I am an Asian with 15 years of experience, 10 of them with digital companies where I have led Fintech
strategic partnerships, which are key for the growth and expansion.
I am working for the past 4 years in Singapore in leadership roles with Fintech companies.
I have built a track record in leading fintech businesses, navigating new markets, raising capital, forging strategic partnerships, and launching innovative products.
I have also worked in a leadership role at an e-commerce platform which raised 1.5 billion dollars, the work I did created significant commercial value for the e-commerce platform
My skills and experience in Fintech are diverse, unique, and valuable.
I applied for the Exceptional Talent.
I waited for a month and then dropped an enquiry, within an hour I got a response that my application has been rejected.
What worries me is that the assessing panel has not read the application properly, they have provided shabby reasons.
I think TechNation reeks of racism.
Can someone advise me to hire an attorney for the appeal ?
Mandatory Criteria:
- Certificates of employment with high salaries with fitnech companies of German, Dutch, Chinese and Indian origin.
- Letters of recommendation from a London Based ex employer
-Letter of recommendation from a renounced Singapore fintech leader and book author
OC 1: Innovation
- Letter of recommendation from 2 employers on how I built strategic partnerships to help the companies expand
- I am the cofounder and curator of a industry knowledge portal
- I am a guest columnist with 12 published articles in a renowned business magazine
OC2: Product led growth / Commercial Contribution
- I worked for four years with an e-commerce marketplace, where I head strategic partnerships and launched several innovative products and projects. The company I worked raised 1.5 billion dollars from the like of Softbank and is slated to do an IPO in 2022. I reported to the founders. I have provided press articles.
- Letter of recommendation from a startup media platform which covered the above story and vouched for my work
Rejected by lame reasons:
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The candidate has applied with optional criteria 1 and 3 (innovation and impact). The information
provided is not sufficient to endorse for exceptional talent. -
The candidate has not demonstrated how he fulfils the mandatory criteria. Although he has worked
across several businesses, there is insufficient information about his specific impact on these
businesses, such as the products or programmes he led. In addition, the candidate’s letters of
recommendation, whilst complimentary, do not show someone with international recognition and at the
forefront of their sector. -
The candidate has not sufficiently shown how they fulfil the first optional criteria of a proven track record of innovation. The candidate has written some content, attended events and worked on projects for employe a / employer b. However, nothing in this shows the candidate working in a new digital field but rather product innovation.
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The candidate has not shown how he fulfils the third optional criteria of significant technical, commercial or entrepreneurial contributions to the field. Although the candidate has submitted evidence around his work at e-commerce marketplace, he has not specified his role other than saying he led some of these projects. This criterion is about work attributable to an individual’s work; this needs to be clarified.