EF Team

Tejas Parikh

Talent Manager, Singapore

Location:
Singapore
Social:
LinkedIn

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.

EF Team

Rahul Samat

Partner and General Manager, Bangalore
Leads EF India, prior leadership experience at a decacorn. Founder, Angel Investor & UPenn graduate

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

Senior Programme Manager, 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

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

Alice Bentinck

CPO
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

COO
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

Form Manager
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