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Kenny entered the world of banking in 2006 without any prior academic knowledge of accounting, finance and investment.
Trained as a computer engineer, he joined a fledging French technology consulting firm upon graduation, working alongside the Chief Engineer at Philips Electronics for six months before moving on to restart his career in finance.
He started off by working on several valuation engagements at KPMG Corporate Finance in Singapore and subsequently joined a Korean securities house as part of its pioneering team in Southeast Asia to run origination and execution.
Thereafter, he joined the corporate finance team at BNP Paribas focusing on mergers & acquisitions. He was part of Standard Chartered wholesale bank's industry coverage team focusing on technology and cleantech.
Investment banking provided him with the unique opportunity of being able to work across a spectrum of cultures in Southeast Asia and the broader Asia Pacific region. He also had the opportunity to work across various industries spanning power & utilities, natural resources, consumer, manufacturing, renewable energy, technology and other sectors.
After leaving banking in 2016, Kenny co-founded IJK Capital Partners, an investment and advisory firm that focuses on catalyzing opportunities between China and the rest of the world. He was chiefly responsible for assembling the team in Singapore and building its corporate access business from scratch.
In 2018, he also started lecturing in an adjunct capacity and has since taught numerous courses relating to business valuation, financial modeling and leveraged acquisitions.
Having taken the un-orthodox path to this trade, his approach to understanding how businesses work, the workings of corporate finance and valuation tend to be highly non-academic in nature.
His teaching style is strongly rooted in the practical aspects of corporate finance, primarily aimed at guiding experienced executives especially from non-finance backgrounds in navigating M&A and strategic decision-making within the finance and/or corporate space.
In early 2021 amidst the pandemic, Kenny moved to Hong Kong to lead investor relations, capital raising and international business for SY Holdings, a Hong Kong mainboard listed supply chain fintech platform. He is currently also an affiliate faculty lecturer at the Singapore Management University's professional education arm, SMU Academy.
Over the course of his career, Kenny has lived in Shanghai, Singapore, Hong Kong and Shenzhen.
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