Ashraf Safdar (born 29 February 1980) is a former television presenter and

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from

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. He hosted the

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''Singapore Talking'' on MediaCorp Channel 5 in 2010, and served as a judge on the

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-nominated first season of Channel 5's '' The Arena'' in 2007.The Arena's Fantastic Four
''Wassup'', 1 November 2006 Once a MediaCorp Overseas Scholar, he has also worked as a reporter for

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and the ''

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'' newspaper. A majority of his working life has been spent in wealth management, specifically private banking, and data-analytics. He is an alumnus of Harvard Business School, King's College London and the University of Chicago.

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Singaporean television personalities University of Chicago alumni Alumni of King's College London 1980 births Living people {{Singapore-journalist-stub