Jason Lee Email & Phone Number

Santa Monica, California, Us

The Milken Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank focused on accelerating measurable progress on the path to a meaningful life. With a focus on financial, physical, mental, and environmental health, we bring together the best ideas and innovative resourcing to develop blueprints for tackling some of our most critical global issues through the lens of what’s pressing now and what’s coming next.My role will cover operations and business and program development for the Milken Institute Asia Center based out of Singapore.

I help my clients to do what they do best by providing COO-as-a-Service work for them:- Strategic Operations: Aligning business operations with mission-critical goals.- Process Efficiency: Enhancing productivity through process redesign and tech automation.- Financial Oversight: Ensuring fiscal health and regulatory compliance.- Team Leadership: Mentoring teams for excellence and collaborative success.- Stakeholder Engagement: Cultivating influential relationships to propel organizational aims.- Performance Metrics: Measuring and amplifying impact through data-driven insights.- Risk Control: Fortifying operations against risks with proactive strategies.- Innovation Advocacy: Leading with agility to foster continuous organizational innovation.I also angel invest in the companies I work with.

Singapore, Sg

- Provided leadership over various functions including operations, finance, HR, legal, community, grants and program office; grew team size from 3-4x across over a dozen cities in an office / remote hybrid environment. - Planned organizational structure and execution plan, policies, processes, deliverables and oversee budgets across the entire foundation. - Responsible over monthly board reporting including presentations over operational matters, risk management, key updates and strategic priorities.- Engaged in special projects to bring in new relationships that will grow and lift the network of the Algorand blockchain protocol, including deepening relationships with existing stakeholders.- Managed multiple ecosystem partners, vendor and agency relationships focused on Algorand priority initiatives and impact areas.

- Shaped strategic policy advocacy as Board Member, influencing the national blockchain agenda.- Championed industry standards and best practices, and nurtured a robust blockchain innovation and implementation framework.- Cultivated a focus on financial sustainability, fostering strategic partnerships and alliances, and amplifying the global presence of Australian blockchain enterprises.- The association, had a 3x increase in revenue and a multiple-fold increase in overall membership through the leadership of the incoming CEO in partnership with the board.

Gibraltar, Gi

- Board and trustee position overseeing financial sustainability and governance of the foundation

Gibraltar, Gi

Council Member, Executive Committee and Board of Director- Member of senior management; oversaw budgets across two major hubs including a center of excellence.- Led effort to build new partnerships with ecosystem partners with travel across 30 cities.- Advance pipeline of partners in expanding to new industries, markets and organizations.

Gibraltar, Gi

Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, My

- Co-founded company; maintained equity holding; exited active management.- Raised USD 14.7 million in Series B funding led by Khazanah, Malaysia’s Sovereign Wealth Fund. PolicyStreet is an insurance technology group of companies providing cutting-edge digital insurance solutions to businesses and consumers in Southeast Asia and Australia. Through its regional group of companies, it serves more than 5 million customers with over US$ 4 billion in insured sums. - In 2022, it was named as one of the 100 Leading Emerging Giants in the Asia Pacific by KPMG and HSBC and was recognised at the Top in Tech Innovation Awards 2022 for Most Value Creation.

Cyberjaya , Selangor , My

- Co-founded and developed a Smart City Accelerator program (funded by an arm of the Malaysian Government's Ministry of Finance, Cyberview).- With the team, developed a community that led to over 74 startups in the program with 592,000+ customers and 700+ new jobs created alongside 190+ new partnerships formed.

Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hk

- Was responsible for launching FinTech communities across the world as Global Chapters Director, leading over 40 chapters- Worked with leads in creating strategies to build their community and launch chapters in various cities- Identify potential partners for FinTech Community Chapters locally/regionally/globally- Co-organised Australia's first and largest week-long FinTech Festival in Melbourne

Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hk

Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hk

London, England, Gb

- Designed and delivered Wealth Management proposition to Private, Priority and Personal Banking segments- Developed best-in-class wealth client experience, wealth brand recognition, sales and client education programs- Provided core input to the strategic development of business- Pioneered FinTech Initiative with private and priority banking video call for clients in branch with HQ-based investment consultants

London, England, Gb

2-year graduate programme covering 180 management associates out of 15,000 applications across 30 countries. Had exposure in various parts of banking including wealth management, priority and commercial banking, process and operations and in the CEO's office. - Business Planning: supported Retail Clients Head's strategic business initiatives - Internal Communications: supported branding strategy for the Retail Clients Office - Project management: organised Half-Year Strategy Management Workshop for CEO’s top team - Support: Prepared speeches/talking points for CEO's engagements and conferences - Leadership role: Project Lead for working committee to produce Malaysia’s 140th Anniversary Coffee Table Book, launched by the Chairman and Group CEO Other roles:- Branch Sales: achieved 120% of revenue target as Priority Banking Relationship Manager- Branch Reengineering: developed new process controls, improved staff productivity by 24% - Credit Risk: Project Lead in a team of 7 managers to upgrade auto-dialer system - Vendor Management: reviewed yearly service level agreements and onboarded new vendor - Portfolio Analytics: uncovered up-sell & cross-sell opportunities within the SME segment- Frontline communication: sent out key updates on Wealth Management solutions nationwide- Ideation: develop accessible, easy to understand Product Collaterals for frontline staff

Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, My

Specialization in word-of-mouth marketing appealing to trending cause-centred ideas.

Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory Of Kuala Lumpur, My

Consulting role as to a social enterprise startup, a youth marketing agency providing online and onground campaigns for youth markets with clients such as the largest bank in Malaysia and government agencies.

Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Us

Law lecturer for Property Law and Torts Law (Law of Negligence) for 3rd-year university students as part of the University of Tasmania Bachelors of Law degree program

Economics Of Blockchain And Digital Assets (In Progress)

University Of Cambridge Executive Education Programmes

Governance Foundations For Not For Profit Directors

Mib, Master In International Business

Ll.B, Law

South Australian Matriculation (Pre-University)

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