Experience

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  The Lo & Behold Group

  • Singapore
  • Hospitality
  • 100 - 200 Employee

  • Lead, Strategy & Business Development

    • Sep 2022 - Aug 2023

  • Senior Associate, Strategy & Business Development

    • Feb 2022 - Aug 2022

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  PwC

  • Strategy Consultant

    • Jan 2021 - Jan 2022

    - Led client engagements across Petrochemicals, Medical Services, FMCG and Food Service industries, covering growth strategies for overseas ventures, product development, business plans and organisation chart development.- Facilitated strategy workshops with Executives and Senior Management of companies to formulate growth strategies.- Crafted and reviewed execution plans at quarterly milestone meetings, to identify and resolve roadblocks in the implementation of their growth strategies.

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  Grain

  • Singapore
  • Food and Beverage Services
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Special Projects and Strategy Lead

    • Nov 2019 - Dec 2020

    - Paired with CFO to lead quarterly board meetings – from planning the board deck and preparing the content to liaising with investors and obtaining board buy in and approval for the company’s strategy and finances.- Led Grain’s first overseas expansion – performing marketing research, drafting the joint venture and incorporation documents, coming up with the business plan and presenting it to the investment committee of of our JV partner. Single-handedly set up the kitchen, supply chain networks and initial customer base within 3 weeks.- Paired with CEO to explore expansion plans for Grain – meeting with the C-suite of major F&B players to develop partnerships for revenue growth and to share economies of scale.

  • Senior Associate, Strategy and Finance at Grain

    • Feb 2019 - Oct 2019

    - Part of the apex of Grain’s leadership team (7-man ‘Polygon’ team) which carved out the mission, strategy and key policies of the company.- In charge of all investor relations and built a strong relationship with venture capital firms, angel investors and corporate investors to facilitate Grain’s fund raising and corporate initiatives such as Grain’s Series B Rolling Close and restructuring to a holding company.- Led the finance and procurement teams. Provided a monthly management report on key improvement areas required to achieve profitability. Led the budgeting process for 2020, obtaining buy in from both management and investors.

  • Sales Development Representative

    • Mar 2018 - Feb 2019

    - Put in charge of the Finance and Professional Services sector and grew sales for the sector by 300% across the year to $150K a month. Set the company record for highest sales by an individual and brought in the highest sales in the team for 5 of my 12 months.- Strong emotional intelligence saw me also being awarded best customer service, Grain’s Champion of Principles, Most Respected Salesperson and extremely positive feedback during the companywide 360 performance review.- Chaired the company offsite committee and led the team to organise a very memorable first offsite for all of Grain’s 80 staff. Lauded by the management team for being extremely thoughtful and detailed in the planning and execution.

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  William Grant & Sons

  • Singapore

  • Financial Planning and Analysis Intern

    • May 2016 - Aug 2016
    • Singapore

    Extensive use of excel in supporting the financial planning team to track actual spending against the budget, reconcile differences, conduct a variance analysis and create an action plan to ensure a 0% error rate in reporting.Analysed the value chain model within the company and the pricing strategy against competitors, leading to more competitive pricing, within 5% of competitorsPrepared a report on the macroeconomic and consumer trends in South East Asia and identifying growth opportunities which was presented to the Head of Decision Support, resulting in a projected 10 -15% growth

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  Ik Chin Travel Services Pte Ltd

  • Singapore

  • Marketing Consultant (Final Year Project)

    • Jan 2016 - Aug 2016
    • Singapore

    Devised and conducted primary research with 150 survey participants and extensive secondary research to conclude the feasibility of rolling out volunteer tourism packages and subsequently crafted these packages for the companyCrafted recommendations to boost customer satisfaction and marketing strategies to enhance online presence, increasing the customer base by 500 and potentially increasing customer retention rate by 30%

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  OCBC Bank

  • Singapore

  • Corporate Treasury Intern

    • May 2015 - Aug 2015
    • Singapore

    Aided in creating the reporting dashboard for the analysis of OCBC’s funding profile and balance sheet planning to ensure ratios were within a 10% range of competitorsPerformed extensive research on regulatory requirements of capital for banks operating in China and Hong Kong, ensuring that proposed business plans were within the stipulated rule, enabling the bank to pursue its business model in Hong Kong and greater ChinaPerformed extensive research on contingency funding planning in Singapore and subsequently created a liquidity crisis scenario for effective crisis management planning. This enabled the bank to achieve a CAR of at least 6.5%, Tier 1 CAR of at least 8% and Total CAR of at least 10% during crises

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  Republic of Singapore Navy, Naval Diving Unit

  • Singapore

  • Platoon Commander, Underwater Demolition Team

    • Mar 2011 - Jun 2013
    • Singapore

    Excelled through the Combat Diver Course, graduating second in class as a Combat Diver.Commissioned as a Naval Officer of the Republic of Singapore NavyAppointed as a Platoon Commander, commanding, training and operationalising 45 Combat DiversIdentified training and development needs of Diver trainees and designed programs based on both the organization’s and the individual’s needs