Alpha Flow Zenith

Under this umbrella company, established a new healthy energy drinks venture made from Matcha and Mate, due to launch in the US market in 2025 with the potential to expand worldwide.

In addition, offered advisory services to other organisations, such as K2 Integrity, the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) in Switzerland and the Global IIA.

Founder, Board Member and Strategic Advisor

Various organisations

During this period, acted as a trusted Board Member and Investor in several established and flourishing businesses:

➡️𝗔𝗟𝗔𝗦 𝗱𝗼𝗼: enabled Serbian mature IT outsourcing and Quality Assurance company to attract new clients. 

➡️𝗦𝗬𝗡𝗖 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗟𝗖: entered pioneering health and wellness company as the largest investor, collaborating with inspiring founders as a Board Member, supporting future funding pitches and securing international selling rights.

Board Member and Advisor

Veblen Director Programme

Veblen works with Executives, Thought Leaders and Entrepreneurs to train and connect them with public and private companies needing Board support. Veblen is a global network focused on board priorities such as Investor Relations, Good governance, DEI, AI, ESG and Fundraising.

Member

Resided as Chairman of the Board for six months, welcoming the opportunity to enhance the dynamics, governance and risk management aspects, maximising overall impact and effectiveness. 

Selected six new ‘engaging’ board members who added value, enabled members to become paid board members, and mitigated critical risks.

Chairman of the Board

In 2024, selected as a Board Member and served a six-month term. Provided strategic insight, guidance and advice to unlock opportunities, reviewing operational progress, financial performance and key initiatives. 

Instrumental in attracting the largest collaboration to date for the programme, the most valuable growth element for Veblen.

Board Member

Glencore

Played a pivot role in scaling Glencore’s audit capabilities worldwide with hubs across five continents, and embedded robust internal controls and an inventive audit strategy to prepare the business for a digital future. 

Supported the largest M&A and integrated the audit function of a pure mining company. 

Successfully retained the audit services for a newly carved-out agriculture entity. 

Offered invaluable support during the transition to a publicly listed company.

Chief Audit Executive

Senior Business Risk Auditor

Ascom

Internal Auditor

With over two decades of international business experience, I am a 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝘁 𝗘𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲, 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗿 with comprehensive ‘hands on’ 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗸, 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 (𝗚𝗥𝗖) and audit expertise, who advocates ethics, integrity and innovation. 

Recognised as a 𝗚𝗥𝗖 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿, 

I have delivered many speeches, lectures, videos and podcasts to global audiences on related topics, such as ‘Achieving Goals in Governance’, ‘Value Driven Auditing’ and ‘Using the Power of Scenario Simulation to Remodel Control Testing - A Game Changer’.   

In 2024, I was recognised as an Audit Beacon at The 𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝘁 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀, one of my proudest moments. 

As a multilingual communicator, fluent in three languages, I engage effectively with diverse stakeholders up to board level, steering and influencing strategic agendas relating to Environmental, Social and Governance (𝗘𝗦𝗚), Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (𝗗𝗘&𝗜), Artificial Intelligence (𝗔𝗜) governance, and cybersecurity. 

I served as 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 of the Veblen Director Programme, enhancing the board dynamics and unlocking opportunities with global leaders. 

At 𝗚𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲, a FTSE company, I developed audit innovation hubs spanning five continents comprising over 45 high-performing auditors, and advanced the company’s 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 with a new team of data scientists and rollout of digital tools and technologies. 

I was instrumental in supporting Glencore through a turbulent time caused by the commodities crisis, retaining $MM audit services for a carved-out agriculture business, and reducing working capital.    

Over the years, I have headed high-profile fraud investigations and mitigated risks, ensuring compliance during complex situations, and safeguarding positive outcomes. 

I created and maintained Glencore’s 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 (ERM) framework, systems and standards, reporting upwards to the board. 

I inspire people and enrich companies of all sizes, from startups to multinationals, offering impact-orientated leadership and a forward-thinking approach.

Nam Phong Ho, CFA, CIA, CISA, CFE, QIAL

hiddenMind.ai

hiddenMind uses AI to make your employees more productive.

Advisory Board Member

MindPod Technologies

Board Advisor

WAAI

Advisory Board Member 

Freya O

Speaker | Judge | Host

SUSE

SUSE is a multinational open-source company selling innovative technological solutions to over thousands of trusted business customers in various industries. Over 60% of the clients are Fortune 500 companies. The clients include Microsoft, Intel, BMW, SAP, Samsung, Lenovo, etc. 

- Designed the Innovative Operational Model: Restructured and standardized the process, tools, and methodology tailored to the organization with automation to implement best practices and lessons learned to enhance operational efficiency by 83%
- Team Engagement and Alignment Improvement: Transformed from a team working in silos to engaged and aligned project teams from 30% to 70% which promoted team engagement and fostered stronger collaboration culture
- Oversaw and Managed over 200+ projects with multiple international teams across North America, Europe, and APAC for partners and customers.
- Making impacts for 700+ sales reps who develop and build business strategies and relationships with customers and partners across various industries to increase profitability such as Government/Defence, Information Technology, Finance, Telecom, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Energy, Retail industry, etc.
- Full Year 2022 Revenue: US$653.0m (Revenue increased up to 17% YoY)
- Q3 IFRS Revenue of $173 million was up 2% YoY, and the P/L before tax YoY is 108% 
- Managed the program for the Global Sales Enablement Team for motivating and educating 700+ sales and leaders at the SUSE Sales Summit FY23

Global Portfolio Manager - Business & Operations

Royce Tech

- Organizational Strategy: Built global teams from 0 to 50+ for resources to support business objectives
- Oversaw multiple software projects and products that generated 14M quarterly and over 1.5M MAU
- Led the organizational transformation an the process to ensure the successful operational excellence 
- Established and enhanced effective policies, processes, and procedures.
- Built 6 cross-cultural teams from Asia to EMEA with standardized project management frameworks and workstreams.

Global Operations / Portfolio Manager

2 Success

- Led the organizational transformation and enabled digital transformation objectives to build a new PM governance framework and processes by leveraging JIRA to improve product development flows and increase work efficiency and productivity by 30%.
- Managed 5+ projects for SaaS products that generated $3,500K+ in monthly revenue and obtained business requirements from international clients and users
- Productivity and Efficiency Optimization/ Process Improvement: Increased work efficiency by 30% through building a new PM governance framework and processes by leveraging JIRA, improved the product development flows and customer request channels
- Led a 25+ members global product team and cooperated with 6 cross-functional departments to maintain and optimize the products (SAAS) on Web, APP, and ERP systems using robust agile methodology. 
- Managed the ERP system optimizations including CMS, CRM, Sales, and financial analytics report modules, etc.
- Launched a new gaming product development (APPs)and optimized features based on business KPIs, increasing its MAU by 1.5 which is up to 350K+

Project / Product Manager / PMO

freelance

- Landed 5 deals successfully in 2 months with C-suite executives in the hospitality industry
- Increased customer business Engagement from 10% to 100% by constantly improving services and feedback.
- Worked closely with a startup - Rosetta.ai in the earliest stage
- Maintained customer relationships, analyzed the expectations and business objectives to extract project KPIs that were achieved by 75%
- Managed the projects for custom websites and Mobile APPs for customers from various industries. Analyzed customer's business goals to provide advice and facilitate leveraging solutions for positive outcomes.
- Interpreted client's requests for technical requirements based on their strategic objectives, and synthesized multiple sources of information to ensure project delivery excellence

Business Operations / Project Manager

ASUS

- Developed and implemented digital marketing strategies, including social media advertising, email marketing to increase brand awareness 
- Created creative product marketing campaigns on Facebook to gain 1.3x more traffic which generated more engagement with ASUS existing customers and potential demands from new customers

Marketing 

Love to drive company growth by boosting profitability and optimizing operational excellence.

- Business Strategy: Landed 5 deals in 2 months with C-suite executives in the hospitality industry - B2B
- Business Management, Organizational Strategy & Change - Built teams from 0 to 50+ globally. 
- Operational Excellence improved by 83% with Innovative governance & Automation, etc
- Digital Products / Project Management + Transformation - SaaS, ERP APP, Web, 14M quarterly, >1.5M MAU & 42M ARR
- Product & CX Strategies: increased >100% customer engagement  - B2C 
- People, Culture Strategy:  +70% Team Engagement. 
- Globalization & Markets Expansion. Strong multi-cultural literacy. Managed global teams (>10+ years. NA, UK, EU, ME, Asia, Africa, etc.) Lived in 10 countries across 4 continents. 

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