Based in Singapore, ONE Championship has announced the addition of three new leaders to its senior management team namely Hua Fung Teh, Mahesh Subramanian and Souvik Dutta. They are the mixed martial arts promotion’s new chief financial officer, chief technology officer and vice president of engineering, respectively.
“I am pleased to announce the addition of three new leaders for ONE Championship in Hua Fung Teh, Mahesh Subramanian and Souvik Dutta,” ONE Championship chairman and chief executive officer Chatri Sityodtong stated. “These senior executives will add significant leadership strength to ONE Championship, and will allow us to continue to scale across Asia.”
With global domain expertise in finance and sports, Teh will start his work as CFO of ONE Championship in January 2018. As CFO, he will be responsible for all areas of finance, accounting, HR and corporate development, including oversight of key strategic projects and partnerships.
Currently, Teh is a principal at leading global private equity firm TPG Capital, where he is a senior member of the Southeast Asia investment team based in Singapore. In his six years at TPG, he has also served on the China and the United States teams.
Prior to TPG, Teh held various leadership positions in the Republic of Singapore Air Force and Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry. He was a key member of the team that brought Formula One to Singapore, organizing the first night race in Formula One history in a groundbreaking initiative by the Singapore Government.
A Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard Business School graduate, Teh serves on the board of commissioners of BUMA in Indonesia. Also, he sits on the steering committee of the Milken Institute Young Leaders Circle (Asia) and he is a member of The Forum of Young Global Leaders at the World Economic Forum.
As the new CTO of ONE Championship, Subramanian will oversee all aspects of ONE Championship’s technology and infrastructure. Among these are mobile, OTT, data and technology asset management, network architecture and support.
Subramanian brings over 20 years of experience in the technology industry with Intel, Siemens, Marvell, and Lucent Technologies to Asia’s largest global sports media property. He has over 10 years of mobile video streaming experience, including with startups such as StrmEasy and Touchfone Technology in the micro social and mobile content delivery space.
As the new VPE of ONE Championship, Dutta will be responsible for driving the execution of ONE Championship’s mobile and digital technology solutions. Dutta is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. Along with his passion for technology and a deep interest in new products, he has a decade of experience in the role of VP of Engineering with fast-paced startups, Touchfone Technology and Scoopwhoop, in the micro social and mobile content delivery space,
ONE Championship announced earlier this year its 2018 calendar, promising to deliver a record-high 24 events across the major iconic cities of Asia. Additionally, 2018 will also give birth to the first weekly reality TV series by ONE Championship.
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