Duke Tam
Helping Finance Teams Control Global Spend @Payhawk 💳 | UN 🇺🇳 | MBA @WHU & Columbia | CFA Candidate | Let’s Talk Deals!
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Hi, I am Duke! 👋🏼 I am actively exploring roles at the intersection of tech sales, capital, strategy & impact... ⤵️ 🌍 I’m a creative strategist with a global mindset. I’ve built a startup, scaled investor networks across DACH, MENA & APAC, trained with Shaolin monks in China, and served as a Youth Delegate at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. 🎓 Currently, I’m pursuing an MBA at WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management (FT #1 in Germany), including an exchange at Columbia Business School in NYC. I also hold a Master’s in International Development from IE Business School in collaboration with the United Nations System Staff College. ———————————————————————————— 💻 Over the past few years, I’ve: ➡️ Managed LP relations and strategic partnerships in Liechtenstein, Switzerland, and the UAE with Metzler Family Office ➡️ Served as a Venture Fellow at Headline VC (AUM: $4B), sourcing deals and building founder pipelines across EMEA & APAC ➡️ Co-founded MyHelpBuddy, an award-winning platform supporting expats with bureaucratic challenges in Germany ➡️ Scaled the B2B business development department at Grover (a German unicorn) as one of its first employees ———————————————————————————— 🤝🏼 What I bring to the table: ➡️ I have deep financial fluency from VC and SPAC structuring to capital raising and startup valuations (thanks to my MBA and CFA level 1) ➡️ I have a trusted network of UHNWI & family offices across DACH, MENA and APAC ➡️ I am fluent in German, English, Spanish, Vietnamese and have some basic understanding in Mandarin (HSK2) ➡️ I lead alumni societies of elite universities such as IE, WHU, LSE as well as the Ivy Circle (joint alumni association of Ivy League) ➡️ I am known to have a design forward mindset and can create beautiful power point decks with compelling story telling ➡️ I am an experienced Wikipedia contributor and would be happy to create a page for your organisation to enhance your credibility ———————————————————————————— If you feel there is a fit, I would love to connect and explore synergies!
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Business Development DACH | Commercial Accounts
CurrentPayhawk is one of the leading spend management solutions for domestic and international businesses throughout Europe, the US, and the UK. Combining company cards, reimbursable expenses, accounts payable, and seamless accounting software integrations into a single product, Payhawk makes business paym...
Youth Delegate 2024
European Parliament · Contract
The European Parliament is the legislative branch of the European Union, directly elected by EU citizens to represent their interests, draft laws, and oversee EU institutions. It plays a central role in shaping policies that affect over 447 million people across member states. ● Appointed as a Yout...
Masters Thesis Project
The United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC) is the UN’s primary institution for providing advanced training, and capacity-building programs, equipping professionals and organizations to address global challenges and implement the UN’s mandates effectively. ● Completed a Master’s in Internationa...
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Education (4)
WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management
Feb 2025 - Mar 2027
Activities and societies: Recipient of WHU Globalisation Scholarship & Class Representative #1 in Germany, Financial Times Ranking 2024 Skills: Finance
IE University
Sep 2023 - Jul 2024
Activities and societies: Recipient of the IE Middle East Scholarship & Community Engangement Representative #10 in Europe, Financial Times Ranking 2024 In collaboration with the United Nations System Staff College Skills: Data Analytics
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Oct 2021 - Mar 2022
Activities and societies: LSE Generate Ambassador in Berlin The Chinese Language and Culture for Business (CLBC) course is a 5 months part-time executive programme for managers with a global vision willing to gain an in-depth knowledge of doing business with China. Skills: Chinese Culture Duke Tam.pdf
Skills (22)
Certifications (3)▼
Bloomberg Market Concepts
Bloomberg
Apple Ads
Apple
Y Combinator Startup School
Y Combinator
Languages (6)▼
Volunteer Experience (10)▼
Head of External Relations
START Berlin
Feb 2018 - Feb 2019 · 1 yr 1 mo
Community Member
Current2hearts
Jun 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 3 mos
Relations Associate
Berliner Börsenkreis e.V.
Dec 2017 - Apr 2019 · 1 yr 5 mos
Delegate
Model United Nations
Apr 2015 · 1 mo
Berlin Ambassador
CurrentLSE Generate
Mar 2025 - Present · 6 mos
Volunteer
NOAH Conference
Jun 2018 · 1 mo
Volunteer
Tech Open Air
Jun 2018 · 1 mo
Political Member
CurrentJungfreisinnige Schweiz
Jan 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 8 mos
Editorial Contributor
CurrentWikipedia
Dec 2024 - Present · 9 mos
Volunteer
re:publica
May 2018 · 1 mo
Honors & Awards (13)▼
Berlin Startup Scholarship 2019/20
Issued by Startup Incubator Berlin · Jun 2019
Associated with MyHelpBuddy The Berlin Startup Scholarship is powered by the European Social Fund and supports ambitious founders, who already have a proof of concept and want to go to market. Every scholarship contains financial reward of 2,000€ per month, an office, mentoring as well as coaching.
IE Middle East Scholarship
Issued by IE University · Jul 2023
Associated with IE University
3rd Place at "Road to START Summit" Pitch Competition 2019
Issued by START Berlin e.V. · Feb 2019
Associated with MyHelpBuddy MyHelpBuddy won the 3rd price of the "Road to START Summit" Pitch competition and is allowed to participate at the next Demo Day of START Berlin to meet more than 40 VCs. Furthermore we received a sponsorship of Firma.de which includes a free incorporation of MyHelpBuddy as a UG (haftungsbeschränkt).
Finalist at Kultur- und Kreativpiloten 2019
Issued by Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs · Sep 2019
Associated with MyHelpBuddy In order to make the creative potential of cultural creators and creatives visible to the economy and society, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs has proclaimed the title "Cultural and Creative Pilots Germany". Each year 32 companies from the cultural and creative industries are honored.
1st Place at Macromedia Student Initiative Award 2018
Issued by Macromedia University of applied Science · Nov 2018
Winner of the Macromedia Student Initiative Award as one of the organizers of START Call 2018, Berlin’s leading student organized entrepreneurship conference. The Award is a Germany-wide competition for the most outstanding student project and gets a reward of 500€.
3rd Place at BPW Businessplan-Wettbewerb Berlin-Brandenburg 2019
Issued by BPW Businessplan Wettbewerb Berlin-Brandenburg · Jun 2019
Associated with MyHelpBuddy The BPW is the biggest business plan competition in Berlin and Brandenburg. From October to July entrepreneurs have the chance to win more than 50,000€ within 3 rounds. This year there were more than 2000 applicants. BPW is organized by Investitionsbank Berlin (IBB), Investitionsbank des Landes Brandenburg (ILB) and Unternehmensverbände Berlin-Brandenburg (UVB).
Audience Prize at "Road to START Summit" Pitch Competition 2020
Issued by START Berlin e.V. · Feb 2020
Associated with MyHelpBuddy MyHelpBuddy won the audience prize at the Road to START Summit Pitch Competition judged by APX, High-Tech Gründerfonds, Signals and deineStudienfinanzierung and received a ticket to participate at Europe's biggest student-based entrepreneurship conference, called START Summit in St. Gallen.
3rd Place at Berlin Newcomers Award 2019
Issued by SINGA Business Lab & Berlin Senate · Nov 2019
Associated with MyHelpBuddy The Berlin Newcomers Award is an annual award given by the Berlin Senate and SINGA Business Lab to expats and immigrants in Berlin who founded new businesses.
1st Place at Startup Idea Contest 2019
Issued by Vietnam Startup Network in Europe · Sep 2019
Associated with MyHelpBuddy VSNE is the first not-for-profit organisation with the vision of empowering and supporting European founders and entrepreneurs with Vietnamese background to build and scale up their startups in Europe. The winner got rewarded with 1,000€ by the Vietnamese Embassy.
WHU Globalisation Scholarship
Jan 2025
Associated with WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management
Special Prize at Make It Lean Contest 2019
Issued by Startup Incubator Berlin · Oct 2019
Associated with MyHelpBuddy The Make It Lean Contest supports and awards innovative startup ideas that are implemented according to the Lean Method. MyHelpBuddy was awarded with the special prize of 2,500€ from the Berliner Volksbank within a pitch competition.
School Award for Outstanding Commitment 2017
Issued by Primo-Levi Gymnasium · Jul 2017
During my graduation from Primo-Levi Gymnasium I received the award for outstanding commitment due to extracurricular activities in the school's media team, debate club, science club, Model United Nations club, paramedics team, Chinese club, Italian club as well as being part of the student union.
1st Dan @Taekwondo
Issued by KUKKIWON World Taekwondo Headquarters · Dec 2014
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