Omar Taheri

Founder

Spark Plus was founded by entrepreneur and events specialist, Omar Taheri. Omar has had numerous years of experience in the hedge fund industry and was founder of an events business – The Fundies. Through The Fundies, Omar had built an excellent rolodex of hedge fund professionals across Asia-Pacific. Having been named one of the “Young Guns” in the Asian hedge fund space, Taheri is an extremely ambitious individual.

Omar was instrumental in growing the Swiss-Asia’s hedge fund platform and was able to incubate numerous start-up hedge funds in the region.

The network that Omar possesses are of a very strong presence, ranging from Family Offices, Hedge Funds and Wealth Management firms in the Asia-Pacific Region.

Jared Sim

Head of Marketing

Prior to joining SparkPlus as the Head of Marketing, Jared was in Business Development of a leading hedge fund incubator in Singapore.

Having worked closely with numerous fund managers and independent asset managers, Jared is no foreigner to the marketing landscape in the hedge fund space.

Possessing past working experience from Audit, Banking, Fund Accounting and Tax corporations, Jared’s versatility has been a key to Spark Plus.

Tomohide Maki

Head of Japan Business

Maki-san is equipped with a 20-year track record within sell-side corporate access with previous roles being the Head of Corporate Access at Deutsche Securities, Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan.
He has vast experience working with Japanese corporates from small-cap to blue-chip sized. His deep knowledge of trends, best practices, and developments in Corporate Access business in major markets makes him a highly skilled professional in organizing various types of big and small corporate access events while collaborating with research, corporate finance and sales team effectively.

Cyprus Sia

Corporate Finance Analyst

Cyprus is an Applied Physics graduate from NTU with a strong affiliation for investment. 

Prior to joining Spark Plus, he was an Investment Analyst covering the tech sector within Malaysia and Hong Kong market.

Equipped with the knowledge and skills in the semiconductor industry, he integrates data with rational thinking to uncover growth opportunities in and out of the market. He enjoys exploring the landscape of various businesses and further develops a deep understanding of it.

Timothy Wong

Corporate Finance Advisor

Timothy is a corporate advisor who works at Spark Plus to build trust-based relationships in financial markets, human-to-human. He has a background in both Finance and Accounting, lending him unique insight to a variety of different business models. Tim is a bit of a nomad and has lived in Singapore, Australia, China & US.

Tim holds a Bachelor of Arts in Commerce from the University of Melbourne.

Siti Munirah

Office Administrator

Munirah, became a member of the Spark Plus team in 2018 and assists in the day-to-day operations of the company. Having prior work experience in Admininstrative and Personal Assistant roles across industries ranging manufacturing, maritime to legal services and venture capitalist, Munirah is equipped with the skills from book-keeping, customer service, operations to human resource. She is a key asset to the company and has ambition to take on more responsibilities to grow her skill set vertically. Munirah has certifications in Human Resource Management and Info-Communication Technology.