Benjamin Goh, CFA

Head of Research
Singapore Investors Association (Singapore)

Benjamin Goh, CFA is Head of Research at the Securities Investors Association (Singapore), an investor activist non-profit organisation focused on investor advocacy. At SIAS, Ben is responsible for equity research and market analysis. ​

Before joining SIAS, Ben was the Head of Investments for Vina Capital where he created an algorithm-driven investment strategy based on the Black-Litterman model. Prior to this, Ben was the Investor Relations Director of Copper Basin Capital LLC, a specialist in Asia Pacific index funds, where he grew the fund’s AUM from zero to USD 50 million and was also a fund manager with CIMB’s Discretionary Investment Unit.​

Ben is also a Senior Lecturer at the Singapore Institute of Technology, Singapore’s fifth autonomous university, where he teaches a variety of finance courses specialising in business valuation, derivatives and investment analysis. Ben has been a trainer for CFA Singapore, Institute of Banking and Finance, Singapore Exchange and was an adjunct professor for Singapore University of Social Sciences, Nanyang Polytechnic, Murdoch University and Singapore Management University.​

Previously, Ben had also held a number of diverse roles in JPMorgan, Credit Suisse and Deloitte Consulting.​

Ben was previously on the CFA Society Singapore’s IBF Standards Review Committee and the Singapore Exchange’s Advisory Committee for IBF Standards. Benjamin received his Masters in Data Science from Northwestern University in 2020, Masters in Finance from the ICMA Centre, United Kingdom, in 2002 and became a Chartered Financial Analyst in 2001.​

Mr. Chan Fook Leong, CFA

Executive Director
CFA Society Singapore

Mr Chan Fook Leong, CFA is responsible for ethics education in CFA Society Singapore. He puts together ethical courses for practitioners based on the CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct. He also conducts training on ethics for financial institutions and writes on ethical issues for the CFA Singapore Insights Column in the Business Times.​

In his current role, Fook Leong is also involved in thought leadership projects, sector analysis, investor education and protection, undergraduate outreach on ethics and issues relating to ESG and market integrity. ​

Prior to joining CFA Society Singapore, Fook Leong co-authored a market manipulation research report on Singapore-listed companies.

Yeap Lay Huay

Senior Lecturer
Singapore Institute of Technology

Yeap Lay Huay has more than 15 years of industry experience across management and financial accounting, and auditing roles largely in the banking industry. She has worked in PricewaterhouseCoopers, DBS Bank and Barclays Group. ​

In her last corporate role as Finance Vice President in Barclays Wealth AMEA (Asia, Middle East and Africa Offshore), she headed the Business Planning & Analysis team to support business in the financial performance reporting, strategic planning and budgeting. She was one of the key members of the Finance work-stream to support the successful completion of the sale of Singapore and Hong Kong booking centers. ​

Lay Huay is currently working as Senior Lecturer at the Singapore Institute of Technology, Singapore’s fifth autonomous university. She teaches various financial accounting modules in the Accountancy undergraduate degree program. She is one of the recipients of the Singapore Institute of Technology Teaching Excellence Award for two consecutive years, Academic Years 2018-19 and 2019-20. As part of her teaching experience, Lay Huay was an adjunct lecturer at Singapore University of Social Sciences, Nanyang Polytechnic and Temasek Polytechnic.​

Lay Huay graduated with Master of Accountancy (by research) from Nanyang Technological University. She is a Chartered Accountant of Singapore, Chartered Global Management Accountant and Chartered Management Accountant.​

Jesslyn Lim

Lecturer
Singapore Institute of Technology

Jesslyn Lim is a lecturer with the Accountancy Programme at the Singapore Institute of Technology. She holds a PhD in Banking & Finance and B.Com with First Class Honours from Monash University, Australia. She has broad research interests in corporate finance, private debt contracting and cryptocurrencies. Her work on covenant violations has been published in the Journal of Corporate Finance.​

Jesslyn has developed and taught various undergraduate and postgraduate finance modules including derivatives and applied financial management. She has been awarded funding to support her endeavours in innovative teaching and content development. Jesslyn was also invited to speak as a panellist on ASEAN accounting education. ​

Li Bingqiao (Lena), CFA

Lecturer
Singapore Institute of Technology

LI Bingqiao (Lena), CFA graduated from Singapore Management University (SMU) in 2015 with the degree of PhD in Business (Finance). She currently works as a Lecturer in the Accountancy undergraduate degree program at Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT), Singapore’s fifth autonomous university. Her main research interests lie in the area of Corporate Finance and Corporate Governance.​

Before joining SIT, Lena was an adjunct lecturer at Curtin University, Singapore campus. As part of her teaching experience, she teaches and develops various modules including Foundations of Finance, Managerial Finance, Business Valuation and Analysis, Introductory Economics, etc. She has also been involved as teaching assistant in various master programs during her PhD training in SMU.​

Phoebe Gao

Lecturer
Singapore Institute of Technology

Phoebe Gao is a lecturer at Singapore Institute of Technology. She taught classes in Statistics/Quantitative Analysis, Investment and Risk Analysis, and Derivatives. She graduated with a PhD in Business (Finance) from Singapore Management University and M.Phil and B.Sc in Risk Management Science with a minor in Mathematics from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.​

Her research interests include asset pricing, risk management, alternative data, and machine learning. Her current research covers information flow between equity market and options market, the evolution of exchange traded funds, investor behaviors and analyst forecast sentiment under policy changes. With her knowledge on alternative data and other newer machine learning methods, she focuses on non-linearity models and conducts workshops in advanced research methods.​

Phoebe also provides consultancy in reviewing derivative contracts valuation with auditors and quantitative trading strategies with portfolio managers. Phoebe is a reviewer for European Financial Management. ​

Audrey Wee En Yong, CFA

Associate Lecturer
SUSS

Audrey Wee En Yong, CFA graduated with a Masters in Applied Finance from Singapore Management University in January 2008 and is also a recipient of the prestigious UOB Group Scholarship Award. She also earned the internationally accredited CFA Charter as an investment and credit analyst with several privately held multi-national companies, which marks her as an investment professional.

Audrey has been an associate lecturer with SUSS (formerly UniSIM) since 2009 and is also an associate lecturer with other private education institutions and financial education providers. As a lecturer, Audrey has a track record of positive student feedbacks spanning well over 13 years. Her portfolio of modules taught includes Financial Statement Analysis, Financial Modelling, Financial Accounting, Financial Management, Corporate Finance, Financial Instruments, Institutions and Markets, Financial Analysis for Managers, Portfolio Management, Tax and Estate Planning, Valuation and Securities Analysis, Asset Pricing, Retirement Planning and Financial Plan Construction.

Allen Cheong, CFA

Corporate Advisory, Trainer
Associate Lecturer, SUSS

Allen Cheong, CFA a former investment banker, has over two decades of corporate finance and investment experience across geographies, sectors and cycles, and worked in market-leading financial institutions such as DBS Bank, OCBC Bank and Daiwa Capital Markets. A veteran finance professional with an established track record in fund raisings, IPOs and M&As, Allen provides advisory and training services to corporates, financial and educational institutions. He is currently a trainer for CFA Singapore and an adjunct faculty for Singapore University of Social Sciences. He has participated as panel judge for finance competitions such as CFA Institute Research Challenge and Singapore University Ethics Challenge.

Allen graduated with MBA from Chicago Booth School of Business, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst, Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst and Chartered Valuer and Appraiser. He recently completed the CFA Certificate in ESG Investing. Allen applies his lifelong passion for learning, training and mentoring to the financial industry. Outside of work, he is an active volunteer serving as Chairman to a grassroot organisation and a mentor to finance professionals and undergraduate students.

Phuah Keng Keat, CFA

Equity analyst
Kamet Capital

Phuah Keng Keat, CFA, FRM is currently an equity analyst working for a multi-family office – Kamet Capital based in Singapore. He mainly covered stocks in technology, banking, healthcare and consumer staple sectors. Prior to that, he was a sell side analyst in Voyage Research Pte Ltd, covering small and mid-cap companies listed in Singapore.

Keng Keat received a Master of Science of Risk and Investment Management from EDHEC Business School in 2013 and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder since 2012. He is also a Financial Risk Manager (FRM) holder since 2010.

Adrian Chan, CFA

Associate Director Treasury Specialist
Capital Markets Products & Sales

Adrian Chan, CFA is an Associate Director Treasury Specialist with the Capital Market’s Product and Sales arm of a top tier bank. Partnering with Client Advisors, he structure ELNs, Dual currency investments, do fx advisory & trade fx, build bond portfolios(bullets, perpetuals, subordinated, PONVs and COCOs). Prior to this, he was Head of Treasury in a European Bank, looking after the cash and liquidity positions for the bank, trading its short term T bills portfolio and am responsible for executing trades for High Net Worth clients’ bond and equity portfolio.

He also has experience in the middle and back office of Investment banks covering Market Risk and Product Control.

On top of his profession, he used to lecture Financial Management and Financial Mathematics in PSB Academy and SIM Global Education.

Kok Kah Fai, CFA, CIPM

Head of Asia Business
Rimes Technologies

Kok Kah Fai, CFA CIPM, is Head of Asia Business for Rimes Technologies, a market leader in investment data management catering predominantly to the buysides. Prior to Rimes, he was instrumental in the building out of the APAC businesses for RiskMetrics (now part of MSCI) as well as Bloomberg Portfolio Analytics (PORT) since 2002.

At Bloomberg, Kah Fai is also the lead Portfolio Analytics trainer for Bloomberg clients in Asia Pacific, focusing on investment management related topics including risk and performance analytics, portfolio optimization, benchmark construction, asset allocation, portfolio attribution, hedging strategies and what-if simulations. His subject matter expertise also include portfolio credit and market risk methodologies (CreditMetrics/RiskMetrics), and historical/predictive stress testing. He is also certified in performance attribution analysis including methodologies for equities, fixed income and balanced portfolio, as well as GIPS requirements. Kah Fai also delivers basic financial literacy training via Credit Counselling Singapore and AIDHA.

Kah Fai graduated summa cum laude in Mechanical Engineering & Aerospace Engineering, with a Certificate in Engineering Management Science, from Princeton University. He is also a Member of Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Xi Honor Societies. His professional certifications includes Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Professional Risk Manager (PRM) and Certificate in Performance Measurement (CIPM).