Bio

Hooked to building new doors, writing new playbooks, and creating new enterprise value. Have learned that boldness does get rejected, often. I enjoy hacking such rejection by getting started. Staying execution focused has helped me get lucky. Named to prestigious Global Top 30 Accelerating Entrepreneurs by Ernst & Young. Recipient, Best Business Turnaround across APAC at ING. Helmed Country Top 30 Best Places to Work. Serving Board of Director at Nomura Asset Mgmt., Taiwan. Advisor to the Board at Elevandi, the non-profit set up by the Monetary Authority of Singapore and home to the world’s largest annual FinTech Festival. Serving on 2 Expert Panels at Wealth Mgmt. Institute, Singapore. Meaningful experiences across Retail Banking, Wealth & Asset Management. Across B2C, B2B2C and B2B business models. In my corporate career, I first steered rapid distribution-led organic growth (at Citi), then turned around a stubborn loss-making business (at ING), and later architected a late APAC market entry (at BNY Mellon). More recently, I've built 2 banking technology start-ups. Having earned countless entrepreneurial battle scars, I earnestly believe that entrepreneurship is a privilege everyone must give themselves. It’s a spectacular MRI of your soul, expands your cognitive breadth, and is genuinely transformative, professionally and personally. I now host The Founders Peak Podcast where exceptional founders from around the world share untold stories that have shaped who they are. I have learned to think global industry-scale and problem solve. Currently on a mission to help 15,000+ mid-small tier banks to accelerate digital transformation leveraging the world’s 1st Digital Twin for banks, invented by Percipient. Co-creator of API-Exchange APIX, with a mission to reinvent how Financial Institutions collaborate with FinTechs globally. Launched B2B2C wealth advisory platform to help save disappearing IFAs post-GFC. Active business writer. Authentic. Ever-curious. Inspirer-in-chief.