Lay Hoon has over 20 years’ of investment banking experience and has worked in various areas of advisory and fund raising activities in equities, fixed income, securitisation, and structured products.  Her last position held was SVP and Head, Capital Markets, OCBC Bank. She has been a volunteer with the Society since 2013 and was Co-Chair of the Advocacy Committee from 2014 – 2018.  She held the position of Secretary from 2015 – 2016 and, thereafter, Deputy President from 2017 – 2018. Lay Hoon has been President since May 2018.

Simon is currently CEO of RHB Asset Management Pte. Ltd. Prior to this, he was CEO of CCB International (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. and had also held senior positions at Shanda Group and AXA Rosenberg Investment Management where he was Pan Asia Deputy Chief Investment Officer. Simon joined the Board in 2015 and held the position of Secretary in 2016 – 2017. He is currently the Deputy President of the Society as well as Co-Chairs of both the Career Development and University Outreach Committees.

Alex is currently in the Planning & Investment Group of PetroChina International. Before this, he was CFO of a shipping JV, and also a Board of Commissioner and Audit Committee member of an Indonesian energy infrastructure company. Alex has extensive experience in corporate finance, foreign government liaison, and corporate governance. He has been a volunteer since 2006 and joined the Board in 2015. He was also Treasurer from 2015 – 2017 and is currently Co-Chair of the Professional Development Committee.

 Joachim is currently Deputy Chief Investment Officer (D-CIO) at Nanyang Technological University (Investment Office). Prior to this, he held positions as Chief Operating Officer and D-CIO at National University of Singapore Investment Office. Before this, he was Executive Vice President and Head of Investment Management at Great Eastern Holdings. Joachim joined the Board in 2015 and is Chair of the Investment Committee.

Jack has served as both CFO and board member for listed companies and pre-IPO companies in Singapore and Hong Kong. He is currently a non-executive director of Raffles Investment Partners & Lexico Capital which specialize in pre-IPO investments and public equities. Jack is a qualified Chartered Accountant of Singapore and Australia. Jack joined the Board in 2015 and has been Co-Chair of the University Relations Committee since 2018.

Boon Pin is currently Head of M&A at UOB Kay Hian and has over 20 years of regional corporate finance and equity capital markets experience. Before joining UOB Kay Hian, he was a partner at W Capital Markets and, before that, had spent 15 years at DBS Bank working on numerous high profile fund raising exercises. Boon Pin started his career at PwC and has been an active volunteer of the Society since 2007 before joining the Board in 2018. He is currently Co-Chair of the Networking Committee.

Maurice is currently SVP, compliance at Citibank for Regional Investments and International Personal Banking supporting the wealth management business in APAC and EMEA. Prior to Citibank, he spent several years in KPMG Singapore consulting for banks and fund managers on regulatory issues. Since 2014, Maurice has been a volunteer on the Advocacy Committee, providing guidance on various initiatives involving regulators, industry consultation papers, and the media. Maurice joined the Board in 2018 and is currently Co-Chair of the Advocacy Committee.

Sean is currently SVP, Global Investments, Strategy & Risk Group (GISR), GIC Private Equity & Infrastructure. He is also a member of GIC’s Credit Business Group, which reviews and coordinates credit investments across departments. Prior to joining GIC, Sean was with Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) first as Assistant Head of Infocomms & Media and then as Director, Chicago, USA. Sean joined the Board in 2019 and is currently Chair of the Audit Committee.