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Jean Chia is Bank of Singapore’s Global CIO, responsible for the house view across Macroeconomics, Investment Strategy, FX, Equity & Fixed Income Research, as well as Discretionary Portfolio Management (DPM), Advisory Portfolio Management (APM) and Funds Selection teams at Bank of Singapore. Jean is a member of Bank of Singapore’s Global Management Committee and chairs the Bank’s Sustainable Investment Governance Committee. She also chairs the board of directors for BOS International Fund, Luxembourg and the OCBC Wealth Panel.
 
Jean has over 25 years of experience in Private Banking and Asset Management. She was previously Head, Equities Advisory & Sales, responsible for the equities and derivatives business at Bank of Singapore, and Head of Client Advisory Services for Equities, Investment Products & Services at UBS Wealth Management, Singapore. Prior to UBS, she was Vice President, Head of Grassroots Research at Allianz Dresdner Asset Management (now known as Allianz Global Investors).
 
Jean graduated with an MA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from University of Oxford, UK. She is currently on the Development Advisory Board of St Hilda’s College, University of Oxford.
 
Jean holds a Sustainable Finance certification from Cambridge Institute of Sustainable Leadership (CISL). She is a Financial Women’s Association of Singapore (FWA) Female Champion and the Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF) Fellow for Private Banking and Wealth Management. Jean is a Director on the Board of Mandai Nature, the conservation arm established by Mandai Wildlife Group and Temasek.

Eli is Managing Director, Chief Investment Strategist at Bank of Singapore and plays a leading role in developing strategic and tactical portfolio asset allocation and thematic strategies across global asset classes and alternative investments for the overall banking group and portfolio management teams. He is a central member of Bank of Singapore’s Investment Committee, which determines the bank’s overall investment direction, and is an internal member of the BOS-CIO Global Advisory Council.
 
He was previously Head of Investment Strategy, during which he and his team spearheaded the transformation of the group’s investment allocations to alternative investments and oversaw the optimization of target allocations for the group’s medium- and long-term portfolio strategies. Before that, he was the Head of Equities Research and advanced the development of the group’s global equity coverage platform across US, Europe and Asia and investment processes in equity alpha generation.
 
Prior to joining Bank of Singapore and the OCBC Group, he was an investment analyst in the fixed income department at the Wellington Management Company in Boston. He began his career as an associate in Charles River Associates, a consulting firm in Boston specializing in arbitration in the financial sector. Eli also sits on the Wealth Panel of OCBC Group and serves as a member of the Investment Committee for The Salvation Army Singapore. Eli graduated from Harvard University with a master’s degree in Statistics.

Sim Moh Siong is Currency Strategist for Bank of Singapore, where he plays a leading role for analysing and forecasting currency and commodity trends. Moh Siong is a key member of Bank of Singapore’s Investment Committee, which determines the bank’s overall investment direction. He appears on CNBC and Bloomberg Television.
 
Moh Siong brings with him more than two decades of experience in macro and financial market research. He was previously a regional economist and financial market strategist with Citigroup, with experience covering institutional investors around the world. Moh Siong graduated with a Master’s degree in Economics from the London Schol of Economics and began his career with a research think tank in London.

Boh Hui Ling is Head of Fixed Income Research at Bank of Singapore. She is responsible for research coverage on China, Indonesia and Australia credits.
 
She has a long and successful career in Credit Research and had previously worked at Principal Global Investors, Bank of Nova Scotia, Opvs Group and UOB Asset Management. Hui Ling graduated with a B.S Accountancy from the National Technological University (NTU).
 
She is a CFA Charter Holder and Certified ESG Analyst holder. She speaks fluent English and Mandarin.

Andy covers the global real estate and financials sectors at the Chief Investment Office of Bank of Singapore, with extensive experience focusing on Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), property developers and Chinese insurers. Prior to joining the Equity Research team at Bank of Singapore, Andy was on the sell-side with OCBC Investment Research, and was frequently quoted in the media for his views on the real estate sector. He also had wide ranging experience in covering the Healthcare, Land Transport, Oil and Gas and Technology sectors in Singapore.
 
Andy was selected in 2021 to participate in the OCBC-INSEAD Executive Development Programme, which is OCBC Group’s signature leadership development programme for employees at the VP level.
 
Andy obtained his Bachelor of Science (Economics) degree from the Singapore Management University, graduating summa cum laude (with highest distinction). He is a CFA charter holder.

Ayub Mehvish joined Bank of Singapore as a senior product specialist in Alternative Investments & Managed Solutions Advisory in January 2025.  She has over 20 years of experience in financial services covering asset allocation, multi-asset portfolio management and manager selection.
 
Mehvish is responsible for the coverage of mutual funds and alternative investments across the Bank of Singapore open- architecture platform in the UAE and has knowledge of best of breed fund offerings across the asset management industry.
 
Prior to joining Bank of Singapore Mehvish worked for 11 years at State Street Global Advisors, first as a multi-asset portfolio manager in London and then as head of MENA OCIO in the UAE.  She was a senior portfolio manager at Barings Asset Management and started her career as a FX options trader in Morgan Stanley UK.
 
Mehvish is a CFA Charter-holder and has obtained her bachelor’s degree in science with first class honours from London School of Economics and Political Science.