Dr Guan Seng Khoo has vast experience of global business development, strategy, banking, investment and academic research experience in the financial services and IT/cyber security industries. Guan Seng held the role of VP/head of enterprise risk management at AIMCo (Alberta Investment Management Corporation) and CAI.

While at AIMCo, he was responsible for the entire risk management function across the whole lifecycle of the investment process, including at the due diligence/pre-investment stage, the deal-by-deal level as well as the portfolio and divestment/exit stages, including managing relationships with partners, clients, and key stakeholders. He has led teams for assignments and projects in the middle east, Europe, Asia-Pacific, north and south America. Prior to AIMCo, Guan Seng was the head/senior director of portfolio and performance risk analytics at Temasek Holdings. Previous to this, Guan Seng headed the global risk analytics team at Standard Chartered Bank, performing all global risk model review and validation for Basel & BIPRU compliance, and liaising with financial regulators in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the middle east, including the FSA (UK), the FSS (Korea), CBRC, HKMA, BNM, Bank of Thailand and Monetary Authority of Singapore. Guan Seng pioneered the use of AI in investment management, when he designed and managed an AI-algorithmic hedge fund while at Man Investment Products. Previously, Guan Seng was head of innovation (strategy & business development) at the Singapore Exchange, and was group chief risk officer at RHB Capital, Malaysia. In 2001-02, he was based in Chicago and Denver at American Bourses Corp (spun off from the Man Group), providing investment and trading analytics to clients trading on the ECNs (electronic exchanges) in North America and the Asia-Pacific. Guan Seng started his career with NTU as an academic, performing research in semiconductor physics and materials sciences, publishing scientific papers, and teaching undergraduates, including on environmental science. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in science and holds MSc and PhD degrees from the National University of Singapore on a PSC Government Scholarship. He was awarded the Jurong Shipyard Book for Best Student in Applied Physics.