Alex Tan

Alex Tan is the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of IIMMPACT, a company he established in 2017. IIMMPACT aims to streamline expense management through a single app that offers various services, including mobile phone top-ups and air ticket purchases. The platform operates as a revenue-sharing payments system and serves as both an information aggregator and a financial tool for users, helping them save on expenses while providing insights to service providers about user activities.12

Under Tan's leadership, IIMMPACT has experienced significant growth, achieving a 17-fold increase in total transaction value (TTV) within two years and reaching a TTV run rate of $300 million. The company became profitable within three years and has received backing from Sequoia Capital.2

Before founding IIMMPACT, Tan worked in various roles at RMIT University, including as a data analyst and business analyst, where he utilized business intelligence programs to analyze data trends and improve processes.23 He holds a Bachelor of Computer Science with a focus on Information Systems from RMIT University, where he achieved a GPA of 3.7.2