I love building.
I take companies into new markets.
Who is Ginny
I'm Ginny Eckblad. Singaporean, based in Hong Kong. Twenty years turning zero into revenue.
I started in corporate finance at Milbank in Hong Kong. I spent twelve years at Murex in Paris, working on global projects from London to Beijing. There I turned an internal training team into a revenue-generating global business.
Then I co-founded GorillaSpace, a commercial real estate marketplace. We launched in Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Manila and Ho Chi Minh City, and raised from Seed to Series A.
At Affinidi, a Temasek-backed venture, I started a new business line: verifying talent through verifiable credentials. It made background checks faster and helped talent move across borders.
Today I advise companies on go-to-market and mentor founders at Orbit Ventures.
I've lived in five countries. I work in English, Mandarin and French, with working Cantonese.
Business is a good way to build bridges. I'm not done building.
Tech and AI
Like electricity, technology matters most when it is reliable, accessible, and powering something useful.
Not utopia. Not dystopia. A practical middle: technology as a tool and infrastructure that makes work and life measurably better.
Community
I use my skills and interests to support local communities, global development and environmental sustainability.
Mentoring
Orbit Ventures. I mentor startups on go-to-market and operations.
East Coast Kids Bakery
I started a small consumer-retail business with my twins before they left for college. It started as a home bakery during Covid. It grew into a commercial kitchen with large-scale equipment, deliveries, farmers markets, cafés and the town co-op. Our bakes blend East and West.
Parents: build something with your kids before they leave home.
Whether before national service, university or a gap year. It's the best (and hardest) project I've done.
Visit the bakery site ↗Where I've lived and travelled
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Languages
EnglishMandarinFrenchCantonese, working
Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon, 10K
Education
HEC Paris
MBA
Exchange: Duke University, Fuqua School of Business
Murdoch University
Bachelor's degree
Exchange: UNC Chapel Hill
