KunalChowdhry氏

Kunal currently manages a multi-million dollar investment company based in Singapore providing financial advisory and consultancy services. The company makes investments across multiple asset classes including fixed income, global equities, currencies and derivatives. More recently, the company has diversified into start-up investing with a focus on companies based in India, UK, South and South-East Asia. Though sector agnostic, Kunal's area of interest and expertise is SAAS companies in the HR Tech and Fin Tech spaces. In the last one year, under Kunal's leadership, the company has started diversifying into the hospitality and sports entrepreneurship arenas. He has recently entered into a partnership with the Costa Coffee family to bring a revolutionary new coffee concept to the streets of London. He is also looking at setting up a regional headquarters of the company in Dubai to focus on opportunities in the Middle-East. The company also started investing in Web 3 and blockchain in 2020. Kunal has a special interest in blockchain, having written a number of articles on the need for light-touch regulation to engender greater trust in the industry as a whole. He is a frequent contributor to business news channels in Asia whenever there is a significant development in the Web 3 and crypto space. Prior to running Apollo Singapore Investments, Kunal worked for the CEO of DBS Bank, SE Asia’s largest Bank, on a number of strategic initiatives in SE Asia in the wealth management, SME and Institutional Investor businesses. He started his career with Accenture in London where he worked as a financial services consultant in the payments and insurance verticals. Through a unique partnership with the Ministry of Education in Singapore, Kunal has also been mentoring high school and University students in Singapore since 2014. He has mentored close to 50 students with several students going on to top Universities in Asia and the United States. . Kunal has an MBA with Distinction from Harvard Business School, an MA (Cantab) from the University of Cambridge and a B.Sc. (Hons) degree from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi. He is an alumni board member of Harvard Business School, the Oxbridge Society Singapore and is a member of the globally-recognised YPO (Young Professionals Organisation). Kunal is married with 3 kids and in his spare time, enjoys watching movies, listening to music and watching tennis (mostly court side!).