Product Manager
ShareInvestor
Adam Lim is a Product Manager at ShareInvestor, focused on developing data-driven tools for retail investors. He previously worked under a prominent Share Investment KOL in Malaysia for 4 years, where he gained hands-on experience across customer service, product design, and product management—shaping his deep understanding of retail investor needs. Adam holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Communication (Advertising) and is passionate about building intuitive, investor-focused products.
Head of Research
Securities Investors Association Singapore (SIAS)
Benjamin is currently the Head of Research at SIAS and a Senior Lecturer at the Singapore Institute of Technology, Singapore’s fifth autonomous university. While waiting to start on his PhD, Benjamin teaches a variety of finance courses specialising in business valuation, derivatives, and investment analysis. An adjunct instructor with CFA Singapore, Benjamin’s specialty is equity analysis, portfolio management, and economics. Benjamin received his Master’s in Finance from the ICMA Centre, United Kingdom, in 2002 and became a Chartered Financial Analyst in 2001.
Head of Research, Asia Pacific
Knight Frank
Christine is the Head of Research, APAC at Knight Frank. She has over 15 years of industry experience, helping to shape the long-term business strategy by developing and implementing research initiatives that feed into the research centre of excellence for potential broader application. She curates and co-ordinates regional forecasts and market outlook for clients across the office, industrial and residential sectors as well as specialist asset classes such as student accommodation, multi-family and data centres.
Chief Executive Officer
ShareInvestor Group
Mr Christopher Lee is one of the founding members of ShareInvestor, an internet media and technology company with operations in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Australia.
Mr Lee is currently the Chief Executive Officer of ShareInvestor Group of companies. Mr Lee was instrumental in the development and expansion of ShareInvestor businesses across South Asia in the area of investor communication, financial market data tools and investor education services.
Mr Lee has more than 25 years of working experience in the information technology and media industry. He started off in 1992 as a Marketing Representative with IBM Singapore and has assumed various responsibilities including sales, marketing, training and management in IBM.
Mr Lee holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons, 2nd Class Upper) from the National University of Singapore and a Master of Business Administration (Management of Information Technology) from Nanyang Technological University. He completed his Executive Education in the Harvard Business School.
President
REIT Association of Singapore (REITAS)
Mr Chua has extensive experience in the real estate fund management and hospitality industries, including merger and acquisition, real estate investments, business development and asset management globally.
Prior to his appointment, Mr Chua was the Managing Director & Head (Mergers & Acquisitions) at Keppel Ltd. since 15 February 2021, as well as a Non-Executive Director of Prime US REIT Management Pte. Ltd., the manager of Prime US REIT since 26 July 2018. Prior to that, he served as the Chief Executive Officer of Keppel DC REIT Management from the listing of Keppel DC REIT in 2014 to 14 February 2021.
Mr Chua was also appointed the President of REIT Association of Singapore (REITAS) with effect from 1 January 2025.
Executive Director, Team Lead, Property
DBS Group
Mr. Derek Tan is the team lead of Property Research at DBS group research, leading a team of close to 10 analysts overseeing coverage of property markets and over 120 listed companies across Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Thailand, Japan and Australia. He has close to 20 years of experience covering property and has been involved with over 25 IPOs in Singapore within the real estate sector. DBS views on the property markets are closely monitored by public agencies and are often quoted in the media.
Co-Founder
DollarsAndSense
Dinesh is the Co-Founder of leading personal finance publication DollarsAndSense.
He also hosts “The Building Series”, a podcast show where he speaks to business leaders about their motivations and challenges in building and scaling their businesses.
Like many in Singapore, Dinesh found himself in the Sandwich Generation in his adulthood. He spends much of his free time with his two young boys, while also living with his parents. He enjoys reading and playing sports when he can.
Professional Emcee and Moderator
Edward is a Master’s graduate from the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Theatre Studies Programme with 17 years of experience as a professional actor.
His work in voiceovers started with Japanese anime for the US market in 2004, and he voiced the lead puppet (a talking coconut!) in Disney’s award-winning “Art Attack” series in 2015.
He has since voiced over 300 Radio and Television advertisements, and also works as an actor, host, and university lecturer.
Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director
OUE REIT
Mr Han Khim Siew is the CEO of the Manager of OUE REIT, where he is responsible for the strategic management, growth and operations. He works with the Board of the Manager to determine OUE REIT’s business strategies and plans, and the management team to ensure that these strategies are executed accordingly.
Mr Han has over 26 years of diverse international experience having worked in Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia and Brunei Darussalam spanning government, private equity, private equity real estate and real estate advisory in Asia Pacific, Africa & Europe.
His previous role was as Managing Director and Co-Head of BNP Paribas Real Estate Asia Pacific. Prior to joining BNP Paribas Real Estate in 2013, Mr Han was Head of Investments at Jones Lang LaSalle Indonesia. He started his career in the Ministry of Finance and Prime Minister’s Office, Government of Brunei Darussalam. Between 1997-1999 he also served on the board of COMAFIN, a pan-African private equity fund.
Chief Executive Officer
Elite UK REIT
Mr Joshua Liaw was appointed the Chief Executive Officer of the Manager on 17 June 2023 and works with the Board to determine the strategy for Elite Commercial REIT and with the members of the management team to ensure that Elite Commercial REIT operates in accordance with the Manager’s investment strategy.
Mr Liaw has close to two decades of experience in real estate finance and fund management across the banking and real estate investment trust management sectors.
Prior to his present appointment, Mr Liaw was Executive General Manager, Finance at the manager of Lendlease Global Commercial REIT (Lendlease REIT), where he led Lendlease REIT’s investment and capital management strategy as the Chief Financial Officer. Mr Liaw was part of the team that oversaw the initial public offering of Lendlease REIT in 2019 and the transformational acquisition of Jem in 2022.
His other past roles with Lendlease include General Manager, Finance, Singapore, where he was responsible for the overall finance functions across Lendlease’s operations in Singapore, as well as Head of Treasury, Asia, where he was responsible for all debt capital management and treasury activities for Lendlease across Asia.
Mr Liaw started his career in banking, where he held various roles in Standard Chartered Bank and Citi covering real estate funds, sovereign wealth funds, real estate investment trusts and corporate developer clients.
Mr Liaw holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics (Summa cum Laude) from the Singapore Management University and a Bachelor of Business (Transport & Logistics Management) with Distinction from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.
Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director
Stoneweg EREIT Management Pte Ltd
Mr Garing has over 25 years of investment management, financial markets, risk management, and accounting experience in the global real estate industry. Prior to his appointment to the SERT Manager, he was the Chief Capital Officer of Cromwell Property Group, where he was responsible for capital management and capital markets fund raising, for both public and private fund initiatives. A proven capital markets manager, investor and analyst, Mr Garing was previously a Managing Director of Bank of America (formerly Bank of America Merrill Lynch) Asia Pacific and Bank of America Australia. He was the Global Head of Real Estate Research and the Chair of the bank’s APAC Recommendation Review Committee, managing around 130 equity analysts who evaluated and analysed approximately 1,200 companies spanning several asset classes and industry sectors across 12 APAC countries. Prior to that, he held several senior roles at leading financial advisory firms and investment banks.
Credit Research Analyst
Global Markets, OCBC
Ezien joined OCBC in January 2016 as a credit research analyst within Global Markets. She formulates credit opinions and trade recommendations with a focus on corporate credit issuers. Prior to OCBC, Ezien executed corporate finance transactions and principal investments across South and Southeast Asia across diverse industry sectors. While based in Kuala Lumpur, Ezien covered bond issuers in the infrastructure sector at the Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad (MARC) as a credit analyst. Ezien received her Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Melbourne and also studied at the University of Hong Kong. Ezien is a CFA charterholder and a Certified ESG Analyst holder. She is a member of the ICMA Future Leaders steering committee.
Founder
InvestKaki
James Yeo is a prominent speaker at the SGX Academy and founder of SmallCapAsia.com, a financial education company focused on small-mid cap niche within the Singapore market.
Leveraging on his past 17 years of investment knowledge, James has the privilege to speak at events organized by CIMB, Phillip Securities, MarketWiseAsia, ShareInvestor and more.
Recently, he has also embarked on the journey to be an aspiring Youtuber talking about stock ideas and how to invest for the better.
Lastly, he has also attained the Skillsfuture Advanced Certificate in Learning and Performance (ACLP) awarded by the Institute of Adult Learning.
Head of Asia ETF Business Development
Nikko Asset Management Asia Limited
Paul Lin heads the Asia ETF Business Development team based in Hong Kong and Singapore. He has over 15 years’ experience in the finance and investment sector including Institutional Sales & Trading, Equity Research and Corporate Finance. He joins from RHB Securities where he was previously Head of Institutional Equities.
He possesses strong relationships with asset managers and is responsible for deepening Nikko AM’s ETF franchise within the region. Paul was previously an award-winning Research Analyst at Nomura Securities covering REITs & Developers and started his career at Citi under the prestigious management associate program. He graduated from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore with First Class honours and a double major in Accountancy and Business Law.
Director, Research & FinLit Equities
Singapore Exchange
Ms. Emelia Tan is a founding member of SGX Research at SGX Group. The team actively profiles Singapore sectors and listed companies, generating content to aid investors in their investment process. SGX Research’s content is distributed to a base of over 350k subscribers in Singapore, and also through various institutional, retail and media channels. With close to 10 years of experience at the Singapore Exchange, Emelia has acquired a breadth of knowledge across the Singapore securities chain including research, trading, issuer services, and investor education & financial literacy through SGX Academy.
Co-Founder
Asia Charts Pte Ltd
CK is the co-founder of Asia Charts Pte Ltd. He is currently the Chief Operating Officer and Master Trainer at Asia Charts. A full-time active trader in the equities and derivatives markets. CK is a practitioner of technical analysis and has been actively trading since 1993. He focuses on trading growth stocks that have potential for big gains and using derivatives like CFD, options and warrants for better returns. Using his more than 20 years of trading experiences, CK has developed dozens of trading systems and methods for medium and short term trading.
Trading Representative and SGX Academy Speaker
Dan is presently a Trading Representative with PhillipCapital as well as a SGX Academy Speaker, and has been invited to speak at various seminars, webinars and radio.
As a Trading Representative with more than 23 years of experience (and counting) in the equity market, Dan has assisted many investors and traders in navigating the turbulent stock market. He has managed to value-add to their investment journey by providing great insights and timely stock information so as to assist them in making informed investment decisions. As an SGX Academy Speaker, Dan has empowered retail investors with financial literacy to better understand the world of investment.
Dan is also one of the community leaders on InvestSG, a platform specially tailored for investors in the Singapore market, where he regularly shares his views and trading ideas through his posts. He also serves as an Executive Committee Member at The Society of Remisiers (Singapore). Dan has a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Degree from the National University of Singapore (NUS).
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