Speakers

Victor Ong, CFA is the Deputy Chief Executive, Singapore branch and Deputy Global Head, Portfolio Management, Capital Risk Solutions for AXIS Capital (“AXIS”) – a leading provider of credit insurance and risk transfer solutions to banks, Export Credit Agencies and Multilateral Agencies for project financing, aircraft financing and structured credit assets. Victor is the lead portfolio manager for Significant Risk Transfer and Project Finance for AXIS.

Victor has 20 years of experience covering structured financing and credit investments in both private and public markets across emerging and developed markets. Prior to AXIS, Victor worked for Standard Chartered Bank (“SCB”) and had stints as a Project Finance Banker in Singapore and as an Origination and Coverage Banker in Hong Kong. Also as a member of SCB’s Structured Credit Investment Group in London, Victor covered fixed income, CLO and ABS investments. 

A thought leader on synthetic risk transfer, structured finance and sustainable infrastructure financing, Victor has spoken at events organized/hosted by World Bank, International Monetary Fund, CFA Institute, Association for Financial Markets in Europe, Asia Pacific Loan Market Association, International Association of Credit Portfolio Management, ASEAN Energy Centre and International Project Finance Association. 

Victor holds a MBA from INSEAD and graduated with a double degree (magna cum laude) in Business Management and Accountancy from Singapore Management University. Victor was selected for and participated in the SMU-NUS AXSI Digital Finance Leadership Programme. Victor is a CFA® charterholder and a certified Financial Risk Manager (“FRM”). Victor also holds the Sustainability and Climate Risk certificate. 

Victor is a board member of the CFA Society Singapore and is also serving as the Singapore representative on the Society Engagement Council for the CFA Institute Asia Research Exchange (“ARX”).