Leon Poh

Leon Poh

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Chief Investment Office & Treasury - Vice President @ JPMorganChase | Primary trader for Asia’s FX portfolio

  • Education

    • River Valley High School

      2006 - 2011
      High School Singapore Cambridge GCE A Levels AABB (4 Higher 2 Subjects)

      Activities and Societies: National Cadet Corps - EXCO, River Valley Floorball - School Team A Division River Valley Intergrated Programme

    • University of Exeter

      2014 - 2018
      Bachelor of Science - BS Accounting and Finance First Class Honours

      Activities and Societies: Accounting and Finance Student Staff Liason Committee Representative, Exeter Scuba Diving Society, Singapore Society, International Society Dean’s Commendation – 2014/2015School’s Commendation – 2014/2015School's Commendation - 2015/2016Accounting & Finance SSLC Subject Representative/ Chair- 2014/2015, 2015/2016Gap Year in Banking Industry -2016/2017School’s Commendation - 2017/2018

  • Experience

    • Singapore Police Force

      Feb 2012 - Dec 2013
      Sergeant (National Service), Narcotics Dog-Handler

      • Assessed the situation and coordinated subordinates at and behind the scene of the crime.• Corresponded and assumed responsibility with management from divisions during cases.• Completed service with a performance grading in the top 30% of the cohort.

    • BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking

      Mar 2014 - Aug 2014
      Human Resource Bank Temporary Staff

      • Rendered support to various teams in the department, mostly HR Solutions, in their daily operations.• Learned and operated IT tools like Oracle PeopleSoft HRMS, SAP Netweaver and Microsoft Excel.• Validated and computed staffs’ remunerations and expense claims.

    • BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking

      Jun 2015 - Sept 2015
      Finance & Control, Project Management Intern

      • Managed and supported a strategic project of system migration (Concur Expense tool), covering Singapore and other Asia – Pacific entities.• Collaborated closely with the Chief Financial Officer to analyse and establish a set of workflows and controls for Asia – Pacific entities to adopt in Concur Expense.• Presented key functionalities of Concur Expense to stakeholders in the bank and conducted training sessions for future key users of the tool.• Performed an individual assessment and clean up of Account Payable’s databases. Show less

    • BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking

      Jul 2016 - Jan 2017
      Global Markets Off-Cycle Intern - Chief Operating Office, Rates Sales Assistant

      • Assisted in trade execution as a sales assistant and managed the G10 Rates team’s sales blotter.• Validated profit & loss statements and Client Contribution data, from across the business lines, to prepare strategic presentations and reports for management.• Assisted the Chief Operating Officer in tackling 9 concurrent initiatives of FX Remediation program as part of FCA’s requirement. Organised workshops for APAC sales teams to prevent hard client markups, wash trades, etc.

    • JPMorgan Chase & Co.

      Jun 2017 - Aug 2017
      Global Markets Summer Analyst

      Global Markets 2018 Program Analyst• Analysed market events and presented multi-asset trade strategies to sales and trading panellists.• On the Chief Investment Office desk, evaluated the balance sheet optimisation of JPM Thailand branch and gave recommendations on FX hedging and investment securities deployment.

    • JPMorganChase

      Sept 2018 - now

      • Primary trader for Asia’s FX portfolio. Strategize and execute hedging trades for major Asia offshore currencies. • Strategize and execute in SGD/HKD/CNH government securities to manage balance sheet interest rate risk.• Manage funding in SGD/CNH for JPM entities to fulfil business needs and regulatory requirements.• Generate FX-Rates market colour and analysis for Asia / International TCIO heads. Chief Investment Office & Treasury (Singapore) - Trader Chief Investment Office & Treasury (Singapore) - Trader Chief Investment Office (Hong Kong) - Trader

      • Chief Investment Office & Treasury - Vice President

        Mar 2024 - now
      • Chief Investment Office & Treasury - Associate

        Mar 2021 - Mar 2024
      • Chief Investment Office & Treasury - Analyst

        Nov 2020 - Mar 2021
      • Chief Investment Office - Anaylst

        Sept 2018 - Nov 2020
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Bloomberg Market Concepts

      Bloomberg LP
      Oct 2017