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FIRST BATCH OF SENIOR-LEVEL FINANCIAL SECTOR TALENT GRADUATES FROM THE AFLP (29 SEPT 2016)

Temasek Management Services (TMS) Academy and Singapore Management University (SMU) today celebrated the graduation of the pioneer batch of 40 participants from the prestigious Asian Financial Leaders Programme (AFLP). The AFLP is regarded as the flagship programme for developing Asian financial leaders.

AFLP PRESS RELEASE

TMS Academy, the integrated leadership development arm of Temasek Management Services (TMS) and Singapore Management University (SMU) have been jointly awarded the mandate by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to develop the Asian Financial Leaders Programme (AFLP).

DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER'S REFERENCE TO AFLP AT ABS DINNER 

Keynote Address by Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman, Monetary Authority of Singapore, at the Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) Annual Dinner on 30 June 2015.

LOCAL TALENT TO THE FORE

Great Eastern Life Assurance Company Limited’s chief executive officer (Singapore), Khoo Kah Siang, noted that initiatives such as the Asian Financial Leaders Programme by SMU to groom locals for leadership positions in the financial industry, “are moves in the right direction and will provide much needed exposure across geographies through classroom learning, on-the-job training as well as industry visits”.

HENG SWEE KEAT: LOCAL FINANCIAL LEADERS MUST HAVE INTERNATIONAL CAPABILITIES TO SUCCEED

Jobs in the financial sector are becoming increasingly international-oriented. It is estimated that nearly half of the positions will be of an international nature. Local financial leaders must master international capabilities to succeed in this field and compete with talents from all over the world for leadership positions. Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic Policy Heng Swee Keat expressed these views when speaking at the graduation dinner of the Asian Financial Leadership Program on Tuesday (24 October 2023).