Eugene Lee is the Head of Global Operations of GoGoVan, Asia’s leading on-demand logistic, transportation service provider. An innovative thinker with expertise in operations, finance and business development with proven ability to quickly analyse key business drivers and develop strategies to grow the bottom-line.

Chak has been in the ICT industry for many years. His passion in building and nurturing organisations led him to collaborate with several prominent individuals to start Stream Global Pte. Ltd. Stream Global is a local “Venture Catalyst” whose main objective is to invest in and partner with entrepreneurs and assist them in realising their potential. He is currently serving as a Board Member in the Institute of System Sciences of the National University of Singapore and Employment and Employability Institute (e2i). He is also in the Academic Advisory Board of the IT schools in Institute of Technical Education (ITE), Singapore Polytechnic and SIM University.

Dr Thomas Choong is an angel investor, and a partner of several firms in Singapore. Thomas has helped numerous firms and investees with funding, strategic marketing, business advisory, and development. He started and ran several tech start-ups in Asia with investments from ST Telemedia and the Lippo Group. Thomas founded e-business tech start-up Elipva Ltd in 2000 with ST Telemedia and in 2005, Elipva was acquired by M Dream Inworld, a listed company in the HKSE. In 2005, Thomas co-founded Xi Yan, the first contemporary Chinese private dining restaurant in Singapore and ASEAN that has since continued to win numerous awards each year and has an international following.

Peter has over 30 years of experience in Financial Advisory Education & Consulting in the domain of Corporate and Investment Finance. His experiences encompass corporate finance as well as investments in global markets. He is now a personal financial services consultant and a corporate financial advisor with AIA and in PHTC Pte Ltd, respectively. He was formerly a private wealth manager for more than 6 years in a top Swiss Bank managing USD 600 million of wealth of businessmen in the Asian region. He also provides several business consulting services to Singapore SMEs in financial and strategy consulting.

Yen-Lu is the Co-Founder of WholeTree Foundation / Over-The-Rainbow, Co-Founder & Chairman, Singapore Creations, Executive Director, BAF Spectrum, and a founding partner, Fatfish MediaLab. He is a former Distinguished Technologist at Apple. As an angel investor and venture catalyst, Yen-Lu currently serves on the boards of several startups ventures and actively advises many others. He also serves on government advisory panels for innovation, lending a hand to bring national R&D projects to commercialisation. With his family nonprofits and other social initiatives, Yen-Lu now devotes nearly all of his time serving the society as well as the nation in his various capacities.

Yogi Thakker is the Vice President for edlCreative, home to creative video production for leading broadcasters and corporates in Asia. He has gained more than 16 years international business development experience across Media, Events, Executive Education and Aviation.

Yogi has co-created global and regional partnerships with MNC’s, accelerated growth in emerging markets and established an extensive network of corporate leaders and UHNWI’s.

A charismatic and enterprising professional, Yogi is an astute lateral thinker that’s quick to identify and convert business opportunities.

Jok Kwang has 29 years of work experience in the Information and Communications Technology field covering software development and consulting, technical support, marketing and sales. Various industry sectors include oil and gas, computer technology, software factory, healthcare and manufacturing. In addition, he left the ICT industry for 7 years to run a small and medium enterprise specialising in measuring instruments. Currently, he is the Chief Information Officer of Venture Corporation Limited.

Joseph is the founder and Managing Director of Verge Capital Management focusing on investments in early stage healthcare technology companies. Prior to this, Joseph led life sciences and digital health across Asia for Oliver Wyman, a global management consultancy, where he focused on business model innovation, expanding access, consumer health, and investment strategies.

As a key executive, he helped Google launch its sales organisation and penetrate the Brazilian market in 2006. Today, Alex is currently running a start-up in Singapore which aims to reinvent the online video advertising industry. His expertise is in business development, sales methodologies and go-to-market strategy.

Hoe Yeen Teck is a former civil servant and diplomat turned entrepreneur. In 2014, he started the first on-demand home cleaning platform in Singapore with several friends. Originally a community project to support low-income households in his neighbourhood, their company was acquired by Rocket Internet less than a year later. He subsequently joined cloud robotics company CtrlWorks as CEO, focusing on taking its products international. 

Yeen Teck graduated from the University of Pennsylvania (Wharton School) with degrees in finance, management and international studies. In his free time, Yeen Teck mentors aspiring entrepreneurs on their own startup journeys, and also volunteers as a senior commander in a reserve unit. 

Richard Xu is an experienced Managing Director with a demonstrated history of working in the telecommunications industry. Skilled in Wireless Technologies, Pre-sales, Business Development, Go-to-market Strategy, and Telecommunications. He is a strong business development professional with a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) focused in Business Administration and Management.

TK Wong is the Managing Partner of FarSight Capital, an early stage internet VC. He is a pioneer of the internet industry in Singapore, having founded some of Singapore’s first internet companies including SilkRoute Ventures and ECnet in the 1990s.

Kidit leads the development and deployment of new go-to-market and innovative business models for Janssen in the Asia Pacific region. To achieve his remit, Kidit is driving convergence in 5 industries: Healthcare, Digital Technology, Finance, Insurance and Mobility – having achieved strong traction in developing new business models with strategic partners across the consumer/ patient journey in a number of countries in Asia. Kidit is driving scale and institutionalization of business model innovation in the Asia Pacific region and is currently leading the establishment of a business model accelerator. Previously, Kidit was a management consultant with c.10 years of experience and deep expertise in Strategy and M&A. Kidit led >35 engagements in Southeast Asia and the broader APAC-region for MNCs, Regional Conglomerates and Private Equity firms across multiple industries including life sciences, retail & consumer goods, supply chain & logistics and manufacturing. Kidit was previously a Principal for IMS Consulting Group and before that was an Engagement Manager with L.E.K. Consulting. Kidit has an MBA from The Rotterdam School of Management (Erasmus University) in the Netherlands and a B.S. Business Economics degree from the University of the Philippines

With over 17 years in digital marketing, Tuomas has worked in the intersection of technology, strategy, creative and business since the late 1990’s. As President, Asia, Tuomas oversees Digital Arts Network and drives innovation, technology, and digital capabilities for TBWA\ across Asia. Tuomas was featured by Campaign Asia-Pacific as 40 under 40 to watch and awarded as Digital Specialist of the Year at the Hall of Fame awards in 2015. He is a regular speaker at digital marketing events, and has been involved in awards juries across multiple continents. Tuomas is a startup mentor, and angel investor for early stage technology startups.

Christopher Quek is a Singapore tech ecosystem evangelist and a regular guest writer on Tech in Asia. He believes the pay-it-forward is a vital pillar to building a vibrant ecosystem. Since 2011, his team has done pro-bono advisory to over 600 1-1 sessions and mentored 38 startups to raise US$5m in government grants and seed funding. Christopher is currently managing Tri5 Ventures, which focused on seed-stage funding for South-East Asian startups. A new angel fund, Tri5 Angels, will be launched in H2 2017, which will be in support of SG Startup initiatives.

Lux Anantharaman is the lab-head of the Business Analytics Translation Centre at the Institute for Infocomm Research (A*STAR), helping Singaporean SMEs and start-ups up their game with Big Data Analytics. As an inventor and serial entrepreneur, Lux and has been involved with start-ups throughout his 15+ work experience. Six years ago, he co-founded iTwin Pte Ltd, an award-winning venture-backed startup. His current research interests include behavioral analytics and AI cyber-security. He holds an MBA from National University of Singapore, a master’s degree from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and a bachelor’s degree from IIT Chennai.

Singapore’s premiere lifestyle entrepreneur and creator of multiple successful brands and businesses, Michel has been involved in advertising, public relations, technology, fashion and hospitality sectors across Asia since 1994. He constantly conceives new business ideas that push the envelope in food, service, technology and branding.

With a background in Life Science, 15 years of experience in MNCs and senior global R&D leadership roles, Dr. Bert Grobben has deep experience in matching and maturing technology based on market needs and has developed wide global industry networks.

Eddy has invested in more than 50 US and Asian startups in financial, health, IoT, artificial intelligence, and marketplace technologies. He relocated from the Silicon Valley to Southeast Asia to cofound Coffee Ventures so as to tackle unmet needs in emerging markets. The early stage fund focuses on people development, product-market iteration, and go-to-market strategy. He mentors at Stanford University’s StartX accelerator, and was previously a medical imaging scientist, and a circuit design engineer.