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Dr Ang Ser Keng

  • Principal Lecturer of Finance
  • Member of the Board of Governors and Director
  • UOB-SMU Asian Enterprise Institute
  • Lee Kong Chian School of Business
Expertise
SME growth strategies, Business succession, Financial performance, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Capital Raising, IPO listing, Valuation

About Ser Keng
Dr. Ang is Principal Lecturer of Finance at the Lee Kong Chian School of Business in SMU. He is also a Member of the Board of Governance and Director of the UOB-SMU Asian Enterprise Institute. Ser-Keng has been actively advising new ventures in their growth and financing endeavors.

Prior to his appointment at SMU since 2004, Ser-Keng was an investment banker. He spent nine years in London and Hong Kong, where he was involved in the origination and execution of a number of cross-border transactions in the Asia Pacific region at international banks, such as Deutsche Bank, ABN AMRO and Flemings, especially in mergers & acquisitions and capital markets. At Deutsche Bank, he was responsible for an acquisition in the US, amounting to US$5.5 billion, for a Japanese MNC. As a Senior Vice President at ABN AMRO, he was also responsible for cross-selling a broader range of products, to corporate clients.

Ser-Keng received his Ph.D. in Finance from UNSW Business School, MBA from London Business School (LBS), Master in Business Research from UWA, and Bachelor of Accountancy (BAcc) from National University of Singapore (NUS). He is qualified for both CA and ACIS.

 

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Anything related to SME growth strategies, financial performance, capital raising, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), business succession and valuation.

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Q: Our business is finding it difficult to scale upwards. What are the different ways to achieve scale?

Scaling a business upwards is a problem many SMEs face. The issue is multi-faceted and is not limited to constraints in financial resources but also other organizational issue such as inertia to change. One of the ways to achieve scale is to explore growth by acquisition. This is often said to be a riskier proposition but if done carefully and skilfully, an SME can achieve scale very quickly, acquiring valuable resources such as customers, suppliers, talents, expertise and knowhow. Other ways of scaling the business include franchising, licensing, joint ventures and strategic alliances.

Answered by Dr Ang Ser Keng on 05 Aug 2019 10:07

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