Chong Koay Tan

Dr. Chong Koay Tan is a Founder & Chief Strategist at Pheim Asset Management (Asia) Pte Ltd.
and a Founder, Chief Strategist & Executive Chairman at Pheim Asset Management Sdn.
Bhd.
He is the founder of Pheim Asset Management Sdn Bhd (Pheim Malaysia) and Pheim Asset Management (Asia) Pte Ltd (Pheim Singapore) which started operations in 1994 and 1995 respectively.
He is the Chief Strategist of Pheim Malaysia since 1994 and the Chief Strategist of Pheim Singapore since 1995 except for the period from 2011 to 2015.
He is the Executive Chairman of Pheim Malaysia and the Chief Executive Officer of Pheim Singapore which specialises in investing in the ASEAN and Asia ex-Japan region.
He has been in the fund management industry for over 46 years.
From 1976 to 1981, he was with South East Asia Development Corporation Berhad (SEACORP) (now known as Amanah Capital Partners Bhd).
After his tenure at SEACORP, he joined Arab-Malaysian Merchant Bank (now known as AmInvestment Bank Berhad) in 1981 for 71/4 years as the first Head of the Investment Services division.
He joined DG Bank-GZB (Asia) Ltd, a merchant bank in Singapore, in 1988 for 2 years and was the Head of Investment Management Division, servicing private and institutional clients.
In 1990, he moved to John Govett (Asia) Pte Ltd (later known as AIB Govett) as the first Director of Portfolio Investments, for 31/2 years.