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Experience
Experience
Asia School of Business (in collaboration with MIT Sloan)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Practice Professor of Finance
2022 – present
Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University
New York, NY
Visiting Practice Professor of Finance
2022 – present
National University of Singapore Business School
Singapore
Practice Professor of Finance
2009 –2022
Founding Director, Center for Asset Management Research & Investments (CAMRI)
2009 – 2019
Affiliated Researcher, Risk Management Institute
2009 – 2019
Executive Education Board Member
2014 – 2020
Founding Co-Chair (with the Dean), Asia Leaders in Financial Institutions (ALFI)
2015 – 2022
Founding Director, Graduate Certificate in Applied Portfolio Management (g-CAPM)
2014 – 2022
Credit Suisse – Alternative Investments, Asset Management
New York, NY
Managing Director, Global Head, and Chief Investment Officer, Quantitative Strategies Group
2004 – 2008
Banc of America Capital Management
New York, NY
Managing Director, Quantitative Research and Asset Allocation
2000 – 2004
Cornell University – The Johnson School
Ithaca, NY
Emeritus Member, Dean’s Advisory Council
2017 – present
Member, Dean’s Advisory Council
2009 – 2017: Served two 4-year terms
Executive-in-Residence
2008 – 2009
Visiting Lecturer of Finance
1992 – 1993
Bursa Malaysia
Malaysia
Independent Non-Executive Director, Board of Directors
2020
Member, Risk Management Committee, Market Participants Committee and Market & Development Committee
Ministry of Manpower (Central Provident Fund)
Singapore
Member, Central Provident Fund Advisory Panel
2014 – 2016
Singapore International Mediation Centre
Singapore
Member, Panel of Technical Experts (Finance)
2015 – 2017
To facilitate the mediation process for complex commercial disputes and assist in providing a neutral and objective perspective to assist in the mediation process.
National Research Foundation, Singapore Prime Minister’s Office
Singapore
Member, Early-Stage Venture Fund Evaluation Panel
2013 – 2014
Evaluated proposals, which resulted in the disbursement of $100M (50% of which came in the form of government co-funding) to Venture Capital firms with a Singapore presence who wish to invest in Singapore-based early stage, technology companies.
United Nations Social Impact Fund (UNDP-UNSIF)
New York, NY
Member, Research Council
2017 – 2018
Council comprises of nine academics from the leading universities partnering the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to develop a research agenda with the appropriate analytical frameworks, evidence, and policy recommendation that will improve how private investment finances the achievement of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index (MCGPI)
Melbourne, Australia
Member, Advisory Board (formerly Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index)
2016 – present
Singapore National Eye Clinic (SNEC) & National Eye Research Institute (SERI)
Singapore
Member, SNEC/SERI Medical Director’s Advisory Council
2016 – present
Journal of Alternative Investments
Amherst, MA
Member, Editorial Board
2013 – 2021
Nipun Capital LLC.
San Francisco, CA
Ad-hoc Scientific Advisor
2014 – 2020
Asia Asset Management
Hong Kong
Academic Advisor
2019 – present
Xen Capital
Singapore
Member, Scientific Advisory Board
2019 – present
Research Foundation of the Association for Investment Management and Research (CFA Institute)
Charlottesville, VA
Member, Review Board
2000 – 2005
netDecide Corp.
Falls Church, VA
Member, Product Advisory Board
2001 – 2003
University of Amsterdam and Tinbergen Institute
The Netherlands
Visiting Professor of Finance, Summers
1997 – 2000
Securities and Exchange Board of India
India
Senior Financial Consultant, Summer
1995
Ernst & Young
Washington, DC
Senior Financial Consultant, Derivatives Group
1994
Goodyear International
Malaysia
Staff Electrical Engineer and Member of the Operating Committee (Malaysia)
1986 – 1989
Education
Education
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
Ph.D. in Finance, 1993
Dissertation Advisor: Professor Robert Jarrow
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
M.Sc. in Finance, 1992
Dissertation Advisor: Professor Robert Jarrow
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, 1986
Dissertation Advisor: Professor David Staelin
Other Academic Activities
Other Academic Activities
Referee/Discussant: Journal of Economic Theory; Journal of Finance; Review of Derivatives Research; Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control; Mathematics of Operations Research; Journal of Alternative Investments; Physica A; Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis; Journal of Financial Intermediation; The Financial Review; China Economic Review; The Journal of Risk; Risk Magazine; The Journal of Energy Markets; Decision Sciences Institute Meeting, 1994; American Finance Association Annual Meeting, 2000; NBER Conference on Risk Assessment and Management, 1995
Invited Speaker and Panelist: Capital Markets Seminar organized by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and Reserve Board of India (RBI), 1995. Also served as Consultant to SEBI
Principal Co-organizer (with Prof Andrew Lyasoff), Mathematical Finance Day at Boston University, 1996 - 1999
Co-organizer (with Profs Robert Jarrow, Stuart Turnbull and Tom Coleman), Annual Derivative Securities Conference, 1998 - 2001
Principal Co-organizer (with Prof Zvi Bodie), FINANCE 2000. Lectures by Nobel laureates, academics, & CEOs from Fidelity Investments, Salomon Smith Barney, Smith-Breeden, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Putnam, and JP Morgan
Faculty Advisor, Humphrey Fellowship Program, Boston University, 1995 –2000
Faculty Coordinator, Financial Management (MBA Core, Boston University), 1994 - 1995
Advisory Board, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Researcher-Entrepreneurs' Program, Boston University
Faculty Coordinator, Bridge Information Systems' "Bridge University Program"
Supervised or advised 10 doctoral theses in Finance & Economics, Boston University
Faculty Advisor, Boston University Investment Club, 1993 - 1995
Ph.D. Field Advisor (Finance), Boston University Department of Economics, 1998 - 2000
Teaching Assistant for Robert Jarrow and Lecturer (Investments for undergraduates), Cornell University, 1992 - 1993
Invited Keynote Speaker, Moderator, Panelist or Roundtable Participant at:
institutional investors and private banking conferences in the U.S., Singapore, Japan, China/HK, Taiwan, Brunei, Malaysia, and India, 2009 - 2021.
Pacific Pension & Investment Institute (PPI) Asia Roundtables, 2014 – 2019
Asia Asset Management Roundtables & Forums, 2014 - 2021
GIC-ABFER Annual Industry Roundtable on Investments, 2013 – 2019 (Singapore)
Boao Asia Forum on Pension Reform, 2019
Global Arc Conference (Singapore)
Citadel/CITICS Global China Roundtable, 2011 – 2012 (Beijing); Citadel Securities APAC Summit & Research Roundtable, 2019 - 2021 (Hong Kong and virtual)
Various IQPC Forums (Beijing, Shanghai, HK and Singapore)
FOFM 2012 (India)
Credit Suisse’ Annual Asian Investment Conference (AIC in HK - various years)
GAIM Asia (HK)
Asset Allocation Summit (HK)
Various employer-related Private Banking and Institutional Investor Seminars (New York, London and Asia-Pac), 2000 – 2008
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