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FINTECH65 2022 Alumni
Fintech65 was set up to celebrate the best of Singapore’s Fintech talent while also highlighting opportunities amongst the leaders for peer-to-peer learning and mentorship. Fintech65 initiative invites members of the Fintech community to nominate established and emerging leaders and founders across different nomination categories each year. Fintech65 honors and recognizes these industry trailblazers who have demonstrated their work, vision, leadership, and innovation in driving forward Singapore’s Fintech industry.
In 2023, Fintech65 recognized 65 leaders across the following four categories:
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Fintech Product Leader
An ideal Fintech Product Leader is based in Singapore for over a year, leading a team in a company regulated by MAS or serving in the financial sector. This leader excels in a product-centric role, whether as a manager, owner, designer, or engineer, driving innovation and excellence.
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Woman Investor in Fintech
Woman Investor in Fintech, based in Singapore for over a year, showcases her acumen by directly investing in or aiding her company with at least three deals in the past two years. Whether an angel investor, sole capitalist, or a pivotal member of a VC/PE/FO, her influence and strategic decisions bolster Singapore's fintech ecosystem.
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Woman in Fintech
An ideal Woman in Fintech is based in Singapore for a minimum of one year, representing an early-stage company with less than 5M SGD in revenue. Her firm is either MAS-regulated or contributes as a financial service product/service/enabler, demonstrating her pioneering spirit in the fintech landscape.
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Woman in Corporate
Woman in Corporate (Fintech) is a trailblazer in Singapore's fintech scene, with over a year's tenure. She's part of a robust firm, boasting revenues exceeding 5M SGD, evidencing significant growth. Her company, regulated by MAS or a key financial service provider, benefits from her leadership and vision.
FINTECH65 2022 Alumni
Name | Headshot | 💼 Nominee's Current Company | 📚 Nomination Category | 📝 About the Nominee (Up to 500 Char) |
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Tiffany Liu | Elevandi | Friends of FinTech | Tiffany is an experienced B2B marketer in EMEA, APAC and the US markets. She has vast experience in driving growth and performance marketing for both digital and offline channels. Currently, ats Elevandi she is responsible for driving ecosystem partnerships and collaborations. In past, she has worked in multiple roles spanning across leading companies such as Microsoft, Google and Spotify. | |
Van Anh Do | Upskills, Klaara | Women Board Members | As the Co-Founder of Upskills and Klaara, Van Anh has demonstrated remarkable leadership and innovation in the fintech industry. Her visionary approach and dedication have significantly contributed to the advancement of financial technology, making her a distinguished and deserving candidate for this prestigious recognition. She serves as a Board Member at Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO) Singapore, a global peer-to-peer network of more than 17,000+ influential business owners with 213 chapters in 60+ countries. Prior to this she has served in multiple roles across Finance Change, Liquidity Risk in Credit Suisse and RBS Markets and International Banking. | |
Ysabel Chua | Forge Ventures | Emerging Investors | Ysabel is a passionate investor with focus on startups based out of Southeast Asia. In addition to that she is a Chief Happiness Strategist at Women in VSEA community. Prior to her current role, she has held multiple roles in leading companies such as PayMongo where she served as Chief of Staff. She also was a Senior Product Manager for cross-region product portfolio at Shoppe. She holds a Baachelor of Sciences from University of Philippines. | |
Abby Ho | M Ventures | Emerging Investors | Abby has extensive experience in venture investing and investment banking roles. MVP is an early-stage VC fund (Seed, favoring Fintech + Insurtech, Health + Bio, Consumer + others) with 40+ portfolio startups across Southeast Asia and India. She is always on the lookout for founders with superpowers in FinTech/ Insurtech domain, with focus on pre-seed/ seed startups. | |
Adeline Kim | Visa | Women Board Members | Adeline has spent over 10 years at Visa in several leadership roles. Most recently, she was Head of Data Solutions for Asia Pacific based in Singapore, and was responsible for leading the strategy, prioritisation, development and delivery of Visa’s data solutions including Open Data, Digital Identity, Risk Solutions and Data Products. She also is a strong advocate for diversity and inclusivity, and support various initiatives especially driving 'female mentorship'. She herself is a mentor of the Young Women's Leadership Connection community. | |
Adrian Ang | Allen & Gledhill LLP | Friends of FinTech | Adrian Ang heads the fintech practice at Allen & Gledhill LLP. He also volunteers at Singapore Fintech Association as an Executive Committee Member. He has been providing sound and practical legal inputs, coupled with his commercial experience when supporting his wide array of fintech clients.
He has been leading the charge of representing SFA and its community with consultative responses, towards MAS' new changes. He is one of the most active SFF ambassadors, and is always keen to support with various initiatives. | |
Aliza knox | Probe CX, OIG Investors, Azentio Software | Women Board Members | Aliza is a leading Tech and Financial Services executive with broad international commercial, marketing, and management expertise, including at Google ,Twitter and Cloudflare. Experienced in SaaS, digitalization, scaling, AI, go-to-market. Familiar with cybersecurity, financial services, healthcare, tech services and products, ad tech, and online media. She serves as an Non Executive Director at Probe CX and Azentio Software, and also serves as an Advisor at OIF Ventures. | |
Amanda Cham | 500 Global | Emerging Investors | Amanda Cham is the Associate Director of Investments at multi-stage venture capital firm 500 Global for its 500 Southeast Asia funds. Amanda leads strategic initiatives, early-stage investment deals, development of new fund structures, due diligence, as well as oversees all aspects of fund management and operations.
Since joining the firm in 2020, Amanda has led the structuring and operationalizing of an early-stage fund, growth initiatives, and two special purpose vehicles (SPV) for companies valued above $1 billion. Amanda also supports over 340 companies across multiple sectors in 500 Southeast Asia’s portfolio, out of which 44 of them are companies within the fintech industry.
Prior to 500, Amanda practiced law at a top-tier international law firm where she specialized in financial services, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate law. She regularly advised financial institutions and fintech companies on fund formation, as well as the offering and structuring of financial and non-financial products. She also supported the listing of CMC REIT (HKEX: 1053) amongst other projects. | |
Amit Ray | CrazyTok | Friends of FinTech | Amit is the founder of CrazyTok, a podcast, Youtube and LinkedIn production company supporting startups and small businesses. He takes pride in offer a reliable, affordable and hassle-free service well-suited to the needs and constraints of such businesses and is keen to support the Fintech community in his capacity as a podcast, LinkedIn and content marketing expert. He also has served across multiple roles in companies such as Grab, Uber, Citigroup amongst others. | |
Amiyandra Suratman | 1982 Ventures | Friends of FinTech | Amiyandara, in her role as Regional Ecosystem and Platform Lead at 1982 Ventures, is a seasoned business development professional with a proven ability to boost new customer sales. She excels in lead generation, opportunity identification, and executing successful outbound sales strategies, consistently converting potential clients into satisfied customers. Her key responsibility involves enhancing the synergy between MDI Ventures' startup portfolios and Indonesian State-Owned Enterprises, along with related programs.
Amiyandra holds a Bachelor's Degree in Education from Universitas Katolik Atmajaya. She has furthered her education with studies in literature at the University of Toronto and business strategies at Harvard Business School Online. With over fifteen years of experience, Amiyandra brings a wealth of expertise and accomplishments to her role as Regional Ecosystem and Platform Lead. | |
Amrita Vir | Findicate | Emerging Investors | Amrita Vir has been working in inclusive finance for nearly 15 years, beginning with founding a microfinance non-profit in college to now building and scaling fintech in emerging markets. After stints at Grab, wagely, Amrita co-founded Findicate, which invests in women-led startups in Asia. Findicate has invested in companies in Pakistan, Bangladesh, India and the Philippines. On the side, she hosts the Green Room | Fintech Journeys podcast, where she interviews the most innovative and impactful fintech leaders. | |
Andrea Ng | ShookLin & Bok | Friends of FinTech | Andrea is a Partner, and advises on a wide range of corporate finance matters, such as listed company transactions, as well as general corporate matters, such as private equity investments, start-up funding matters (both seed and Series A, B, C), joint venture agreements, shareholder agreements and various investment/subscription agreements.
More recently, Andrea has been advising on regulatory and transactional matters related to virtual assets/digital tokens and in particular, the regulatory regime surrounding token offerings. She has also advised intermediaries operating in the virtual assets/cryptocurrency space such as issuers and platform operators on the relevant licensing and regulatory requirements. |
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