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Neal

Cross

CORPORATE, SOCIAL and STARTUP ENTREPRENEUR  -  KEYNOTE SPEAKER  -  BOARD ADVISOR

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WHO I AM

Neal Cross is a globally recognized corporate, social and start-up entrepreneur with a long track record across blue-chip technology, finance and data companies. He is currently co-founder and chairman of PictureWealth, one of the world’s fastest growing wealth fintech companies and serves on the advisory board of Razer Fintech. Prior to this, Cross was the Chief Innovation Officer at DBS Bank, where in his tenure he drove their transformation into a global innovation powerhouse culminating in achieving the world’s best Digital Bank 2016 and 2018 and worlds best bank 3 times across 2018 and 2019. He has personally been awarded the world’s most disruptive CIO/CTO globally from judges Sir Richard Branson and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and is a regular winner of best innovation lab and innovation leader awards.

His early life as a game developer has left him with a passion for gaming and the realisation that software should be engaging and rewarding. To this end Cross is passionate about solving problems in an elegant manner and deploys world class programs to engage the entire work force in the business of innovation. Cross has advised hundreds of the major brands in Asia and is a trusted adviser to several leading CEO’s, government agencies and start-ups.

In his spare time, he has built social enterprises to help save the endangered orangutans and coral reefs in Sumatra. and due to this was recently listed in The Meaningful Business 100 which focuses on the individual, cutting through the corporate messaging to uncover which leaders are driving truly impactful, purpose-led business to align with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

 

Neal Cross can bring the following value to an engagement

•Executive innovation coaching

•Re-framing of business models, customers and partnerships

•Review and intervention of transformation projects

•Increase corporate ambition and inspiration

•Deep understanding of mega-trends

•Digital and data innovation

•Start-up and talent ecosystem

 

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​FIND ME

MEA Digital series

Dubai

Mega Stage

Kuala Lumpur

SPEAKING CALENDAR

  • YouTube
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter Clean
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PAST & PRESENT

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