FWA thanks Barclays for the kind sponsorship of the venue and lunch.

A gender equal workplace benefits businesses and societies in a variety of ways. It encourages women to pursue success in their careers, and creates happier environments for women to stay in the workforce and contribute to the economy and their families. How does Singapore fare in terms of gender equality in the workplace, in particular in the financial services industry? How do gender metrics look?

We are pleased to announce FWA’s Gender Survey of the Financial Services Industry in Singapore. We are delighted to have MAS Deputy Managing Director, Jacqueline Loh, as our keynote speaker in our annual International Women’s Day celebration, in partnership with Barclays. Taking on this topic will be our panelists who, from their varied backgrounds, will offer diverse views and share their experiences from both a female and male perspective. We hope you will join us for an exciting lunchtime event that will unveil gender statistics in the financial services industry in Singapore, and how we can progress towards gender parity.

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Event Agenda

12.00pm: Registration, lunch & networking
12.30pm: Opening speeches by Barclays and FWA
12.40pm: Keynote address by Deputy Managing Director, Jacqueline Loh
1.00pm: Results of FWA Gender Survey by Zoe Kinias, Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour, INSEAD
1.10pm: Panel discussion
1.50pm: Q&A
2.00pm: Close

Speakers:

Zoe Kinias, Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour, INSEAD 
Agnes Koh, Chief Risk Officer, SGX
Andrew Loh, Managing Director, Banking, South East Asia, Barclays
SL Narasimhan, Head of Talent Acquisition APAC & HR Head for SE Asia, State Street 

Moderator:

Deborah Ho, Co-Head, Senior Relationship management, Asia Pacific, Barclays

Speaker Bios

Jacqueline Loh 
Deputy Managing Director
MONETARY AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE

Ms Jacqueline Loh Wai Yin is the Deputy Managing Director overseeing the central banking functions of Monetary Policy, and Markets and Investments in MAS.  Jacqueline is also in charge of the Development and International, and FinTech and Innovation Groups.

Jacqueline joined the MAS in 1987.  She has experience in several functions across MAS, including overseeing the Finance, Information Technology and Risk Group from 1 April 2010 to 31 January 2012.  Prior to her current appointment, Jacqueline was Assistant Managing Director, in charge of the Prudential Policy, Macroeconomic Surveillance and Specialist Risk Supervision Group.  Between 1990 and 1994, Jacqueline worked in MAS’ New York Office.

Jacqueline graduated with a Master of Business Administration from the University of Washington in 1986.  She is a Director at the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office Ltd, a Member of the Institute of Banking & Finance, SMU’s Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics Advisory Board, EDHEC Risk Institute International Advisory Board and NUS Risk Management Institute International Advisory Board.  She is also a Member of the Board of Trustees of pension savings schemes in a couple of Ministries.

Jacqueline was awarded the Public Administration (Silver) Medal in August 2010.

Zoe Kinias
Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour
INSEAD

Zoe Kinias is an Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior at INSEAD, where her role involves both research and teaching on organizationally relevant social psychological processes. 

For more than a decade, Zoe’s research has investigated how personal, social, and cultural factors affect people’s understanding of and responses to social and professional events. Her work involves improving decision making and performance by reducing bias and increasing psychological resiliency. She publishes research in leading journals, including Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, and Psychological Science. She also regularly reviews articles in these and other journals.

Zoe’s teaching experience is quite broad, having included courses and sessions for executives, full- and part-time MBAs, executive masters participants (EMCCC), undergraduates, and PhD students. Before focusing her teaching on organizationally relevant psychological processes, she taught Social Psychology, Cultural Psychology, Applied Statistics, and Research Methods in California. She then joined the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University where she taught MBA and executive courses on Team Leadership and Motivation. At INSEAD, Zoe teaches Psychological Issues in Management in the MBA program, sessions on Motivation and Personal Change, Team Leadership, and Diversity in executive programs, and the core Organizational Behavior PhD course. Her executive session and speaking engagement audiences are also diverse. Selected organizations include both corporations (e.g., Ascendas, Oliver Wyman, Chevron, Royal Dutch Shell) and non-profits (e.g., National Conference for Community & Justice, Ronald McDonald House Charities).

In Zoe’s courses and sessions, participants explore how the science of social psychology can inform their understandings of their professional experiences and improve their personal and professional effectiveness.

Agnes Koh
Chief Risk Officer
SGX

Agnes Koh was appointed Chief Risk Officer of Singapore Exchange from January 2014. She is responsible for championing and leading enterprise risk management activities across the organisation, formulating the risk framework and assessments for new products and business strategies, and managing the clearing risk of SGX’s securities and derivatives clearing houses.

In her previous role with SGX, Agnes was responsible for the safety and soundness of the clearing system while improving the quality and efficiency of services provided to market participants.

Prior to SGX, Agnes was a Director of Solidtrack Management Pte Ltd, a management consultancy firm providing business, accounting and tax advisory services. For most of her career, Agnes was at the Monetary Authority of Singapore where she was responsible for investment of foreign reserves. In particular, she managed the US portfolio and was posted to the New York office in 1988-1990.

Agnes graduated with a Bachelor of Accountancy (Honours) from the National University of Singapore. She is a member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants and obtained her Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 1991.

Andrew Loh
Managing Director, Southeast Asia Banking
Barclays

Andrew Loh is a Managing Director within Banking, Southeast Asia. He is responsible for client management and deal origination efforts in Singapore and parts of Southeast Asia with a focus on corporate clients
Andrew has more than 25 years of experience in corporate finance work and has been with Barclays since 2001
Prior to Barclays, Andrew worked at Deutsche Bank where he was responsible for their debt capital markets business in Singapore, focusing on both domestic and cross border bond origination.  Before Deutsche Bank, he was a member of Bankers Trust’s mergers and acquisitions advisory team in Asia between 1997 and 1999. In 1993, Andrew started his investment banking career with Schroders Plc as a member of the South East Asia corporate finance team
Andrew graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce (First Class Honours) degree majoring in Accounting and Finance from the University of Western Australia. He is a Certified Practicing Accountant from Australia. 

SL Narasimhan
HR Director Head – Talent Acquisition APAC & Head of HR – SE Asia
State Street

Nars is the regional Head of Talent Acquisition for APAC and the Head of HR for State Street’s SE Asia based businesses, based in Singapore. He’s spent the last 7 years with State Street doing key HR roles that have had a direct and significant impact on organization and HR strategy.

He started with State Street as the Head of HR for India where he had responsibility to grow the site from scratch to 200 people across Operations, IT and Corporate support functions. He then transferred to London to work as the Chief Operating Officer for HR in EMEA. This was a two pronged role that would help drive the HR transformation efforts across Europe and lead the regional M&A activity in support of doubling international revenues. He led high profile deals in Italy, Luxembourg, Channel Islands and Ireland. The other key part of his role was to help the HR organization with process improvements using the LEAN methodology. The focus was to simplify, document and eliminate redundant processes in each of the 17 different countries State Street did business in Europe. He then moved to Hong Kong to head Talent Acquisition for APAC, based in Hong Kong.

He joined State Street from Bank of America where he had helped set up the HR practice during the startup stages and had grown to be the Head of Compensation and Benefits for the 6800 people organization. As an additional role, he was also the Head of HR for the Investment Banking back office in Mumbai, India.
His formative years were spent in India working with large, fast paced Indian IT & IT enabled service organizations doing various roles in HR.

An Industrial engineer by qualification, Nars also holds a Master’s degree in Human Resources. An aficionado of Formula One racing and a diehard Ferrari fan, he also has interests in cricket, hiking, running and tennis.

Deborah Ho
Co-Head, Senior Relationship Management APAC
Barclays

Deborah Ho is a Managing Director and Co-Head of Senior Relationship Management in Asia Pacific at Barclays Bank PLC.

Deborah has over 25 years of experience in financial institutions in Asia and New York. Prior to joining Barclays, she was Chief Executive Officer of DBS Asset Management in Singapore. Before that, Deborah was at UBS where she was responsible for building the Fixed Income Distribution business in Non-Japan Asia, and at JP Morgan, where she was Head of Fixed Income Distribution for Greater China and Southeast Asia. Earlier in her career she worked at Credit Suisse and Citibank.

Deborah was conferred the designation of IBF Fellow (fellow of The Institute of Banking and Finance) in 2014 for her contribution to the financial services sector in Singapore. She serves on the investment committee of the Lee Kuan Yew Scholarship Fund for Bilingualism. Deborah is a board director at The Arts House Ltd and at IPOS Board (Intellectual Property Office of Singapore), and is also on the steering committees of various governmental bodies and a member of the Singapore Charter at the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO). She was named as one of the Top 25 Most Influential Women in Asset Management in Asia Pacific by Asian Investor Magazine in 2011.

Deborah actively champions the advancement of women in leadership, serving on Barclays’ Global Investment Bank Diversity Council and on the senior advisory committee of Barclays’ Women’s Initiative Network. In 2012, Deborah was responsible for launching the inaugural, and now annual, Barclays Women’s Leadership Forum in Asia.

Deborah graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from the University of Washington.

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