RYAN LIEW
Summary
Accomplished sales leader with record of success in enabling strong revenue growth through end-to-end sales management. Focused on continuous improvement and leading high-performing sales teams. Always looking for opportunities to bring in extensive experience from Tradfi and Crypto to help companies achieve extraordinary growth trajectory.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work history
Head of Growth Strategy
Onchain Trading Project
08.2024 - Current
- Responsible for driving and executing B2B growth strategies globally for a fast-growing onchain margin trading project on Solana
- Achieved 3X revenue growth within the first 4 months to help the project turn net revenue positive
- Developed marketing plans and partnership strategies to drive user acquisition and revenue growth
- Represent the organization at major crypto events as speaker and delegate to promote the brand and generate leads for partnerships
Managing Partner
COPIA CORPORATION LIMITED
08.2017 - 01.2025
- Provides growth and partnership strategies to financial institutions and corporates expanding into Asia
- Client segments include cryptocurrency exchanges, OTC Desks and MMs, payment solutions providers, brokers and traditional financial institutions
- KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:
- Closed multi-million annual contract sales partnerships with crypto exchanges
- Uncover numerous partnership deals for Web3-related projects expanding into Asia and EU countries
- Created bespoke banking and cross-border payment solutions to meet the needs of crypto-related institutions and HNWIs
Business Director
VEROAI
06.2023 - 08.2024
- Responsible for providing commercialization strategies of VeroAI projects across product traceability, consumer engagement and data monetization powered by Web3 technologies
- Uncover potential partnership opportunities in the Asia region to help companies adopt Web3 technologies
Director – Strategy & Business Development
CALL LEVELS PTE. LTD
08.2016 - 04.2017
- Successfully drove and execute B2B2C growth strategies of the company in Asia markets, resulting in double-digit user growth in first 3 months
- Repositioned the B2B monetization strategy to include targeting global banks and brokers partnerships
Director – E-FX
CITIBANK GLOBAL MARKETS
06.2014 - 07.2015
- Led the multi-million dollar sales development of the electronic FX-trading business in Greater China covering global and regional banks, hedge funds, brokers and corporates
- KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:
- Turned around the business to achieve over 40% YoY growth within 6 months by realigning resources and product strategies to capture biggest opportunities
- Overachieved sales targets by 50% in first 6 months by uncovering higher margin products and prioritizing top client coverage and revenue potentials
Director – Head of eFICC
BARCLAYS BANK
03.2007 - 06.2014
- Tasked to build the eFICC (FX, Fixed income and Commodities) franchise from ground up covering Greater China and South Korea markets
- KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:
- Built and trained a high-performing sales team that grew annual revenue from US$5million to US$50million+ over 5 years
- Institutionalized top 20% client relationships and achieved annual double-digit revenue growth of 600+ clients (banks, hedge funds and brokers)
Education
Postgraduate Diploma - Law
Manchester Metropolitan University
BSc. - Finance and Economics
Hawaii Pacific University
Certificate in Fintech Course -
Said Business School, Oxford University
MBA -
The University of Hong Kong
Skills
- High-performance sales leader
- Extensive tradfi and cryptocurrency experience
- Sales and market development strategies
- Integrity in business dealings
- B2B sales expertise
Crypto experience
80% Defi/Degen
Leverage trading, Yield-farming, LP-ing, Staking
Airdrops farming
Rekt - NFTs, Terra/Luna, FTX
Languages
Fluent English
Native
Mandarin
Advanced
Cantonese
Fluent
Bahasa
Fluent
Timeline
Head of Growth Strategy
Onchain Trading Project
08.2024 - Current
Business Director
VEROAI
06.2023 - 08.2024
Managing Partner
COPIA CORPORATION LIMITED
08.2017 - 01.2025
Director – Strategy & Business Development
CALL LEVELS PTE. LTD
08.2016 - 04.2017
Director – E-FX
CITIBANK GLOBAL MARKETS
06.2014 - 07.2015
Director – Head of eFICC
BARCLAYS BANK
03.2007 - 06.2014
Postgraduate Diploma - Law
Manchester Metropolitan University
BSc. - Finance and Economics
Hawaii Pacific University
Certificate in Fintech Course -
Said Business School, Oxford University
MBA -
The University of Hong Kong
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