Our Team
Amassing an extraordinary blend of individuals from diverse business backgrounds and experience across multiple fields, the team at Amand Ventures are specialists in understanding the demands and challenges in the entrepreneurial realm.
Triono Dawis
Non-executive Chairman
Triono has been the independent Director of QAF Limited since May 2016 while serving as the Managing Director of Amand Ventures. He has extensive experience as a CEO in the realm of real estate investment & hospitality development as well as in the food and beverage sector in the South East Asian region. Triono holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with concentration in Accounting and Finance from the Haas School of Business in the University of California, Berkeley, California.
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Kevin Foo
Investment Committee Member
With more than 10 years of experience investing in companies across geographical regions and stages from seed to IPO, Kevin has been instrumental in identifying viable investment opportunities and helping portfolio companies execute their growth strategies. His previous roles include being the first-ever Head of Investment of Cap Vista, allowing him to oversee collaborations and investments with international partners such as NATO, US Department of Defense & Department of Homeland Security. His area of investment focus is in deep, frontier technology companies and his investment portfolio also saw co-investments from Softbank, Silver Lake and Mark Cuban Ventures to name a few. Having established a well-connected investor network in SE Asia, he also took on strategic advisory roles as part of the Limited Partner Advisory Committees of various investment funds and venture builders across the world.
Dennis Lim
Investment Committee Member
Dennis has over 13 years’ experience in investing in global equities including 8 years of investing in China on-shore markets. He was previously the Research Director of Overlook Investments in Hong Kong and co-founded Aspen Crest Partners in Hong Kong. His other experiences included stints as an investment analyst at Owl Creek Hong Kong Limited, serving as a portfolio manager at Robeco Hong Kong Ltd, as well as junior roles at Horizon Capital Management and Research Limited in Hong Kong and Citigroup Investment Banking. Dennis has a B.Sc in Electrical Engineering (Major) and Economics (Minor) from Columbia University, and graduated Magna Cum Laude.
Venture Partner
Reinforcing Amand’s nucleus, amplifying the specialities and strengths of our oeuvre – our Venture Partner brings
a wealth of experience and values in added contribution.
Alvin Ng
Venture Partner
Alvin Ng has more than 10 years of experience in enabling innovation and commercialization. He enacted public policies and managed large-scale national R&D initiatives at the Singapore Government’s Prime Minister’s Office (National Research Foundation). He also facilitated industry-academia collaborations at the Singapore Institute of Technology, and worked closely with senior management at Singapore Airlines to co-launch Singapore’s first aviation/travel-tech startup accelerator at NUS Enterprise. He is active in bio/health tech investments in Singapore and South Korea as part of a DeepTech investment fund headquartered in South Korea. More recently, he spearheaded business development efforts at a Singapore-based foodtech startup, which enabled the company to double their commercial connections and partnerships. Alvin is a Singapore citizen, and has a PhD in Medicine from the University of Melbourne.