Global talent investor

EF Alumni

Benjamin Tang Hao Zhe

CTO, Twurs

Founded:

Cofounder:

Darren Goh Boon Yew

Interests / background:

AI, Engineering, Travel and Hospitality

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Cohort:

Benjamin has strong expertise in AI and software engineering. He is an ex-national athlete, repeat start-up founder, and the youngest ever quant at a top investment bank. At BNP Paribas, he was in a PhD-level role specialising in applying AI techniques to financial markets where he managed teams in India and Singapore.

Twurs pitch at Singapore 8 Demo Day.

Company:

Twurs

Providing tour operators with management software to assist with real-time bookings and reselling services

Darren Goh Boon Yew

Expert in strategic management, marketing and business operations

Arjun Ramaswami Palaniappan

Electronic expert with industrial PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Shubhita Tripathi

Pathogen expert with PhD in Microbiology and Immunology, designed pathogen identification assays

Arthur Wandzel

CTO, Project Nomi

Researcher specialising in autonomous vehicles and graph neural networks

Gui Wainwright

CEO, Project Nomi

Worked on wide-scale data and behaviour change projects and lead on Special Projects and Data

Dmitry Vedenypain

PhD in AI and MBA, experience in consultancy and scaling product teams in VC-funded fintech

Saurabh Chauhan

Led turnaround as group managing director at Vaniday, previously McKinsey and Daraz.IK

Dr Mohammad Tavakkoli

PhD in Chemical Engineering, researched into advanced materials

Adam Boujida

Experience in risk management in aviation, F&B and manufacturing industries

Shubham Kaushal

Seasoned software engineer, first engineer at Chaldal

Saptarshi Nath

Led quant studies for Fortune 100 companies

Dr Stefano Goria

PhD in Theoretical Physics and ex-quantative analyst

Dr Emilia Molimpakis

PhD in Linguistics, Neuroscience & Psychology, expert in using language as a biomarker for cognition

Harry Grieve

Full stack data scientist, developed and sold enterprise AI solutions

Dr. Ben Fielding

Computer scientist with publications in Evolutionary Optimisation for Neural Architecture Search

Hugo Pascail

CTO, Invest Insight

PhD in Quantitative Finance, experience building AI models and econometric algorithms

Jean-Régis de Vauplane

CEO, Invest Insight

Worked on AI and web projects as an Agile Coach and Product Manager

Guglielmo Montone

Specialist in deep and transfer learning

Maëliza Seymour

Experience as an IT project manager at global banks, machine learning graduate

Manasa Nadipally

Co-founder, Litmus Eye

Expert in Computer Vision, Patter Recognition and Medical Image Processing

Satyakama Paul

CTO, BrainEnTech Neuroscience

Data scientist with PhD and postdoc in AI and experience in Machine Learning

Uzair Ahmed

CTO, Right-Hand Cybersecurity

Expertise across leadership, AI and software development

Shivam Mani Tripathi

Deep research in AI and automation, experience in product building

Dornoosh Zonoobi

PhD in AI medical imaging, experience in leading clinical research

Boon Khai Lim

CTO, Interviewer.AI

Built large-scale web applications, passionate about disruptive tech

Hardik Thakkar

Built complex systems as a software engineer, experienced in Data Science and managing large teams

Puneet Chhabra

CTO, Headlight AI

Experienced in LiDAR, Radar, and Sonar technologies, PhD in Electrical Engineering

Ali Safari

Trained as a nuclear engineer, passionate about using technology to impact climate change

Dmitry Vedenypain

PhD in AI and MBA, experience in consultancy and scaling product teams in VC-funded fintech

Zeena Qureshi

Speech and language therapy expert

Rayna Patel

CEO, VineHealth

Doctor and neuroscientist, previously Cambridge, Harvard, MIT, Columbia

Georgina Kirby

CTO, VineHealth

Data scientist, previously Imperial College London and GSK

John Flynn

MSc Sound Computing, film industry

Sachin Chiramel

CEO, real analytics

Experience in investment banking and financial services

Nitin Shukla

CTO, real analytics

Experienced data scientist, previously IIT

Laina Emmanuel

CEO, Brainsight AI

Healthcare business expert, previously Clinton Health Access Initiative

Rimjhim Agrawal

CTO, Brainsight AI

PhD in AI in Psychiatry from National Institute of Mental Health and Neuroscience

Sasha Haco

Astrophysicist, previously Cambridge and Harvard

James Thewlis

Computer vision expert, previously Oxford, Facebook and AdTech

Pahini Pandya

Cancer researcher, post-doctorate from Cambridge

Hazel Savage

Experienced music industry professional, previously Shazam, Pandora and Universal Music

Aron Pettersson

Data science specialist, degree in Physics and Master's in Molecular Biology

Pandu Raharja

Machine learning expert, experienced in developing models for cancer detection

Alex Dalyac

Previously LSE and Imperial College London, left PhD to join our programme

Razvan Ranca

Computer scientist, previously Cambridge, left PhD to join our programme

Sadaf Monajemi

PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Milad Mohammadzadeh

PhD in Biomedical Fluid Dynamics

Karim Benchaaboun

Machine learning engineer, previously Axa and Criteo

Ramakrishna Nanjundaiah

MSc in Computational Mechanics, built city-scale simulations

Maria Meier

CTO, Phantasma Labs

MSc in Software Engineering, previously TU Munich, Brown University and Oracle

Yassine Emile Tahi

AI project leader, previously HEC Paris & Sciences Po

Zaraif Ayaat Hossain

CEO, Retail Pulse

CPG insider, deep experience in the challenges of unorganised retail markets

Anshul Gupta

CTO, Retail Pulse

Engineering degree from NIT, led winning team in P&G Global AI Challenge

Theo Saville

Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineer, background in metals 3D printing

Chris Emery

Engineer programming since age 12, expert in 3D graphics and high-performance computing

Tomide Adesanmi

CEO, Circuit Mind

Electronics engineer, Master's from University of Leeds

Basilio Gentile

CTO, Circuit Mind

PhD in mathematical algorithms for complex systems from ETH Zurich

Dr Sripad Devalla

CTO, Origin Health

PhD in AI algorithms for medical imaging

Jens Thang

CEO, Origin Health

Advised healthcare operators and knowledge of visualisation technology

Arun Bhatia

Masters in Computer Science, built deep tech AI products for companies in India and Japan

Carl Robinson

CEO, Rumble Studio

Experienced podcaster and AI data scientist.

Joris Guerry

CTO, Rumble Studio

Machine learning and AI expert, previously built full-stack applications for industry giants.

Guillaume Rivals

Computer science and AI engineer, passionate about using data to fight climate change.

Nyasha Japondo

Electronic and hardware engineer, expert in designing electronic sensor devices

CJ Cassar

PhD with a focus on building augmented and virtual reality tools for engineers

Chris Whitehead

Former systems engineer and technology specialist, experience in B2B sales

Mark Stokes

Mechanical and machine learning engineer, experience in startups and the aerospace industry

Harry Grieve

Full stack data scientist, developed and sold enterprise AI solutions

Mark Aaron Chan

CTO, Thermosphr

PhD in Mechanical Enginereing, expert in thermal systems

Kannan Reghu

Experienced in product and tech, ex-VP of Engineering at Grover

Maria Silvia Scetta

CEO, Deltablock

Ex-trader and portfolio manager, financial engineer

Shubhadeep Roychowdhury

Software developer and machine learning engineer, published author on data science

Tarik Dadi

Led data science projects around the world, Master's Degree in Machine Learning

Nitish Mutha

Software engineer, coding since the age of 5

Chris Butcher

Engineer, experience scaling business to serve SMEs

Dr Stefan Glatzel

CTO, CheMastery

Experience in building software and hardware technologies

Ankit Parashar

Engineer, built SAAS-based analytics product for hardware

Dr. Mohammad H. D.A. Farahani

Entrepreneurial scientist, PhD in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Emir Nurov

Expert in product development and commercialisation

Shivam Mani Tripathi

Deep research in AI and automation, experience in product building

Aaron Lim

Expertise in high-end client engagement, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science graduate

Nicolas Ang

Co-founder, F-drones

Aeronautical Engineering specialist, experienced bringing investment to Singapore

Yeshwanth Reddy

Co-founder, F-drones

Aerospace engineer, experienced in drone product development

Puneet Chhabra

CTO, Headlight AI

Experienced in LiDAR, Radar, and Sonar technologies, PhD in Electrical Engineering

Sahil Tapiawala

CEO, Atomionics

M.Sc. Chemistry and B.Eng. Electrical & Electronics Engineering, experience in product development

Arjun Ramaswami Palaniappan

Electronic expert with industrial PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Dr Mohammad Tavakkoli

PhD in Chemical Engineering, researched into advanced materials

Theo Saville

Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineer, background in metals 3D printing

Tomide Adesanmi

CEO, Circuit Mind

Electronics engineer, Master's from University of Leeds

Basilio Gentile

CTO, Circuit Mind

PhD in mathematical algorithms for complex systems from ETH Zurich

James Terry

Product designer and developer, built first company aged 18

Pete Butler

Experienced in the food and restaurant industry, named 'New Food Innovator' by Financial Times

Darren Goh Boon Yew

Expert in strategic management, marketing and business operations

Adam Boujida

Experience in risk management in aviation, F&B and manufacturing industries