Investment Committee member, SMBC Fin Atlas Beyond Fund
Mayoran Rajendra is the Managing Director, Asia Innovation Centre, Strategic Planning Department, Asia Pacific Division at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation(SMBC), based in Singapore. Received a master’s degree from the Department of Precision Mechanical Engineering within the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Engineering, where he engaged in joint research with RIKEN on surgical robots that can be used inside MRI scanners. Graduated in 2009 and joined GE Healthcare Japan. After working on MRI R&D as a product development engineer, he was selected for a leadership program for engineers and led manufacturing, IT, marketing, and supply chain related projects. He also led global development of new MRI products from Japan from 2013. Transferred to GE Japan in 2015, launched GE’s industrial IoT business in Japan, and worked on numerous IoT projects in the fields of power, aviation, and manufacturing as an industry pioneer. Since joining SMBC in August 2020, he has been leading digital strategy in the Asia-Pacific region from Singapore. He promotes investment in and collaboration with promising Asian startups through the SMBC Asia Rising Fund, a corporate venture capital fund established jointly with the Incubate Fund in 2023.