Asia Pacific Series with Angela Conroy: Neal Cross - PictureWealth, orangutans and sense of it all

In the first episode of Asia Pacific Series, hosted by Angela Conroy based in Singapore, we talk with Neal Cross, co-founder and Chairman of PictureWealth, one of the world’s fastest-growing wealth FinTech companies, based in Perth, Australia. Why is personal wealth management so important? What are the big mistakes corporates make when trying to innovate? How can start-ups pick the right partners to help them succeed? How do orangutans and coral reefs fit into all of this?

Show Notes

Neal Cross is co-founder and Chairman of PictureWealth, an award-winning innovator and speaker based in Perth, Australia, who is active in FinTech and innovation across the Asia Pacific.

Angela and Neal talk about:

• Why, of all the issues in the current financial services sector, he chose to focus on personal wealth management 
• Neal's background in innovation and if an enterprise is ready for a fundamental shift (ex DBS, MasterCard, Microsoft)
• The biggest mistakes corporations and start-ups make when trying to work together and how to fix this
• How do start-ups pick the best partners and avoid those who are part of the "milking" the start-ups
• His commitment to sustainable tourism through hotelorangutan.com and pulauwehparadise.com in Indonesia and how we can support their mission.  Hotel Orangutan is a non-profit start-up that seeks to empower villagers economically and to raise awareness of the precarious situation of orangutans, which are being driven out of their natural habitat by wildfires. Pulau Weh Paradise: besides its mission to raise awareness of the plight of the coral reefs, the hotel has also been a source of jobs and education for the local villages 

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