Chris Yap

Chris Yap, CFA has a diverse work experience spanning various roles in finance and investment. Chris is currently working at Eastspring Investments as a Manager, Quantitative Portfolio Strategy since December 2022. Prior to this, Chris worked at Temasek as a Quantitative Analyst from August 2018 to December 2022. Chris gained industry exposure as an Investment Intern at SeaTown Holdings International Pte. Ltd. in 2017. Chris also completed internships in corporate finance at Titan Capital and KPMG Singapore in 2017. Chris began their professional journey as a Financial Service Assurance Intern at PricewaterhouseCoopers in 2016. Additionally, Chris served as an Instructor in the Singapore Army from April 2013 to April 2014.

Chris Yap, CFA received a Bachelor's degree in Accountancy from Nanyang Technological University Singapore, where they studied from 2014 to 2018. In addition to their undergraduate degree, Chris has obtained several certifications in data science and programming. These include the Applied Data Science Lab certification from WorldQuant University in April 2023, the Python Data Structures certification from Coursera in January 2022, the SQL for Data Science certification from Coursera in November 2021, and the Data Analysis Using Python Certificate from Coursera in September 2021. Chris also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation, which they obtained from the CFA Institute in August 2021. Furthermore, they completed the Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python) course from Coursera in September 2020.