Mr Albert Cheng
Managing Director, Far East
World Gold Council
Mr Sammy Yip
Head of ETFs, Asia Pacific
State Street Global Advisors
Albert Cheng
Managing Director, Far East, World Gold Council
Albert Cheng joined the World Gold Council,
Singapore regional office in March 1993
as a Regional Manager, Planning and Business
Development, Far East, becoming Managing Director,
Far East in 2003 with responsibility for operations
in the entire region. His career in gold marketing
began in July, 1985 when he joined the Royal
Canadian Mint as a Manager for South East Asia. His
responsibilities include market development,
regional sales and promotional support activities
for the Mint's numismatic and Maple Leaf family of
bullion products. In April 1990, he was promoted to
Regional Manager, Asia Pacific with added
responsibility in Japan and Korea as well. In 1991,
Mr. Cheng had taken up additional responsibility as
to help the International Olympic Committee,
Centennial Coin Programme to build up the
distribution network in Asia Pacific and to market
and promote these coins throughout the region. A
graduate of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Mr.
Cheng holds a degree in Business Administration with
a major in Marketing; he is also member of the CAM
in U.K.
Sammy Yip, CFA
Head of Exchange Traded Funds, Asia Pacific of
SSgA
Sammy is Vice President of State Street Global
Advisors and Head of Exchange
Traded Funds, Asia-Pacific at SSgA Asia Limited. He
heads up SSgA's exchange traded funds (ETFs)
business in Asia region by developing and promoting
ETFs. Sammy also acts as a technical advisor for
SSgA sub-advised ETFs in China, Taiwan and Korea.
Prior to his current role, Sammy was Head of Global
Structured Products, Asia ex-Japan at SSgA Asia
where he managed a team of portfolio managers in
indexing and structured products strategies. Sammy
also managed the investment portfolios of SSgA's
ETFs in Hong Kong and Singapore. Before joining
State Street in 1999, Sammy previously worked in
Canada at Royal Bank of Canada Financial Group,
where he started his career in the financial
industry. Sammy holds a BCom in Commerce and
Finance from University of Toronto. He has also
earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Sammy is a member of TSEC Taiwan Index Series
Advisory Committee.
