Alvina has extensive experience in early-stage startups, IP due diligence, technology evaluation, licensing negotiations, and strategic collaborations across APAC and global markets. Skilled in cross-functional teamwork and adept at identifying bold focus areas for business growth, particularly in the life sciences and healthcare, and FMCG sectors, while driving innovation and sustainability initiatives.
Key Achievements
- Internal Consulting & Business Development: As APAC Account Manager at Deloitte, collaborated with consultants to identify bold focus areas for external life sciences and healthcare clients. Enhanced branding in climate and sustainability while exceeding sales revenue targets by over 35% consecutively for two years.
- Strategic Leadership: Spearheaded the creation of an offshore APAC account management team to manage the firm’s top 50 client portfolios. Supported regional leaders in aligning objectives and setting milestones for key pharmaceutical clients.
- Digital Health Innovation: Participated in a Hackathon organized by the Pharmaceutical Society of Singapore, won the *Best Creative Solutions* award for this innovative project.
- Licensing & Funding: Licensed immunotherapy IP to a US multinational corporation, enabling the launch of a local startup. Secured over SGD 7M in research collaboration funding and SGD 19.4M in commercial investments across sectors such as oncology, diagnostics, and therapeutics.
- High-Value Deals: Negotiated licensing contracts worth SGD 12.4M in diagnostics and education products.
Industry Experience
- Quasi-government: Commercialization Associate at A*STAR, managing IP portfolios for commercial needs, and securing collaboration and licensing deals across biomedical fields.
- Life Sciences and Healthcare: Evaluated early-stage technologies; structured deals for startups; developed business models for medtech innovations.
- FMCG: Identified and evaluated proprietary clinically proven and GRAS-certified sustainable-sourced ingredients for business pipeline
- Professional Services: Managed APAC account strategies at Deloitte, focusing on life sciences and healthcare clients while driving initiatives in climate and sustainability.
- Incubators and Accelerators: Directed business ventures at Trendlines Medical Singapore by sourcing startups, conducting due diligence, and securing seed funding.
She was also extensively involved in sustainability topics through certifications, workshops, and projects focused on circular economy design, waste management processes, and sustainable product lifecycle solutions.
Alvina has also built a working prototype of a decentralised system for collecting, verifying, and sharing environmental data and applied design strategy and innovation to address challenges such as aging societies and workplace transformation in a hospital setting. She has also Contributed to a sustainable innovation blueprint that was exhibited in Arts and Science Museum.
Certifications
- Sustainability: Certifications in Carbon Accounting & GHG Management (Global Compact Network Singapore); and Corporate Sustainability (Global Compact Network Singapore); Advanced Certificate in Sustainability for the Future (Singapore Management University), Innovate for Sustainable Economy (CIRCO).
- Design Thinking & Innovation: Certifications in Design Strategy & Innovation (Singapore Institute of Technology) and Design Thinking in Medtech & Healthcare (Singapore Biodesign).
- Generative AI: Certification in Generative AI for Business Professionals (NTUC Learning Hub); Certification in Prompt Engineering (NTUC Learning Hub).
Alvina holds a Bachelor of Biotechnology (2nd Class Upper Honours), conferred by Flinders University of South Australia.