Experience

• Senior Investment Manager, Venture Capital

  Clearbridge Accelerator | July 2010 - Current

  Clearbridge Accelerator (CBA) is Singapore’s premier technology commercialiser and incubator which aims to translate core technologies from the laboratory into commercial and innovative products that will result in sustainable and lasting enterprises. CBA is supported by the Singapore National Research Foundation under the Technology Incubation Scheme (TIS). Our team has a proven track record, the requisite expertise, and a wide network. We provide the necessary funding, mentorship, and the operational and executive discipline to deliver determined and accelerated results. In 2012, CBA became one of the two successful recipients under SPRING Singapore’s Biomedical Sciences Accelerator (BSA) programme, and set up a subsidiary, Clearbridge BSA, to manage a SGD 40 million fund for medical technology start-up companies. CBA’s initiatives and investment focus areas are in biomedical devices, advanced materials and computational algorithms Responsibilities include: * VC investments, Due Diligence, Fund-raising, Venture Creation * Portfolio Management & Reporting, Financial Modeling, Valuation Analysis * Market/Clinical study, Corporate Development, Business Strategy & Execution

• Technology Transfer

  NUS Industry Liaison Office | December 2009 - June 2010

  The National University of Singapore (NUS) Industry Liaison Office (ILO) mission is to promote industry collaboration, technology transfer and commercialization of the University's intellectual assets and expertise. ILO facilitates the translation of new discoveries and inventions by NUS researchers into useful products and services through licensing these technologies either to existing companies and / or new startups. At NUS ILO, my focus is on innovations relating to Advance Materials. Key industries include water desalination, clean energy, semiconductors, microsystems, biomedical etc...

• Investment Banking Analyst

  ReEx Capital Asia | July 2008 - August 2009

  ReEx Capital Asia is an investment banking boutique based in Singapore, specializing in the Asian Clean Energy sector. Our main business is capital-raising: originating investment opportunities, structuring deals and raising funds (debt/equity) for renewable energy infrastructure, biofuel production facilities, energy efficiency projects and green energy products/services companies. Responsibilities include: - Deal Origination and Deal Structuring Support - Conducting Due Diligence for companies ranging from Start-up to Pre-IPO - Preparing investment memos for investors and lenders, financial modeling, valuation and sensitivity analysis etc... - Conducting market research in the clean energy space - Played advisory roles in areas such as business development, clean energy policies/institutional set-ups , fund management etc...

Education

• National University of Singapore

  Material Science and Engineering | Nanotechnology, Lithium-Ion Batteries | 2006 - 2010

• CFA Institute

  CFA Level 1 Examination | Investment Management & Finance