Jesvin Kaur

MANAGING DIRECTOR

Jesvin KAUR has worked with Martin Yupangco and Optima Strategies since 2007. She has over 25 years of experience in business advisory, strategic communication solutions, and corporate research. Her current role at Optima Strategies involves providing strategic business advice, investment analysis, communication strategy, reputation management, and assisting clients navigate through a diverse range of investment and commercial challenges within the ASEAN region.

In the region, she has advised Political Leaders, Government Ministries and Institutions, Government-linked Investment Companies, Multinational Companies, Private Equity Funds, and a host of other corporate and investment firms, on a range of issues including strategy, stakeholder relations, media engagement, strategic and financial communication.

Ms. Kaur was Senior Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement & Communication at Petra Group. She was also previously head of the Research and Advisory unit at KRA Group, a regional role covering Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. Prior to that, she was a senior investment analyst at Maybank Securities. She had also served at the Strategy and Risk Management Division of the Securities Commission of Malaysia.

Ms. Kaur has a Bachelor of Business (Accounting and Finance) from the University of Technology (Sydney) and has completed the Executive Program on Public Policy: Design and Implementation for Success from Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore. She also possesses a strong network within the media, corporate and business circles around the region.