The seasons change, and Jeremy Sng has rolled with them.
Take his career pivot. The general manager of payments fintech M-Daq left an 18-year run as an investment banker — a fast-paced life that stretched through 80 to 100 hours of work a week, including weekends — and one that he revelled in.
Jumping on and off plane trips. Frenetic deal-making. High-power negotiations. It was a life where no day would be the same and that paid well — but that also left a toll, and eventually, a gnawing question about life outside of this well-worn routine.
"It was a difficult decision to go from investment banking into fintech. It did take me two years to make that decision. But over the two years, essentially, I re-looked at myself and asked myself, 'what else?'," says Jeremy.
"The work is slightly different in a fintech — it's much more operational. I also learned to realise that when you're building a business...