EF Team

Tejas Parikh

Talent Manager, Singapore

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Singapore

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Tejas leads the Talent team for EF Singapore and is responsible for finding the worlds most ambitious and impactful individuals that will build the world’s most powerful startups. Prior to EF, he has spent significant time in recruiting for top talents in organisations like McKinsey, Monetary Authority of Singapore and clients of Korn Ferry.

Gina Yoo

Head of Ventures, Toronto

Previous co-founder and COO of Mannr with investor networks in Canada and NYC

Kano Takebayashi

Programme Lead, Singapore

Investor across early-stage, growth & private equity.

Julia Lee

Program Associate, Toronto

Experience building communities and scaling growth, passionate about supporting entrepreneurs

Derek Jouppi

Programme Lead, Toronto

Ex-COO & co-founder of Suncayr, established voice in the entrepreneurship and tech communities

Lucie Simco

Talent Associate, Toronto

Supported corporate and startup clients to build commercial and technical teams

Maja Vujic

Talent Manager, Toronto

Leads out Talent team to find the world's most ambitious people, former top 5 Canadian tennis player

Ashley Boyce

Interview Advisor, Toronto

Driven consumer marketing expert with a passion for growing business through innovation

Natasha Ivison

Talent Associate, Singapore

Ex-talent at Zilingo, helped corporate and startup clients build commercial and technical teams

Didier Vermeiren

Entrepreneur in Residence, Singapore

Ex-director at Founder Institute, founded two European property startups

Hou Sheng Poh

Programme Associate, Entrepreneur First Singapore

Part of founding Singapore team of Tokenomy, helped run Indonesia's largest cryptocurrency exchange

Shiu Lun Tsang

Entrepreneur in Residence, Singapore

Worked with 200+ entrepreneurs, experience across corporate, academia and startups

Jessica Cheung

Head of Programme, Singapore

First employee Nest VC, built and launched equity crowdfunding platform

Prajwal Bhat

Entrepreneur in Residence

Entrepreneur, co-founder of Cerenode and computational biologist

Yi Ning Lim

Head of Global Marketing, Entrepreneur First

Leads on EF's brand and content, angel investor and growth strategy mentor

Thomas Poitrineau

Principal, Paris

Leads company creation process, experienced launching and managing businesses

Vivek Kumar

Funding Manager

Founder with extensive experience supporting and scaling early tech startups in India

Lena Berghaus

Talent Manager, EF Berlin

Expertise at the intersection of global talent and entrepreneurship

Matt Clifford

Co-founded EF to help the world's most ambitious people break into entrepreneurship

Alice Bentinck

Co-founder of Entrepreneur First, passionate about helping the world's best potential founders

Jonny Clifford

Partner and General Manager, London

Leads EF London, supported companies to raise over $100m in seed funding

Coralie Chaufour

Partner and General Manager, Paris

Engagement Manager at McKinsey and corporate lawyer, graduated from Harvard and Sciences Po

Tom Shinner

Experienced board director & co-founder bringing experience from government & management consultancy

Bernadette Cho

Partner and General Manager, Singapore

Angel investor with high-level experience from across the startup, technology and non-profit sectors

Ashutosh Vikram

Serial entrepreneur, co-founded India's largest tech-driven supply chain platform

Ashwin Chandra

Entrepreneur in Residence

Two-time founder supporting teams to ideate and build backable companies

Philipp Herkelmann

Partner and General Manager, Berlin

Leads EF Germany, experience global leading tech companies in Europe and the Valley, Angel Investor

Rachel Zimmer

Partner and General Manager, Toronto

Exited founder and startup mentor, passionate about accelerating Canadian entrepreneurship

Bogdan Knezevic

Form Manager, Toronto

Mentor to founders throughout their EF journey, experience both investment and startup side