Speaker’s Profile

Ivan Yong

Founder and Angel Investor and Best-selling Author

Nanyang Angelz

Ivan Yong is an organisational psychologist, engineer, author and a start-up angel investor. He co-founded Nanyang Angelz, an angel’s network of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore alumnus in China, Hong Kong and ASEAN. Nanyang Angelz seeks to add value as an early stage investor through providing market access via its network.

In his capacity as an organisational psychologist, he has mentored start-up human capital strategies in diverse cultural settings in Asia Pacific. His belief is “right talent, right culture” must go hand in hand.

In the start-up space, he has worked with the Malaysian government in helping government-funded start-ups build a successful team through cultural formation and team collaboration.

Yong is also the founding Vice-President of Solidarity (social projects) for the European Mentoring and Coaching Council, Asia; a member of the Hong Kong Society of Economists; and a published author with the book Department of Startup: Why Every Fortune 500 Should Have One by BEP New York.

He holds a bachelor of engineering (mechanical and production) with honours from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and a MSc in organisational psychology from the University of London.

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