At CFO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Singapore based CFO’ operating in the Mobile space. If you think a CFO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Tony Hou
Senior Vice President & Group CFO of Sea
Tony Hou joined our company in September 2010 and has served as our group chief financial officer since January 2013. He previously served as our financial controller. Before joining us, Tony was an audit senior manager at Ernst & Young, where he worked from October 2000 to September 2010 in both China and the U.S. Tony is a non-practicing U.S. Certified Public Accountant and a non-practicing member of the Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He holds an M.B.A. degree from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business and a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Fudan University.
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About Sea: Sea is the leading consumer internet company in Southeast Asia and Taiwan.
Nicholas Tan
Chief Financial Officer of StarHub
Nicholas joined StarHub as Chief Financial Officer on 1 July 2013.Before joining StarHub, Nicholas was the Senior Vice President of Corporate Planning at ST Telemedia, responsible for business oversight of subsidiaries; harnessing the collective strengths of the ST Telemedia Group of companies for synergistic gains; and spearheading group knowledge management — including financial, operational risk management, processes and systems. Nicholas also oversees the overall enterprise risk management (ERM) function at ST Telemedia. Nicholas founded and launched a unique focus group of noteworthy practitioners across various industries, creating and galvanising a forum to exchange ideas and experiences, enrich one another’s organisations, and raise the standards of ERM in Singapore.Prior to that, Nicholas was also seconded to ST Telemedia’s former Indonesian subsidiary, PT Indosat Tbk, where he served as its Chief Financial Officer for two successive years from 2002. There, he was instrumental in the successful conclusion of a complex refinancing exercise that raised almost US$1 billion from three instruments—garnering several industry awards along the way. Nicholas’s other previous appointments include Vice President of Finance at StarHub Ltd; Finance Director at ST Telemedia; Financial Controller (S.E. Asia) of Becton Dickinson Medical; Manager of Tax & Treasury at Hewlett Packard Singapore; and Corporate Internal Audit at Texas Instruments Singapore.
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About StarHub: StarHub is a fully-integrated company that offers information, communication, and entertainment services to consumers and corporates.
Sandra Cheim
Co-Founder & CFO of Jewel Paymentech
Sandra is the CFO and co-founder of Jewel. She spent several years in Hong Kong at ABN AMRO (subsequently RBS) within the Corporate Finance and Sectors Advisory Teams, where her primary role was providing advisory services for clients in the Private Equity space. Most recently, she managed Corporate Finance for Omesti Berhad, an established IT services provider publicly listed on Bursa Malaysia. Sandra is a CFA® charter holder and graduated from the University of Waterloo, Canada with a Bachelor of Mathematics, double majoring in Actuarial Science and Statistics.
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About Jewel Paymentech: Jewel Paymentech is a FinTech company.
Chee Kiong Mak
CFO of Circles.Life
Chee Kiong Mak is the Chief Financial Officer at Circles.Life.
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About Circles.Life: Circles.Life is a digital telecommunications and lifestyle services provider, with presence in Singapore, Australia, India and Taiwan.
Marcus Yeung
CFO of Gentay Communications Pte Ltd
Marcus is a highly experienced cross border Asian investment expert. He has over 20 years of experience as a CEO, owner, CFO, Private Equity investor, and investment banker. As an entrepreneur, Marcus has founded, grown, managed and sold several business across Asia and leverages upon his deep business experience from senior management positions in the corporate and financial world. As CFO of Gentay Communications, Marcus oversees fund raising and financial allocation across the M&A strategy of the company. Marcus is also the CEO of SEAbridge Partners Pte Ltd, a technology investment and corporate advisory firm.
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About Gentay Communications Pte Ltd: Gentay Communications is a mobile technology company based in Singapore.