Fireside chat with Richard Koh co-founder of Alibaba-backed startup M-DAQ

Dear readers,

We’re excited to bring you our next subscribers-only meetup. This time, we’ll be doing a fireside chat with Richard Koh, co-founder and CEO of M-DAQ, a fintech startup invested by Alibaba.

Koh’s story is inspiring. He came from a poor family, and worked his way up in the investment banking industry. With little luck pushing innovation in the corporate world, he rolled up his sleeves, ventured out, and did it himself.

We’ll have a candid session where you can find out more about his journey. M-DAQ struggled in its early years before its big break, so there’ll be a lot of cool stories and lessons to learn. Do come with your questions to make the most of the session!

Schedule

• What: Fireside chat with Richard Koh, co-founder of Alibaba-backed startup M-DAQ
• Date: September 26, 2019, Thursday
• Time: 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
• Venue: Tech in Asia headquarters, Suntec Tower 2, #04-01
• Audience: Tech in Asia subscribers only, max 50 people

About Richard Koh

Richard Koh has over 30 years of industry experience in Infocomm (ICT), Treasury (FX) and eCommerce covering the Asia Pacific region.

He is the Founder/CEO of M-DAQ, a Singapore home-grown capital markets financial technology startup founded in January 2010 which grew ~1000x in the last 4 financial years.

In September 2015, it went live with a game changer solution assisting Global eCommerce platforms to offer guaranteed FX rate at a fraction of existing price. This solution also won the second prize in the Inaugural Singapore MAS Fintech awards in 2016.

M-DAQ won the top prize in the inaugural SG:Digital awards organised by Infocomm and Media Development Authority (IMDA) and SGTech in November 2018 and awarded the Best Technology Company to work for by Singapore Computer Society in July 2019.

Richard has been a Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA) since 2010 and holds an Executive MBA in International Business (First in Class/Valedictorian), Graduate Diploma in Techno-entrepreneurship, Graduate Diploma in eCommerce, Bachelor of Accountancy (Honours) with specialization in Banking and Finance, Group Diploma in Accounting (1st Singapore Gold Medalist) and Diploma in Computer Studies.

In 2018, he was named Entrepreneur of the Year by Singapore Computer Society, the national ICT association founded in 1967.