
Bryan Yeo
Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, the GIC, has promoted its deputy CIO, Bryan Yeo, to group CIO, the fund announced Tuesday. succeeding Jeffrey Jaensubhakij, who will retire and be appointed a GIC adviser.
Yeo, who has been at the GIC since 2003, was appointed CIO of public equities in 2016 and promoted to deputy group CIO in April 2024. He has also held numerous roles at the fund, including head of fixed income in the Americas, head of credit research and strategy, deputy head of equities and head of credit markets.
In addition to Yeo’s promotion, the GIC also announced that Boon Chin Hau will be named CIO for infrastructure, succeeding Ang Eng Seng, who, like Jaensubhakij, is retiring and will be appointed as an adviser to GIC. All appointments are effective April 1.
“I would like to express my gratitude to Jeffrey and Eng Seng, for their commitment to GIC over the decades,” said Lim Chow Kiat, the GIC’s CEO, in a statement. “Jeffrey was a key architect of the GIC total portfolio and an innovator in investment policies.”
Yeo earned a bachelor of fine arts degree in engineering and a master of science in financial mathematics from the University of Chicago.
“Eng Seng was instrumental in the expansion of private markets across asset classes and geographies, and was a founding leader for the infrastructure group,” Lim said. “We look forward to their continued contributions as GIC Advisors in the days ahead.”
The GIC’s assets are estimated to be about $800 billion. The fund manages the government’s financial assets and is one of the country’s three investment entities, including the Monetary Authority of Singapore and Temasek.
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