Allen Cheong is the founder and managing director of Kai Asia Advisors. He has more than 25 years of corporate finance and investment experience across geographies, sectors and cycles, and held various investment banking positions in market-leading financial institutions such as DBS Bank, OCBC Bank and Daiwa Capital Markets. As a seasoned investment banker, he has helped many clients grow their business through M&As, IPOs, fund raisings and restructurings. Over the years, he has developed a broad network of relationships with corporates, financial institutions, family offices, funds and professional service providers. Leveraging the digitalisation megatrend, Allen had previously set up a venture capital fund as the CEO, focusing on investing in early-stage tech start-ups in the Southeast Asia.