SINGAPORE
FINANCE SUMMIT

Dec 22, 2022
19:00 - 20:00 PM

About the summit

In 2022, we thought the end of the pandemic would lead to a calm and prosperous period. And yet, the uncertainties continue. The aim of this Finance career summit is to help youths & junior working professionals to have a clearer picture of what to prepare and expect for a successful career in Finance.

Our inspiring and experienced industry speakers will share their insights and the latest developments and solutions to help youths step into the Finance industry.

hIGHLIGHTS

01

The Latest Industry Insights

02 Learn From The Best!

03 Tips on Career Development

04 Attractive
Prizes

Event
flow

19:00 - 19:10 Opening Remarks
Introduction from emcee

19:10 - 19:20 Industry Insights
Interview: Allen Cheong

19:20 - 19:30 Networking Tips
Interview: Eric Sim

19:30 - 19:40 FinTech Revolution
Interview: Arvin Singh

19:40 - 19:55
Live Q&A

19:55 - 20:00
Lucky Draw+ Wrap up

Meet The Speakers

Allen Cheong

Founder and Managing Director, Kai Asia Advisors
Former CEO, Auspac Investment Management

Eric Sim

Founder, Institute of Life
Author, ‘Small Actions'
Former Managing Director, UBS Investment Bank

Arvin Singh

Payments & Partnerships, ShopBack
Co-founder, hoolah
Former Director, Visa

Allen Cheong

CFA, CAIA, CVA

Allen Cheong has 25 years of corporate finance and investment experience across geographies, sectors and cycles, and worked in market-leading financial institutions such as DBS Bank, OCBC Bank and Daiwa Capital Markets. A veteran investment banking professional with an established track record in fundraisings, IPOs and M&As, he currently runs his consultancy business in corporate finance and conducts finance-related trainings and lectures with tertiary institutions and financial education providers.

Allen actively mentors students from Nanyang Business School and CFA professionals, and has participated as panel judge for tertiary competitions such as CFA Institute Research Challenge and Singapore University Ethics Challenge.

Eric sim

Author 'Small Actions' | Former UBS Investment Bank MD

Eric Sim, CFA, was formerly a managing director at UBS Investment Bank. He offered financing and capital market solutions to corporates and financial institutional clients across Asia. Before UBS, he spent eight years with Citi focusing on derivative structuring and sales in Singapore, Shanghai and Hong Kong.

With over 2m followers on Linkedin, Sim is one of the most followed banking professionals globally on social media. He is also the author of Small Actions: Leading Your Career to Big Success.

Check out his visual CV with notable failures here.

Arvin Singh

Payments & Partnership at ShopBack | Co-founder at hoolah

Arvin is the co-founder of hoolah, Asia’s leading omnichannel BNPL platform, which was acquired by ShopBack in 2021. He now leads Payments and Partnerships at ShopBack.

Prior to setting up hoolah, Arvin was Director of New Channels at Visa, helping non-financial institution partners across Asia Pacific scale their businesses. His experience in payments started on the merchant side at a Canadian telco where he helped deliver a co-brand credit card. He subsequently joined Worldpay’s business development team to deliver comprehensive payment solutions including gateway, acquiring, analytics and risk to eCommerce retailers across Asia-Pacific.