Asia Pacific Series with Angela Conroy: Neal Cross - PictureWealth, orangutans and sense of it all
Neal Cross is co-founder and Chairman of PictureWealth, an award-winning innovator and speaker based in Perth, Australia, who is active in FinTech and innovation across the Asia Pacific.
Angela and Neal talk about:
Why, of all the issues in the current financial services sector, he chose to focus on personal wealth management
Neal's background in innovation and if an enterprise is ready for a fundamental shift (ex DBS, MasterCard, Microsoft)
The biggest mistakes corporations and start-ups make when trying to work together and how to fix this
How do start-ups pick the best partners and avoid those who are part of the "milking" the start-ups
His commitment to sustainable tourism through hotelorangutan.com and pulauwehparadise.com in Indonesia and how we can support their mission.
Hotel Orangutan is a non-profit start-up that seeks to empower villagers economically and to raise awareness of the precarious situation of orangutans, which are being driven out of their natural habitat by wildfires. Pulau Weh Paradise: besides its mission to raise awareness of the plight of the coral reefs, the hotel has also been a source of jobs and education for the local villages