Domain Experts
Valerie Chai
Business & Finance
Valerie is a luminary in the realm of corporate finance, boasting a career that spans close to two decades. With expertise and profound understanding of her field, she is renowned for delivering results through her corporate finance advisory services.
Valerie’s knowledge encompasses a vast array of critical areas, including capital structuring, valuation, and wealth advisory. Having dedicated more than 7,000 hours of consulting time over the past seven years, Valerie has proven herself to be an invaluable asset to countless companies and high net worth individuals.
Valerie’s track record speaks about her ability to harness her extensive expertise, providing tailor-made solutions and strategic insights that yield tangible benefits for her clientele.
Graduating as a distinguished scholar with First Class Honors, Dean’s List, and the illustrious C.H. Wee Gold Medal from Nanyang Business School laid a solid foundation for her future success. Furthermore, she continued her pursuit at New York University Stern Business School, where she attained High Honors for Advanced Valuation in her post-graduate studies. Additionally, her certification in Machine Learning for Business Application from the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology amplifies her ability to leverage cutting-edge technologies for the benefit of her clients.
Christopher Huang
Legal & Tax
Christopher stands as an extraordinary legal professional, serving as the managing partner of CHP law firm while boasting an impressive blend of finance and commerce expertise. His remarkable career has seen him provide invaluable guidance and representation to a diverse clientele, including multinational professional services firms, regional industry leaders, SMEs, and pre-IPO companies, in matters of paramount importance such as corporate restructuring, negotiation, and tax savings.
Christopher’s unique distinction lies in his ability to seamlessly merge his legal acumen with his exceptional numerical prowess. What initially emerged as an innate talent has been further honed through his pursuit of concurrent degrees in law and finance, as well as his previous experiences in accounting and business roles.
This amalgamation of expertise enables Christopher to offer a multi-faceted perspective that is both practical and commercially-oriented, setting him apart as an unrivaled legal practitioner.
Renowned as “the closer,” Christopher possesses an unparalleled drive to accomplish his clients’ objectives with utmost efficiency and effectiveness. His ability to navigate complex legal landscapes while leveraging his affinity for numbers and finance ensures that he consistently achieves desired outcomes.
Sing Hwee
Risk Management & Technology
Sing Hwee is a partner of the Ernst & Young Singapore Consulting Practice. His role is client serving and market focused, oriented towards global network of large accounts. He is currently the GCSP of several large Temasek Portfolio Companies, Government & Public Service (GPS) accounts (covering Ministries, government agencies and statutory boards) as well as private client accounts.
Sing Hwee was the Managing Director of Mapletree Investments Pte Ltd from 2018 to 2020 where he headed the operation business process department, group information system & technology department, group risk management department, group internal audit department as well as group policy and delegation of authority. He has more than 20 years of experience in providing risk management, business process and performance improvement, internal controls and business advisory services to clients in various industries, including organisations in both public and private sectors.
Sing Hwee worked closely and provided advice to Audit Committees of listed companies as well as organisations in the pubic sector on leading practices, insights as well as issues relating to corporate governance, risk management and processes and controls. He has led and continues to lead teams in the review and assessment of risks as well as performance of internal audits for Singapore listed companies, MNCs as well as organisations in the government and public sector including ministries and statutory boards He has also led teams on the investigation of major accounting frauds relating to two listed companies in Singapore. Sing Hwee regularly contributes articles in Business Times and professional journals on areas relating to corporate governance, internal controls and risk management. He regularly conducts talks and seminars on corporate governance, internal audit and risk management for professional institutions like SID, ISCA, IIA, SIAS, CPA Australia, etc.
Christopher Quek
Business & Fundraising
Christopher is the Founder and Managing Partner of TRIVE. His journey as a third-generation entrepreneur, combined with his extensive experience in running multiple businesses, has cemented his expertise and expansive network across diverse verticals, including manufacturing, deep technology, education, and food and beverage.
Christopher’s forward-thinking mindset led him to become a trailblazer during the 2000 dot-com era in Southeast Asia, where he successfully ran his own eCommerce stores in Malaysia and Singapore. As a serial entrepreneur by nature, he expanded his ventures into education centers and became an angel investor, while concurrently managing complex financial instruments for his family.
Prior to the establishment of TRIVE, Christopher dedicated his efforts to business development for various companies and spearheaded a startup incubator in Singapore. His immense contributions to the startup ecosystem are further exemplified by his mentorship of over 1,200 startup founders since 2011, as well as his advisory role for more than 800 startups in Southeast Asia. In 2020 alone, his invaluable guidance enabled early-stage companies to raise an astounding aggregated amount of US$28 million.
Renowned as a thought-leader in the startup ecosystem, Christopher shares his profound insights and perspectives through commentaries for reputable media outlets such as Todayonline, CNBC, The Business Times, e27, and TechInAsia. Additionally, he co-founded IMPACT SEA, a highly influential podcast that focuses on impactful discussions surrounding investment across Southeast Asia.
Christopher’s illustrious journey as an entrepreneur, investor, mentor, and thought-leader stands as a testament to his remarkable vision and unwavering dedication to fostering innovation and growth. His ability to identify opportunities, nurture startups, and provide invaluable guidance has garnered him unparalleled respect within the entrepreneurial community.
Craig Neo
Marketing & Digital Solutions
Craig is the founder of A&C Atelier. He brings over 15 years of digital experience to the table, having taken on myriad digital challenges for clients around the world by weaving solutions across the realms of technology, business and design. Known for delivering quality outcomes, he is forward-thinking and always ready to question the status quo.
Amongst his greatest strengths is a canny sense for understanding business processes, goals and needs before diving into design and technology. His desire to empathise with users’ needs and his consistent push for creativity balanced with optimisation has made him a partner of choice for many brands.
Brands are able to draw on his deep knowledge of technology to implement concepts into viable solutions. Always personable, Craig is a natural communicator with stakeholders in every domain. He is that rare “T-shaped” talent recognised by the industry for being a consultant, developer and UX/UI practitioner all rolled into one.
Ben Qwek
Marketing & Branding Solutions
Ben is the founder of Lab Six Five. He is a crossover artist from the world of graphic design and street art to become a branding consultant. With his past experience in proejcts that straddle between mainstream illustration and a flair of street edge, he was able to advise and strategize for his clients on how they can brand or rebrand themselves for better conversion and get a better return on their branding investment.
Being extremely dedicated, Ben always engages himself fully in both branding strategic direction as well as design production for projects that he works on. He is backed by backed by more than 15 years of experience and has done work on projects for companies such as PUMA, Twitter, Express VPN, SEA Group, Guinness, Klaytn, Shopee and Google.
His works have been seen throughout Singapore over the years in their platforms such as murals, campaign activation and 3D interactive art.
Andy Choi
Fund Management
Andy, the Director for Client Solutions at Credence, possesses over 10 years of valuable experience in Investments and Fund Management.
He previously served as the Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of a Registered Fund Management Company. With his expertise, he has successfully overseen and launched various Cayman/VCC Fund structures by working closely with Asset Managers from different jurisdictions across the Asia Pacific region.
Andy is highly meticulous in his financial planning and is committed to providing customized and personalized financial services advisory to his affluent clients.
Andy’s past experience includes 8 years with Dell Global B.V. (Singapore), where he managed the Asia Pacific retail operation and specialized in six-sigma proliferation and data analytics.
He holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree and is a member of the CFA Society of Singapore. Additionally, he recently completed an Executive Business Analytics course with the Wharton Business School.