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Mr Martin Lim
Mr Martin Lim graduated from Staffordshire University, ADLSOM and Baruch College, The City University of New York - • Executive Master of Science in Finance, 5/2007 CUNY Baruch College, Zicklin
- School of Management – NY, USA
- • Master of Science in Management (MSM), 7/1997 Arthur D Little School of
- Management – MA, USA
- • Field of Expertise: Value Investing and Asset Allocation
Martin Lim is a strategy consultant and practitioner of value investing. He is also a project manager with extensive experience across Asia. He has a background of industrial marketing, interactive marketing, business development and business management in industries like pharmaceutical, automobile, IT services, consulting services, private banking and wealth management. Martin holds a Computing Science Degree, a Master of Science in Management, and Executive Master of Science in Finance. His career path has led him to work for General Motors, Johnson & Johnson, and UBS AG. His past portfolio includes Asia- Pacific responsibilities in business developments and business management.
Mr Ed Chong
Mr Chong is a member of CFA Singapore and CFA Institute, USA. Mr Chong holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Hons) from the University of London. - • CFA Charter awarded by Association for Investment Management and Research
- • BSc (Eng) Hons in Mechanical Engineering from University of London (1981)
- • Member of CFA Singapore
- • Member of CFA Institute
- • Registered Professional Engineer with Professional Engineers Board of Singapore
- • Chartered Engineer registered with Engineering Council, United Kingdom
- • Field of Expertise: Commodity, FX and Investment Advisory
Mr Chong has extensive teaching experience in finance and investment related courses and is an adjunct lecturer at National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School. He conducts on a regular basis, in-house preparatory courses for Capital Markets & Financial Advisory Services (CMFAS) examination as well as Compulsory Education Programs for Foreign Investment Banks and Stock Broking Firms. He also conducts investment courses/seminar for Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX). Mr. Chong started teaching CFA® Examination review courses for CFA Singapore since 2004. | | | Professor Foo Check Teck | | | | • Ph.D. in Strategy (University of St. Andrews, Scotland, 1990) • M.B.A. in Finance (City of London, 1981) • LL.B. (Hons., University of London, 1979) • Barrister-at-Law (Lincoln’s Inn, England and Wales)
• Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore
• A.C.M.A. (UK), A.C.I.S. (UK), C.P.A. (Singapore), MBIM | | | Professor Foo is the Program Director of the Financial Portfolio Engineering Program.
He is a Distinguished Professor of Finance, Baruch College, The City University of New York.Besides
Singapore, he had lived in major cities of the world: London, New York and Tokyo and had lectured in many cities, from Vientiane, Laos, Umea, Sweden and Lhasa, Tibet. Straits Times in choosing him as Asia’s Mover and Shaker also named him, Singapore’s “Man of Renaissance”. He had held many visiting professorships across Asia, Europe and America and continues to receive invitations. Most recently, Harvard University Kennedy School of Government invited him to co-chair a panel discussion. In his most recent work (US Journal of Risk Finance; Vol. 9(3), 292-302),
he anticipated the current primal fear driven crisis. Chartered Financial Analysts (CFA) in India invited him to share his strategic analysis of General Motors (Analyst, August 2008). He had researched extensively on corporate productivity (across refereed journals). His doctoral investigation into performances of ASEAN publicly listed corporations had received global acclaim. His career spans private and public sectors: Adviser (SNEF), Manager (Legal and Personnel) of ABN bank, Project Manager of Klockner, a German MNC and Assistant Director in National Productivity Board (now, PSB). In NTU (twice, long-service awards) where he is currently based, he had been whilst in NBS, the Executive Director of MIT-NTU collaboration. He had supervised research into novel application of financial engineering techniques (forthcoming in “Invest” and “Shareholder Investment Guide”, Singapore on portfolio strategy). | | | Professor Sivashanker | |  | Professor Siva is an Adjunct Professor of Baruch College, The City University of new York. He is also an Associate Professor of Nanyang University, (NTU) and a Visiting Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He was awarded the NTU Overseas Faculty Scholarship (1993) for Doctoral Research at the University of Cambridge and subsequently offered the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Fellowship to Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. | | | • Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) University of Cambridge, (1997)
• B.Eng (FIRST CLASS HONOURS), National University of Singapore (NUS) – 1992 Professional Qualifications • Chartered Financial Analyst Designate*, CFA Institute (USA) • ACCA (UK) – Level II, part-qualified
• Capital Markets and Financial Advisory Services (CMFAS) Module 5 Certificate on Rules and Regulations for Financial Advisory Services and Module 9 Certificate on Investment–Linked Policies and Life Insurance Regulations for Financial Advisory Services • Basic Insurance Concepts and Principles - Certificate in General Insurance. Professional Membership • Member of the CFA Institute (USA)
• Member of the CFA Institute (Singapore) • Professional Engineer (P.Eng), P. E. Board, Singapore
• Chartered Mechanical Engineer (CEng) of the Engineering Council (UK)
• Registered European Engineer, FEANI (Brussels) – since 2001
• Corporate Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, MIMechE (UK) Consultancy & Research Interest Professor Siva also possesses a wealth of consultancy experience through consultancy project on matters relating to the Investment Analysis and Valuation of applied research/proprietary anufacturing processes. He has successfully made recommendations on the investment potential of R&D activities in science and technology such as Investment Analysis and Valuation of Patents using Real Options Theory. | | | Dr Patrick Chan | | | | • PhD,MBA,BSc(Hons)
• FCII,FChFP,FRIM
• ARM,RFC
• Board Certified Life Coach | | | Dr Patrick Chan is a Business Professor with a rich entrepreneurial mind of a Business Owner of 3 businesses; a Management Consultant for Private Franchises; a Board Certified Financial Life Coach as well as an Author of 4 books covering the areas of personal financial planning and risk management. Dr Chan also had impressive accomplishment in his 11 years of corporate career prior to his current academician career: the successful mergers and acquisitions of 2 financial services businesses and the profitable turn around and selling off of 2 family businesses. Mr Hong Ho Choon Hong Choon Hong is a member of CFA Singapore and CFA Institute, USA and holds a Master of Science in Financial Engineering from the National University of Singapore. Financial Qualifications
• CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst)
• FRM (Financial Risk Manager)
• CAIA (Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst)
• CMT (Chartered Market Technician)
Academic Qualifications • National University of Singapore, Master of Science in Financial Engineering • Nanyang Technological University, Bachelor of Business Studies (Banking) Professional Experience Choon Hong has over 10 years of industry experience in the finance and investment sector. He also conducts regular investment coaching and investment seminar to internal staff and external clients. Other key role includes the preparation of investment portfolio review for Priority Banking clients to enhance their investment advisory capability and best practice in selling of investment products. Choon Hong was a Senior Dealer with DBS Vickers, Private Clients Group where he is responsible for equities advisory and execution of cash market trade. He also holds a Senior Financial Analyst, Group Treasury, and NOL where he is involved in the Cash management and risk management for Group. | | | Professor Malick Sy Professor Malick is also the Executive Director and Principal Consultant of IBC Holding, a financial consulting firm with offices in South East Asia. Professor Sy Malick who has over 25 years of experience in financial consulting and advisory. • PhD, Business Administration (Finance) Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium
• MBA ( Management Information Systems) Catholic University of Leuven (KUL), Belgium
• MBA (Finance) UCL, Europe
• Bachelor, Business Administration Hautes Etudes Commerciales, HEC, Belgium
Other professional positions Prof Malick has previously holds includes:
• Senior Financial Analyst, European Space Agency, Paris
• Senior Investment Advisor, Swiss-Asia Financial Services
• Singapore Exchange-Derivatives (SGX-DT)
• Corporate Actions Review Committee Member
• Risk Management Director, Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange
Professor Malick’s current research interest is in Risk Management and Corporate Advisory. He has over 20 years of training and consulting experience, some of his corporate clients includes DBS Bank (Singapore), Singapore Exchange (SGX), Credit Suisse (Singapore), Singapore Institute of Management (SIM-Singapore), Bursa Malaysia, Association of Insurance and Asset Management Companies (Malaysia). | | |
