Tan Chin Hwee

Tan Chin Hwee
Born 1971 (age 46–47)
Nationality Singaporean
Alma mater Nanyang Technological University
Yale University
Harvard University
Occupation Businessman, business academic
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 陳競輝
Simplified Chinese 陈竞辉
Hanyu Pinyin Chén Jìnghuī
Hokkien POJ Tân Kīnghui

Tan Chin Hwee (born 1971) is a Singaporean businessman and business academic. He is the current Asia-Pacific Chief Executive Officer of Trafigura and the first Asian to hold this position in the company.[1] A Chartered Financial Analyst and Certified Public Accountant in Singapore and Australia, he previously worked in DBS Bank, Keppel Corporation, Amaranth Advisors and Apollo Global Management before joining Trafigura.

Education

Tan attended Hwa Chong Junior College. He graduated in 1995 with a Bachelor of Accountancy from Nanyang Technological University (NTU). During his days in NTU, he was the president of the university's Mensa club [2] and the president of the university's Photovideographic Society [3]

He also obtained a Master of Business Administration in 2003 from Yale University and completed a postgraduate course at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government in 2011. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in Singapore and Australia.[4]

Business career

Tan started his career in 1995 at Keppel Corporation's treasury division, where he traded proprietary Asian equities and fixed income. Between 1999 and 2001, he ran the proprietary credit portfolio for DBS Bank before becoming a managing director at Amaranth Advisors. After leaving Amaranth Advisors, he joined Apollo Global Management and founded its Asian operations. He is currently the Asia-Pacific CEO of Trafigura, a Global Fortune 500 company[5], and the first Asian to hold this position.[2]

Tan has sat on the boards of various organisations in the public and private sectors. The positions he held include: member of the Resource Panel for Government Parliamentary Committee for Finance and Trade and Industry; member of the Advisory Panel for Youth Corps Singapore; member of the Advisory Panel for the Ministry of Education; member of the Advisory Panel for the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth;[6][7] board member of Lien Aid Limited (Singapore), the endowment fund for KK Women's and Children's Hospital;[8] advisory board member of Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance; board member of Singapore Press Holdings; non-executive and independent director of Keppel REIT (until June 2017);[9] member of Nanyang Technological University's board of trustees; member of Hwa Chong Institution executive committee board; member of Grab Inc advisory board; member of the Monetary Authority of Singapore's Finance Centre Advisory Panel;[10] and member of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore's International Maritime Centre (IMC) 2030 Advisory Committee.[11]

Academic career

Tan and Thomas R. Robinson, the president and CEO of AACSB International, co-wrote Asian Financial Statement Analysis: Detecting Financial Irregularities, which was published in April 2014 by Wiley.[12] The Chinese version of the book was launched in Shanghai in 2015, and copies were sold out upon release.[13]

Tan is/was an adjunct professor at Nanyang Technological University (his alma mater),[14] Shanghai Jiao Tong University,[15] Singapore Management University[16] and the University of Yale.[17] Most recently, he has taken on the International Olympic Committee Financial Advisor role. [18]

Awards and accolades

Tan received the Distinguished Financial Industry Certified Professional Award from the Singapore government in 2013. In 2014, he was honoured as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and World Cities Summit Young Leader,[19] and received the Nanyang Alumni Award from Nanyang Technological University, his alma mater.[20] In 2015, he received the World Outstanding Young Chinese Entrepreneurs Award. He was also voted by The Hedge Fund Journal as the emerging top 40 absolute return investors globally and recognised by The Asset for managing the Best Asia Credit Hedge Fund.[21]. He was honoured as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader in 2010. [22].

Personal life

Tan grew up with his parents and two siblings in a one-room apartment in Toa Payoh.[23][24] He now lives with his wife and three children.[2] Tan is an avid fan of Premier League football club Liverpool F.C.[25]

References

  1. ↑ "Trafigura Group names Tan Chin Hwee CEO of Asia-Pacific". The Straits Times.
  2. 1 2 3 Velloor, Ravi (25 June 2017). "In Good Company: Ace investor Tan Chin Hwee can't resist pull of mentoring". The Straits Times. Singapore. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "Bank on his heart".
  4. ↑ "Media Release - SPH Appoints New Board Director" (PDF). Singapore Press Holdings Ltd.
  5. ↑ "Global Fortune 500 List - Trafigura Group". Fortune 500.
  6. ↑ "A life of service is a life worth swiping". The Straits Times.
  7. ↑ "Go beyond book-smarts, to resilience and curiosity". The Straits Times.
  8. ↑ "KKH Health Endowment Fund : Sub-funds". KK Women's and Children's Hospital.
  9. ↑ "K-REIT Asia further strengthens Board with the appointment of Mr Tan Chin Hwee". Keppel REIT Press Release.
  10. ↑ "Board of Trustees". NTU.
  11. ↑ "Maritime and Port Authority: IMC 2030 Advisory Committee".
  12. ↑ Asian Financial Statement Analysis: Detecting Financial Irregularities. Wiley. ISBN 1118486528.
  13. ↑ "我国金融投资家陈竞辉撰写 《亚洲财务黑洞》 中国热销". Lianhe Zaobao.
  14. ↑ "About NTU: Organisation: Mr Tan Chin Hwee". Nanyang Technological University. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  15. ↑ "Board of Directors: Mr Tan Chin Hwee". Keppel REIT. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  16. ↑ "Faculty Members". Singapore Management University: Lee Kong Chian School of Business.
  17. ↑ Tan, Chin Hwee. "Education, the Great Equalizer". Yale: In Service of Singapore. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  18. ↑ "http://www.ntu.edu.sg/AboutNTU/organisation/Pages/Mr-Tan-Chin-Hwee.aspx". External link in |title= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
  19. ↑ "WCS Young Leaders". World Cities Summit.
  20. ↑ "Nanyang Alumni Achievement Award Recipient (2014)". Nanyang Alumni Awards 2014.
  21. ↑ "Our Team". Apollo Global Management. Archived from the original on 30 September 2013.
  22. ↑ "https://www.weforum.org/people/tan-chin-hwee/". External link in |title= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
  23. ↑ "The boy who couldn't go to school". AsiaOne News.
  24. ↑ "How do we achieve social equilibrium?". Money 89.3FM The Breakfast Huddle.
  25. ↑ "Football's lessons on being an underdog". The Business Times. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
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