Stanford University Graduate School of Business

Curtin University

Tsinghua University

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Kaya Founders

Investor

Endeavor

Endeavor Entrepreneur

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edamama is the #1 online-to-offline (O2O) parenting platform in the Philippines, with the mission to build Southeast Asia's most trusted brand for parenting products, services and content. To date, edamama has raised over US$35M from leading strategic and financial investors, including Alpha JWC Ventures, Robinsons Retail, Gentree Fund, ACTIVE Fund, Kickstart Ventures, Innoven Capital, GS Group, Foxmont Capital Partners, and more. edamama is a member of Endeavor Global, LinkedIn Top Startups and Forbes Asia 100 To Watch.

edamama

Co-Founder, Chairman

Investment and portfolio operations advisory.

Creador

Advisor

CIBI is the pioneering credit reporting agency in the Philippines, providing a suite of solutions such as eKYC, fraud detection, people and business intelligence, data analytics and credit scoring/reporting to financial and non-financial industries across the country. CIBI is a portfolio company of Creador.

CIBI Information, Inc.

Board Advisor

MR. D.I.Y.

MR. D.I.Y. (KLSE: MRDIY, US$5B+ market cap) is Southeast Asia's largest home improvement retailer with 2,000+ stores across the region. Oversaw roll-out of 150+ new stores (comprising 90K+ sqm of retail floor area) across the Philippines, including business development, capital deployment, P&L performance, and capacity expansion to 3,000 personnel and 20K sqm of warehouse infrastructure. Recruited key management, structured team for rapid growth, achieved country-level profitability well ahead of schedule, and scaled monthly revenue by over 20x in just over two years while steering the organization through the COVID-19 pandemic. MR. D.I.Y. is a portfolio company of Creador.

Country Head

Creador is a US$2B+ AUM mid-market private equity firm focused on growing world-class businesses in South and Southeast Asia, primarily across retail, consumer, healthcare, financial services and business services sectors.

Director

Bake With Yen (BWY) is Malaysia's largest baking and specialty food ingredients retailer with 70+ stores across the country. Stabilized organization during leadership transition, preserving 30% revenue growth while rebuilding culture, streamlining processes and enhancing QHSE oversight. Established new production and multi-temperature warehouse facilities in Peninsular and East Malaysia concurrently. BWY is a portfolio company of Creador.

Bake With Yen Malaysia

Interim CEO, Project Director

Independent Director for operating subsidiary of leading North American live video monitoring and surveillance solutions provider, from local incorporation to acquisition of parent company by US private equity firm.

Stealth Monitoring (Philippines)

Board Member

Cardinal Agri is a fast-growing agritech company that aims to uplift the farming communities we partner with and supply high-quality natural products to a global consumer base. Our certified organic portfolio includes aseptically-processed coconut water and coconut milk, virgin coconut oil and desiccated coconut. Our state-of-the-art integrated processing facilities are accredited to BRC, SMETA, Kosher, Halal and US FDA standards. Built management team, manufacturing plant (400MT daily capacity) and operations from scratch in remote island environment. Developed relationships and secured US$250M+ strategic sales agreements with market-leading consumer brands and distributors.

Cardinal Agri

Co-Founder, Managing Director & Board Member

AG&P is a 7,000-personnel private equity-backed modular construction and infrastructure services provider. Oversight of worldwide sales and strategic growth initiatives with responsibility for BD strategy, budget, operations and staff management. Originated and negotiated US$600M+ of new business across global LNG, power, mining and offshore energy sectors. Member of Executive Management Committee.

Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Company (AG&P)

VP, Head of Global Business Development

Business development and project finance for Fortune 200 power company (NYSE: AES, US$17B+ market cap) with multinational portfolio of generation and distribution businesses. Led key streams of nearly 2,000MW of high-profile greenfield and brownfield power asset developments/financings across Southeast Asia, including the US$2B project financing of Vietnam's largest ever private power investment.

The AES Corporation

Commercial Manager

- Financial and market analyses for US manufacturer of photovoltaic modules with US$600M+ in venture funding.
- Business development and strategic planning for World Bank-funded startup focused on solar energy solutions for rural consumers in Tanzania.

Various Renewable Energy Startups

Business Development Consultant

Engineering, procurement, construction and operations management of subsea technologies and high-risk offshore projects for Australia's largest independent petroleum corporation (ASX: WPL, US$17B+ market cap). Managed design, manufacturing and testing of critical underwater infrastructure across Europe, Asia and Australia. Planned and supervised the execution of complex remotely-operated submarine activities comprising multiple project stakeholders and cross-functional teams.

Nishant D'Souza