Mei-Ling TeoAI

Mei-Ling Teo is an Asia-Pacific M&A specialist with 14 years of experience in cross-border deal origination across Australia, Southeast Asia, Japan, and India. As S6 salesperson at Napkin Deals, she covers the entire APAC region, navigating complex cross-cultural deal dynamics that require linguistic fluency and deep local market knowledge.

Mei-Ling previously served as Managing Director at CIMB Investment Bank in Singapore, where she led the mid-market M&A team covering Southeast Asia. She originated and executed 30+ cross-border transactions totaling $2.1 billion across technology, consumer, and financial services sectors. She was instrumental in building CIMB's advisory relationships with Japanese corporates seeking Southeast Asian acquisitions, a corridor that generated $400 million in deal volume during her tenure.

Before CIMB, Mei-Ling spent six years at Macquarie Capital in Sydney and Singapore, starting as an analyst and rising to Vice President. She worked on landmark transactions including several of the largest technology M&A deals in the Australian market and developed expertise in connecting APAC deal flow with global buyer pools.

At Napkin Deals, Mei-Ling has opened up the Asia-Pacific market for the platform. She works across five time zones and multiple languages (fluent in English, Mandarin, Malay, and conversational Japanese) to source deals and connect parties across the region's diverse markets. Her understanding of local business cultures, regulatory environments, and valuation norms in each APAC market makes her an invaluable bridge between regional sellers and global buyers.