"To be the partner of choice for our clients, as trusted intermediaries, as we journey together in an increasingly challenging global environment."
Meet Our Team
Our team comprises of experienced individuals with diverse backgrounds in investment banking, private banking and portfolio management, who have weathered through the market nuances over the years to bring value to all our investors.
Michael TAY
Chairman
A founding partner of Megatr8 Inc., Michael has over 30 years of experience in trading across multi asset classes. Prior to Megatr8, Michael was a senior financial adviser in Citigroup Private Banking. Before joining Citigroup Private Bank, Michael worked at DBS Bank where he helped set up and manage their commodities and Asian Currency Index desk. From 2004 to 2006, Michael was the Head of the FX, Liquidity and Gold Division at the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
Michael started his career at OCBC in 1984 as a futures trader in SIMEX before doing his MBA in UCLA. After his MBA, Michael joined the Government of Singapore Investment Corp as a US Fixed Income portfolio manager. Later on, he managed a team of FX, money market and gold traders. Michael has also held various senior positions in CSFB, UOB Asset Management, Nationsbank NA and UBS focusing mainly on proprietary trading in various asset classes such as equities, fixed income, commodities and FX.
CHEW Heng Wee
Managing Director and CEO
Heng Wee is a founding partner of Megatr8 Inc. Prior to Megatr8, Heng Wee worked at Citicorp Investment Bank, providing sales-trading coverage on FX and FX options to traders in other financial institutions such as central banks, commercial banks, private banks and asset managers.
Before joining Citigroup in 2007, Heng Wee was a Portfolio Manager in the FX, Liquidity & Gold Division at the Monetary Authority of Singapore, managing Singapore's official foreign reserves portfolio through currency overlay.
ANG Eng Hieang
Executive Director, CFA
Eng Hieang has been in the investment management & private banking space for more than 30 years, and brings to the company a wealth of experience and relationships across Asia.
Since the mid 1980s, he has worked for several major banks including DBS Bank, Citibank, Merrill Lynch International and Bordier & Cie. A Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Eng Hieang was for many years, part of a pool of industry practitioners who shared their expertise and experience as lecturers at the Institute of Banking and Finance Singapore.
CHEW Heng Yong
Executive Director, CFA
With almost 20 years of experience in asset management and multi-strategy hedge funds, Heng Yong's expertise spans across portfolio management, research and performance/risk attribution across multi-asset classes.
Prior to joining Megatr8, Heng Yong was a Portfolio Manager at ChiliogonAsia. The RSL Asian Fixed Income Fund he managed won the Best Fixed Income Fund (Asia Pacific) award by World Finance in 2014.