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Metro Manila, Philippines

Ncr - National Capital Region, Philippines

Currently overseeing data analytics, performance monitoring, and financial planning & analysis efforts for WMG's Philippine affiliate. Created and leveraged Tableau dashboards, SQL queries and spreadsheet models to monitor market share and organic growth, scout opportunities for the label, and perform financial valuations. Spotted, valued and helped amplify several chart successes, including seven signed domestic artists whose catalogues yielded two #1 songs on the Spotify charts and several in the Top 10, influencing two consecutive years of double-digit digital revenue growth for the company. Discovered two talents using algorithmic scouting who went on to chart at or near the Spotify Top 10 and see viral success on TikTok. Valued a catalogue renewal for a major act that produced 2 of the top 5 most valuable songs in Spotify Philippine history as of end 2021. Previously handled account servicing responsibilities, pitching tracks for editorial seeding to key playlists on Spotify and Apple Music, as well as co-organising promo activities. Learnt advanced Excel, intermediate SQL coding and intermediate Tableau dashboard creation capabilities on the job, as well as elementary experience with Python and linear regression.

Ncr - National Capital Region, Philippines

Performed sell-side investment and valuation appraisals, helped raise debt and equity capital for project financing, and helped groom a pipeline of six (6) small-to-medium enterprises (SME) and tech startups for listing. Worked alongside a management committee with a track record for launching IPOs on the Philippine Stock Exchange in the tech (Xurpas) and mass housing (8990 Holdings Inc.) industries.

Ncr - National Capital Region, Philippines

Executed investment appraisals, valuations, credit analyses and M&A exercises for the investment house subsidiary of the Metro Gaisano group of companies. Facilitated credit and equity investments ranging in size from US$10-300 million.

Hong Kong

Wrote and co-wrote published political research articles, served as a first reader for academic papers, and assisted in the administration of lectures under the supervision of Professor Reuben Mondejar, coordinator of the Global Business Management department at the City University of Hong Kong, and a visiting scholar at Harvard University, the University of Cambridge, INSEAD and IESE Shanghai, among others. Co-published various articles in the South China Morning Post and other publications, including “Hong Kong-ASEAN trade pact will open doors to richer, deeper relations” and a research paper brief titled “Game Theory and the South China Sea”, which was presented personally at the WARES 2015 conference in Bangkok, Thailand.

Manila, Philippines

Strategic planning work for the third-largest television network in the Philippines. Produced feasibility studies for a new TV channel with a project cost of over US$15 million and a greenlit major network technology upgrade valued at over US$11 million.

Hong Kong, China And Manila, Philippines

Collected voice samples from 600 Manila residents for Google’s ‘Word of Mouth’ Project, a global crowdsourcing effort aimed at adding a voice search feature to the Google search engine.

Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba), Management Of Organizations And Marketing (Minor: China Studies), Honors (2:1)

Activities and Societies: Music (vocal performance): Winner, HKUST Talent Show for International Students, (2008) and 1st runner-up, HKUST.

International Baccalaureate (Ib) Diploma, English, Business Management, French, Biology, Mathematics & Psychology, 39/45 (~Top 6%)

Activities and Societies: Senior Prefect, Student Council Member, BSM Choir Male Leader, Captain of Male Basketball Team, Member of Swim.