Zheng Suzhen

Zheng Suzhen

Fintech & Innovation | CBDCs & Digital Asset

Singapore
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About

Experienced in emerging markets and digital money(e.g. CBDC, tokenised bank liability, etc) initiatives, I specialise in identifying business development opportunities, and strategy development and project delivery respectively.

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Experience

  • Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)

    Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)

    2 years 8 months

  • Enterprise Singapore Graphic

    Development Partner

    Enterprise Singapore

    - 2 years

    Helping companies expand to Middle Eastern and African markets
    - Identify USP of Singapore companies and connect them to business development opportunities in MEA with local offices in priority sectors (Fintech, Edtech, Agribusiness, Commodities, Electronics, etc)
    - Engage local and foreign government stakeholders, businesses, and think tanks to facilitate business operations for ​Singapore companies in MEA(vice versa)
    - Qualitative and quantitative research into trade financing…

    Helping companies expand to Middle Eastern and African markets
    - Identify USP of Singapore companies and connect them to business development opportunities in MEA with local offices in priority sectors (Fintech, Edtech, Agribusiness, Commodities, Electronics, etc)
    - Engage local and foreign government stakeholders, businesses, and think tanks to facilitate business operations for ​Singapore companies in MEA(vice versa)
    - Qualitative and quantitative research into trade financing challenges and identified alternative solutions for Singapore companies for their business transactions in Africa
    - Organised the first fully virtual Africa Singapore Business Forum 2021, amassing over 2000 unique visitors across the globe and led marketing and event management efforts

  • Ministry of Trade and Industry (Singapore) Graphic

    Assistant Director

    Ministry of Trade and Industry (Singapore)

    - 2 years 11 months

    1. Drive Singapore's economic engagement with East and Southern African Markets (International Relations)
    - Develop engagement strategy for East Africa
    - Provides economic and political assessment for Sub-Saharan African countries
    - Provides an assessment of Africa's ACFTA published protocols

    2. Lead negotiator for the terms of government procurement for MERCOSUR-Singapore FTA, involving Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay & Paraguay

    3. Engage & manage different stakeholders…

    1. Drive Singapore's economic engagement with East and Southern African Markets (International Relations)
    - Develop engagement strategy for East Africa
    - Provides economic and political assessment for Sub-Saharan African countries
    - Provides an assessment of Africa's ACFTA published protocols

    2. Lead negotiator for the terms of government procurement for MERCOSUR-Singapore FTA, involving Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay & Paraguay

    3. Engage & manage different stakeholders, including government agencies, non-profit (think tank) & companies
    - Designed media engagement programme to market Singapore and Singapore company with African publications (e.g. IC Publication, Jeune Afrique, La Tribune, Ethiopian Reporter, Ghana Business & Financial Times, etc)

    4. Partner other relevant government authorities to support Singapore's economic interest in manpower-related policy and individual cases

  • Research Assistant

    Mental Health Paraprofessional Training Program - NUS

    - 5 months

    • Support in Cognitive-Behavioural Training with Filipino Dosmetic Workers
    • Recruitment of participants, administration of depression and anxiety-related scales and data entry

  • Meltwater Graphic

    Account Management Analyst

    Meltwater

    - 7 months

    中国 北京

    • Engaged in sales calls for client acquisition to C-level executives(includes prospecting, leads generation, cold calls, online demos and Face-to-face meetings) to promote Meltwater's news and social media monitoring services
    • Account managed Greater China clients including Deutsche Bank, Mediatek, Akamai, BAE systems, Elle Taiwan.
    • Generated quarterly social media reports for Elle Taiwan, which includes performance on social media engagement, sentiments, influencer performance…

    • Engaged in sales calls for client acquisition to C-level executives(includes prospecting, leads generation, cold calls, online demos and Face-to-face meetings) to promote Meltwater's news and social media monitoring services
    • Account managed Greater China clients including Deutsche Bank, Mediatek, Akamai, BAE systems, Elle Taiwan.
    • Generated quarterly social media reports for Elle Taiwan, which includes performance on social media engagement, sentiments, influencer performance, competitor analysis, etc
    • Synthesis of Industry reports for fellow colleagues to understand the key demographics of clients & how are our services being used
    • Project management of all works of the office (Relocation, Renovations, day-to-day operations, set-up of VOIP systems, etc)

  • PapayaMobile Inc. Graphic

    Content Marketing Intern (AppFlood - programmatic ad platform)

    PapayaMobile Inc.

    - 4 months

    Beijing

    • Published article (“For mobile growth pay attention to markets beyond the US and China”) on TechCrunch (with a daily impression of approx. 1million viewership)
    • Analysed worldwide data (i.e. ROI, QoQ increase) in the mobile advertising platform under the Appflood brand (under PapayaMobile)
    • Generated content for 4th Quarter of Appflood report
    • Produced marketing collaterals and acted as a translator for the biggest Affiliate Network event in Asia   
    • Maintained…

    • Published article (“For mobile growth pay attention to markets beyond the US and China”) on TechCrunch (with a daily impression of approx. 1million viewership)
    • Analysed worldwide data (i.e. ROI, QoQ increase) in the mobile advertising platform under the Appflood brand (under PapayaMobile)
    • Generated content for 4th Quarter of Appflood report
    • Produced marketing collaterals and acted as a translator for the biggest Affiliate Network event in Asia   
    • Maintained social media account of Appflood (Facebook and Twitter)

  • Singapore Prison Services Graphic

    Statistics Intern

    Singapore Prison Services

    - 3 months

    新加坡

    • Processed the daily muster data for the prisons
    • Researched and analysed the data of international benchmarks (e.g.: reincarceration rates, death rates, etc.)
    • Creation of short opinion pieces of the current state of UK Prison
    • Main Project: Content creation for the prison’s quarterly bulletin on the issue of effects of short-term imprisonment of drug offenders

Education

  • National University of Singapore Graphic

    National University of Singapore

    Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences (Hons) Psychology

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    NUS Overseas Colleges(NOC)

    NUS Open Day 2016 Ambassador

    Young Entrepreneurs Association of NUS (YEAN)
    Industry Partnership

    NUSSU Volunteer Action Committee(NVAC)
    Director of Big Hands Bigger Hearts 9

    FASS Club - Arts Camp
    Orientation Group Leader

    NUS Psychology Camp
    Orientation Group Leader

    Psychology Society
    Managing Committee for Drop That Label! with CHAT-IMH

  • NUS Overseas Colleges Graphic

    NUS Overseas Colleges

    Technopreneurship

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    NOC Beijing Batch 11 (NCBJ 11)

  • Tsinghua University Graphic

    Tsinghua University

    Minor in Technopreneurship Programme

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    Management of Technological Innovation
    Leadership for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
    Entrepreneurial Management
    Start-up Business Case

  • Anglo-Chinese Junior College Graphic

    Anglo-Chinese Junior College

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    Interact Club
    President

    Squash Recreational Club

  • Queenstown Secondary School

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    Netball Club
    Captain

Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

  • Open Door Policy Graphic

    Employment Partner

    Open Door Policy

    - 5 months

    Driving employment placement of graduates from the Open Door Policy programme for refugees.

  • Director

    NVAC - BHBH

    - 1 year 1 month

    Big Hands Bigger hearts 9 (21 days in the Philippines, Bago City)
    • Self-sustainable micro-enterprise carried out with a secondary school
    • Led a team of 18 participants for Youth Expedition Project (YEP)
    • Cultural camps/exchange with primary school students
    • Raised funds of $6,000 in National University of Singapore
    • Reviewing the past two micro-enterprise projects(Compost project and Photocopy centre)

  • Managing Committee

    CHAT-IMH & NUS Psychology Society

    - 6 months

    Managing Committee, Drop that Label! Campaign                         
    (CHAT-IMH)
    • Month-long campaign in the school aimed at raising awareness of mental illness among Singapore Youths
    • Data collection with clients of IMH
    • Sourced Sponsorship of $10,000 worth of vouchers from Antoinette and $80,000 conditional vouchers with Purple Lambs and handled deployment of logistics
    • Supported in the setting up a new social media page, which garnered of around 800 likes in the…

    Managing Committee, Drop that Label! Campaign                         
    (CHAT-IMH)
    • Month-long campaign in the school aimed at raising awareness of mental illness among Singapore Youths
    • Data collection with clients of IMH
    • Sourced Sponsorship of $10,000 worth of vouchers from Antoinette and $80,000 conditional vouchers with Purple Lambs and handled deployment of logistics
    • Supported in the setting up a new social media page, which garnered of around 800 likes in the span of 3months

  • President

    ACJC Interact Club

    - 1 year

    • Spearheaded a new yearly initiative in Junior College, known as Appreciation Day. It is in its fourth year of installment
    • (Joint project with Jurong Rotaract Club) Proposed, planned and oversaw a new event, known as KidsOut, targeting a day worth of activities for 100 underprivileged youths
    • Weekly tutoring sessions with underprivileged children in Beyond Social Services
    • Strategised program details for yearly visits to Old Folks Home

Projects

  • Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Generation: Education

    Was the one of two Singaporeans chosen to represent Singapore on an initiative, YSEALI, brainchild by Mr. Barack Obama.

Honors & Awards

  • China Initiatives Steering Committee (CISC) Award

    China Initiatives Steering Committee

    As part of NUS’ continuous efforts to encourage undergraduates to have an international experience in China, funding is available for Singaporean/PR students who are participating in internships, hybrid work and study programmes, research attachments, short-term study programmes (such as international summer programmes), or Study Trips for Engagement and Enrichment (STEER) programmes in China.

  • Young Talent Programme Market Immersion Sponsorship

    International Enterprise Singapore

    The Young Talent Programme Scholarship is a mid-term local undergraduate scholarship offered by internationalising Singapore companies in collaboration with IE Singapore. The scholarship aims to groom the next generation of country managers with the right aptitude to take on an international portfolio.

  • NUS Student Achievement Award(SAA) Bronze

    NUS, Office of Student Affairs (OSA)

    Student Achievement Awards (SAA) is an annual event that aims to recognise exceptional individual students or student groups who have made noteworthy contributions to the University out of their academia. Through this event, OSA seeks to promote informal learning through students' participation in co-curricular activities, involvement in the arts, community service and student leadership.

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