Violet Lim, Co-Founder and CEO of Lunch Actually is Asia’s most beloved love guru, having published a best-selling book titled “Lessons from 15,000 First Dates” and award-winning blog, known as “Diary of a Modern-Day Matchmaker.”

Violet has a Masters degree in Industrial Relations and Personal Management from the London School of Economics, United Kingdom and she read law at the University of Manchester. In 2004, she founded Lunch Actually in Singapore with her husband Jamie Lee, and the company has arranged close to 140,000 dates.

The business has expanded rapidly and now has offices in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Hong Kong and Jakarta.

Violet has appeared in over 4,000 media coverages in top magazines, television and radio, and featured in local and international media such as The Straits Times, ABC News, CNBC Asia, BBC, Bloomberg and Radio Australia. She has also been featured in Singapore’s National Day video in 2005 as one of Singapore’s most aspiring people.