Edwin Lim
Edwin has over two decades of international experience in various sectors of the banking industry, including retail, corporate and investment banking. He has held Chief Operating Officer positions with top European and Asian banks, including Credit Agricole (China) and Calyon (Taiwan) and has worked overseas in countries such as London, France, Norway, Finland, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. At OCBC Bank (China) Ltd., he was Country Operating Officer. He brings a wealth of experience and knowledge in developing corporate training programmes.
He has also held key appointments such as Head of Regional Corporate Planning, Financial Controller, Head of Operations, Head of IT, Human Resources and Business Services and Project Management. Among his successful corporate achievements, he has managed to incorporate two major banks in China, assisted and managed two bank mergers, re-engineered, restructured and re-trained staff in various countries, and integrated operations at regional levels.
He has been invited to give lectures at universities that include Princeton University’s Finance and Banking Seminar Series, Nanyang Technological University, National University of Singapore, and Singapore Institute of Management. With these set of skills, he gives this book an innovative and fresh perspective on adopting international corporate best practices.
Dr Kaiwen Leong
Kaiwen graduated from Boston and Princeton Universities with degrees in Economics and Mathematics. He has a Bachelor of Arts (Economics and Mathematics), a Master of Arts (Economics) and a Master of Arts (Mathematics) from Boston University. From Princeton University, he obtained yet another Master of Arts (Economics) as well as a PhD in Economics.
As a member of several of the most prestigious American academic societies, including Phi Beta Kappa, he has published research that spans from economics to mathematics and physics. He also developed successful Internet start-ups while in his early twenties, and engaged in business in China while completing his PhD programme.
More than just an economist, entrepreneur and academic researcher, Dr Leong is also a teacher and civil servant. He joined SPRING Singapore in 2011 as an economist, and is currently an Assistant Professor of Economics at Nanyang Technological University. He further consults for a number of private organisations.
Edward H. Choi
As an author, Edward has written on many topics from economic theory to banking and investing. He has diverse financial and legal experience, including roles in the trading desks and macro team in the global macro hedge fund at a major American multinational investment bank, statistical advisory and auditing of banking operations at Transnational Group, corporate and securities group of Reed Smith LLP, and early-stage venture capital fund and consulting business of Venture Partners do Brasil.