Advisory Excellence
Global Tech & Investments Advisory Board
Strategic guidance across technology, finance, and market access to support our mission.
MAS-Licensed Funds Manager for ACT! VCC
Terence Wong
MAS-Licensed Funds Manager
CEO, Azure Capital Pte Ltd
Executive Director / Head of Research - DMG & Partners Securities
CEO - SIAS Research Pte Ltd
Chairman of the Investment Committee of SGX-listed Second Chance Properties
Director at Lyte Principal, a licensed fintech
Member of the Audit and Risk Committee of the Securities Investors Association (Singapore)
Engaged in volunteering activities for underprivileged and elderly individuals
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Technology Advisors
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Finance Advisors
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Market Access Advisors
Technology Advisory
Prof. Emeritus Dr. Alex Severinsky
Technology Advisor
Inventor of the Hyperdrive power-amplified ICE power train used in the Toyota Prius
Founder and Chairman Emeritus of PAICE Corporation; CEO of Fuelcor LLC
Holds 30 patents in the US with numerous international filings
Thomas A. Edison Patent Award, ASME (2009)
A. James Clark School of Engineering Innovation Hall of Fame inductee (2008)
Roderick Chia
Technology Advisor
Chief Strategy Officer, CTO, and Board Member at Oyika
Founder and Chairman of rodVENTURE
Strategic Advisor, Global Investments for VIA Sustainable Technologies
Kauffman Foundation Facilitator
Dr. Detlef Kratz
Technology Advisor
President, Central Division at BASF SE
President, Process Research & Chemical Engineering at BASF
Senior VP, Corporate Technology & Operational Excellence at BASF
Head of Regional Business Unit Petrochemicals Asia-Pacific
Prof. Seeram Ramakrishna
Technology Advisor
Ranked among top 3 globally for interdisciplinary research
Listed among Singapore’s top four scientists (2024)
Published 500+ Q1 journal papers, H-index of 213, ~213,500 citations
Fellow of UK Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng)
Foreign Academician, Chinese Academy of Engineering
Dr. Sanjay Kuttan
Technology Advisor
Chief Strategy Officer, Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation
Executive Director, Singapore Maritime Institute
Managing Director/Country Manager, DNVGL - Energy
Engagement Manager, McKinsey & Company
Finance Advisory
Geir Espeskog
Finance Advisor
Head of Wealth, Southeast Asia, Singapore – BlackRock
Co-head for Sustainable Investing, Asia Pacific – BlackRock
Managing Director, Head of iShares Asia Pacific Distribution
VP, Equity Derivative Sales – Goldman Sachs International
Paraj Kakkar
Finance Advisor
Founder and Director of AssuranceBox (private capital solutions for decarbonization)
Over 20 years of decarbonization and climate impact PE investment experience
Advised CBRE, JLL, JD Logistics, Blackstone, Astra International, Lego, Unilever
Dennis Ng
Finance Advisor
Director, Kinross Pte Ltd (Regenerative Agriculture)
Portfolio Manager, Azure Capital, Aurelian8 Capital Digital Asset Fund
Director, Fortmancline Asia Pte Ltd
Market Access Advisory
H.E. Dato’ Abdul Majid Ahmad Khan
Government & Market Access Advisor
Chairman of Malaysia Investments Development Authority (MIDA)
Senior Executive, Ministry of Foreign Affairs for 34 years
Ambassador of Malaysia to China (1998)
Director General of ASEAN (1998)
Chairman of Malaysia-China Friendship Association
Ron Kaufman
Market Access Advisor
Author & CEO, Uplifting Service
International Keynote Speaker
Founder, Discovering the World
Advisory Depth
10 advisors across technology, operations, finance, and government relations
Deep technical expertise in energy, chemistry, and engineering
Market Access across Multiple Regions of the world
Full advisor bios available upon NDA execution