Wesley Chai Email & Phone Number

Singapore

Singapore

• Work closely with private banks (EAM & Direct Desks) on wealth clients' activities - Trade orders / Remittances / Loans / Account opening / Account closing / Annual review / Product pricing & ideas
• Support RMs with all service requests from existing wealth clients and participate in the development of new businesses
• Facilitate family office services - Section 13 / Annual filings / Variable Capital Companies (VCCs) / Legacy planning / Insurance / Private Concierge
• Assist RMs with Asset Management investments from exisiting wealth clients and investors
• Engage in routine portfolio reviews for existing wealth clients and investors with the in-house investment team
• Participate in UAT testing of propriety systems and softwares to enhance current work processes

Singapore

• Performed 1st layer of KYC related tasks for all wealth client onboarding before pushing cases forward to the in-house compliance team - Documentation validation / Uploading documents
• Supported client facing executives (CFEs) by reconciling client accounts accurately and generating portfolio statements promptly
• Maintained client data on the CRM system - Contact list / Account numbers / Private Equity (PE) holdings
• Facilitated the operational activities (KYC / subscriptions / redemptions) of the wealth clients' alternative investments between the CFEs and various hedge funds and their fund administrators
• Improved the efficiency of generating routine reports using VBA

• Completed the local onshore commissioning phase of 2 offshore substations for Ørsted
• Managed majority of the on-site commissioning activities with the Project Management team
• Planned the commissioning timelines for both substations, prioritising the completion of the core systems before the auxillary systems to achieve key project milestones
• Liased with the project team, vendors, owner representatives, contractors, ticketmen to ensure that objectives are met and to prevent hazardous incompatible work
• Conducted daily on site commissioning meetings to discuss and resolve any oustanding issues
• Supervised the running of the fuel generators 24/7 which were the main power sources to the substations

Singapore

• First year of a 2-year Management Trainee (MT) Programme
• Experienced the fast paced structured rotations across various departments with each lasting 4-8 weeks - Engineering / HSE / QA / Mechanical / Piping / E&I / HVAC / Shipwright / Painting / Commissioning / Operations
• Widely exposed to the complex journey of rig building from the hull assembly phase, comissioning till delivery
• Shadowed the experienced superintendents daily and had weekly reviews with the section managers
• Worked on different projects - Jackup Rigs / Semi-Submersible Rigs / VLCCs (Very Large Crude Carriers)
• Selected to participate in a task force where Keppel Offshore & Marine (KOM) partnered with MPA, PSA, The Ascott Limited and Bibby Maritime during the COVID-19 crisis in Singapore

Singapore

• Explored the financial advisory industry out of curiosity as an undergraduate
• Exposed to the concepts of wealth planning and protection
• Learnt sales tactics to approach the warm and cold market - cold calls / referrals
• Proposed holistic solutions for clients based on a myriad of conditions - protection needs / long term goals / liabilities / lifestyle / health conditions / risk appetite

Singapore

• Completed a 6 month internship in the aviation industry specialising in MRO operations
• Forecasted engine servicing dates to improve the man hour allocation
• Reduced turnaround time (TAT) by remodelling a production line without procuring nor discarding any equipment
• Shifted the positions of certain machines, made minor adjustments to the process flow, rotated the roster of the workers based on their skills
• Optimized the line by reducing approximately 15-18% of TAT i.e. equivalent to saving up to 2-3 days of work for every engine that passes through the line [Main Project]

Singapore

• Served a 6 month contract as a regular after my full time National Service (NS)
• Was a Platoon Sergeant to newly enlisted recruits for their Basic Millitary Training (BMT)
• Inspired recruits to become future Specialists / Officers for the next phase of their NS
• Graduated the Basic Warfighter - Platoon Sergeant course
• Selected for the prestigious Army Shooting Meet for exemplary marksmanship

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: NUS Men’s Dragonboat Team / NUS Raffles Hall Key Races: Singapore River Regatta / SAVA Sprints / Penang Pesto /.

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Mechanical Engineering

International Summer Exchange Program 2018 Cleared 3 engineering modules during the exchange program. Had an awesome experience living on.