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THE IT SOCIETY / Issue 02/2022
What does it take to become Tech Leader of the Year? CAECILIA CHU Member, SCS Tech Leader of the Year, Tech Leader Awards 2022 CEO and Co-founder, YouTrip Earliest Tech Experience: Tech investments at Citi Currently Reading: Re-reading Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey A. Moore App You Can’t Live Without: YouTrip Pet Topic of the Moment: Post-pandemic travel adventures Favourite Way to Relax: Ski trip to Niseko
The pandemic literally brought the travel industry to a standstill. It is natural to assume that a FinTech business which launched Singapore’s first multicurrency travel wallet would be hard hit. However, newly crowned Tech Leader of the Year 2022 Caecilia Chu, CEO and co-founder of YouTrip, proved otherwise. The IT Society speaks to Caecilia Chu to find out how she not only saw YouTrip through the pandemic, she also grew YouTrip to become the Best Multi-Currency Mobile Wallet Provider1, ASEAN’s Best Startup of the Year and Best Fintech Startup2. 1 2
Singapore Business Awards 2022 Global Startup Awards 2019
Q: Question, CC: Caecilia Chu Q: Congratulations on winning Tech Leader of the Year. What’s Caecilia like as a leader? CC: I’m an incredibly direct person. I believe in radical honesty, so that it’s always the best ideas that win in the organisation, rather than the person with the highest title. I also have incredibly high standards for myself and everyone on the team, and I don’t hide it. If I see something that is not up to par, I will be honest about it. In a startup environment where one is looking to do good and impactful work, brutal honesty is important for progress and should be expected.
