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. ​