Management Team

	Mr. Tan Chok Kian Chairman
	Mr. David Gerald President & CEO
	Mr. Christopher Cheong Vice-President
	Mr. Andrew Cheng Hon. Secretary
	Assoc. Professor Jeremy Goh Asst. Hon. Secretary
	Mr. Christopher Tan Hon. Treasurer
	Mr. Stanley Ng Asst. Hon. Treasurer
	Mr. Vincent Chen Chairman, SIAS Corporate Governance Committee
	Mr. James Leong Chairman, Investor Education Advisory Committee
	Mr. Ng Siew Quan Committee Member
	Mr. Robert Yeo Committee Member

• Panel of Advisors


• Corporate Governance Committee


• Dispute Resolution Committee


• Investor Education Advisory Committee

Panel of Advisors

	Mrs Helen Yeo is Managing Partner of Rodyk & Davidson LLP, one of the largest law firms in Singapore, with a full-service practice in Corporate, Finance, Litigation, Real Estate, Intellectual Property and Technology. Rodyk has a regional practice, especially in China where Rodyk has an office in Shanghai, and in Indonesia. Previously, as founder and Managing Partner of HelenYeo & Partners, Helen was instrumental in driving the regional practice of the firm, particularly in China where it was granted a licence in 1996 to open an office in Shanghai - the first Singapore law firm to do so. Mrs Yeo obtained her LLB (Honours) degree from the University of Singapore in 1974 and has since been in legal practice for more than 30 years. Her various appointments include that of Honorary Legal Advisor of the Real Estate Developers’ Association of Singapore and Patron for the Association of Legal Executives in Singapore.
	Mr Robert van Zwieten has twenty years of global financial services experience. During this time, he worked in all major financial markets in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia and held senior banking, finance and treasury positions with ABN AMRO Bank, the General Electric Company, Lehman Brothers and, most recently, with Singapore Exchange where he served as CFO. He is currently setting up a hedge fund in Singapore that will focus on non-performing loans, distressed assets and special situations in Asia. The hedge fund will be launched early next year and he will serve as its COO/CFO. Mr van Zwieten has law degrees from Leiden University in the Netherlands and Columbia University School of Law in New York, and holds his MBA from the University of Chicago - Graduate School of Business. He sits on the Boards of International House and Doctors Without Borders/MSF (USA), both non-profit organizations based in New York.
	Mr Andrew Liew is a career banker who crossed over to Securities and derivatives two years ago. Until recently, he held the post of Head Of Retail at SGX and was instrumental in developing community with retail investors through the CDP, organising retail securities firms in Singapore on a range of initiatives including new product promotions, investor education in our schools, and developing channels for feedback from and communication to retail investors. In this capacity, Andrew worked closely with SIAS and strongly supported its initiatives. As a banker, Andrew was one of the early pioneers of consumer banking in Sinapore and the region. He held various senior positions in consumer banking at Citibank, OCBC, and ABN AMRO.He has worked in Korea where he was the Head of the Retail Bank for Citibank and in Brunei in branch banking operations. He was responsible for the rollout and "success transfer" of the CitiPhone Banking platform to countries in the Asia Pacific and the Middle East in the nineties. As head of ABN AMRO's Consumer Bank in Singapore, Andrew took on the established retail banks in Singapore and bulit a new consumer frnachise for the bank from scatch in this highly competitive market. Always a champion for the retail customer, Andrew has special interests in financial services marketing, distribution and communication channels, and in the developing economies of China, India and South East Asia

Corporate Governance Committee

	Vincent Chen Chairman SIAS Corporate Governance Committee Director, Chen Holdings
	David Gerald Co-Chairman SIAS Corporate Governance Committee President & CEO SIAS
	Christopher Cheong Vice-President of SIAS Senior Lecturer & Head of Financial Trading Singapore Polytechnic
	Denis W. Distant Retired Banker
	Hugh Young Managing Director Aberdeen Asset Management Asia Limited
	S. Sivanesan Partner Rodyk & Davidson
	Sebastian Y. S. Chong Managing Director & Provocateur Financial Info. Analysis Pte Ltd
	Robin Langdale Proprietor Langdale Management

Dispute Resolution Committee

	David Gerald President & CEO, SIAS Chairman, Dispute Resolution Committee
	Christopher Cheong Vice-President of SIAS Senior Lecturer & Head of Financial Trading Singapore Polytechnic
	Charlie Lau Suan Liat Trading Representative, UOB Kay Hian Pte Ltd
	Ang Hao Yao Chairman, Membership

The Reason for Dispute Resolution Committee
SIAS has been receiving complaints from its members against some errant Trading Representatives of broking firms for unauthorised trading not in accordance with instructions or counter-manding instructions. Hitherto, the CEO of the Association, has been handling the complaints himself but recently the Committee decided that disputes between small investors and Trading Representatives be handled by a Dispute Resolution Committee comprising of an experienced remisier, a lawyer. an investor and two members of the Management Committee of SIAS.

The Function of Dispute Resolution Committee
The Committee meets from time to time when complaints are received and conducts a hearing if the complaint merits one and hears out the complainant and satisfies itself on the merits of the complaint. If the complaint is justified, the committee would explore an amicable settlement with the broking house concerned. If the complaint is serious in that it breaches the ByeLaws of the SGX with regard to the conduct of the trading representative, then the committee will refer the matter to SGX for investigations and for appropriate action. Legal action is to be avoided as it is costly but the committee may recommend mediation instead by referring the complainant to the S'pore Mediation Center if all else fails.

Procedure For Complaint
Small investors will have to contact SIAS and either fill up a complaint form or write in/fax/email to the committee outlining their complaints. Each complaint is carefully perused by management before referring it to the President to decide on whether the Dispute Resolution Committee should be convened.

Advantages of seeking Dispute Resolution Committee's assistance. The obvious advantage is one of cost saving as the committee will do its best to effect an amicable settlement. The committee in looking into the complaint, helps save legal cost for the complainant. Legal action will be considered only as a last resort.

Investor Education Advisory Committee

	Mr David Gerald President & CEO SIAS Chairperson
	Mr Christopher Cheong Vice President, SIAS Head of Banking & Finance Course Singapore Polytechnic
	Mr T K Yap, CFA Former Member of the Board of Governors CFA Institute Executive Director, OCBC Securities
	Dr Joseph Lim President Chartered Financial Analyst
	Mr James Leong Committee Member, SIAS Principal Consultant Visions.One Consulting
	Mr Stanley Ng Assistant Hon. Treasurer, SIAS Managing Director, RBS Global Banking & Markets
	Mr Christopher Tan Hon. Treasurer, SIAS Chief Executive Officer, Providend Ltd
	Mr David A. Grant Chief Executive Officer, optionsXpress Singapore Pte Ltd

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