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The Asia Financial Markets Forum (AFMF) is organised by the Financial Markets Association of Singapore (FMAS) and is especially relevant to the treasury and markets professionals in banks, financial institutions and hedge funds who face a major challenge on how to stay ahead of the game.
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Deputy Managing Director
(Markets and Development),
Monetary Authority of Singapore
Partner
Dymon Asia Capital
Master of Ceremonies
AFMF 2024
Head of Markets Strategy,
Executive Director
Global Economics and
Markets Research
United Overseas Bank
President, FMAS
Managing Director,
Group Head of Trading & Structuring
Global Financial Markets
DBS Bank Ltd
FX Core & FX Derivatives Workflow Specialist
Bloomberg L.P
Programme Curator
AFMF 2024 Organising Committee
Managing Partner & Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Dymon Asia Capital
Distinguished Fellow
Asia Research Institute (ARI)
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Co-founder & CEO
Independent Reserve Singapore
Chairperson
AFMF 2024 Organising Committee
Global Head of FX Flow & EM Linear Rates Trading
Global Markets, AEJ
Nomura Singapore
Master of Ceremonies
AFMF 2024
Visiting Professor-in-Practice
London School of Economics
Macro Portfolio Manager
Point72 Singapore
Chief Investment Officer & Chief Executive Officer
Southern Ridges Capital
Deputy Chief Investment Officer
Dymon Asia Capital
Co-CEO
GSR
2.00pm – 2.05pm
Mr Jacky Tai
President, FMAS
Managing Director,
Group Head of Trading & Structuring
Global Financial Markets
DBS Bank Ltd
2.10pm – 2.15pm
Mr Leng Hoe Lon
Chairperson, AFMF 2024 Organising Committee
Global Head of FX Flow & EM Linear Rates Trading
Global Markets, AEJ
Nomura Singapore
Session 1: Fireside Chat with Guest-of-Honour
Shaping the Future: Singapore as a Global Financial Hub
2.20pm – 3.00pm
Mr Leong Sing Chiong
Deputy Managing Director
(Markets and Development),
Monetary Authority of Singapore
MODERATOR
Mr Heng Koon How
Master of Ceremonies, AFMF 2024
Head of Markets Strategy,
Executive Director
Global Economics and Markets Research
UOB
3.00pm – 3.25pm
Session 2: Panel Discussion
Digital Assets in 2024 & Beyond
3.30pm – 4.15pm
PANELISTS
Mr Lasanka Perera
Co-founder & CEO
Independent Reserve Singapore
Mr Xin Song
Co-CEO
GSR
MODERATOR
Mr John Lagman
FX Core & FX Derivatives Workflow Specialist
Bloomberg L.P.
Session 3: Fireside Chat
The Potential Implications of the US Presidential Elections on Asia and the Rest of the World
4.20pm – 5.05pm
FIRESIDE CHAT SPEAKER
Professor Kishore Mahbubani
Distinguished Fellow
Asia Research Institute (ARI)
National University of Singapore (NUS)
MODERATOR
Mr Kenneth Kan
Programme Curator, AFMF 2024 Organising Committee
Managing Partner & Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Dymon Asia Capital
Session 4: Panel Discussion
From Macro Trends to Market Trades: Making Sense of a Bifurcated World
5.10pm – 5.55pm
PANELISTS
Mr Matt Willis
Macro Portfolio Manager
Point72 Singapore
MODERATOR
Mr Gerald Chan
Partner
Dymon Asia Capital
6.00pm – 6.10pm
Mr Kenneth Kan
Programme Curator, AFMF 2024 Organising Committee
Managing Partner & Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Dymon Asia Capital
6.30pm – 9.30pm
SOSPIRI
2 Central Blvd, #07-02 IOI Central Boulevard Towers,
Singapore 018916
Dress Code: Business Formal
Chairperson
AFMF 2024 Organising Committee
Global Head of FX Flow & EM Linear Rates Trading
Global Markets, AEJ
Nomura Singapore
Deputy Chairperson
AFMF 2024 Organising Committee
Managing Director,
Regional Head of Corporate Advisory, Global Financial Markets
DBS Bank Ltd
Treasurer
AFMF 2024 Organising Committee
Senior Managing Director
Head of Wholesale Markets & Platforms
SGX Group
Programme Curator
AFMF 2024 Organising Committee
Managing Partner & Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Dymon Asia Capital
Managing Director and
Head of APAC & EMEA Sales
GSR
Managing Director
Global ALM
OCBC Bank
Head, Legal, Financial Markets
Standard Chartered Bank
Chief Executive Officer
JB Drax Honore, Asia Pacific
Group Head – Post Trade, Asia Pacific, Markets
LSEG
Managing Director, Global Head of EFX Liquidity, Product & Governance Head of Asia EFX &
Transactional FX Trading Global Markets, FICC Trading
Bank of America
Managing Director
Financial Markets Association of Singapore
Head of Institutional Investors, FIG
Institutional Banking Group
DBS Bank Ltd
Formed in 1972, we are the standard bearer for financial markets’ professionals in Singapore. Our history has been inextricably linked to Singapore’s emergence as a leading financial centre in the world.
Financial Markets Association of Singapore (formerly known as ACI Singapore) is affiliated to ACI – The Financial Markets Association (ACI FMA), a Paris-based global umbrella body of financial markets associations, ACI FMA, founded as Association Cambiste Internationale and has more than 8,000 international members worldwide in more than 60 countries, making it the largest international association in the wholesale financial markets and was founded in France in 1955 following an agreement between foreign exchange dealers in Paris and London. Singapore has always been an active participant in the ACI Global arena with elected representatives in the ACI FMA Standing Committees. Our Singapore Committee members have been elected to various global committees over the years and presently to the ACI FMA Board of Education, Working Regulatory Committee, Investment Committee, and Women’s Committee hence having the biggest representation from Asia to the ACI working committees.
Our Singapore Association was officially renamed to Financial Markets Association of Singapore (FMAS) on 31st March 2021 to reflect a stronger focus on the domestic agenda while still affiliated to global ACI FMA entity. FMAS Executive Committee had recommended that the association adopts a progressive mentality and refocus our efforts to promote the association’s key objective of fostering collaboration within the financial market ecosystem within Singapore. This includes promoting and supporting all participants who supports the front office of financial market in Singapore, such as the treasury middle and back office, the risk and compliance professionals and recognised market operators in the ecosystem. In addition, it was recommended to expand our membership criteria and allow these participants supporting the front office to join our membership. By allowing more support function role employees to join FMAS, they will in turn benefit from the association’s activities that includes improving standards, increase collaboration, education, networking and promote charity fundraising initiatives, with a clear mandate to add value to our industry as a whole.
Since the end of 2009, FMAS, first in partnership with the Singapore Management University, had developed a Financial Markets training roadmap for Financial Markets professionals in the front, middle, and back offices in training in that area. But since 2019, FMAS has taken the training and development in-house and is now recognised as a key Financial Markets training provider in Singapore. This underpins FMAS’s commitment to continuing education and professional development for our members and the financial markets industry in Singapore.
As the Industry representative for Financial Markets professionals, FMAS is proud that for the past 31 years to have been able to raise over $14.6 million for the less fortunate in our society through our annual Charity fundraising initiatives. All funds raised is distributed from the FMAS Trampoline Fund through a grant call. This charity drive is now well recognised as a fixture in the annual calendar, and is widely and actively supported by our members and the wider financial markets fraternity.
In 2021, FMAS organised the inaugural Asia Financial Markets Forum 2021, an event especially relevant to the treasury and markets function in banks, financial institutions and corporates who face major challenges in how to stay ahead of the ever-changing environment. The headwinds created by the COVID-19 pandemic and the use of artificial intelligence has further accelerated the transition towards a more digital customer base and workforce, leading to a world where growth prospects are highly challenged and this makes it more important to have a forum to share the information and progress in markets with all. FMAS hopes that by establishing this as an annual forum, it would help to bring in the fraternity of top thought leaders and establishes lasting networking within our financial markets eco system.
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Partner
Dymon Asia Capital
Gerald joined Dymon Asia Capital in July 2015 and is currently a Partner.
Prior to that, he was a Managing Director at UBS Singapore. His last role there was Country Head, Singapore.
Head of Markets Strategy,
Executive Director
Global Economics and
Markets Research
United Overseas Bank
Koon How is the Head of Markets Strategy, Global Economics and Markets Research at UOB, where he leads the in-house team to formulate forecasts and house views for Foreign Exchange (FX), commodities and interest rates. Koon How focuses on advising key clients across Wholesale Banking, Global Markets, Corporate and Financial Institution segments throughout the ASEAN region. In addition to his main role, Koon How is concurrently a member of UOB’s Blockchain and Digital Asset (BCDA) taskforce, focusing on research in the fast evolving blockchain and digital assets space, including asset tokenization as well as Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC).
He has more than 25 years of financial markets experience across the key asset classes. Fluent in English and Mandarin, Koon How actively participates in various investment seminars across the Asia Pacific region and is a regular commentator in key local and international print and broadcast media. Prior to joining UOB in 2017, Koon How has worked in various global financial institutions and private banks in areas such as FX strategy, FX options sales, derivatives advisory and commodities structuring.
Koon How graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor’s degree (Honours) in Chemical Engineering. In 2009, he was awarded the Financial Sector Development Fund postgraduate scholarship from the Monetary Authority of Singapore to attend the Yale-Singapore Management University Masters of Science in Wealth Management programme. Koon How is also a certified Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst. In 2020, Koon How attended the Blockchain and Cryptocurrency course at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and in 2021, Koon How completed the CFA Certificate in ESG Investing.
President, FMAS
Managing Director,
Group Head of Trading & Structuring
Global Financial Markets
DBS Bank Ltd
Jacky Tai is the Group Head of Trading & Structuring for Global Financial Markets at DBS Bank. Assuming this role since 2018, Jacky has been responsible for the management of trading, market making, product structuring and risk warehousing activities across asset classes regionally.
He joined Treasury & Markets at DBS in 1999 and was tasked to build up DBS Greater China trading operations in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and China. In addition to driving business outcomes, the teams in Greater China have also won many awards and accolades in local and derivatives markets from Asian Risk, Global Finance, Banker, and other leading market intelligence under Jacky’s stewardship.
An avid innovator and market pioneer, Jacky has also represented DBS Hong Kong, Singapore, and China in public forums and associations initiated by regulators such as the Hong Kong Treasury Market Association committee, ACI, ASFIMA task force, China QFII, Singapore RQFII, FX Global Code, Blue Book, China Bond Connect. Most recently, he was appointed as President of the Financial Markets Association of Singapore in January 2024 and previously held the role of Treasurer since 2021. Jacky is also a strong believer in embracing Asian connectivity and digitalisation for the advancement of financial markets. He was recently conferred the Singapore IBF Fellow Award in Financial Markets in 2022.
Before joining DBS Bank, Jacky was Head of Asian Derivatives Trading at Dresdner Bank AG. He has also worked at Nomura, and JP Morgan in Hong Kong, Singapore, and New York.
Jacky graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Computer Science from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
FX Core & FX Derivatives Workflow Specialist
Bloomberg L.P
John Lagman is an FX Market Specialist for S.E. Asia specializing in FX Derivatives. He joined Bloomberg at the end of June 2014, and works with the Sales teams to provide solutions to address the complex needs of the clients. This is done via direct one-on-one training or seminars on FX and introducing and explaining how Bloomberg applications can help make clients’ workflows more efficient. He also provides feedback internally on applications to develop in order to assess the clients’ needs. John has 14+ years of experience as an FX Options Trader/Manager based in Singapore and was an FX Options Trainer for ACI Singapore and Malaysia. Previously, he also worked for 2+ years on the buyside as a FX/Rates/Credit Execution Trader & Strategist. He has a B.S. in Economics from Purdue University and a Masters in Economics from Brandeis University.
Programme Curator
AFMF 2024 Organising Committee
Managing Partner & Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Dymon Asia Capital
Mr. Kenneth Kan is the Managing Partner and Deputy CEO at Dymon Asia Capital. With extensive experience in trading and portfolio management, he joined Dymon Asia in 2012 and has since played a vital role in the firm’s growth.
As Deputy CEO, Mr. Kan focuses on human and investor capital, overseeing the Business Development department, ESG efforts, Investor Relations, Human Resources, Communications, CSR, and Office Administration.
Mr. Kan’s industry involvement extends beyond his role at Dymon Asia. He serves on the Exco of the Financial Markets Association of Singapore (FMAS), where he also chairs the Education sub-committee. Furthermore, he actively participates in three working groups initiated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS): the Human Resources Industry Group, the Singapore Foreign Exchange Market Committee and the Financial Sector Tripartite Committee. He is also a valued member of the SBAI ESG working group and holds the distinction of being an IBF Fellow.
Outside of his professional roles, Mr. Kan contributes to non-profit organizations as a board member of The Majurity Trust, Ray of Hope, and the Children’s Museum of Singapore. He graduated from Santa Clara University with a Bachelor of Science in Commerce (Finance).
Through his leadership and expertise, Mr. Kenneth Kan continues to make a significant impact in the financial sector and the community.
Distinguished Fellow
Asia Research Institute (ARI)
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Professor Kishore Mahbubani is a Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Research Institute (ARI), National University of Singapore (NUS). He is an authoritative speaker on the rise of Asia and US diplomatic relations.
In 1971 he joined the Singaporean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and served in Cambodia, Malaysia and Washington DC. From 1993 to 1998 he was Permanent Secretary at the Foreign Ministry of Singapore, and from 2001 to 2004 he served as Singapore’s Ambassador to the UN in New York. During this time he served two periods as the President of the UN Security Council (January 2001 and May 2002).
Kishore is the influential author of “Can Asians Think?” and “Beyond The Age Of Innocence: Rebuilding Trust Between America and the World” and “The New Asian Hemisphere: The Irresistible Shift of Global Power to the East” .
His book “The Great Convergence: Asia, the West, and the Logic of One World” (2013) argues that the 21st century has seen the rise of a global middle class, which is resulting in an unprecedented convergence of interests and perceptions, cultures and values.
Kishore’s book “Has China Won?”, was published in 2020, demonstrates his knowledge and understanding of evaluating both China and America’s sides. It is an insightful perspective upon the strategic stakes and mistakes in this great geopolitical contest. In Spring 2024, he will publish ‘Living the Asian Century: An Undiplomatic Memoir‘ – this book chronicles his journey life from a poor childhood in a multiethnic neighborhood to an illustrious diplomatic career that led him far from Singapore, from Cambodia to Australia, Malaysia to the United States and the UN-includin his role at the Security Council.
Mahbubani is one of Asia’s most widely known commentators and spokespeople, with a unique perspective that straddles India, China, and the West.
Kishore has displayed his professional and extensive knowledge, appearing multiple times on stage. He has hosted a TED Talk: ‘How the West can adapt to a rising Asia’, in April 2019 and participated in The Munk Debate in May 2019.
Kishore has written articles for a wide range of prestigious journals and newspapers. He has been profiled in Time Magazine and the Economist and has been selected for as one of Prospect and Foreign Policy’s “Top 100 Public Intellectuals” (2005), one of the Financial Times’ Top 50 individuals who would shape the debate on the future of capitalism, and one of Foreign Policy’s “Top Global Thinkers” in 2010 and 2011.
Co-founder & CEO
Independent Reserve Singapore
Lasanka Perera is the co-founder of Independent Reserve and currently serves as the chief executive officer of Independent Reserve Singapore. Perera has played a pivotal role in steering Independent Reserve to become one of the leading crypto exchanges in the Asia Pacific region. The company has also achieved the notable distinction of being the first cryptocurrency exchange to be licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). Independent Reserve is recognized for its commitment to providing safe and reliable access to digital assets through good corporate governance and ensuring the safety of customer assets.
Prior to his involvement with Independent Reserve, Perera accumulated extensive experience in markets and trading and successfully established several regulated consumer-facing financial services businesses. Recognizing the inefficiencies of foreign currency transfers, he identified the significant potential of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to enhance people’s lives, ultimately leading him to transition his career into the crypto space.
As an early adopter of cryptocurrency and a dedicated advocate for the industry, Perera actively participate in trade conferences and industry events. His participation serves to connect with like-minded individuals and businesses, fostering the growth and development of the cryptocurrency industry.
Chairperson
AFMF 2024 Organising Committee
Global Head of FX Flow & EM Linear Rates Trading
Global Markets, AEJ
Nomura Singapore
Mr. Leng Hoe Lon is Global Head of FX Flow & EM Linear Rates Trading Global Markets, AEJ at Nomura Singapore. He also leads Nomura’s Cross Markets proprietary trading business in Asia.
Hoe Lon has 25 years of experience in trading and investing in financial markets. He started his career at Deutsche Bank, followed by trading roles across Asia and London with JP Morgan, ABN AMRO, Goldman Sachs, and Tudor Capital. Prior to joining Nomura, Hoe Lon was Head of Financial Markets (Singapore, Brunei and Australia) and Head of Macro Trading (ASEAN and South Asia) at Standard Chartered Bank.
In addition to his sellside and buyside experience, Hoe Lon has been a founder, advisor, and investor of various startups in Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics, and Blockchain. He has published two books: Decrypted – A Financial Trader’s Take on Cryptocurrency and Deflated – How To Find Your Footing in a Shaky Blockchain Investment World.
Hoe Lon earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Warwick, and he is a CFA charterholder.
Master of Ceremonies
AFMF 2024
Visiting Professor-in-Practice
London School of Economics
Lutfey Siddiqi is a Visiting Professor-in-Practice at the London School of Economics where he also sits on the advisory boards of the Systemic Risk Centre, the foreign policy think-tank LSE IDEAS, and the Inclusion Initiative in the Behavioural Science department. He is an Emeritus Governor of LSE and a former member of LSE investment committee.
Concurrently, he is an Adjunct Professor at the National University of Singapore and advisory board member at the centre for governance and sustainability, NUS Business School.
He is a member of the governing board of UWC Atlantic College, Wales and a former member of the governing board of New City College Group, England.
Lutfey is a member of the World Economic Forum global future council on fiscal and monetary policy, having previously served on the councils for inclusive finance, capital markets, and infrastructure investment.
He was previously Global Head of Emerging Markets for Foreign Exchange, Rates & Credit at UBS Investment Bank where he was also the founding head of UBS Knowledge Network. Prior to that, he worked at Barclays and Deutsche bank in both London and Singapore.
Macro Portfolio Manager
Point72 Singapore
Matt Willis is a Macro Portfolio Manager at Point72 Singapore, having been with the firm since 2018.
He was previously at Caxton Associates for 7 years, where he was a senior Portfolio Manager, Partner, and Head of the Singapore office.
Before that he spent a decade on the sell side working for ANZ, Lehman Brothers, and Deutsche Bank.
Over the course of his career, he has worked in New Zealand, Australia, Tokyo, London and Singapore.
He trades FX and rates across all time zones and regions, alongside various commodities markets.
Chief Investment Officer & Chief Executive Officer
Southern Ridges Capital
Mohit Khurana is the Chief Investment officer of Southern Ridges Capital and has been trading emerging markets across FX and rates through different cycles since 2002. He founded Southern Ridges Capital in 2019 following a consistent 6 year track record of high risk-adjusted returns at BlueCrest Capital where he had started as a standalone portfolio manager in 2012. He has been able to identify, recruit and manage talent throughout his career and had built a team of 9 experienced portfolio managers prior to the launch of Southern Ridges Capital.
Prior to joining BlueCrest, Mohit was heading the South East Asia Onshore & Offshore Rates trading desks at JP Morgan. Mohit began his career at Citibank, Mumbai trading India rates and FX. He then joined Barclays in 2004 where he was instrumental as part of the senior core trading team, in establishing the EM Offshore Rates Trading desk presence in new markets such as Indonesia, Vietnam and Malaysia. Mohit holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and a B.E. in Industrial & Production Engineering from SGSITS, Indore, India.
Deputy Chief Investment Officer
Dymon Asia Capital
Nilay Patel is the Deputy Chief Investment Officer of the Dymon Asia Multi-Strategy Investment Fund at Dymon Asia Capital. Nilay has more than 20 years of industry experience.
Prior to joining Dymon, Nilay was the CEO and Portfolio Manager at Myriad Asset Management Singapore for the discretionary global macro strategy.
Nilay started his career at SAC Capital Management, and thereafter joined Woodbine Capital Advisors. This was followed by Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers, Millennium Management and Myriad Asset Management.
Nilay graduated with a Bachelor of Science majoring in Finance and International Business from New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business in 2003.
Co-CEO
GSR
Xin Song is Co-CEO of market maker GSR and is based in Singapore. He has been in crypto since 2018, and before that was in traditional finance for over 10 years, initially as an Portfolio Manager in the Scientific Active Equities team at BlackRock in London, developing quantitative investment strategies for a $5bn European long-only fund.
Xin relocated to Shanghai to become the Head of Product for Fintech startup DealGlobe, subsequently setting up his own crypto derivatives hedge fund Magpie Capital as Co-Founder and CEO, before joining GSR in 2019 to build out the Asia franchise.
Xin graduated from the London School of Economics with a BSc in Business Mathematics and Statistics, and London Business School with an MBA, specializing in Entrepreneurial Management. He is also a CFA charterholder.
Deputy Chairperson
AFMF 2024 Organising Committee
Managing Director,
Regional Head of Corporate Advisory, Global Financial Markets
DBS Bank Ltd
Ms. Eileen Chia is the Regional Head of Corporate Advisory Group at DBS. With over 25 years of banking experience in global financial markets, Eileen has an acute sense in driving business through cross border collaboration that harness the potential of network and resources. She is also a strong believer in tapping on expertise of teams across markets and product specialisation to customise client-centric solutions that best support customers’ needs.
Prior to DBS, Ms. Chia leads the global markets sales team at UOB supporting various client segments from financial institutions to large corporates, SMEs and retail customers. Ms. Chia spent the earlier part of her banking career in Bank of America before assuming leadership roles in Nomura and Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi. Ms. Chia serves as the deputy president of Financial Markets Association of Singapore and is a supporter of the mentorship program under Financial Women’s Association of Singapore.
Treasurer
AFMF 2024 Organising Committee
Senior Managing Director
Head of Wholesale Markets & Platforms
SGX Group
As the Head of Wholesale Markets & Platforms, Mr Lee Beng Hong spearheads the growth and development of the Group’s off-exchange marketplace and cutting-edge technology services, in the areas of digitalisation and automation.
Mr Lee leads the Group’s platform technology, including its global leading electronic FX trading workflow platforms BidFX and MaxxTrader, and oversees the Group’s strategic investments in Trading Technologies, Trumid and Marketnode.
He has management responsibility for SGX CurrencyNode, the Group’s FX electronic communication network and Energy Market Company, the market operator of the National Electricity Market of Singapore. He also heads up SGX’s fixed income business, from origination, listing to trading.
Mr Lee joined the Group on 1 August 2019 to spearhead its fixed income, currencies and commodities business, as part of SGX Group’s efforts to build scale in multiple asset classes. Under his leadership, the Group’s FX business
expanded substantially beyond FX derivatives to include FX technology and workflow solutions.
With over 20 years of experience in financial markets, Mr Lee held various senior roles in Deutsche Bank, specialising in Asian FICC trading, structuring, sales and coverage. He most recently led Deutsche Bank’s financing and solutions group for North Asia, in addition to his responsibilities as Executive Vice President of Deutsche Bank China and Head of Global Markets, China.
He started his career in Deutsche Bank Singapore, where he managed rates and FX trading books across G3 and Asian markets.
Mr Lee holds a Master of Science in Financial Engineering from Nanyang Technological University, as well as a Master of Engineering (Civil) from National University of Singapore.
Managing Director and
Head of APAC & EMEA Sales
GSR
Chuan Jin Fong (CJ) is a Managing Director and the Head of APAC & EMEA Sales at GSR, one of the largest global digital assets market makers and trading shop. Before entering the crypto market CJ started his career on the trading floor in Hong Kong as a Fixed Income Structurer at Morgan Stanley before switching roles to head up Fixed Income Solutions for Morgan Stanley Private Bank in APAC. He also worked for Nomura Private Bank, where he focused on key client solutions in both public and private markets. CJ holds a double degree from Singapore Management University.
Managing Director
Global ALM
OCBC Bank
Mr. Jimmy Poh joined OCBC in 2010 and is a member of OCBC Global Markets Division’s management team. In addition, he leads the Interest Rate Management team in Singapore and oversees the Global Balance Sheet Management (BSM) team across multiple centres. Prior to his current role, Mr. Poh was the Head of Greater China Trading and later for North Asia Trading at OCBC, where he played a pivotal role in expanding the bank’s presence in China.
With a career spanning since 1994, Mr. Poh has gained valuable and extensive working experience in global banks, starting with Bank of America in Singapore, followed by positions at Bank of Nova Scotia and Lehman Brothers in Tokyo. He then returned to Singapore and worked with Dresdner, Standard Chartered, and finally OCBC Bank. This extensive experience has not only equipped him with the necessary skills to effectively lead, but also a deep understanding of global financial market operations.
Mr. Poh holds a double degree in Computer Science (BSc) and Economics (BA) from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and a Master’s degree in Applied Finance from Macquarie University, Australia. He is passionate about leveraging data-driven decision-making processes and advocating for the digitalization of financial assets.
Head, Legal, Financial Markets
Standard Chartered Bank
John Ho is the Global Head of Legal, Financial Markets for Standard Chartered Bank (“SCB”), overseeing and providing legal advisory, transactional and documentation support for Financial Markets (FM) business globally for Standard Chartered Bank (SCB), its branches and affiliates. Mr Ho is a member of Regulatory Working Group of the ACI FMA. Mr. Ho is also the co-chair of (1) the ISDA South East Asia Legal and Regulatory Committee and (2) the ISDA Asia Pacific ESG Working group.
Mr Ho is on the Financial Stability Board’s (FSB’s) Taskforce on the Legal, Regulatory and Supervisory Frameworks, GFMA Artificial Intelligence (AI) Steering Group, and the FIA Asia Pacific Advisory Board. Mr. Ho is also the co-chair of (1) the ISDA South East Asia Legal and Regulatory Committee and (2) the ISDA Asia Pacific ESG Working group. Mr. Ho is a member of the panel of experts of P.R.I.M.E. Finance, the financial markets dispute resolution service based in The Hague.
He is an active participant in the industry’s Fintech events and is a public speaker on topics such as Central Bank Digital Currencies, Blockchain, Digital Assets, Financial Markets, Sustainability and Regulatory Reforms. He serves as a mentor to startups and co-authored a publication from the World Economic Forum called The Digital Currency Governance Consortium Whitepaper, published in November 2021. He is a also mentor for the UK FCA Sustainability TechSprint, FCA Digital Sandbox, R3 and LongHash.
Prior to joining SCB, Mr. Ho was the Managing Director Principal in the legal department of Bear Stearns (Japan), Ltd (“Bear Stearns”) where he supported the Asia franchise (including Tokyo, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Korea, India and South-east Asia) from January 2003 to August 2008 covering various structured products and derivatives including equity derivatives, credit derivatives, fixed income and commodities.
Prior to joining Bear Stearns, Mr. Ho worked as Asia equity counsel for Lehman Brothers in Tokyo with experience dealing in convertibles, options, warrants, delta one products and other types of equity derivatives transactions, equity finance and equity capital markets.
He is qualified as an advocate and solicitor in Singapore since 1995 and he received his law degree from the National University of Singapore.
Chief Executive Officer
JB Drax Honore, Asia Pacific
Kevin is the Chief Executive Officer for JB Drax Honore (JBDH) in Asia Pacific, JBDH is a world leading specialist riskless principal agency across a wide range of listed financial and financing products. With over 32 years experience covering Asia Pacific, 25 years of which based in the region, Kevin has held a number of global and regional sales management roles within investment banking.
Extensive experience of multiple client channels across asset management, wealth management & corporate coverage for both investment banking and transaction banking products.
He holds a B.Sc (Hons) in Toxicology and Pharmacology with First Class Honours from the School of Pharmacy, University of London, & an M.Sc in Management (Industrial Relations) from the University of Oxford.
Kevin served on the Executive Committee of the British Chamber of Commerce in Singapore for 5 years, is an advisory Board Member for the British Academy of Film & Television Arts (BAFTA) in Asia, and a Singapore Board member for the education charity U-Go, helping ambitious and promising young women in low-income countries to pursue higher education.
He was awarded an OBE – Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2024 Kings New Year Honours awards for services to charities and philanthropy.
Group Head – Post Trade, Asia Pacific, Markets
LSEG
Rohit Verma is responsible for driving LSEG Markets’ continued growth in the region.
Rohit has over 20 years’ experience in the derivatives, prime brokerage, and risk management space. Before joining LCH in 2021, he spent nine years in senior strategic roles at Citi,
including Head of Clearing and FX Prime Brokerage in APAC. During his tenure, Rohit also represented Citi at various Asian exchange risk committees and workgroups. Prior to this, he was Deutsche Bank’s APAC Head of Risk Management, overseeing market and counterparty risk management for their asset management business.
Rohit holds an MBA in Finance from the National University of Singapore and is FRM certified. He also sits on the Singapore Foreign Exchange Market Committee.
Managing Director, Global Head of EFX Liquidity, Product & Governance Head of Asia EFX &
Transactional FX Trading Global Markets, FICC Trading
Bank of America
Ping Tan is a Managing Director at Bank of America (BofA). She heads the Asia EFX & Asia Transactional FX trading teams based out of Singapore, with global oversight of the principal EFX traders managing risks for the electronic FX franchise. Besides her trading risk mandate, she is also responsible for product development strategy across Global FX & Emerging Markets, including EFX to continue expanding BofA’s electronic offering, in addition to overseeing all regulatory and governance-related matters for EFX business globally.
Ping joined the BofA Singapore office in 2004 as an Emerging Markets FX trader before being posted to the London office in 2006 and established the EFX trading desk operation globally in 2007. She relocated to Hong Kong office in October 2015 to and had the opportunity to move back to the Singapore office in May 2022 on the back of her expanded global role into Product Strategy.
Beyond her day job, Ping is heavily involved in various D&I initiatives at the firm including BofA Philanthropy Committees in Hong Kong and Singapore, as well as past leadership roles chairing the APAC FICC Employee Engagement Committee, co-chair of Hong Kong Parents & Caregivers Network, APAC Women Leadership Council, Global Markets Campus Committee, and proud recipient of 2016 Global Volunteer Award. Outside the firm, she sits on FMAS (formerly ACI Singapore) Executive Committee and chairs the Women@FMAS sub-committee, represents FMAS in the Global ACI Women in Global Markets sub-committee.
Ping graduated from Nanyang Technological University of Singapore with a Bachelor’s Degree in Accountancy.
Managing Director,
Financial Markets Association of Singapore
Ravi started his career in the financial markets as a broker followed by a couple of years’ stint in Tokyo. In 1994, Ravi joined HSBC’s Global Markets sales team in Singapore where he worked for twelve years covering execution flow in treasury products before joining Traditions to establish the THB IRS Desk. In 2006, Ravi joined SCB Singapore to cover the SEA Financial Institutions and Central Banks on flow execution and soon after, headed the bank’s sales desk. Ravi has always dedicated himself in building lasting relationships in Singapore and in the region.
In 2019, Ravi joined FMAS as the Managing Director, spearheading the association’s mandate for its members’ networking, education courses as well as mooting of the Asia Financial Market Forum. Ravi is also a member of ACI FMA Global Board of Education. Most importantly, Ravi is very proud and passionate about being part of the committee, instrumental in setting up the FMAS Trampoline Fund in 2020, an annual charity fundraising initiative of FMAS with more than 31 years of legacy
Head of Institutional Investors, FIG
Institutional Banking Group
DBS Bank Ltd
Sneha joined DBS in 2022 as the Head of Institutional Investors within the FIG team in the Institutional Banking Group. Her responsibilities include coverage of NBFIs such as real money managers, sovereign wealth funds and hedge funds.She leads a team of specialists providing financing, investment and other banking products and is based in Singapore. Prior to this, she was the Head of Financial Markets, Asia for Westpac Banking Corporation where she was responsible for Westpac’s trading, sales and structuring activities across Fixed Income, Foreign Exchange and Commodities in dealing with corporate and institutional clients.
Sneha is actively engaged in the financial markets community through representation at the Executive Committee of FMAS, Singapore. She is a passionate advocate for about diversity and inclusion within financial markets.
Head of Marketing, ASEAN, ANZ and South Asia,
Bloomberg L.P.
Eric is a curious marketer who had the privilege to enable brands and businesses achieve tangible results for more than 20 years. He prefers to think without boxes and believes in continuous learning. He also still harbours hope to be a professional footballer one day.
Head of Corporate Sector Coverage, APAC
ING Bank N.V. Singapore Branch
Jack was appointed as Head of Corporate Sector Coverage, APAC in 2022 overseeing a team of 200+ Sales professionals throughout the ING Wholesale Bank network. He joined ING in September 2011 and served as Head of Financial Markets, Hong Kong, and Regional Head of Client Solutions Group, before assuming the Head of Asia Sales role in 2015.
Jack started in the banking industry in 1993. Prior to ING, Jack was a Managing Director in Morgan Stanley where he joined in 2005 and headed the Regional Corporate Sales and solutions businesses. He also worked at JPMorgan Chase in New York, Hong Kong and Singapore for 8 years in various cross-assets roles covering institutional investors and corporates.
Jack holds a MS degree from Stanford University and a BS from The Ohio State University.
Deputy President,
FMAS
Head of Global Treasury International
OCBC Bank Ltd
Mr Samuel Koh joined Global Treasury, OCBC Bank in April 2013. His current role is the Head of Global Treasury International. With more than thirty years of experience in the financial market, he has been a thought leader at various stages of the development in the emerging markets in Asia. He started his career with Citibank Singapore in 1990 and has worked in various capacities in Citibank, Pacific Asset Management and OCBC Bank in Singapore, as well as HSBC and Bank of China in Hong Kong.
During the span of his career, he was involved in the development and trading of Asian regional currencies Interest Rate and FX Derivatives. In 1998, he transacted the first interbank Singapore Dollar interest rate option contract. On top of that, he spends time training and mentoring the newer generations of financial market professionals across many countries.
He is the Deputy President of the Financial Markets Association of Singapore (previously known as ACI Singapore). Within the organisation, he promotes the welfare and education of financial market practitioners in Singapore. He was the Chairman of the ACI Charity Golf which raises funds for charity organisations in Singapore in 2007, 2008 and 2017. He was awarded the 2019 Institute of Banking and Finance, IBF Fellowship Award, recognising his contribution to the financial industry in Singapore.
Mr Koh holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the National University of Singapore and a Masters in Applied Finance from Macquarie University Australia.
