Dr Wong Mun Yew is the founder & CEO of Asia Genomics. He is also an angel investor, and supports a couple of start-ups in Singapore as advisor and mentor.
Mun Yew worked more than 10 years in the investment industry. He was an Asia Business Development Operating Partner at Formation8 Partners 2013-2016, a successful Silicon Valley technology venture capital fund, focusing on Singapore and South East Asia. He began his investment career with Bio*One Capital in 2005, a global healthcare private equity fund, before becoming Senior Vice President at EDB Investments Pte Ltd where he led EDBI’s cleantech investment team.
He has served as a director for Codexis Inc. (Nasdaq: CDXS), Amaranth Medical Inc., and was board observer in Fluidigm Corp (Nasdaq: FLDM), Revance Therapeutics (Nasdaq: RVNC) and Innovalight Inc (acquired by DuPont).
He also gained experience in business development and operations in healthcare services, and spent time in China as Vice President (International Operations) at Parkway Pantai Limited, a subsidiary of IHH Healthcare Berhad.
Prior to investing, Mun Yew practised clinical medicine for 7 years in Singapore.
Mun Yew holds a medical degree and Diploma in Dermatology from the National University of Singapore.

Jia Yi worked in the life sciences and healthcare industry for over ten years. Prior to joining Imagene Labs, she was the APAC Imaging Systems Life Cycle business manager at Philips Healthcare, where she built and grew new business areas to create additional revenue streams for the Philips Health Systems business.

Jia Yi was also previously a healthcare investment professional at Partners Group, a global asset management firm with asset under management of USD 40 billion. She was responsible for deal sourcing and business development with APAC healthcare and investment companies, and commercial due diligence on pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, healthcare services and healthcare IT assets.

Jia Yi holds an MSc in Environmental Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a BSc in Life Sciences (Molecular & Cell Biology) from National University of Singapore. She has six years of laboratory experience conducting interdisciplinary research

in molecular genetics, microbiology and biophysics, and has published five scientific papers in internationally peer-reviewed journals.

Alina has over ten years’ experience as a Clinical Western Herbalist & Aromatherapist. She spent her first three years of private practice in her hometown Sydney, Australia, at the holistic Life Natural Healing Clinic, where she consulted private and corporate clients.

Her passion for natural medicine, wellness education and entrepreneurship led her to found Abundant Earth in the heart of Singapore’s CBD in 2004. The concept store – specializing in providing customized health & wellness solutions based on medicinal herbs & premium quality essential oils, combined with a natural healing clinic and educational space – was a first for Singapore.

Since then, she has consulted for, created, developed, and managed personal care & wellness brands for various local lifestyle companies such as TWG, The Health Club, Hadara Aesthetic Boutique, HIC and Little Green Dot. Alina is an informative speaker and presenter for natural health and beauty. She has been a regular voice on the airwaves on Gold 90.5FM, where she presented weekly natural health tips and advice. In addition to her private practice and operating Abundant Earth, Alina enjoys sharing and empowering people with the knowledge of natural self-care and preventative health care. Her rare combination of clinical, technical & creative experience brings fresh perspective and relatable insights to her talks. She regularly facilitates educational sessions and hands-on workshops for Abundant Earth, NTUC Learning Hub, UOB and other lifestyle brands.

Lionel brings a diverse breadth of scientific experience to Imagene Labs, having trained in microbiology, stem cell and cancer laboratories. He is proficient in numerous molecular biology techniques and adept at the latest in Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technologies. Lionel was previously the laboratory manager at POLARIS@GIS, one of the first laboratories in Asia to receive College of American Pathologists (CAP) accreditation specifically for the use of NGS as a core clinical service. There, he led a diverse team in managing various aspects of Clinical Laboratory Operations including financial planning, assay development, workflow assignment, LIMS and IT integration, process improvement, quality management and safety.

He obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Bacteriology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and PhD in Biomedical Sciences from the University of California – San Francisco, both funded by a National Science Scholarship from the Agency for Science Technology and Research.

Hasyim received his Bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology from Monash University, and Masters in Biotechnology (majoring in molecular biology) from the Queensland University of Technology. After his studies, Hasyim headed to Malaysia and worked in Genenews Malaysia – a molecular diagnostics start-up specialising in research and development for cancer risk assessment tests. Prior to joining Imagene Labs, he was with Sengenics Brunei where he was involved in setting up the laboratory and building his experience in microarray, PCR-based and next-generation sequencing technologies. He was also responsible for the management of two major Brunei government funded research projects.

Eileen has over a decade of interdisciplinary research experience in neurophysiological signal processing, computer vision and machine learning. She did her PhD in Computer, Communication and Information sciences at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland and thereafter was a postdoctoral researcher before relocating back to Asia. In the field of brain computer interface, neurorehabilitation and cognitive neuroscience, she has published more than 10 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals with an h-index of 11 (h-index captures total number of publications and total number of citations).

She was a Lecturer in Swinburne University Technology of Sarawak, Malaysia prior to joining Imagene Labs. Currently leading the IT Software Development and Artificial Intelligence team, Eileen is passionate in bringing emerging technologies towards developing innovative solutions for the healthcare industry.

Mariusz has a strong background in statistics and applied mathematics, with big interest in data mining and  machine learning methods in the healthcare industry.  He is an energetic and optimistic individual who has a passion for business change, improvement and analysis with experience in distilling mountains of data into clear insights that can support business decisions. As a Data Scientist, Mariusz performs data analysis using machine learning techniques including Neural Networks. He applies these methods in areas of genetics and image recognition. He identifies as a globetrotter and pursues his travel dreams in his free time.

Vishweshwaran received his Engineering Degree in Biotechnology in 2008 and started his career in India as a software engineer with Wipro Technologies. In 2013, he graduated with a Master Degree in Bioinformatics from Nanyang Technological University Singapore. He worked as a Bioinformatics Engineer at Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory where he specialized in NGS Data analysis. Throughout his education and career, Vishwesh has built extensive knowledge and hands-on experience in several programming languages and statistical analysis, particularly in software and database development.

Thomas received his Diploma in Information Technology in 2003 before obtaining a Bachelor degree in Computer Science. He has been into software development since 2003, growing his proficiency through hands-on experience in several programming languages.

He began his professional career with an SME in India as an internet developer, progressing to multinational organizations such as Foster Wheeler UK where he worked in domains such as digital media, oil and gas, higher education and health care. His specializations are in software and database design, development, troubleshooting and maintenance.

Hong Boon graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, and King’s College London with a Master’s degree in Biomedical Sciences Research. He gained extensive laboratory operations and research knowledge from his career at the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), a leading research institute under A*Star, where he was involved in genotyping and Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS).

He subsequently moved to the role of Analyst, Project Coordinator and Functional Planner in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) Regional Molecular Marker Laboratory of Syngenta, a Swiss agro-biotechnology multi-national corporation. He was part of the Leadership Team that led the Laboratory in serving clients and collaborations globally. He was also involved in data analysis, management of global and regional projects, demand and resource planning, and management reporting for the APAC Regional Laboratory.

Prior to joining Imagene Labs, Hong Boon was involved in the setting up of embraceBio, a Singapore Company that assists researchers to source and recruit research volunteers and samples. As embraceBio’s Assistant General Manager, he oversaw Operations, Business Development, Marketing and Community Outreach.

Roy’s career spans various roles in sales and business development. He played an integral role in building the sales portfolio of Vivant Resources and the Kibing Group in the Asian and North American construction industries. Part of his experience in the wellness industry involved being the founder and director of his own wellness business Neuganics, which creates and distributes premium health products made from natural ingredients. His specialty lies in creating new market channels through partnership marketing and engagement.

Aslina spent 16 years in the fitness industry. Starting out as a Personal Trainer, she gained broad cross functional experience through various roles after in managing operations, driving revenue and developing talent with leading international gym chains including Singapore’s first mega gym chain California Fitness. Her most recent role prior to joining Imagene Labs was Regional Vice President at Celebrity Fitness, one of South East Asia’s biggest fitness center operators who dominate the Indonesia and Malaysian markets. Her role covered the lengths of business improvement projects, membership life management and skills development within teams.

Having once based herself in the Indonesian and Malaysia capitals, this born and bred Singaporean loves connecting with people and experiencing the different cultural nuances of working in trans-national ecosystems.

Lynette’s career started in sales before she moved into operations and management. She has helped expand business for companies such as Wyann International and Bonia in Malaysia. Driven by her passion for helping people transform not only their physical appearance through their skin and bodyline, but also their self-confidence, she built her experience in the beauty and slimming industries to include overseeing a 21-outlet wellness chain brand. Her ability lies in opening new market through strategic partnership and engagements.

Ning has over 10 years experience in life science product and customer services. An astute negotiator who believes in ‘win-win’ solutions, she was a Technical Sales Representative with Advanced Medical Science Co. Ltd. in Bangkok, Thailand before joining Imagene Labs. She has also held a Research Assistant position at the Centre for Molecular & Cell Biology for Infectious Diseases Research Institute for Health Science (RHES) in her native Chiang Mai.

Ning graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Chiang Mai University where she did her dissertation in HLA-DQA1 typing by polymerase chain reaction sequence specific oligonucleotide probe (PCR-SSO) hybridization in northern Thai people.

Melisa has over 10 years of sales experience and network in the pharmaceutical and dietetics industry. She graduated from the University of British Columbia with a degree in Nutritional Sciences. Initially beginning her professional career as a Nutritionist and Physical Trainer, her passion in healthcare and wellness eventually led her to join Pfizer Corporation as a sales representative. She also previously worked for Schering-Plough Corporation in addiction treatments and Abbott Nutrition on adult therapeutic nutrition. Prior to joining Imagene Labs, she was part of a Hong Kong-based genomics startup.