Human Connection

Mr. Jiang Honghui ("Mr. Jiang") was appointed as the Executive Director and CEO of 17LIVE Group Limited on 13 August 2024. Mr. Jiang previously served as CEO and Executive Director of Vertex Technology Acquisition Corporation Ltd, the first special purpose acquisition company listed on Singapore Stock Exchange, where he successfully led the business combination with 17LIVE Inc. in December 2023. With over 12 years of experience in venture capital investment, Mr. Jiang has a strong track record in technology investment, particularly in Greater China, Japan and Southeast Asia, and has held leadership roles at Vertex Holdings, Vertex Growth Management, Temasek Life Sciences Accelerator and Whispir Limited. A Temasek Holdings scholar, he graduated with a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from MIT and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan.

Mr. Jing Shen Ng ("Mr. Ng") is the Co-Founder of 17LIVE Inc. and its subsidiaries and has served as CTO since August 2022. He was previously 17LIVE Inc.'s Chief Operating Officer from August 2019 to August 2022. Mr. Ng co-founded Paktor Pte. Ltd. ("Paktor"), a dating and social networking platform which merged with 17 Media to form 17LIVE Inc. (known as M17 Entertainment Limited) in 2017 and was subsequently sold by 17LIVE Inc. in 2020. He served as Paktor's CEO from November 2017 to August 2019 and CTO from August 2013 to August 2019. Prior to that, Mr. Ng founded Restless, a platform for users to browse, search and book activities online in Singapore in February 2012. From October 2009 to December 2011, Mr. Ng was a software engineer at Amazon.com Inc., where he was part of the team that re-architected the backbone of Amazon's first cloud computing service.

Mr. Kenta Masuda ("Mr. Masuda") joined 17LIVE in September 2021 and has served as 17LIVE Inc.'s CFO since March 2023. Prior to joining 17LIVE, he served as Director of Financial Reporting and Consolidation, Controllership at Walmart Japan, a subsidiary of a leading U.S. multinational retail corporation, and subsequently as its Senior Director of Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) and Treasury. Earlier in his career, Mr. Masuda was an Audit Manager at Deloitte, working in both the Tokyo and Tampa, Florida offices, where he specialized in audit, due diligence, and advisory services primarily for global financial institutions.

Mr. Joji Koda ("Mr. Koda"), joined 17LIVE in November 2023 and has served as 17LIVE Group Limited's CIO since February 2024, where he is in charge of group investor relations, M&A and strategic partnerships. Prior to joining 17LIVE, Mr. Koda was based in Silicon Valley where he oversaw the Japan and Korea markets at Ripple, a leading enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions provider headquartered in San Francisco, and also served as CFO/COO of HOMMA Group, a smart home technology startup. Before moving to the United States, he was at EY TAS, Cool Japan Fund, GE Capital and MUFG Bank (formerly UFJ Bank) where he led various investment, finance, restructuring, and operational improvement projects on a global basis.