Executive Director, Strategic Growth

Key Responsibilities:

• Architect and lead the overarching partnership roadmap to accelerate institutional adoption, liquidity expansion, and market penetration across Singapore and global markets.
• Originate, structure, and negotiate high-impact, multi-party strategic alliances with tier-1 financial institutions, digital asset infrastructure providers, prime brokers, asset managers, and sovereign/institutional investors.
• Bridge the gap between Traditional Finance (TradFi) and web 3 ecosystems, enhance understanding of web 3 trading/ asset management/ tokenization products with strategic partners, and establishing distribution channels that drive measurable business outcomes.
• Spearhead executive-level community engagement, mobilizing institutional investors, family office principals, fintech pioneers, and policy advisors into strategic networks.
• Provide strategic advisory to C-suite on market shifts, liquidity flows, digital asset fund structuring, market infrastructure developments, and competitive positioning.
• Anticipate and mitigate strategic, reputational, and market communication risks in complex multi-jurisdictional environments.
• Ensure all business development, external communication, and partnership activities operate with rigorous institutional standards and strict compliance with applicable regulatory frameworks (e.g., MAS guidelines).

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree / MBA in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, Law, or a related discipline from a recognized institution.
• Minimum 12–15 years of progressive leadership experience in institutional banking, asset management, capital markets, top-tier fintech, or digital asset leadership roles.
• Demonstrated senior executive or board-level advisory experience within the Asia-Pacific financial services landscape.
• Established and influential network across C-suite executives, institutional asset allocators, family offices, liquidity providers and brokerages across Singapore, APAC, and global financial hubs.
• Sophisticated understanding of digital asset market mechanics, fund management frameworks, tokenomics, institutional custody, and digital asset regulatory regimes (e.g., MAS, SFC, global standards).
• Exceptional public speaking, keynote presentation, and negotiation capabilities with proven experience as an executive media spokesperson or industry panelist.