Instructor

Val Yap

Instructor, SUTD Academy
CEO and Founder, PolicyPal

Val is the CEO and Founder of PolicyPal, Asia’s leading insurtech company that empowers consumers to start their financial planning journey through a gamified reward-based learning. PolicyPal (a member of AMTD Group) is supported by 500 Startups, PayPal and angel investor, Koh Boon Hwee.

A former sales broker at Allianz, Val is passionate about making financial planning affordable and accessible to everyone. Upon graduation, she worked as a Risk Assurance Consultant at PwC in London. After that, Val went on to become the Assistant Vice President at OCBC Bank in Singapore, focusing on launching digital campaigns, and working closely with wealth management and marketing to drive innovations. Val who was named to Forbes “30 Under 30” list for Finance and Venture Capital, Fortune “40 under 40” list for Finance, list for Finance, Linkedin’s Power Profiles in Singapore, Gen T and Fellow at Singapore University of Social Sciences, is a post-graduate with MSc Business Management at Imperial College London and BA Digital Media at the University of the Arts London.

She’s a frequent speaker at universities and conferences. Val has appeared in the Forbes Magazine, Fortune Magazine, Nikkei News, Singapore Straits Times, Business Times Newspaper, Bloomberg, KPMG, Women’s Weekly, Singapore Radio Station MoneyFM and many others. Val has also published her memoir BALLS INC., sharing her experience as a female tech entrepreneur and insight into insurtech and startup. When not at work, Val is an avid globe-trotter and a sports enthusiast who has completed six Spartan races in a year.