Patrick Chong

Mr. Patrick Chong is a Managing Director at Pilgrim Partners (Asia) Pte Ltd.
He joined Pilgrim Partners Asia in 2016 to spearhead the External Asset Manager (EAM) platform.
Prior to joining Pilgrim Partners, he founded Zeitgeist Capital Asia Pte Ltd which focused on model-based algorithm trading systems across multiple asset classes.
He was a global markets veteran for 16 years, and was an Executive Director in FICC, UBS AG Singapore where he managed a team of traders covering South Asia derivatives and fixed income business until 2013.
Having worked in ING NV China, Bank of America Hong Kong, Fortis NV Hong Kong across 10 years, he also has extensive experience in North Asia markets.
As Head of trading and ALM in ING Bank NV China from 2005 to 2010, he was one of the pioneering traders who started the Chinese offshore and onshore derivatives business.
He started his career during the 1998 Asian financial crisis as an Emerging Markets trader in Standard Chartered Bank Singapore focusing on Thailand.
He received his Bachelor of Business (Applied Economics) with first class honours from Nanyang Technological University in 1998, and is also a certified financial risk manager (FRM).