Kenneth Teck Chuan Tan
Kenneth Teck Chuan Tan has served as our Chief Executive Officer since August 2023 and our Director since February 2023, and as our Chairman since August 2023. Mr. Tan founded BeLive Singapore, our operating subsidiary, in June 2014 and has served as its director and managing director since May 2016. In May 2016, he also took on the role of chief executive officer of BeLive Singapore. From February 2016 to May 2016, Mr. Tan served as the chief product officer of BeLive Singapore. From August 2013 to February 2016, Mr. Tan served as the operational director of DeNA Asia Pacific Holdings Pte. Ltd., a company principally engaged in mobile gaming business in Southeast and South Asia. Mr. Tan received a Diploma in Digital Media Design in Nanyang Polytechnic in 2014. We believe Mr. Tan’s wealth of industry experience qualifies him to serve on our Board.
Abdul Latif Bin Zainal
Abdul Latif Bin Zainal has served as our Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Financial Officer since August 2023, our Secretary since February 2024, and our Director since April 2023. Mr. Bin Zainal has also served as a director and chief strategy officer of BeLive Singapore since October 2021 and February 2021, respectively. From January 2017 to December 2020, Mr. Bin Zainal served as the chief information officer of Smartblock Pte. Ltd., a provider of fintech and blockchain solutions, and later served as financial director of Smartblock Ltd (Hong Kong) from December 2019 to January 2021. From June 2004 to December 2017, Mr. Bin Zainal served in the Ministry of Education as an Education Officer, completed his career as Head of Senior High in National Junior College and is part of the team that orchestrated the pilot boarding curriculum. Mr. Bin Zainal received a Bachelor of Science in Architectural and Building Studies from the National University of Singapore in 2004, a Postgraduate Diploma in Education from the Nanyang Technological University in 2008, a Master of Public Administration from the National University of Singapore in 2014, and participated in the Oxford Blockchain Strategy Programme from the University of Oxford in 2017.
Ken Jing Wei Ang
Ken Jing Wei Ang has served as our Chief Operating Officer since August 2023. Mr. Ang has also served as the chief operating officer of BeLive Singapore since May 2016. From September 2013 to April 2016, Mr. Ang served as an assistant quality assurance manager of Samsung Asia Pte Ltd, a company principally engaged in the design and manufacturing of electronic equipment and gadgets. From April 2012 to May 2013, Mr. Ang served as quality assurance lead of Nubee Pte Ltd, a mobile entertainment provider. From July 2010 to February 2012, Mr. Ang served as quality assurance lead of Rainbow Media Pte Ltd, a company principally engaged in the production of animated content. From August 2008 to June 2009, Mr. Ang worked at the quality assurance department of Electronic Arts Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, a company providing software publishing services. Mr. Ang received a Bachelor of Information Technology (Computing) from the University of Wollongong in 2011.
Hassan Abid
Hassan Abid has served as our Chief Technology Officer since August 2023. Mr. Abid has also served as a chief technology officer of BeLive Singapore since March 2018, leading the successful launch of LORA, our live and video commerce SaaS solution in February 2022. From June 2012 to March 2018, Mr. Abid served as a senior software engineer at KineMaster Corp, a software development company (KOSDAQ: 139670), where he was integral in the development of an end-to-end platform for video streaming solution. He was selected as Google Developers Expert in the category of Technology/Android in 2016 and has spoken in several events on the topics of Android architecture, JetPack, ExoPlayer, Android native development kit (NDK) and Google virtual reality software development kit (SDK). Mr. Abid received a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from National University of Sciences and Technology in 2007 and a Master of Science majoring in Computer Engineering from the Kyung Hee University in 2012.