NICLAS NABE / SINGAPORE / AVAILABLE JAN 2027

“Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Niclas at NUS Business School, Singapore
01 / 06

Curriculum Vitae

Four roles. Three countries.

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Experience

Intern, Corporate Development and Strategy

Talino Fintech Foundry, Singapore

  • Co-led fundraising for three ventures (Talino, Avtica, Higala): pitched 30+ investors and handled investor due diligence Q&A
  • Built scenario-based financial models for four ventures (Talino, Avtica, Higala, Bahai), including DCF and P&L for core banking middleware serving Philippine rural banks; used in live investor conversations
  • Evaluated build vs buy for stablecoin settlement rails via stress-tested vendor cost model; sized the USD to PHP corridor
  • Wrote investment memo for internal deal evaluation; built 8,000+ contact investor database (VC, PE, family offices) in Attio
  • Sourced partners and tracked competitors for Avtica (enterprise AI); built investor and sales decks for four ventures

Intern, Business Excellence & Logistics Development

ZEISS Vision, Aalen, Germany

  • Planned global supply-chain savings initiative (over €4.5M identified); received the ZEISS Compete Logistics Award FY23/24
  • Managed EMEA-wide 3PL tender for a new logistics hub (€3M annual budget) in a 3-person team; evaluated bids and ran meetings
  • Served as PMO for the global pallet tracking project; proposed an RFID solution projected to save over €50,000 annually from year two

Advisor & Market Representative

Zeitgeist Consulting Group, Querétaro, Mexico

  • Led a 4-person location analysis for Diehl Aviation (tier-one aerospace), selecting Querétaro, Mexico for a €50M investment
  • Designed a hard and soft factor evaluation framework balancing operational, strategic and stakeholder criteria
  • Co-authored a 180-page Mexico market-entry guide sold at €1,590 per license; presented in German, English and Spanish

Co-Founder & CEO

EFESTO, Münsing, Germany

  • Founded a D2C apparel brand; grew the storefront to 1,200 weekly visitors through SEO, ranking #1 on Google.de for the brand term
  • Wound down the brand when retailer margin demands could only be met by dropping its sustainability standards
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Education

Master of Science in Finance

National University of Singapore, Singapore

  • GPA 4.57/5.00; Distinctions in Statistics & Analytics, Investments, Options & Fixed Income, and International Finance
  • Relevant coursework: Financial Modelling, Applied Corporate Finance, Accounting for Finance Professionals
  • Tsinghua PBCSF Financial Leaders of Tomorrow programme (2026): grade A in all modules including FinTech and Chinese Capital Market

Bachelor of Arts in International Business Management

Munich Business School, Munich, Germany

  • GPA 4.0/4.0 (German grade 1.5); exchange term at Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico
  • Thesis (grade 1.2), written with ZEISS: decision model for traceability solutions in closed-loop pallet distribution
  • Relevant coursework: Mergers & Acquisitions (1.2), Consulting (1.1), Corporate Governance, Corporate Taxation
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Licenses & Certificates

ANTHROPIC

Claude Certified Architect · Foundations

Anthropic's foundations certification for designing and building with Claude.

Jul 2026
01 / 03
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Leadership & Activities

President, NUS MSc Finance Cohort

2025 to 2027

190+ students. Ran ~10 events with 600+ total attendees on an SGD 4k semester budget.

Postgraduate forum across NUS, SMU, NTU, ESSEC, INSEAD and SP Jain. 100+ attendees per event.

Business Advisor, TIE / CAV Exports India

2026

Weekly strategy sessions with the company's leadership team.

President, Event Club, Munich Business School

2023 to 2024

One year leading the student events society.

Student Ambassador, NUS

2025 to present

Unibuddy and QS.

Author, fintech writing on Medium

ongoing

Essays on stablecoins and payments infrastructure.

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Awards, Skills & Languages

Awards

  • NUS MSc Scholarship (100%)
  • Fully funded Tsinghua PBCSF place
  • Salutatorian, Munich Business School
  • ZEISS Compete Logistics Award FY23/24

Technical

  • Excel (advanced, VBA)
  • PowerPoint
  • Bloomberg (BMC)
  • LSEG
  • R
  • Python (basic)
  • Anthropic CCA-F

Languages

  • German (native)
  • English (native)
  • Spanish (professional working, B2)

Selected references

References

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