Melvyn Yeo is the Founder and Managing Partner of Singapore-based, TRIREC, which is the pioneer and leading venture capital firm that invests globally with a decarbonisation mandate driving the climate change agenda.

Melvyn started his career and spent more than a decade in Goldman Sachs (Asia) and he then co-founded Thirdrock Group which was the leading Singapore-based investment firm which was acquired by UK-based Schroders in 2019.

He was the Deputy Head of Wealth Management (Asia), Chairman of the Asia Investment Committee, Co-Chair of the Private Assets Investment Committee for Schroders Wealth globally. Melvyn was on the boards of the Singapore and Hong Kong entities of the firm’s wealth management business during his tenure at Schroders.

Melvyn is a founding member of the Climate Solutions Committee in the Singapore Venture Capital Association. Melvyn serves on the Strategic Advisory Board of the Accelerate Blue Fund of the University of Michigan that is dedicated to bringing the research and development of technologies within its faculties across disciplines to commercialization.