Head of Grants, Innovation Practices and Xcelerators
DBS Bank

David Ding is an innovation leader, problem solver, start-up hustler, lean start-up practitioner and ecosystem developer. He has led numerous business and partnership development efforts and validated business models that attracted angels and institutional funding across IT solutions, gaming, e-commerce, big data, social media and healthcare in Singapore, China and the USA. In the past decade, he has been focusing on the Southeast Asia start-up ecosystem and innovation ecosystem development.

Prior to joining DBS Innovation, David was the Community and Operations Manager at muru-D Singapore, a start-up accelerator programme backed by Telstra. He was among the 20 delegates of the inaugural Australia-Vietnam Young Leadership Dialogue in 2017. David is presently serving as the President of the NUS Overseas Colleges Alumni Executive Committee.