Cheng Khai Lim

Executive Director (Financial Markets Development), Monetary Authority of Singapore

Lim Cheng Khai is the Executive Director, Financial Markets Development Department with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). The department aims to promote a vibrant financial market in Singapore, with a focus on growing Singapore’s capital market, asset management, funds and insurance sectors, and infrastructure and blended finance capabilities. In this role, Cheng Khai works closely with industry partners including key financial institutions and industry associations to maintain the competitiveness of Singapore’s financial markets, and strengthen the proposition of Singapore as a gateway to serve Asia’s capital raising and financing needs.
 
Prior to his current appointment, Cheng Khai was involved in the regulation and supervision of banks and capital market intermediaries in various roles in MAS. From 2014 to 2020, he headed the Capital Markets Intermediaries Department II that oversaw the licensing, regulation and supervision of asset managers and REIT managers, and individual representatives authorised to carry out these regulated activities.