LOY CHEOW CHEW
Summary
Experienced financial market participant, having been in “buy side" and “sell side". Employment career in top tier financial institutions spanned three decades of rapid development era in commercial banking/investment banking transformation, globalization and technology.
Overview
46
46
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate
Work History
Director
Ataraxia Advisory Pte Ltd
01.2012 - Current
- Founded company to assist clients, often as expert witness.
Independent Director
Pheim Asset Management (Asia) Pte Ltd
11.2015 - Current
- Alternately chairs Board of Directors(BOD) and Audit, Risk and Compliance (ARC) meetings
Adjunct Associate Professor
NUS Business School
01.2014 - 01.2018
- Designed and conducted undergraduate course on FX Trading
Managing Director
Global Commodities (Singapore) Pte Ltd
01.2011 - 01.2012
- Helped in setting up “long only” commodity fund manager in Singapore.
Senior Investment Manager
Government of Singapore Investment Corporation
01.2005 - 07.2009
- Portfolio manager in foreign exchange, money markets, commodities and gold
- Established and headed Commodities and Gold Group
- Helped to establish GIC School
Managing Director, Head of Singapore Office
AIG Trading Group
07.1996 - 12.2004
- Managed team of traders and salesmen at AIG’s broker-dealer entity in Singapore.
Founder
Financial Markets Solutions
03.1995 - 07.1996
- Founded company to implement Treasury project for Indonesian state bank, Bank Bumi Daya.
Vice President
Morgan Guaranty Trust Co.of NY/J P Morgan Securities
03.1985 - 03.1995
- Held various senior positions, including Head of FX & Fixed Income Sales.
Assistant Vice President, Sales
Security Pacific National Bank
05.1984 - 03.1985
- Helped to set up sales desk
Assistant Vice President, Senior FX trader
First National Bank of Chicago
06.1982 - 05.1984
- Market making and trading in FX desk
Treasurer
Development Bank of Singapore
06.1977 - 06.1982
- Set up Settlement section, was Head of FX & Gold
- Started DBS Trading, pioneering futures markets and margin trading in Singapore
- Was Alternate Director of Gold Exchange of Singapore.
Education
Master of Arts - Contemporary China
Nanyang Technological University
07.2010
No Degree - Senior Leadership Programme
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
06.2008
BBA -
University of Singapore
07.1977
Skills
- Able to articulate and advise on on-going changes in global financial markets with benefit of front-seat historical experience
- Understand psyche of what drives “buy” and “sell” sides in financial markets decisions
- Familiarity and abilities with financial market instruments including derivatives
- Familiarity with investment theories, terms and concepts
- Career-related appointments with academia and MAS-CAD
Certification
- Centre for Asset Management Research and Investment (CAMRI) - Advisory Council member 2008-2016.
- MAS-CAD Panel of Experts on Securities Offences - 2010-Present.
- Non-career Appointments: Society for the Aged Sick - Honorary Treasurer 2012-2014, 2016-2018, Honorary Secretary 2014-2016, Deputy President 2018-present. Singapore Cancer Society - Investment Committee member 2023-present. Rotary Club of Singapore West - Youth Service Director 2010-2014, 2016-present, Honorary Treasurer 2015-2016. AIESEC Singapore - member of the Board of Advisors, 2008- present. Compass@Campus - mentor 2011- present. The Helping Hand - devotion leader 2019 - present. Zion Serangoon Bible Presbyterian Church - Evening Service Committee Member 2015-2017.
- CLC/Aug2023
Timeline
Independent Director
Pheim Asset Management (Asia) Pte Ltd
11.2015 - Current
Adjunct Associate Professor
NUS Business School
01.2014 - 01.2018
Director
Ataraxia Advisory Pte Ltd
01.2012 - Current
Managing Director
Global Commodities (Singapore) Pte Ltd
01.2011 - 01.2012
Senior Investment Manager
Government of Singapore Investment Corporation
01.2005 - 07.2009
Managing Director, Head of Singapore Office
AIG Trading Group
07.1996 - 12.2004
Founder
Financial Markets Solutions
03.1995 - 07.1996
Vice President
Morgan Guaranty Trust Co.of NY/J P Morgan Securities
03.1985 - 03.1995
Assistant Vice President, Sales
Security Pacific National Bank
05.1984 - 03.1985
Assistant Vice President, Senior FX trader
First National Bank of Chicago
06.1982 - 05.1984
Treasurer
Development Bank of Singapore
06.1977 - 06.1982
Master of Arts - Contemporary China
Nanyang Technological University
No Degree - Senior Leadership Programme
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
BBA -
University of Singapore
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