Our Team
Patrick Grove
As Co-Founder and Group CEO of Catcha Group, Patrick Grove is recognised as one of the leading entrepreneurs in the Asia Pacific region. Over the last thirteen years he founded and took five companies from start-up to IPO, recently selling one of those companies, iProperty Group in a transaction valued in excess of US$534m. The iProperty Group sale was one of the largest Internet exits in ASEAN history.
He is Co-Founder and Chairman of Catcha Group’s newest business, iflix, the world’s leading Subscription Video on Demand (SVOD) service for emerging markets. He is additionally Co-Founder and Director of iCar Asia (ASX: ICQ) and Co-Founder of Frontier Digital Ventures (ASX: FDV), a leading operator of online classified businesses in frontier markets.
Over the last decade, Patrick has been independently and widely recognised with numerous international awards, including: Global Leader of Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum; New Asian Leader by the World Economic Forum; Young Entrepreneur of the Year by the Australian Chamber of Commerce, Singapore; Asia’s Best Young Entrepreneur by Bloomberg Business. Patrick has also been included on Forbes Malaysia 50 Richest list and the BRW Rich 200 list.
Patrick is passionate about the Internet, driven by digital media opportunities and committed to making such businesses work.
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Luke Elliott
Luke Elliott is Co-Founder and Executive Director of Catcha Group, where he is responsible for all aspects of Catcha Group’s corporate finance activities, including mergers and acquisitions, capital raisings and public listings.
Luke has over 18 years of Asian online experience, with a focus on developing fast-moving online business models and monetising online assets.
He is Co-Founder of Catcha Group’s newest business, iflix, the world’s leading Subscription Video on Demand (SVOD) service for emerging markets. He is additionally Co-Founder of iCar Asia (ASX:ICQ) and Frontier Digital Ventures (ASX: FDV), a leading operator of online classified businesses in frontier markets.
Luke has a Bachelor of Commerce degree with a major in Finance from the University of Sydney.
Dinesh Ratnam
As Director of the CEO’s Office, Dinesh provides critical support to the Group CEO in evaluating key strategic decisions and driving execution across the Group’s main priorities.
Prior to Catcha Group, Dinesh spent over 6 years as an investment banker with J.P. Morgan in its London and San Francisco offices focused on the Technology, Media and Telecommunications space. While at J.P. Morgan, Dinesh helped advise on over $25bn+ worth of capital raising and transformative M&A transactions including Nokia’s handset division sale to Microsoft and the buyout of Nokia Siemens Networks, as well as Yahoo’s sale to Verizon.
During his stint in San Francisco, Dinesh worked with innovative and disruptive leaders including Dropbox, Linkedin, Airbnb, Netflix, SurveyMonkey and Tesla amongst others on their strategic and financial roadmap. In London, Dinesh was also selected by the European Investment Banking CEO and his senior management team to spend a year assisting with strategising optimal management of the investment banking business.
Dinesh graduated from Imperial College in 2010 with a Masters in Mechanical Engineering.
Eric Tan
Eric provides critical support to the Group in evaluating key strategic decisions and driving execution across the Group’s main priorities.
Prior to Catcha Group, Eric spent a year working for a London-based startup, Reflection, a mobile app market intelligence firm. While at Reflection, Eric led its growth and expansion effort in APAC. Eric was also responsible to set up and execute its overall growth strategy and provide the CEO support in key strategic initiatives. Prior to Reflection, Eric interned at Illuminate Financial Management (IFM), a London-based Fintech focussed venture capital fund. At IFM, he helped manage a database of 850+ companies including sourcing/assessing new companies, monitoring deal pipeline, and supporting portfolio companies in strategic decisions.
Eric is also an active writer and contributor in the SEA tech scene. His articles have been featured in major regional tech publications, such as Tech In Asia, e27, VC Insider News and Mastsea.
Eric graduated from the LSE in 2016 with a Bachelor in Statistics with Finance.
Wee Pang Ming
Wee Pang Ming, or commonly referred to as PM, is the Finance Director for Catcha Group since 2012. He is in charge of the Group’s overall general finance as well as corporate finance, which includes activities such as Due Dilligence, Acquisitions and Initial Public Offering. During his time with Catcha, he assumed a key role in the IPOs of iCar Asia Ltd, Ensogo Ltd and Frontier Digital Ventures Ltd.
Prior to joining Catcha Group, PM was in Audit Assurance for 7 years with KPMG and BDO. His portfolio ranged from telecommunications, property development, print & online media, construction, retail & trading and multi-level marketing.
PM is a qualified Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA) and graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce in University of Queensland, Australia.