Ready for what comes next.

Doing what the business needs

Wan Yun joined Marketnode with experience across operations, corporate restructuring, technology and startups. She was attracted to Marketnode’s focus on innovative solutions within the guardrails of regulated finance.

As Marketnode grew, new financial and reporting requirements emerged, giving her the opportunity to apply her skill set to financial analysis. She understands what the business needs, where she can contribute and is energised by stepping into unfamiliar territory.

In a startup, things evolve, and you have to be willing to evolve with them.

Space to reset

That adaptive mindset also appears in a very different part of her life: CrossFit.

Unlike a sport with a fixed sequence, CrossFit often requires athletes to prepare for unannounced workouts. For Wan Yun, the appeal is the challenge of adapting to whatever comes up and working on weaknesses rather than sticking to what feels comfortable.

Training also gives Wan Yun something simpler and equally important: a complete break from work.

Having the flexibility to make time for CrossFit gives me the break I need to reset and come back focused.

With a work culture grounded in trust, her manager supports this protected time every day by empowering her to manage her workload and deadlines. For Wan Yun, the combination matters. She has room to respond to what the business needs, build experience beyond a narrow remit and still make space for something that helps her reset.

At Marketnode, adaptability is not just about handling ambiguity, it is about using it to grow.

With CrossFit, you have to adapt to whatever is thrown at you. You train across a wide range of things because you don’t know what is going to come up. You are only as strong as your weaknesses.

It would be easy to draw a direct comparison with working in a growing company, but for Wan Yun, training serves another purpose too: it gives her somewhere to completely disconnect from work.

CrossFit demands enough concentration that there is little space to think about anything else.

Doing something difficult where I have to put all my energy into it gives me a complete break. For that period of time, I’m not thinking about work at all. I can come back refreshed and focus again.

Making room for both

Having that space requires a degree of trust and flexibility.

Wan Yun protects the time she spends training after work, while remaining accountable for what needs to get done. If something comes up in the evening, that might mean picking it up later at night or making sure the information is ready by the following morning rather than abandoning the commitment altogether.

It is a practical form of flexibility: clear expectations around the outcome, with room to manage how the work gets done.

If something needs to be done after work, there’s an understanding that I may be at the gym. We can speak later, or I can make sure what is needed is ready by the agreed time. Having that period where I don’t need to worry about work is important.

Fitness has also given Wan Yun a community outside the office. Through her gym, she has participated in Operation Broken Wing, an annual fundraising event that brings people together through accessible workouts while raising money for a selected charity.

The appeal is consistent with what keeps her coming back to CrossFit itself: there is always another challenge, another weakness to work on and another opportunity to improve.

Growing without a fixed path

Wan Yun’s journey at Marketnode has not followed a predetermined progression from one title to the next.

Her role has changed because the business changed, because new problems needed solving and because she was willing to step into them.

At the same time, the ability to pursue something demanding outside work gives her the space to reset and return with renewed focus.

That combination matters to her: ownership over where she can contribute, and enough flexibility to make room for the person outside the role.

At Marketnode, there is room for your role to grow with what you bring to it.