Alan Hellawell

Alan Hellawell has been intimately involved in the Asian internet and e-commerce space since 1995. He has served both in key operational roles at archetypal companies such as Netscape Communications and Lucent Technologies, and more recently at Sea Group, Southeast Asia’s first NYSE-listed internet company.

Alan most recently served as Sea’s Chief Strategy Officer, with responsibilities for key partnerships, in-bound and outbound investment and M&A, investor relations and other areas.

Alan has worked regularly with management across other leading global platforms such as Tencent, Google, Facebook, Amazon and Paypal; in addition to the region’s leading PE, VC and investment banking firms. Alan prior to this managed Deutsche Bank's Asia TMT research group for 11 years.

Alan supported many of China's largest internet companies from their early, private stages through IPO and beyond. He maintains long running “CxO-level” relationships with dozens of leading names in the space; including Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu, Vipshop, Grab, GO-JEK, Tokopedia, Traveloka and JD.com. He commonly forged C-suite relationships well prior to a company’s IPO; when he can render advice around strategy, positioning and basic messaging to the aspiring entrepreneur.