1^st Master Series Investment Conference
The Future of Investing

An Investor Perspective

David Gerald, has been at the helm as Founder, President and CEO of Securities Investors Association (Singapore) or "SIAS". He founded SIAS in 1999 to successfully contest the freezing of shares of 172,000 Singapore investors in Malaysian companies by the Malaysian government.

SIAS, is the voice of retail investors in Singapore, actively promotes investor education at all levels in the community, investor rights and corporate governance standards.

Mr Gerald received the Special Achievement Award by Singapore Exchange (SGX) in 2009 for championing individual investors' interest, advocating corporate governance and investor education.

He was appointed in 2010 by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to the Singapore Corporate Governance Council and as well in the current Council, tasked to review the Corporate Governance Code. In 2012, he was also appointed by MAS to serve on the Financial Advisory Industry Review (FAIR) panel to review the financial advisory industry. He is also been appointed to the Listing Advisory Committee of SGX.

SIAS was awarded the Gold Standard Award for Good Governance by Public Affairs Asia, Hong Kong in January 2011, an award usually reserved for governments and statutory bodies.