Managing Director

Robert Agnew BSc, MBA

Rob has ten years experience in the financial services and technology industries. In his last position before joining Matrix he was Director for Reuters Group plc’s asset management business in Asia. Previously he has led the finance function for Reuters for the Greater China region. He has successfully conducted a range of business development projects including a distribution arrangement in China, content deals in HK and a joint venture partnership.
He has lived and worked in Asia for seven years.

He is a graduate of University College Dublin and has an MBA from Edinburgh Business School.

Directors

Jun J. Wu PhD, MBA

Jun has in-depth knowledge about the healthcare industry, having worked in various functions including technology management, market research, business development, and financial analysis. He has recently worked on consulting projects that include due diligence in the financial services industry, sourcing for Western manufacturing companies in China, and partnership in the biopharmaceutical industry. He has lived and worked in USA, Norway, France, Singapore and China.

He is a graduate of University of Science & Technology of China, and holds a PhD degree from Columbia University, and an MBA from INSEAD.

Lisa Tsang LLB, MSc

Lisa has six years experience in information technology and systems. She has worked on a number of projects for Deutsche Bank and others in the asset management space.

She is a graduate of Huddersfield University in the UK and holds a Masters in Computer Science from Birkbeck College, University of London.

Associates

Arun George BComm, MBA

Arun joins Matrix from Hewlett-Packard in Singapore where he was a member of both their regional pricing team handling pricing of new products and their deal management team for the Asia Pacific region. His financial services industry experience has been garnered from his time with the Assurance & Business Advisory division of the erstwhile Arthur Andersen & Associates, handling audits as well as business performance and process control reviews for clients in the manufacturing and IT sectors. Arun has also worked in the outsourcing industry whilst at Accenture and as a management associate with LKT Automation in Penang, Malaysia.

He is a business graduate from Bangalore University, and has an MBA from the Nanyang Business School in Singapore.

Leanne Wee BA, AACA

Leanne has eight years of working experience in finance and audit within the accounting and financial services industries. Her experience gained within finance is well diversified with external and internal audits, and business analysis. She also has international experience having worked in regional positions in London and Singapore. Her main expertise is in the line of internal controls and process improvements.

Leanne is a graduate in Accountancy and Finance from University of Western Australia and is an Australian qualified Chartered Accountant.

Yi Hua BSc, MBA

Hua Yi has in-depth knowledge of the civil aviation and telecom industries, having worked in various functions including engineering, technology management, sourcing and financial analysis. Previously, he worked for Alcatel in China, where he was responsible for sourcing main production equipment and localisation, whilst establishing an effective intercommunication channel for the China sourcing team with Alcatel Sourcing, headquartered in Paris.

He is a graduate of Beijing University in aeronautic and astronautic and holds electric engineering diploma and MBA from University of Hong Kong. Also he was awarded the title of Distinction Graduate by the University of Hong Kong.

Senior Advisor

David Newton BA, ASIA, FCA

David is one of the founders of Matrix Services. He is the CFO for LexisNexis in Asia. Previously, he was the Asian Finance Director for the FT, as well as having 17 years experience in the financial information and media business. In his last position at Reuters, he was Head of Finance for Reuters Group plc’s corporate and media business in Asia. His other main roles prior to that were to set up and run a business analysis function for the Reuters Marketing function across the Asia region in the mid to late 1990s, and to lead a systems based programme to improve operational efficiency in the finance and administration functions in the early to mid 1990s. He has lived and worked in Asia for 13 years.

David read mathematics at Oxford University, he is a KPMG qualified Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, England and Wales; and an Associate of the Securities Institute of Australia.

Agent

Les Clemenson BSc, CEng, MIET

Les has over 30 years experience in the IT industry and the Financial Services market. Former roles include European Managing Director of an Indian IT and Business Process outsourcing company, Head of Global Operations for Reuters based in New York and Technical Director Reuters Asia based in Singapore.

He has a degree in Electronic Engineering, is a Chartered Engineer and a Member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology.