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Neil is a seasoned startup operator turned entrepreneurial ecosystem builder, with nearly a decade of experience advancing technology, digital business, and entrepreneurship across Asia. As Chief Programme Officer at GUIDE, he transforms the firm’s advisory insights into practical venture-education curricula and learning materials designed for entrepreneurs and emerging-market talent. Neil also leads the design and implementation of development programmes and regional initiatives across GUIDE’s network and platforms throughout Asia, fostering innovation and capacity-building in fast-growing ecosystems.

A former entrepreneur and turnaround COO, Neil is actively engaged as an operating advisor and partner to entrepreneurs within the startup ecosystem and the innovation capacity-building space. His work at GUIDE is trusted and recognised by notable intergovernmental organisations, prestigious educational institutions, public-private agencies, and leading Asian venture capital firms — including the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP), the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC, a subsidiary of the Islamic Development Bank), Asia School of Business (ASB, a collaboration between Malaysia’s Central Bank and MIT Sloan School of Management), the Tianjin City Incubator Association, and Gobi Partners, among others.

He has served as a mentor to the Khazanah Innovation Impact Challenge and as a judge for the Future 100 initiative by the UAE Ministry of Economy and the Minister of State for Government Development. He has held the position as the Head of Secretariat of Fintech Association of Malaysia (FAOM). He is the Innovation & Entrepreneurship Centre coach of ASB. Neil holds a Master of Science degree from Tongji University, Shanghai.