At 20, she spent 6weeks in Togo (West Africa) travelling between rural villages & cities, working with NGOs. She has spent 8hours behind a live chicken on a jam-packed bus, robbed at knife-point, and balanced countless buckets of water on her head. At 22, she met U.S. President Barack Obama. Annabelle was offered a full-time job even before entering university, and has worked with the CEO of a million-dollar Israeli social commerce company to provide them with market insights. She has also led an international team of consultants to develop the business model for a local startup (presently in talks of a high acquisition) and later joined a startup that raised $2million in Series A investment as their Chief Operating Partner. Upon graduating university in Mathematics, she taught herself hardware & software engineering, winning prestigious Hackathons, mentoring others and working on TV projects with National Geographic & WWF. Also, Marina Bay Sands Art Science Museum sponsored her personal tech-project. All these were a hobby whilst she founded a new department for community growth at Shopee, an e-commerce startup by Garena, its $3.75billion parent company. By age 24, she was the founder of 2 Artificial Intelligence startups, spoken at large conferences, and featured on international media such as Forbes, Yahoo News and Bloomberg. Two weeks after turning 27, Annabelle sold her startup to Prudential PLC, where she and her team are presenting overlooking Prudential's 13 Asian markets, including China and India. Music is her personal vision of the perfect retreat: Musically trained & performing from 4, she has 7 guitars, 4 harmonicas, a piano, violin, saxophone & djembe. Annabelle is always on the lookout for opportunities to expose herself to the different slices of life. Do reach out to her for coffee, even if it's just to talk about life's surprises!