Speakers

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.

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.

Mr. Zhang Dinghai (Bruce) is the Head of Fixed Income at CSOP Asset Management and is responsible for the portfolio management of bonds, REITs and money market investment strategies.

Before that, Bruce worked at State Street Global Advisors and held several roles including product engineer, portfolio specialist and portfolio manager.

He was responsible for managing billions of fixed-income portfolios across multiple sectors.

Bruce holds a master’s degree in Economics from the University of Hong Kong and a Bachelor of Arts from Peking University. He started his financial career in 2008.

Mr Chan is the Head of Research and FinLit at SGX Group, responsible for research content, financial literacy and client coverage. As a strong advocate for investor education, he manages a team that produces content to highlight important market developments to empower investors. Singapore Exchange has one of the largest subscriber bases in Singapore receiving the team’s research content.

With over 20 years of experience in the finance industry, Mr Chan has taken up roles on both the buy-side and sell-side in various locations including Seoul, Shanghai and Singapore. Prior to SGX, Mr Chan led the equity investment team at DBS Asset Management in Singapore. He was also actively involved in product development and led the launch of the STI ETF in 2009.

In Shanghai, Mr Chan held the role of Head of Research at Nomura Securities covering China’s domestic A- shares market. In Seoul, he was a Technology Analyst covering the semiconductor sector and saw the transformation of Korean semiconductor companies into global leaders. Before joining Nomura Securities, Mr Chan was at Bank of America Equity Partners, a private equity firm investing extensively across Asia. He was involved in transactions in Japan, India and Southeast Asia across various industries in the mid-nineties.

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.

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.

Meng Tee joined OCBC in November 2022 as a credit research analyst. He formulates credit opinions and trade recommendations with a focus on corporate credit issuers.

Prior to OCBC, Meng Tee was a buyside convertible bond analyst and a buyside credit research analyst, covering issuers in Asia. Meng Tee worked as an analyst in Malaysia, the United Kingdom (London) and Singapore.

Meng Tee received his MBA in Global Financial Services from Coventry University London Campus. Meng Tee is a CFA charterholder and a Certified ESG Analyst holder.

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.

David is the co-founder of The Smart Investor, a website dedicated to educate people on how to grow their wealth through stock market investing. As a renowned financial broadcaster, David’s views are regularly sought by the MoneyFM, BBC, CNBC, RT, ChannelNewAsia and 938LIVE. He is a regular columnist at THE BUSINESS TIMES. David was the CEO of the Motley Fool Singapore prior to its closure, where his free weekly bulletin “Take Stock Singapore” was read by over 140,000 Singaporean investors.

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.

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.

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.

Mr. Howie is the Singapore Exchange’s Market Strategist, with 28 years of experience in financial markets and macroeconomic analysis. He is the creator and author of the SGX My Gateway Report which highlights local market highlights and developments, serving investors since 2012. The report is one of the most read and regarded in the Singapore financial markets, with one of the largest subscriber bases. Mr. Howie has led numerous content campaigns for SGX and is a leading market communicator to the investing public. He pens the weekly Inside Insights column in the Business Times, in addition to conducting regular interviews with CNBC, CNA, BFM and Money FM 89.3. Mr. Howie was also named a LinkedIn Power Profile in 2018. Prior to his role at SGX, Mr. Howie held lead Broking and Market Strategist roles across the Asia Pacific offices of the world’s largest Futures and Options broker. He complemented his dealer profile with the provision of frequent market outlooks, educational events and media engagements. He has also served as the Treasury Adviser to the Leader of the Queensland Liberal Party in Queensland Parliament. Mr Howie has received a Bachelors and Master’s degree in Economics at the University of Queensland, with his thesis achieving the highest grade for first-mover policy research on the opening of Shanghai’s economy in the early 1990s. Mr. Howie’s other notable merits include receiving two Hong Kong Securities Institute Outstanding Achievers awards for the 2005 year. Mr. Howie is also the Chair of the University of Queensland Singapore Alumni Ambassador Council for the Faculty of Business, Economics & Law. He is also an Accredited Director with Singapore Institute of Directors.

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.

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.

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.

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.

As the Financial Advisory Director at Financial Alliance, Joey led Finsolution group, providing independent, client-first financial advice. With over 10 years of experience, her focus is on delivering solutions that truly serve her clients’ best interests. In 2023, Joey achieved top recognition, winning the **Top Weighted Premium**, **Top AD Group Team**, and **Top Direct Team** awards. As a **Certified Financial Planner (CFP®)** and **Top of the Table (TOT)** advisor, she is committed to offering transparent, unbiased advice to help clients achieve their financial goals.

Meet Jun Yuan, a full-time retail investor with a well-diversified portfolio comprising high-yielding companies and REITs listed on the Singapore Exchange. He also actively engages in retail trading in equities listed in Singapore and in the United States.

With a passion for sharing knowledge and insights, Jun Yuan established TheSingaporeanInvestor.sg, offering in-depth analyses of companies listed in Singapore and the United States. His expertise has earned him speaking engagements at various investment events, including the REITs Symposium and InvestFair. He also authored a book titled 'building your REIT-irement portfolio', offering a comprehensive, step-by-step guide for creating a REIT investment portfolio designed to generate a consistent stream of income.

For the latest updates, be sure to follow The Singaporean Investor on Instagram and Telegram at @thesingaporeaninvestor.

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.

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.

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.

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).

Juncheong has been an equity dealer at Moomoo Financial Singapore since April 2022, having previously served in a similar role at DBS Bank. He specialises in a variety of asset classes, such as stocks, options, futures and funds. In his work, he covers a wide range of markets, including Singapore, Hong Kong, U.S and China.

A passionate advocate for financial literacy, Juncheong is a regular feature on local media publications, providing commentary on topics such as market outlook, investing strategies and macroeconomic trends. He graduated from Lund University with a Bachelor of Science in Business & Economics, specialising in International Business.

Xian Yang is the head of Research Singapore & SEA at Cushman & Wakefield (C&W). He is responsible for managing and delivering real estate and economic research and strategic analysis, with the view of providing research-based perspectives to commercial leasing and investment processes.

His insights on the Singapore real estate market are well sought-after by both the local and international media.

Xian Yang also provides consultancy services with a focus on residential, commercial and industrial sectors. His clients range from multinational corporations, government-linked companies to real estate funds. Prior to joining C&W, he was the head of research at OrangeTee, where he focused on residential research. Xian Yang began his career at GIC in the risk and performance department where he tracked the risk and performance for Fixed Income and Alternative Asset Classes in GIC.

Tim has spent over 15 years in the finance industry, working in asset management and private wealth with the likes of Schroders and CGS International.

He’s passionate about helping people take control of their finances by building wealth through long-term investing and thinking more coherently on all things "money".

Tim hopes to share the experience he’s garnered having worked in various parts of the financial service industry. He loves breaking down complex financial topics into content that’s easy to understand and, most importantly, engaging.

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Zen Low is a Senior Lecturer at Ngee Ann Polytechnic’s School of Business & Accountancy. A passionate educator with multiple teaching awards, he has taught financial modules such as Financial Markets, Investments, and Wealth Management. Zen received his Master of Science in Asset and Wealth Management (MAWM) in 2023, a postgraduate programme jointly developed by the Wealth Management Institute (WMI) and the Nanyang Business School (NBS).