Alvin has more than 30 years of investment experience. His experience ranges from investing in exchange listed securities (equities, bonds, currencies, options) and unlisted and structured investments, including venture capital and private equity.

Alvin has invested funds for institutions, private companies and high net worth individuals. The major institutions he has worked for include the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, American Express Asset Management, Emirates NBD Bank, UBS AG and OCBC Private Bank.

He set up several VC funds through his firm Internet Technology Asia Ventures in 2000. The funds were anchored by institutions including TIF Ventures (investment arm of the Singapore Economic Development Board) and Khazanah Berhad (investment arm of the Malaysian government).

Alvin holds a CFA charter since 1994. He graduated Summa Cum Laude in Business Administration from Boston University in 1989. Over the last 15 years, he has lectured on banking, finance and investment management topics for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes for the University of London, and Grenoble Ecole de Management, France. He also provides training for the IBF accredited courses in digital banking, behavioural finance and business environment analysis.