Grant Cheng, CFA, is the Chief Financial Officer of Cebu Landmasters, Inc. He oversees all the essential financial functions of the company including corporate finance, accounting, treasury, investor relations, tax management, account take-outs and even information technology.
During his time so far, CLI has raised over P30bn in capital, more than doubled its customer base, oversaw annual growth of over 20% for both topline and bottomline, and improved its governance and operations, even through the Covid pandemic. He is the ING-FINEX CFO of the year in 2022.
Previously he was a senior Deal Manager at BDO Capital and Investment with the rank of Vice President. He executed and managed several landmark and complex capital transactions. He was involved in advisory, execution and syndication of various equity and fixed-income deals. He also provided financial advisory services to businesses who considered tapping capital markets.
Prior to that he was a Financial Adviser at Universal Harvester, Inc. and a VP Private Banker at EFG Bank (Singapore). He previously had private banking experience with Commerzbank AG SouthEast Asia and Citi Private Bank in Singapore. He started his career as a project manager at Procter & Gamble Asia.
He obtained, with distinction, a Masters degree in Wealth Management from the Singapore Management University. He graduated Magna cum Laude with a degree in Manufacturing Engineering and Management at De La Salle University Manila as a Star Scholar. Upon graduation, he was presented with the Brother Gabriel Connon Award – the highest distinction given by the school to an undergraduate. He was awarded by the Philippine president as one of the Top Outstanding Students of the Philippines.