Angel Investor

I have been supporting multiple ventures within the e-commerce, fintech and tech industries in Southeast Asia (Thailand, Singapore and Indonesia) and Europe (Italy)

Investor

Nana Bianca

I have been a mentor for several startups that joined the Hubble Accelleration Program of Nana Bianca (Italia Rimborso, Sfridoo)

Mentor

Lifepal

(Exited, merged with Roojai)

Due to my passion for digital distribution and fintech I started Lifepal, the #1 Marketplace for Insurance in Indonesia. In less than 4 years, Lifepal became:
#1 in terms of D2C MV retail monthly GWP
#1 in terms of monthly online traffic (4+ million visits/month)
#1 in terms of social media followers (1+ million)

I have been responsible to design and build Lifepal own Content Management and Order Management Systems to host the Indonesia’s biggest inventory of insurance products online. Together with 100+ talented team players, we launched in less than 3 year 20+ insurance partners online and processed 50K+ policies, offering the best customer experience in the country (highest Google rating).

Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer

Lazada Group

Reporting to the Group CCO and working directly with the regional CPO and the product and tech teams. I lead the design and implementation of the product roadmaps with the CEOs and CCOs of the 6 countries of Lazada group (SG, TH, ID, MY, PH, VN).

As I played an important role during the process of sale and integration with Alibaba Group, I was selected to be part of the team that launched the first integrated project between Alibaba and Lazada, under the direct supervision of Daniel Zhang, Alibaba Group CEO.

Main Achievements:
- Designed product roadmap with c-level teams across 5 countries
- Launched Alibaba Seller Center for 60K sellers and 10+ million SKUs
- Launched Online flagship shops for 10+ Global brands generating 100+ million in GMV
- Restructured the group sales department (200+ people regionally & 1000+ people locally)

Vice President of Product Strategy

Reporting to the Country (TH) COO. I oversaw developing the logistics department for the company to fulfill 60K orders/day across Thailand and serve as a pickup provider to 1K+ online sellers. I was also heavily involved in the development of a warehouse facility and system that could store 200k+ SKUs and fulfill 20k+ orders/day.

Main Achievements:
- Managed a team of 200+ people in logistics and operations
- Scaled up Lazada logistics, from 10K to 60K orders/day across Thailand
- Developed partnerships with logistic partners, including the digitalization of Thai Post
- Supported the development of LEX, Lazada own logistics, to 100+ delivery trucks and 1K+ motorbikes

Head of Logistics

Reporting to the Country (TH) CCO, I lead the development of the category of home appliances in Thailand with a team of 6, increasing GMV by 3X in 12 months.

Main Achievements:
- Increased the revenues of the category by more than 3 times
- Launched 20+ global brands online (Philips, Haier, Nestle, etc.)
- Developed and launch 10 white label products, with production in China
- Developed SOP for marketing and onsite best practices across 5 countries
- Coordinated multimillion dollar budget campaigns on Google, Facebook and Mobile

Category Manager

Westwing

As a supply chain manager in Westwing, I contributed to reduce costs and delivery lead time while improving cross-docking processes for fast moving and bulky products.

Supply Chain Manager

Experienced VP of Product Strategy & COO | Fintech & E-commerce Expert | Founder & Investor | Driving Growth in SEA & Italy

🚀 VP of Product Strategy (5 Years) | 🛍️ Chief Operating Officer (5 Years) | 🔍 Fintech & E-commerce Expert (12+ Years)

I am a fintech and e-commerce investor and mentor, with over 10 years of experience in leading and scaling innovative companies in Southeast Asia and Europe. I have a deep understanding of market needs, product strategy, and operational excellence, as well as a passion for digital distribution and financial inclusion.

I co-founded and led as COO Lifepal, the #1 marketplace for insurance in Indonesia, until we successfully exited and merged with Roojai in December 2023. We achieved remarkable growth and customer satisfaction, becoming the leader in online traffic, social media followers, and D2C monthly GWP. 

Latest accomplishments:
# Launched 2 companies in SEA
# Raised USD 15 million with 2 seed and 2 Series A investments
# Part of the team that built Lazada, the 1st unicorn in SEA (exited)
# Launched 20+ global brands online in SEA (Philips, Nescafe, Ray-Ban, etc.)
# Launched the Alibaba Seller Center in SEA, to serve more than 60K sellers
# Managed a team of 200+ people to run warehousing and logistics for Lazada Thailand

Nicolo R.

The Tech Connectors

The Tech Connectors is a company that works by partnering with innovation and impact-driven companies worldwide looking to enter the South East Asian region. We assist companies in venturing into the territory via a partnership model.

Clients across many industries:
-Blockchain
-Smart City/Logistics
-Fintech
-Cybersecurity
-Marketing
-Medtech
-Venture Builder

Director

BlockDox 

BlockDox is an award winning urban digital solutions company headquartered in London, but working globally.

It is currently focused on two smart city verticals: smart buildings and intelligent transportation.

Tourplus

Tourplus is a Travel Tech company founded in Malaysia on 2015, endorsed by Ministry of Tourism, Art and Culture Malaysia. Currently Tourplus have 3000 registered licensed guides and we provide last minutes booking for travelers who need airport transfer, day tour, multi-day tour.

Investor & Advisor

Engame

Investing in the start-up on a personal capacity.  Engame is a dynamic & hip game studio that pioneered in developing games for consumer engagement & retention.

Delivering Game-As-A-Service platform which enables enterprises to gamify their engagement with their customer enhancing Top of Mind Awareness, Customer Acquisition ratio and Customer Retention.

Engame helps businesses deploy nationwide within 3 days making it really attractive for the fast-paced nature of the retail and F&B market. It currently has 30 ready games.

Some clients include major players in F&B, FMCG and E-wallet industry such as Tealive, Herbalife & Fave

Kuala Lumpur Society 

President

MX Global

MX Global is looking to provide Malaysians with a trusted platform to invest in crypto assets. A fully licensed Digital Asset Exchange (RMO-DAX) under the Securities Commission Malaysia.

We are looking to provide access to digital assets in a safe and compliant manner for users globally.

-A Binance investee company

Lead and managed operational functions and metrics for Retail and Institutional clients.

Head of Operations

Huobi Global

Consulting Huobi for Institutional Sales market expansion regionally 

Spot Exchange (Margin Trading)
Derivatives Exchange (Futures, Perpetual Swaps, Options)
OTC Brokerage
USD Deposit (HUSD)
OTC Loans
Custodian & Wallet
Blockchain Industry & Crypto Trading Research
Crypto Mining

Other services: Listing, Brokerage, Asset Management, Custodian

Institutional Sales Consultant

RISE - Corporate Innovation Powerhouse

A Corporate Innovation Powerhouse with the goal to drive 1% of GDP for Southeast Asia by working with over 400+ large conglomerates and governments to innovate faster through its unique corporate accelerator and intrapreneur programs. RISE is now one of the largest open innovation platforms in SEA with 2,000+ startups graduated from the program and a combined valuation of over $2 Billion.

Regional Program Manager (Consultant)

ipaymy

Regional role to focus on business development and partnership initiatives in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Australia

Regional Business Development and Partnerships (Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Australia)

Cross-functional role to lead the market expansion in Malaysia - partnerships, product management, marketing, compliance to increase customer acquisitions, engagement and retention.

Country Manager (Malaysia)

ipaymy is a payments fintech solving the short term financing problem for SMEs by allowing them to pay their largest operating expenses with their credit card and be paid faster by their customers

Advisor

(MaGIC) Malaysian Global Innovation & Creativity Centre

Lead the strategy & design of the National Technology and Innovation Sandbox, which was eventually announced by the PM of Malaysia with a budget of RM100 million.

Overlooking the operationalisation of this national level cross-ministry/agency and cross-sector initiative to transform Malaysia to be an inclusive high-tech nation.

Head Of Operations - National Technology and Innovation Sandbox

Set-up the funding enablement unit to increase capital deployment into the ecosystem.

Carrying out an Angel Investor training programme to increase the number of angel investors in Malaysia.

Manager - Strategy - Funding Enablement

Providing corporations and SMEs across all sectors with subject matter expertise & industry knowledge on innovation and disruptions globally and regionally.

Conducted stakeholder analysis workshops and engagement meetings to discuss key issues with regards to roadblocks to corporate innovation.

Manager - Ventures

Responsible for the growth and overall development of a consulting company with global innovation and impact-driven partners.

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