Terence leads SEC Newgate in Singapore and Southeast Asia, and has over 25 years of experience in financial communications, corporate communications and public affairs. Since joining the public relations industry in 1999, he has been advising on long-term strategic profile-raising, reputation management and issues management programmes. He has also advised on crisis communications, litigation support, government relations and employee engagement initiatives, and also coached C-suite and operational management teams on messaging, presentation and public speaking skills. His clients have spanned a wide variety of sectors, such as financial services, food and beverage, gaming, healthcare, manufacturing, professional services, as well as transport and logistics.

Terence has an unparalleled track record of advising on successful financial communications and capital markets transactions. He has advised on numerous headline M&A deals involving some of the largest regional groups, starting with the merger of DBS Land and Pidemco Land to form CapitaLand in 2000, and the UOB takeover of OUB in 2001. Terence has also advised on about a third of the 40 largest SGX IPOs, including the US$5.5 billion Hutchison Port Holdings Trust IPO, which continues to be the largest listing in the history of Singapore.

Terence holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. He is an accredited member of the Institute of Public Relations of Singapore.