A seasoned entrepreneur himself, Chay is the founder of Enspire. He brings with him a depth of experience, vision and industry connections worldwide.
Chay is a co-founder and former president of Creative Technology Ltd (Nasdaq/Singapore Stock Exchange). He led the effort in building up Creative's marketing organisation in Asia, Europe and Latin America, and manufacturing operations in Singapore, Malaysia, United States and Ireland. During his tenure between 1988 and 1996, Creative's sales grew from US$5m to US$1.2b.
With a keen interest in technology and strong business acumen, Chay has worked with a number of start-ups in the U.S., North Asia and South East Asia since mid 1996. Some of these start-ups have attained listing status in various stock exchanges or been merged with industry leaders in the related fields.
Besides Enspire, Chay is the Chairman of Beyonics Technology Ltd, a Singapore mainboard-listed contract manufacturer. Over the years, Chay has also served as board members or advisors to a number of business organisations, including Creative, Logitech, Leadtek Research, Hony Capital, CVC Asia Pacific, CMT China Value and KLM Capital. Chay was also appointed to the board of Singapore Economic Development Board for 2005 and 2006.
Chay graduated with a BSc degree from the National University of Singapore, majoring in Physics.