Board of Directors

Maybank Asset Management Singapore Pte. Ltd.

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Goh Ching Yin
 
Chairman
Goh Ching Yin was appointed as the Chairman of Maybank Asset Management Singapore on 1 January 2021 and an Independent Non-Executive Director of Maybank Asset Management Group Berhad on 1 January 2017.

Goh holds master of business administration from the Cranfield University, and has held various leadership and management positions in investment banking, regional business development, strategic consultancy, corporate recovery and insolvency, and auditing. He started his professional career with Peat Marwick Mitchell & Company (now known as KPMG), and then moved on to consultancy at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Goh later started his foray into the investment banking industry when he was with RHB Sakura Merchant Bankers Berhad as a General Manager for Corporate Finance. Subsequently, he assumed the roles as the Managing Director of Corporate Finance with the BNP Paribas Group in Malaysia, and the Chief Executive Officer of Southern Investment Bank Berhad of the Southern Bank Group. He then held positions as executive director in the Chairman’s Office, Strategy and Development, and Market Oversight Divisions during his stint with the Securities Commission Malaysia.

Apart from his directorships, he is also the board member of Maybank Asset Management Sdn Bhd, Chairman of the Audit Committee of MAMG. Within other Maybank group of companies, he is also a board member of Maybank Investment Bank Berhad.
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Badrul Hisyam bin Abu Bakar
 
Director
Badrul Hisyam bin Abu Bakar was appointed as Regional Head, Investment Management of Maybank Kim Eng Group effective 1 March 2021. He previously served as the Chief Executive Officer of Maybank Asset Management Group from 25 April 2018. He is also a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of Maybank Asset Management Singapore, which he was appointed to on 1 April 2020.

Badrul has over 25 years of experience in numerous asset management companies such as HLG Asset Management Sdn Bhd, Commerce Asset Fund Managers Sdn Bhd, Avenue Asset Management Sdn Bhd, Tune Money Capital Sdn Bhd and BIMB Investment Management Berhad. His experience covers both traditional and shariah/ethical mandates and he has worked on both sides of the business - retail and institutional. At CIMB-Principal Asset Management Bhd, he was heavily engaged in the restructuring and rehabilitating of portfolios. Prior to joining Maybank AM, he was the Chief Investment Officer of BIMB Investment Management Berhad.

He graduated from New York University, USA with a Bachelor of Science, majoring in Finance and Economics in 1996.
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Alvin Lee Han Eng
 
Director
Alvin Lee was appointed as Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of Maybank Asset Management Singapore on 1 April 2020. He also serves as Head, Community Financial Services, Singapore, a role he has assumed since September 2017. He also doubles hats as Head, Group Wealth Management, Group CFS.

His primary responsibility is to lead Maybank Singapore Limited, the bank’s CFS business consisting of Retail (personal banking, privilege wealth, premier wealth), Private Wealth, SME - Retail, Small Medium Enterprises (RSME) Banking and Commercial Banking business in Singapore. This includes the establishment and execution of strategy, both long and short term, in support of both Country and Group vision and strategic direction.

Alvin joined Maybank in January 2013 from Burgan Bank in Kuwait where he was Group Treasurer. Prior to that role, he was the Global Head of Risk Solutions in the Global Retail & Corporate Banking division of Barclays Bank in London. He started his career with JP Morgan Singapore and spent 14 years in with Citibank Singapore in various functions.
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Goh Keat Jin
 
Executive Director
Goh Keat Jin was appointed as Non-Independent Executive Director and also the Chief Executive Officer of Maybank Asset Management Singapore on 1 June 2017.

Keat Jin possesses diverse work experience in the financial industry. His career began as an actuarial consultant in Scottish Widows Life and Pension Fund before he moved on to IDEA as a technical analyst for the forex and bond markets. He then pursued a career in the equities space in research, sales and account management with stints at various regional stockbrokers and European investment banks.

He joined the Maybank group in 2011 and served at Maybank Kim Eng (MKE) as the Regional Head of Institutional Equities where he played an instrumental role in the integration of Maybank Investment Bank-Kim Eng Group and the development of MKE’s institutional equities business. He was appointed the Regional Head of International Business in 2015. In this role, he identified new business opportunities and continued to build MKE’s equities client base especially in the non-ASEAN markets.

In 2016, Keat Jin joined Maybank’s Financial Institutions Group (FIG) and was appointed the Managing Director for Non-Bank Financial Institutions. His key duties include the formulation of business strategy and development of FIG client relationships.

He has a Bachelor of Science (Actuarial Science) (First Class Honours) from London School of Economics, UK. He is also a certified Chartered Financial Analyst (US).


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