Experience

Sterling Equity

• Malaysia
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President

  • Jun 2022 - Present

  Investing in Alternative Strategies and Tactical Opportunities. Our Firm. • AxeHedge: Hedge Fund • Sterling Capital: Private Equity and Venture Capital • Sterling Technologies: Technology Operations • Sterling Group Management: Portfolio Operations Selected Investments (Global). • Aether: Carbon-Negative Diamonds, TIME's Best Inventions 2022 • Anthropic: AI Research Startup and Creator of Claude, Invested by Google • Atom Semiconductor: Chip Manufacturer, Invested by OpenAI • Axiom Space: Aerospace Infrastructure Co Contracted with NASA • Blackshark: 3D Generative AI Platform incubated by Microsoft and Advised by Google Earth’s Co-Creator • Brex: Business Credit Cards and Cash Management Accounts • Cerebras: Computer Systems for Complex Artificial Intelligence Deep Learning Applications • Earth AI: Metals Exploration for Renewable Energy Infrastructure • Emerge: Haptic Tech, World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer 2022 • Griffin: AWS of Financial Services & Authorised UK Bank • OpenAI: Creator of GPT-4, DALL-E and Chat GPT, Invested by Microsoft • Optios: Neuroperformance Technology for Financial Trading • Plaid: Data Transfer Network Infrastructure that powers Fintech and Digital Finance Products • QuantConnect: Decentralized Algorithmic Trading Infrastructure • QuickNode: AWS of Blockchain • Rain Neuromorphics: Chip Designer Mimicking the Brain - AI Infrastructure • Stripe: Payment Services Provider Selected Investments (Southeast Asia). • FrontConnect: Licensed Telco with 5G Infrastructure, Regulated by MCMC • GoodScience: Pharmaceutical R&D, Manufacturing and Distribution • Hair Library: Luxury Co-Working Space for Hair, Beauty and Wellness Professionals • Ibucare Confinement: Integrated Luxury Lifestyle Confinement Centre • KJK: Fire Fighting Equipments and Services • The Bread Bar: Artisan Bread, Handcrafted Mocktails and Fine-Casual Dining • The Hive: SEA Focused Early Stage Tech & Co-Creation Fund Show less



AxeHedge

• Malaysia
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Operating Officer

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  AxeHedge actively engages in investment management, utilizing its Hedge Fund and Brokerage divisions to implement structured and quantitative investment strategies across a diverse range of global investment products. We hold licenses granted by the Labuan Financial Services Authority (LFSA) under the Central Bank of Malaysia, BNM, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. Additionally, our operations are approved by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) in the United States, affirming our adherence to industry standards and regulations. Show less



Mama Net

• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head, Product Development & Operations

  • May 2019 - Oct 2021

  Business Development: i) Develop and manage proposals, strategies and business plans. ii) Generate and seek out potential new opportunities. iii) Develop and manage relationships with potential clients, influencers and key stakeholders. iv) Evaluate new opportunities to ensure resources focus on the best opportunities. v) Participate in new business contract negotiations. Product Development & Operations (web/app, ecommerce, loyalty): i) Develop strategic product roadmap. ii) Collaborate with developers, designers, consumer insights, and data science & analytics team to develop innovative products. iii) Strategize and build business cases and interpret results from A/B tests. iv) Work with consumer insights and experience design partners to understand the evolving needs of customers, content team and partners(i.e. Mama Wang, China). Marketing: i) Craft strategies for all marketing teams, including Digital, Advertising, Communication & Engagement, and Creative. ii) Prepare and manage monthly, quarterly and annual budgets. iii) Analyze and develop marketing plan to reach new market segments and expand market share. iv) Monitor competitions and propose counter measures. v) Set, monitor and report on marketing goals. Founding team member of Mama Net, the strategic partner (东南亚战略伙伴) of MamaWang, Guangzhou (妈妈网，广州) to expand the operations beyond China. Mama Net is a next-generation educational app that is targeted at expectant mothers, and those with new born infants and children. The company has built a holistic multi-dimensional app, which leverages artificial intelligence to seamlessly educate and enable mothers to be the best (while providing a strong network access to mothers, families and communities). Show less



Maxis

• Malaysia
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Finance & Strategy

  • Jun 2018 - Apr 2019

  Reporting under Finance & Strategy division with aim to develop strategic skills and provide cross divisional exposure. Business Planning(Business Partner): -Primarily responsible for business cases review, management reporting, business analytics, financial evaluations, process improvements & automation. Also involves in project to review and improve cash flow forecasting methodology & identify working capital improvement opportunities. Strategy & Internal Cost Excellence: -Primarily responsible to identify and evaluate significant performance improvement opportunities that impact organizational strategic objectives. Facilitate project requests and assess the fit with department resources and skills, as well as strategic fit and value to company. Assess organizational performance and determine root cause(s) of performance issues. Requires to work cross-functionally with business leaders to prioritize improvement opportunities. -Oversees the plan, management, execution and tracking of all Process Improvement initiatives Builds capabilities throughout the organization to improve processes, driving efficiency and creating measurable financial returns. Assist in driving continuous improvement by focusing on projects which will have the greatest impact to the company’s performance. Maintains close relationships with the management team to drive support, buy-in, and promote transparency as to operational needs. Proactively identifying and works to remove barriers that slow down or prevent the successful attainment of goals & objectives. -Identify compliance risks and take actions necessary to eliminate or minimize risks. Ensure close alignment with business units on key strategy initiatives through rigorous strategic communication with strategic function of each business unit. Develop action plan of the long range plan development and support alignment with key stakeholders on major progress. Show less



Aspen Group

• United States
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• ERP Project Manager (Finance)

  • Jul 2016 - May 2018

  Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Technology Architect (CTA), to initiate, plan, execute & control the Enterprise Resource Planning(ERP) system implementation in Aspen Group. Perform requirements gathering on the current business processes, gap analysis for the future business requirements & redesigning of business processes(Finance Transformation). Set deadlines, assigns responsibilities and monitor progress for the ERP system. Responsible for evaluating & recommending changes to current & future ERP system requirements to meet organization needs(i.e. CRM, Advanced Finance module, Reporting, Project Accounting & Property Management).The ERP project manager is required to liaise with multiple Heads of Departments(HODs) to execute tasks and achieve milestones set by the steering committee and group Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Example of interdepartmental efforts are:i) Gathering of information on current processes and the business practices with HODs.ii) Study on the functionalities of current legacy ERP system with the main users.iii) Understand the industry best practices & identify the gap comparing to current situation.iv) Recommend business process improvements and mapping of enhanced processes.v) Analysis and re-structuring of organization cost centers with Chief Financial Officer (CFO).vi) Streamlining of internal processes to eliminate manual works, more efficient approval process & effective matrix with Chief Account & Credit Officer (CACO).vii) Integration points between modules with all departments head.Ad Hoc Project:AG Incubation Lab (CEO Office)i) Business Process Re-engineeringii) Research, analysis & development of business model. iii) Research & Consultancy in business strategies.iv) Support the development of integrated strategies & effective implementation of the strategies. v) Gather market intelligence for top management decision making. Show less

• Executive, Finance

  • May 2016 - Nov 2016

  Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer(CFO), to undertake the duties and responsibilities assigned, but not limited to:i) Prepare reports and performance analysis with variance commentary for management review.ii) Perform project cost, capital expenditure & operating expenses budgetary control.iii) Cash Flow projection, forecasting & annual budgeting.iv) Treasury operation, including monitor available funds, surplus fund investment/cash management, loan facility and repayment schedule.v) Banking facilities sourcing and deal structuring.vi) Term negotiation with bank and implementation of credit facility drawdowns.vii) Liaise with banker on progress report and annual review of banking facilities.viii)Assist in tax planning and submission for Income tax.ix) To implement all policies, activities, procedures, instructions as relevant and required by the Quality Management System.Additional projects taken:i) Digital Marketing - Oversee the budget planning & analysis, as well as close monitoring of the project timeline for digital marketing team.ii) Business Case Development team - Responsible for the business case development of the collaboration between Aspen Group & Telekom Malaysia on smart solutions & services. Show less



AMD Global Services (M) Sdn Bhd

• Malaysia
• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Financial Accountant 2

  • Jan 2016 - May 2016

  Responsible for ensuring that transactions of a business have been properly accounted for and accurately reflect the company's accounting process in accordance with both US GAAP & Local GAAP. Perform Balance Sheet Packages (BSP), Trial Balance Reconciliation (TB Recon), Balance Sheet Reconciliation (BS Recon), Balance Sheet Review (BSR) & Cash Reconciliation and Fluctuation Analysis for US, Latin America, Greater China and EMEA entities. Support the audit queries for all the respective legal entities.Additional Projects taken:i) Leading the project of Bank of America BAI external transaction coding and posting rules in SAP for US, EMEA and Asia region. ii) Leading the project of transitioning the company financial reporting standard from PERS to Malaysia Private Entities Reporting Standards (MPERS) w/e 1 Jan 2016. iii) Quarterly Global Operations Review with Corp VPs, Finance Controllers and Corporate Accounting on the operational efficiency of organization. iv) Bank of America Cash Pro site administrator and coordinator for Asia Pacific region.v) Leading the project of SAP enhancement on WEBJV simplification. Show less

• Financial Accountant

  • Sep 2013 - Dec 2015

  Responsible for ensuring that transactions of a business have been properly accounted for and accurately reflect the company's accounting process. Perform Balance Sheet Packages (BSP), Trial Balance Reconciliation (TB Recon), Balance Sheet Reconciliation (BS Recon) and Fluctuation Analysis for Latin America, Greater China and EMEA entities, as well as Balance Sheet Review (BSR) & Cash Reconciliation for US entity. Support the audit queries for several legal entities and US bank. Additional Projects taken:i) Leading the project of Bank of America BAI external transaction coding and posting rules in SAP for US, EMEA and Asia region. ii) Leading the project of transitioning the company financial reporting standard from PERS to Malaysia Private Entities Reporting Standards (MPERS) w/e 1 Jan 2016. iii) Quarterly Global Operations Review with Corp VPs, Finance Controllers and Corporate Accounting on the operational efficiency of organization. iv) Bank of America Cash Pro site administrator and coordinator for Asia Pacific region. Show less



Ryan and Partners

• United Kingdom

• Audit Associate

  • Nov 2012 - Aug 2013

  The audit assistant works within the accounting and financial department and is charged with reviewing the company's financial reporting systems and policies and see if the financial reports are accurate, complete and in accordance with the requirements and standards. The main responsibilities of audit assistant are: i)To review, develop and recommend changes in accounting systems and controls of a business. ii)Analyze and evaluate the accuracy of accounting systems and procedures. iii)Analyze and recommend changes in internal audit controls Show less



KPMG

• Brazil
• Construction

• Audit Intern

  • Nov 2011 - Feb 2012

  Internal Audit is required to give an annual opinion to the Audit Committee, on the adequacy and effectiveness of the whole system of internal controls within the organization. Internal Audit is required to give an annual opinion to the Audit Committee, on the adequacy and effectiveness of the whole system of internal controls within the organization.