Dr Khoo Guan Seng, PhD
LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/guan-seng-khoo-phd-632204/
Dr GS Khoo is a seasoned banking and fund management expert with over 28 years’ experience, including leadership in ESG and responsible investing. His career spans major financial institutions in the USA, Canada, UK, and Singapore, notably serving as Principal Scientist at Man Group, where he developed AI-driven hedge fund strategies, and holding key risk management roles at AIMCo, Temasek Holdings, and others.
He holds a PhD in Computational Physics from NUS, with postdoctoral work in AI data mining in Japan and the US, and co-founded NTU’s Centre for Financial Engineering and its MSc programme with CMU. Dr Khoo helped establish AIMCo’s Responsible Investing Unit and contributed to investment committees. Recently, he has led sustainability-focused and AI training for institutions across ASEAN, with ASB, LBS, and INSEAD.
As an NTU academic, he pioneered environmental education and authored works on AI, biodiversity, climate change education, and Singapore’s flora and fauna.
V Jesudevan
Founder/CEO of Tradekins
V Jesudevan helps leaders safeguard what matters most: enterprise value, institutional integrity, and public trust.
With more than two decades of experience spanning the judiciary, government, and private sector, he has advised global corporations and national governments, led high-stakes prosecutions, and navigated complex compliance and enforcement challenges across Asia and beyond.
As a former District Judge and Deputy Senior State Counsel with Singapore’s Attorney-General’s Chambers, Jesudevan prosecuted complex financial crimes and advised on civil disputes, corporate fraud, corruption, international sanctions, and strategic trade controls, working in close collaboration with domestic agencies and foreign regulators across the region.
Today, as Founder and CEO of TradeKins, he operates at the intersection of law, risk, and strategy, advising governments, Fortune 500 companies and enterprises across the region. He also serves as President of the Centre for Trade Excellence, a non-profit institution advancing capacity building and international best practices across public and private sectors. A Fulbright Scholar, Jesudevan teaches
A Fulbright Scholar, Jesudevan teaches Compliance and Risk Management at the National University of Singapore and Singapore Management University, helping to shape the next generation of principled leaders. He holds a Master of Laws from New York University and was admitted to the Singapore Bar in 2005.
Cynthia Cheong
Founder
C3 Consulting Services
Cynthia Cheong has over 30 years of experience in audit, risk and governance across global financial institutions, including UBS, SMBC and BNY Mellon.
Cynthia started her career as a systems auditor in the public sector where she worked with fellow members of governmental and statutory boards to build up technology audit expertise. She has held various senior leadership positions in her career and was most recently the Managing Director overseeing Technology Risk Management in Bank of New York Mellon Asia Pacific region. She is an active member of the ISACA SheLeadsTech programme which
Cynthia is a Certified Internal Auditor. Her subject matter expertise spans across multiple risk genres including technology, AML, credit, making her a trusted advisor in the fields of audit, risk and compliance.
Cynthia now runs her own firm named C3 Consulting that represents her principles that carried her throughout her career. The Courage to discharge. The Commitment to deliver and The Curiosity to ask.
She is also a trainer with IIA Singapore, where she delivers courses such as Developing Audit Findings, High-Impact Audit Reporting and Root Cause Analysis for Enhancing Internal Audit Effectiveness.