Leslie Loh

Bio

Mr Leslie Loh was the Founder, Chairman and CEO of System Access since its inception in 1983. Mr Loh played a major role in leading System Access from a one-man outfit to a publicly listed global banking software organization with 10 offices and 500 staff in Europe, Middle East and Asia. The company was acquired in 2006 by SunGard Data Systems INC, US, a leading global financial services software provider. Under his leadership, System Access has received various awards and recognition in Singapore. The company’s flagship product, SYMBOLS, has received the Singapore 1998 National IT Award, Asia Pacific 2003 IT Awards (‘Special mention’) and IBS UK “Top 10” universal banking software ranking for 5 years. System Access was ranked amongst the top 50 most enterprising companies in Singapore for 4 times. Mr Loh was selected the winner of the 1998 ASME Rotary Entrepreneur of the Year in Singapore. In 1999, Mr Loh received the National Youth Award (Individual) for his success as an entrepreneur. In 2006, Leslie was awarded the “Person of The Year” IT Leader Award by the Singapore Computer Society. Mr Loh was an IDA Board Member (Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore) for 2 terms from 1999 to 2003. Mr Loh always finds time to contribute to entrepreneurial and ICT development in Singapore. He is a frequent speaker at various corporate seminars or local academic events sharing his entrepreneurial experiences. He has also served as a judge for various awards committee including ASME Entrepreneurial of the Year and National Infocomm Awards. Mr Loh is currently a private equity investor with direct investment portfolio including Nextview Pte Ltd and Lithan Genovate Pte Ltd from Singapore where he is major shareholder and currently serves as the Chairman of the Board for these companies. Mr Loh graduated from Saint Mary’s University, Canada, in 1982 with a bachelor of Commerce, majoring in Finance and Information Technology.