Vivian Ho

Hi, I'm Vivian Ho and welcome to my profile page.

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Vivian Ho is a well-rounded commercial executive with 8 years'€™ experience working with blue chip companies and SMEs in roles requiring both breadth and depth of general management skills. Vivian Ho is knowledgeable, insightful and commercially astute. She is skilled in business model generation, strategy development and execution, business development, negotiations, project management and entering new international markets. She thrives on growing companies and people. Vivian Ho is personable, inspiring, tactful and diplomatic yet straight-talking. Speak fluent English and Chinese and belong to both East and West. Vivian Ho's colleagues would describe her as resilient, thoughtful, and capable at synthesizing disparate information and putting it in context to make decisions.

General Manager at Precept Health Limited

2008 - 2011

Precept Health is a medical software and device connectivity company. A "Top 100" finalist in Red Herring Magazine award for top technology companies in Asia Pacific. - Defined and implemented a new global business and product strategy by working with key customers, directors, and staff. - Negotiated commercial contracts. - Managed offshore distributors and product partner alliances. - Project and staff management. - Product development and managed R/D efforts. - Negotiated incoming venture investments.

Business Development Manager at Connect New Zealand

2007 - 2008

Connect New Zealand is a economic development agency which assists New Zealand technology businesses become market and investment ready. - Managed sales and business development processes, including prospecting, needs development, presenting, closing and after sales relationship management. - Led and delivered the organisation’s core service programme, the “business roundtable”. - Built and maintained a network of high calibre business advisors, investors, and experienced entrepreneurs, including high profile and high net-worth individuals with C-level and board-level credentials, in a high touch, relationship based environment.

Senior Consultant at Ernst & Young

2004 - 2007

International tax and transfer pricing consultant specialised in strategic offshore expansion planning, structural design and implementation for large corporations and medium-size high growth companies. Work included financial planning and operational realization. Worked extensively on Tax Effective International Supply Chain Management (TESCM) for goods, services and intellectual property.

Full Time MBA Student 2011-2012 at Cranfield School of Management

September 2011

Full fee scholarship recipient. Cranfield is a world class business school ranked #1 in the UK and #4 in Europe by the Economist in 2010.

Cranfield University - Cranfield School of Management

2011 – 2012

MBA

University of Auckland

1999 – 2003

Bachelor of Laws (LLB)

Activities: Conjoint/ Joint Honours

University of Auckland

1999 – 2003

Bachelor of Commerce (BCom)

Concentration: International Business

Activities: Conjoint/ Joint Honours

Technology, cleantech, biotech, startup, skiing, golf.