About Dennis.
Dennis, who has 10 years of experience in corporate secretarial, accounting, tax and corporate legal industry. He specializes in corporate compliance and structure advisory for different legal vehicles in Singapore, Vietnam, offshore jurisdictions and emerging Asia countries.
He left the corporate secretarial and corporate legal industry and joined a legal tech startup as its VP Product for a brief period of 6 months. During the period, he has learnt the issues startups face with their compliance and investors relation matters and after leaving the startup, he developed a different approach in the corporate services, which founded Legatcy, to provide corporate advisory services for startups in Singapore jurisdiction and worked on cross border transactions with partners from across Asia.
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Now, he acts as consultant to more than 400 startups with founders from across the world, invest in startups as angel investor, and focus on sharing knowledge and practices to startups and SMEs.
Positions
Founder & Managing Partner
Legatcy Consulting LLP
Dennis founded Legatcy, a transnational corporate service firm through leading a team of advisor and consultants in Singapore and Asia.
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He advises business owners and founders from around the world, on cross border structuring and compliance and business strategy planning.
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Associate Lecturer, Law
Entrepreneur-in-residence
Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Dennis is an Associate Lecturer, Law and he currently teaches Company Law and Secretarial Practice in the School of Business and Accountancy (BA).
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He also acts as the Entrepreneur-in-residence with The Sandbox - Innovation & Entrepreneurship (I&E) Office and is featured at Those Who Dared 2, an inspiring collection of startup stories from the alumni. His role is to advise startups that are selected to be incubated by NP Agile Centre.
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Treasurer
Chief of Staff to President
Chairman of Chief of Staff Committee
​Risk and Insurance Management Association of Singapore (RIMAS)
RIMAS, the Risk and Insurance Management Association of Singapore is a non-profit organisation founded in 1988 and dedicated to advancing the discipline and practice of risk management.
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He acts as the treasurer, a part of the council members, to ensures the financial well-being of the association.
He acts as the Chief of Staff to the President of the association, to serves as a strategic advisor and trusted confidant, providing high-level support to the President in managing the association. The Chief of Staff acts as a liaison between the President and various stakeholders, including the council members, members, and external partners.
Education | Certifications
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Certified Chief of Staff
CSA(Cert)
University of Oxford & The Chief of Staff Association
The Chief of Staff Association is an international peak professional body for chiefs of staff in leading private corporations, governments, not-for-profits and the military. It is a network of influential business leaders and diplomats that aims to overcome impediments to solving complex coordination problems and accelerating economic diplomacy.
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I have successfully completed the Chief of Staff Executive Education programme at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, during April 2022, which was the first batch.
This strategic certification programme provides structured insight, expert guidance, best practice and networking and represents my skills, behaviours, and experience required of a contemporary chief of staff.​​
Doctoral Candidate, Doctor of Business Administration
Golden Gate University
The DBA is a professional practice doctorate and is concerned with researching real business and managerial issues via the critical review and systematic application of appropriate theories and research to professional practice.
Masters of Law in International Business
Birmingham City University
Studied, research and written essays on the following subjects:
1. International Corporate Law;
2. Transnational Commercial Law;
3. Corporate Criminality and Tax Evasion;
4. Advanced Legal Research Methods;
5. International Intellectual Property Law;
6. Conflict Resolution in Business; and
Completed dissertation with written thesis: “Comparative Analysis of Corporate Governance: Lessons from the United States and the United Kingdom to address the gaps in Singapore’s balancing effective regulations and fostering a business-friendly environment to ensure that Singapore remains a leading financial hub in Singapore”