Melvin has more than 18 years of extensive experience in corporate finance and investment banking, originating and implementing both equity and debt fund-raising exercises – IPOs and private debt securities issues, mergers and acquisitions, and also valuation exercises. Melvin has advised in and structured various corporate finance and banking transactions as well as conducted feasibility evaluations for a diverse group of large corporations across various industries including property development and investment, real estate investment trust, construction, oil palm and forest plantations, industrial and consumer products, automotive and related products, telecommunications, aviation and oil & gas, and also implemented cross-border corporate exercises.
Melvin graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Northeast Missouri State University (USA). Initially trained with Price Waterhouse as a American Expatriate Taxation Specialist, Melvin has since built his investment banking career with two leading Malaysian investment banks during which he held the Capital Markets Services Representative’s License. Prior to Resolute, Melvin was Director, Group Client Coverage (Private Sector) at RHB Investment Bank where he led the relationship management of a portfolio of key large corporate clients of the RHB Banking Group.