Our Team

Amardeep has been an entrepreneur, investor and advisor to several technology, healthcare, and education firms. He started his first venture after a stint trading currency options on Wall Street. He was a founder of the first integrated multi-speciality outpatient healthcare facility in Bangalore; it was acquired by Apollo Hospitals. He was an early investor in DTDC — India’s largest express delivery network and logistics firm — that now handles more than 12 million shipments every month, and employs over 35,000 people. He was a founder of Singapore's leading business services firm that provides outsourced accounting, company administration and compliance services (acquired by Hawksford in 2014). He was an early investor in Tinker Square, an AI startup that was acquired by Google in August, 2014. Amardeep was a founder of Edify Learning whose primary product EdifyAssess was acquired by Silverback Learning Solution in 2017.

Amardeep developed education industry’s first cloud-based Learning Management System platform that was acquired by Pearson. He also designed and developed one of the first online learning platform (now branded as 2UOS) for delivering graduate programs over the internet; it was acquired by 2U and is now being used by leading universities of the world, including Georgetown, Harvard, NYU, Northwestern, UC Berkeley, USC, UCLA, and Yale. He is currently incubating a cloud-based workflow-centric application platform. He has also invested in several award-winning restaurants in California (Lucques, AOC, Tavern, and The Hungry Cat).

Apart from being an entrepreneur, Amardeep has been a trusted advisor to senior executives at Fortune 500 firms and to founders of several startups. His clients have included Bank of America, Citibank, Oracle, Yahoo, AOL, AT&T, Verizon, FedEx, DHL, UPS, Intel, Sony Pictures, Warner Brothers, McGraw-Hill, Pearson, several non-profits, and government organizations. Amardeep received a B. Tech. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi where he graduated at the top of his class and received the President's Medal. He came to USA on a fellowship from the University of California, Berkeley. He holds an MS degree from the School of Engineering and an MBA from the Haas School of Business, both at the University of California, Berkeley.

Pardeep has deep experience in Singapore's corporate services industry. He was a founder and CEO of a leading corporate services firm that was acquired by Hawksford in 2014. Pardeep's experience with the corporate services industry of Singapore has led him to recognize the inefficiencies in the current labor-intensive business model of this market segment. He saw how this model ill serves all its key stakeholders; it results in a poor experience for customers, low margins for the service providers and error-prone compliance for the government. Pardeep architected CorporateServices.com from the ground up to remove these inefficiencies and to fundamentally transform the industry.

Pardeep's entrepreneurial journey started when he left Oracle and co-founded a Silicon Valley-based software consulting firm. Since then, he has founded and successfully exited several startup ventures in diverse fields across the globe.

Pardeep completed his undergraduate and graduate degrees in Computer Science. Pardeep currently lives in Singapore and enjoys playing tennis in his spare time.

Singapore-focused corporate service providers who are interested in adopting our technology platform and transforming their business model should contact Pardeep for strategic partnership inquiries at [email protected]

Jacqueline has been in the corporate services industry for over 20 years. She has helped thousands of clients with their company statutory matters, helping them understand and navigate the Singapore Act, laws, rules and regulations, avoiding expensive mistakes. Jacqueline has handled all matters from company incorporations, ongoing statutory compliance, corporate governance, immigration and human resource, accounting, tax and licensing matters.

Jacqueline has been company secretary and director to countless companies. Her professionalism, can-do attitude and ability to analyse and understand clients’ issues and provide pragmatic solutions have won over many clients who look to her whenever they are unsure about matters or require a 3rd party eye/ear to the situation that they are facing.

Prior to JBL, Jacqueline helped setup Janus Corporate Solutions, a leading corporate services firm that was acquired by Hawksford, a Jersey-based corporate, private client and funds company.

Having worked with clients from all over the world and the experience of being director and managing companies in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Brunei and Mongolia, has given Jacqueline the capabilities of understanding the various nuances and governance.

Jacqueline holds an MBA from De Montfort University, UK and is a Practicing Chartered Secretary and Associate member of the Chartered Secretaries Institute of Singapore (CSIS). She is also a member of the Singapore Human Resources Institute (SHRI).

Jacqueline and her team look forward to assisting you with your requirements.

Benny holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Master of Laws, both from the National University of Singapore. He has been in legal practice in Singapore as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore since 1997.

Benny is currently a partner at Chris Chong & CT Ho LLP, and heads its fund management and corporate practice. He has extensive experience in fund management and investment advisory matters, financial services regulatory compliance, and the structuring and establishment of Singapore and offshore funds. He has acted for sponsors and fund managers of private equity funds, real estate funds, hedge funds, fund-of-funds, Shariah-compliant funds, and restricted Singapore and foreign schemes, as well as family offices and the private banking and wealth management arms of offshore banks. He also regularly advises fund management and financial intermediary clients on regulatory and licensing issues, including applying for capital markets services licences, financial advisers’ licences and the applicable exemptions from the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

Benny’s other main areas of practice are corporate finance, private and public mergers and acquisitions, cross-border joint ventures and private equity investments, and regulatory compliance for listed companies and registered charities. He travels regularly in the Asia Pacific region advising clients on a wide range of matters, and has represented multinational clients, government-linked companies, and listed and private companies in various transactions ranging from share purchases, asset acquisitions and disposals, shareholders' agreements, greenfield and infrastructure projects, initial public offerings in Singapore, placements and rights issue, privatizations, corporate restructurings and re-organisations, and scheme of arrangement.

Benny also advises Singapore listed companies on corporate governance, compliance and regulatory matters. He is currently the company secretary to several public companies listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited, as well as numerous Singapore private companies.

Benny has also been appointed to the board of various listed companies in Singapore as independent non-executive director since 2007.

Eddy heads Ottavia group operations, ensuring that the team provides seamless corporate services to our clients.

Eddy is an experienced chartered accountant and alumnus of Deloitte Singapore. After Deloitte, he gained commercial experiences during his tenure with a publicly listed firm where he was involved with the management of day-to-day finance operations, corporate structuring, M&A activities, and corporate compliance and regulations.

Immediately prior to joining Ottavia, Eddy was the head of the Accounting and Tax Group of another Singapore-based corporate services firm; he specialized in global client advisory for business expansion and corporate migration to Singapore.

His clients have grown to appreciate Eddy for actionable, practical and easy-to-understand advice. His vast experience with clients from many countries with vastly different tax and regulatory frameworks has given him a global perspective to the needs of international clients. His insights and practical advice have won deep loyalty from clients as is evidenced by the numerous glowing testimonials he has received.

Eddy is a member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA) and holds a degree in Accountancy from Nanyang Technological University of Singapore (NTU).

Sandy is a senior member of our Tax and Accounting team. Sandy started her career as an auditor, before moving on to senior finance position. She has expertise and experience in managing and structuring the accounting functions for various industries including Construction, Engineering, Shipping, Aviation, Professional and Manpower Services industries.

Besides her deep expertise in Singapore's accounting and tax landscape, Sandy has a robust understanding of the accounting and audit issues for other jurisdictions including Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Japan and South Korea. She has extensive experience in advising clients who operate their business in Singapore and foreign jurisdictions. In addition to generating and managing a company's statutory reports, financial statements, budgets, cash flow, management reports and tax computations, Sandy provide services for office management, human resource and payroll. She has led and managed accounting and payroll teams to ensure timely and accurate compliance for her clients.

Sandy is a qualified accountant and a member of both the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA) and CPA Australia.

Yana has over 10 years of experience in managing and handling corporate secretarial and immigration services. Together with her team, she is responsible for ensuring that the companies under her care conduct themselves within the Singapore regulatory environment, including compliance with the Singapore Companies Act and other relevant rules and regulations of Singapore government.

Prior to joining Ottavia, Yana was a senior member of another leading Singapore-based corporate services firm specializing in global client advisory for business expansion and corporate migration to Singapore. Her consistent delivery of quality service had won her various excellent references, from clients and colleagues alike.

Yana strongly believes in providing the highest quality and personalized services to her clients; this is reflected in the glowing praise she consistently receives from her clients. Yana holds a Diploma in Business Administration from Ngee Ann Polytechnic.

Jessica has over 10 years of experience in corporate secretarial and compliance advisory matters involving private companies and public companies listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (SGX).

Jessica's areas of practice include incorporation, allotment and transfer of shares, striking off of companies, resolutions and minutes, maintenance of statutory registers and secretarial records, as well as statutory filings. She also provides support work in relation to corporate governance and compliance matters under the Companies Act (Cap. 50) of Singapore, the listing manual of the SGX, and the Code of Corporate Governance.

Jessica holds a Master of Arts degree from the National University of Singapore.

Hannah works closely with our team of experienced accounting professionals to ensure efficient, timely and accurate completion of accounting, tax and payroll services for clients. With her in-depth and hands-on experience in financial reporting, taxation and payroll, she is able to provide insightful guidance and actionable recommendations to clients. Hannah has extensive experience in liaising with auditors, IRAS officers and business leaders to help resolve specific tax or accounting issues for clients.

Prior to joining Ottavia, Hannah was part of the finance team at one of Singapore's leading real estate companies; she has also worked for several years with another leading Singapore-based corporate services firm where she specialized in global client advisory for business expansion and corporate migration to Singapore.

Hannah is an associate member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA) and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).

Fenniwaty is a senior member of our Tax and Accounting team. She has extensive experience with all salient accounting functions within a Singapore-based company including financial reporting system development, tax filing preparation, and payroll management. She often acts as an advisor to business leaders in developing and defending the tax optimization strategies for their enterprises. Fenniwaty has extensive experience in liaising and negotiating with IRAS officers to resolve tax disagreement as well. She is extremely well-regarded by her clients for her promptness and for the attention to detail in her work; clients particularly appreciate the fact that she does not presume that information provided to her is completely accurate, rather she performs her own research and analysis to ensure the accuracy and quality of her group's assignments. She has consistently earned glowing praise from her clients.

Prior to joining Ottavia, Fenniwaty was part of another leading Singapore-based corporate services firm specializing in global client advisory regarding business expansion and corporate presence establishment in Singapore.

Fenniwaty is an associate member of the CPA Australia and holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Finance degree from the University of London.

David heads the client service team. He is a Singapore incorporation and immigration specialist with over 10 years of experience in sales, marketing and customer relations in Malaysia and Singapore. David has been involved with the corporate services industry for several years and has in-depth knowledge and expertise in the company formation procedures.

Prior to joining Ottavia, David was part of another leading Singapore-based corporate services firm specializing in global client advisory for business expansion and corporate migration to Singapore. He has assisted hundreds of local and foreign entrepreneurs, as well as, foreign companies (based in USA, Europe, Middle East, Australia and Asia). He has advised these clients about the setup of subsidiary companies in Singapore and about obtaining the required work visas for staff. A dynamic individual with engaging personality, David is the right person if you are looking to incorporate a company or simply do business in Singapore.

David holds a bachelor of Commerce in Marketing and Information System from Curtin University of Technology (Perth Campus), Australia.

Tiffany is an experienced consultant who specializes in Singapore Company Formation and immigration visas. She has helped many talented professionals, directors and business entrepreneurs in setting up their businesses and securing their visa approvals. Prior to joining Ottavia, she was a senior member of another leading Singapore-based corporate services firm specializing in global client advisory for business expansion and corporate migration to Singapore. Her competency and proactive approach won her many glowing references from clients and colleagues alike. Her clients value her as someone who provides sound advice and judgement in helping companies to navigate through the incorporation and immigration process and avoid any potential pitfalls.

Tiffany obtained her Certificate of Employment Intermediaries (CEI) and is certified by the Ministry of Manpower. She holds a diploma from Centro Escolar University, Philippines.

John is the founder of several companies (two of which became significant public firms); in each, he has brought together incredible people and helped them create transformative services, compelling cultures, strong returns for investors, and great outcomes for customers.

Shortly after leaving college, John founded and then ran The Princeton Review which helped half of the students applying to U.S. colleges and universities each year find, get into, and pay for school. In 2008, he founded and was the CEO of 2U, which helps Harvard University, Yale University, University of Southern California, Georgetown, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Washington University, Northwestern University and other great institutions build and run high-quality online degree programs.

Currently, John heads The Noodle Companies, a conglomerate of four subsidiaries serving the K-12 and postsecondary education markets. Noodle.com is a search directory for local schools, classes, counselors and educational services; Noodle Markets helps K-12 districts manage the procurement process; Noodle Partners aims to help universities build online programs; and Noodle Pros is an online directory of local tutors.

John serves on several for- and not-for-profit boards of directors, including those of Renaissance Learning, the Woodrow Wilson Foundation and the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. He has authored many articles and five books. Through his for-profit, non-profit, and policy work, John endeavors to sculpt an education landscape that is agile, efficient, compelling, and constantly improving.

John is a graduate of Princeton University.

Combining finance, IT, and business services, Tony has enjoyed a long career as a functional manager and as an outsourcing entrepreneur. He has been the Chairman of Commonside Management Services Limited and Alsedo Limited. Apart from running these Boards, he was responsible for strategy, finance, governance, and relationship management for large clients. With his entrepreneurial experience across global jurisdictions, he guides us in ensuring that our finance and accounting functions work seamlessly and provide us the resources to grow while exceeding the service-quality expectations of our customers. He also provides us with advice and guidance on European clients and markets.

Tony started his career at EMI in finance and moved to British Petroleum (BP) as the Finance Director of one of its divisions. He then joined Ernst & Young as a Principal Consultant; he worked on numerous projects worldwide, including the implementation of a large-scale MIS system for a sovereign state. Four years later, he joined Anderson's UK consultancy practice (now Accenture) as a Managing Consultant. He then moved to Great Nordic group as the Managing Director of its UK operations and oversaw a nearly ten-fold increase in its business turnover.

In 1990 Tony co-founded Linkhand, an IT services company focused on document management, process management, and business services; the business was subsequently acquired by a listed firm. He has since been involved with several successful startup exits as a founder, investor, and advisor. For these ventures, Tony has led the corporate sales and M&A activities in several jurisdictions across the globe. Tony is currently focused on developing Alsedo and Commonside as leading outsourced business services firms.

Sushil guides us in the use of data-driven predictive analytics for optimizing the workflows and task assignments within our platforms. Over the last twenty years, Sushil has invented multiple data-driven applications in the areas of demand management, pricing, supply-chain, healthcare, machine-learning. He is currently the founder and Managing Director of Austin Labs, a data science platform and consulting firm.

Prior to Austin Labs, he was the principal scientist at Enumerica, SignalDemand (now Pros), MarketWiz (now Allegis) and i2 Technologies (now JDA Software). He holds multiple patents in data-driven applications. SignalDemand products won the Cool Vendor of the Year award from Gartner Research. At i2, he was a member of the Semiconductor Master Planning team whose flagship product won the Semiconductor International Editor's Choice award.

Sushil graduated from UC Berkeley with a Ph.D. in Operations Research.

Duane is currently General Counsel at Insitro. Insitro combines machine learning and genomics to accelerate the prediction and testing of disease treatments. It does so by performing drug experiments on cells outside the human body and combining the results with genomics data as training datasets for its machine learning disease models.

Prior to Insitro, Duane was a senior member of the Patent Team at Google, where he led strategic IP initiatives bearing on mobile, cloud, web, and open source technologies. He was also previously Associate General Counsel in charge of patent development at Yahoo! He also served as General Counsel for Zymergen. Duane began his career at Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin (now combined with Arnold & Porter LLP).

He holds BA and JD degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, and serves on the Boards of Directors for the Level Playing Field Institute and the Berkeley Law (Boalt Hall) Alumni Association.