Taking a deep interest in helping innovations commercialise and the people behind them succeed, Ernest believes there is a better way to help both innovators and investors achieve sustainable returns. Prior to co-founding Slate Alt, he was with DeClout Limited, a listed technology incubator, where he built the venture arm and worked on numerous M&A transactions, restructurings and exits for the firm. He began his career as an investment analyst in one of Singapore's largest private wealth management houses, where he was part of the firm's investment committee governing over S$1bn in assets and helped establish their real estate private equity division.
He serves as the Head of Hello Tomorrow Singapore, part of a global non-profit driving deep-tech innovation and as an advisor and mentor to a number of ambitious start-ups.