Sekar has spent the majority of his 30-year career working in companies like HP and Maxis in leadership roles. His experience includes among others, managing business units with full P&L, sales and operational responsibilities, guiding his organisation through the 1997 Asian financial crisis and leading the integration efforts in Malaysia during the merger of two global IT giants in 2001. As Director of Service Delivery at Hewlett-Packard Malaysia, he led his organisation to win the Computer World Malaysia "Best Support & Services" inaugural award in 2001 and again in 2002 against other industry IT giants. In 2007, Sekar moved from the technology sector to work for a Khazanah Nasional agri-business start-up. As Director of Sales & Marketing, he spotted a gap in the market and led the creation of a new brand of packed fresh vegetables - probably a first in South East Asia in the targeted market segment. He joined Maxis, a leading telco in Malaysia in 2010 as General Manager and Head of the Corporate mobility and fixed product business unit. Sekar holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Malaya and an MBA from the University of Cambridge.
Anwar has an extensive track record in the Venture Capital industry as well as being an entrepreneur . His foray into the VC scene began when he co-founded a company to manufacture of Lithium Polymer Batteries in Bologna, Italy. He later joined a Frankfurt based VC firm. In 2004, Anwar was hired as a Senior VP at MAVCAP for his real world" experience. He was entrusted with fast tracking funding to early stage technology Companies and in 4 years closed 26 deals, including 2 mergers. In terms of exits, had 3 full and 2 partial exits for the invested companies. In 2010, Anwar left to join Tune Hotels as their Director of Operations where he was reponsbile for overseeing all hotels under the Tune stable in the region. He left Tune Hotels in 2015 and recently co-authored a book entitled Beyond Corporate Entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurship as a Management Practice. He now spends his time coaching & consulting on Entrepreneurship, implementation of 3P-T (People, Policy, Procedure & Technology) initiatives and bringing back the entrepreneurial spirit into large organizations. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Naval Architecture & Shipbuilding from the University of Newcastle and an MBA from IMD Switzerland.
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