Empowering businesses to unlock their internal working capital.
Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Singapore, Pilon is a multiple award-winning solution that partners with banks, financial institutions, and large enterprises across Southeast Asia to significantly enhance their supply chain financing programs and implement comprehensive in-house discounting solutions
We stand as a beacon of innovation and expertise in the dynamic realm of supply chain financing .
Our leadership team comprises visionaries and trailblazers, each with a wealth of experience and a proven track record of success in the financial and fintech sectors. These individuals are not just industry veterans; they are pioneers who have consistently led the way in driving transformative change and shaping the future of finance.
Eddie Lee
Co-Founder and CEO
A repeat tech founder, Eddie started his tech agency in 1998 and sold it off in 2014.
Well versed in technology, he then co-founded a peer to peer lending platform (Fintech) and grew it to be Singapore’s leading marketplace lending platform licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and holds a full Capital Market Service License.
Across Asia Pacific, the crowdlending platform has funded over USD 2 billion to businesses since 2017. Eddie then successfully exited the business in 2019 to deepen his fintech interest with financial expert, Alex Chua through Pilon where they design the money flow in supply chain financing using technology.
Eddie is also the former Vice President of the Singapore Fintech Association (2017-2021) and co-setup the Cambodia Fintech Association and served as the Vice President (2018 – 2020).
Alex Chua
Co-Founder
Alex started his career in JP Morgan as Head of Equity Derivatives Retail Structured Products Distribution S.E.A from 2005 to 2012.
His client portfolios included private and wealth banking institutions and corporates across Greater China and South East Asia.
Drawing on his extensive corporate finance and regional experience to address the challenges of a fast-changing, ever-evolving business landscape, Alex established GB Helios (formerly known as Goldbell Financial Services) in 2015 to meet the funding needs of the Group’s SME clients and to further support their accelerating business growth by providing them with new and innovative financial solutions.
Alex is also the CEO of GB Helios, a subsidiary of Goldbell Group, Singapore’s market leader in distribution and leasing of commercial vehicles. Alex is also the winner of the EY Entrepreneur of the year 2021 (Financial Services).
The Pilon Platform
