Recognise him? You fund what you recognise.
I advise on M&A, valuations and due diligence, and I have given evidence before the Supreme Court of Singapore. Since 2007 I have sat in the three seats a deal passes through: building the company, selling it, and judging it when it is disputed.
Some of the people along the way.
On the panel with Sim Gim Guan (SNEF) and Musa Fazal (SBF), moderated by Michelle Lin.
Panel speaker.
Speaking.
Appreciation lunch for the programme’s reviewers. I served through IVAS.
Built.
Engineer, B.Eng., NTU. From 2002 to 2007, the first shareholder in a satellite earth-station business grown to 13 countries.
Sold.
In M&A since 2007, including five years at KPMG, across engagements with aggregate transaction value exceeding US$2.5B (as of 2026). SGX approved my valuation report without amendment. At KPMG, a Gold Award in the Service Excellence Team Awards 2010, as a member of the Temasek Holdings client service team.
Judged.
Expert witness before the Supreme Court of Singapore. My forensic-accounting evidence was preferred at first instance and affirmed on appeal. Separately, a lay member of the Inquiry Panel under the Legal Profession Act, reappointed by the Chief Justice for 2026–2028 (Gazette No. 5308/2026).
IP valuation expert, Intellectual Property Office of Singapore
Joint WIPO–IPOS List of Experts in IP Valuation
Member, Memberships & Standards Recognition Committee
IVAS–IVSC Business Valuation Conference
Financial Reporting Surveillance Programme, through IVAS
VC Lab Cohort 16, one of 70 graduates from 2,608 applicants
ACCA AB magazine, “Specialise in: M&A deal advisory”
IS Chartered Accountant, February 2015
SGTech Founders Friday, “Importance of IP in M&A”, Google Singapore, 7 February 2025
Valuation Essentials for Family Lawyers, November 2021
Joint Global Business Conference, Kuala Lumpur, July 2025
The founder you passed on looked nothing like you. The evidence was in the deck.
An investor trusts the founder who feels familiar, the school, the path, the way of talking, and calls that familiarity judgment. I have read founders across deals since 2007. Each week in Unrecognised I read one founder investors did not recognise, and what the evidence said.
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How do Verdict™ and VALLARIS™ fit together?
They sit either side of a US$10M ARR line. Below it, Verdict™ scores founders and matches them to the investors whose mandate they fit. Above it, a valuation or a due-diligence report has to be signed by a credentialled professional who carries the liability. That is VALLARIS™: an independent M&A and capital advisory studio where a named Chartered Valuer and Appraiser signs every valuation and report.
What is Unrecognised?
My LinkedIn newsletter. Each issue reads one deal: what the room recognised, and what the evidence showed.
Can I book you to speak?
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