Kelvin Tan

VC & Venture Builder | Trade, Investments, & Emerging Markets Leader

📍 Singapore, Singapore🔄 Updated September 2026💼 1 investments📅 7 years investing🗓 Last invested Apr 2019𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Founding Board Member
Apr 2019
Central and Eastern European Chamber of Commerce (Singapore) - CEEC is a non-profit organisation in Singapore for individuals and companies to connect, network, discuss, develop and strengthen common business ties, interests and opportunities between each other, CEE and Singapore, and Southeast Asia. The Chambers objectives are to assist and promote business, trade, investment, finance, services, industry, economic and commercial interests between CEE and Singapore; as well as to assist Singaporean business interests in the CEE. For feedback and inquiries: hello@ceec.org.sg.
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2019
Founding Board Member
Apr 2019
Central and Eastern European Chamber of Commerce (Singapore) - CEEC is a non-profit organisation in Singapore for individuals and companies to connect, network, discuss, develop and strengthen common business ties, interests and opportunities between each other, CEE and Singapore, and Southeast Asia. The Chambers objectives are to assist and promote business, trade, investment, finance, services, industry, economic and commercial interests between CEE and Singapore; as well as to assist Singaporean business interests in the CEE. For feedback and inquiries: hello@ceec.org.sg.
2017
Co-founder & Chief Investment Officer
Sep 2017
GTR Ventures is the world’s first venture-building and investment platform specialised in trade and supply chain. In exclusive partnership with Global Trade Review (GTR), the world’s leader in global trade and trade finance intelligence, publishing, news and events, GTR Ventures enjoys a presence in London, Singapore, and Hong Kong. GTR has a proprietary network of over 25,000 decision makers in trade finance, treasury and insurance, and organises events annually in over 20 cities across 6 continents, in venues such as Chicago, Mexico, London, Paris, Cairo, Nairobi, Lagos, Cape Town, Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, Shanghai and Jakarta. Leveraging this platform innovative companies in trade and trade finance who join GTR Ventures as our partners and portfolio are able to engage the world’s most powerful trade finance community, as well as investors who appreciate trade finance as an asset class. Our vision: to pioneer investments in fintechs for trade and champion trade finance as an alternative asset class that has been shown to be low risk, stable, and liquid. With this vision in mind, we have identified four investment areas of focus: Transaction Banking Trade Insurance & Risk Management SME Finance & Supply Chain Physical Trade GTR Ventures engages key public and private sector stakeholders in the trade universe. Together we champion trade and trade finance as an asset class and mobilise private capital into trade. Trade just got smarter.
2015
Deputy Director, Infrastructure, Trade Finance & Capital Markets
Feb 2015
MAS is at the forefront of Singapore’s rapidly growing financial industry, creating new policies and initiatives that address the ever-changing landscape. Work at MAS promises not only challenges worthy of your intellectual abilities, but also the personal satisfaction that comes from building one of Asia’s premier financial hubs. We invite you to take up the challenge and make a difference to Singapore’s economic and financial development! At MAS, we place a great emphasis on developing a vibrant and conducive work environment that motivates each and every employee to make a meaningful contribution to the organisation. Our people recognize the importance of upholding our values to achieve more together. We believe that it is essential that our people enjoy working here with one another. MAS​ Functions - To act as the central bank of Singapore, including the conduct of monetary policy, the issuance of currency, the oversight of payment systems and serving as banker to and financial agent of the Government - To conduct integrated supervision of financial services and financial stability surveillance - To manage the official foreign reserves of Singapore - To develop Singapore as an international financial centre