Lester Chia is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Connecting Life Pte. Ltd. Based in Singapore, Lester conceptualised, developed and launched Uskoop, an online shopping e-concierge portal that helps avid online shoppers to access deals and products with merchants globally. Lester is responsible for all Uskoop’s activities in Southeast Asia and the Middle East. Under his leadership, he developed several ecommerce platform and won several awards including SPRING Singapore Business Excellence Merit Award for Innovation and Customer Service in its first year of operation, the first Singapore SME to achieve that accolade.in 2009

Prior to introducing Uskoop, his professional background includes more than 20 years in business development, marketing, and consultancy in the telecommunications and IT industries. He has held key positions in three of the top five global consulting firms , incluindg Arthur Andersen, KPMG and Siemens Business Consulting and leading software companies, where he specialised in systems and software integration work for MNCs. He also has strong experience in the E-Commerce industry, and played an instrumental role in winning multiple business awards and creating many industry firsts, such as consolidated online shopping and full landed pricing.

Lester graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Arts & Social Sciences in Economics and Political Science.