Professional Experience
Melanie has held senior finance and transformation roles with Cuscaden Peak Investments, GLP, CapitaLand, Mapletree and Transcelestial, across real estate, investment management, industrial and technology businesses.
Having spent years helping organisations understand their financial position and plan ahead, Melanie now brings that discipline to conversations about personal and family wealth. She is particularly interested in supporting professionals, business owners and women navigating changes in their careers, family circumstances or plans for the future.
Her Journey and Advisory Philosophy
As a mother of three young adults, Melanie understands the desire to provide for family while also making space for one’s own future. Navigating her next professional chapter has brought familiar questions into sharper focus: What is enough? What needs protecting? And what would greater financial freedom make possible?
These questions shape her approach to advisory. She begins with the person. She will listen to their circumstances, commitments, aspirations and concern before helping them to connect those priorities with the financial decisions ahead.
Melanie values honest conversations and clear explanations. She recognises that even people who are accomplished in their careers can feel uncertain about their own finances, especially when life changes. Her aim is to help clients understand their options, consider the trade-offs and build plans they can revisit as their lives evolve.
Qualifications and Interests
Melanie is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Valuer and Appraiser. She holds an MBA from Northumbria University and an Executive Master in Change from INSEAD. Her interest in human behaviour and the dynamics of change complements her financial background and informs how she listens and works with people.
She serves on the Finance and Investment Committee of The Food Bank Singapore. Outside work, she enjoys keeping active, travelling in nature, reading and exploring ideas about how people grow through different chapters of life.
At Crownstreams, she hopes to bring financial rigour and thoughtful personal understanding to an enduring advisory relationship.