Elain sits on the Board and is the Chairman of the Internal Audit Committee of Western Union Payments Malaysia while also being actively involved in the start-up community, advising entrepreneurs in funding, strategy and operations. She is also the Director of Ata Plus Sdn Bhd, a company licensed by the Securities Commission, to operate an equity crowdfunding platform in Malaysia. It is the only approved company that will operate a shari’ah based equity crowdfunding platform.
Elain has over 20 years of experience in Government Linked Corporations and start-ups, across varying sectors, namely Oil and Gas, ICT, Telecommunications, Finance, Carbon Management, F&B, Tourism, Strategic Consulting, Fashion and Franchising. Her work experience includes with Petronas, MDeC, Malaysia Debt Ventures, DiGi Telecommunications and PacketOne Networks. Elain is instrumental in establishing Ata Plus’s partnerships, deal screening and risk management framework.
She holds a BSc in Actuarial Science and MSc in Operational Research from the London School of Economics, United Kingdom.