Lauren is an innovation and corporate development leader with 15+ years of international experience. She has lived and worked in the US, Singapore, Indonesia and Japan and is fluent in English, Mandarin Chinese, and Bahasa Indonesia.

Over the course of her career, Lauren has sought opportunities which require embracing disruption, comfort with ambiguity, humility for continuous learning, and talent development in order to drive innovation and growth.

During her time in Asia, Lauren completed transactions with companies across all growth stages in China, Singapore, Myanmar, Indonesia, Japan, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Australia.

Lauren's POV: Innovation and growth can be difficult to execute but, nevertheless, possible with focus, perseverance, and an open mind to learn and partner with start-ups and borrow lessons learned from other industries.