Bryan was previously, the COO of CrowdPlus.asia, one of the 6 SC-licensed equity crowd funding platform operators in Malaysia having spent 2 years in building the platform from scratch and achieving market leadership position. Prior to CrowdPlus.asia, he was a partner in a regional venture capital firm and a VP of a local corporate advisory firm, undertaken transactions as well as investments and incubation in the ASEAN region. Bryan is presently the Councillor of CPA Australia, Malaysia division and also a member of the Digital Economy Force of MIA, the group spearheading the digital transformation of the accounting profession. He is also a speaker on finance and crowdfunding topics at conferences and seminars as well as leadership camps for students.

Bryan graduated with Bachelor in Commerce (Accounting) and First Class Honours in Banking & Finance from Monash University, Australia. He’s also a Fellow of CPA Australia, a Fellow of CIMA, CGMA and a member of MIA.

Apart from working out in the gym, Bryan enjoys arts and drama and plays the guitar to soothe the soul. He is passionate about contributing to inclusiveness in society and believes in the principle that nothing happens by chance but all with a purpose for one to discover.

Aaron founded iSentric Sdn. Bhd. in 2003. In the span of 11 years, iSentric grew to operate in 3 geographical regions; across 4 business pillars of: mobile payment services, best in class full stack mobile banking solution, mobile marketing and mobile game publishing. iSentric successfully navigated the competitive IT industry and ever evolving mobile technology landscape to emerge profitable every year since inception. This culminated in the listing of the company in 2014 on the Australian Stock Exchange. Prior to iSentric, Aaron was attached with Fujitsu Telecommunications in UK and upon returning to Malaysia, joined Accenture as a business consultant.

Aaron obtained First Class BEng (Hon) degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from University College London, UK and bagged the coveted Rank Taylor Hobson Prize, awarded for the best telecommunications research project. He also obtained a MBA from University of Malaya.

He is an active jogger and mountain climber, counting Mount Kinabalu and Mount Fuji as his prized scalps and gearing up to conquer Mount Everest. As an entrepreneur, Aaron believes the key in driving growth of a company is reaching out to the hearts of the employees first and then, alignment to the corporate objectives will follow.