Mr. Kian Heng Peh joined the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) as Group Head and Lead Economist in October 2024, focusing on macroeconomic surveillance for ASEAN+3 economies.
Previously, he was Head of Corporate Investment at United Overseas Bank (UOB), overseeing the bank’s strategic and proprietary investments. He held various board positions at UOB subsidiaries including UOB Asset Management and UOB Venture Management. He was a member of the UOB Group Investment Committee and United Overseas Insurance Investment Committee. He chaired the Product Sales Committee which approves all investment products for retail distribution. Prior to joining UOB, he was an investment strategist with the Overseas Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC).
Mr. Peh spent most of his early career at the Monetary Authority of Singapore, where he was Head of Financial Sector Surveillance and Division Head at the International Department. He was seconded to the Executive Director Office for Southeast Asia at the International Monetary Fund from 1998 to 2000.
Mr. Peh holds a Master of Arts in International Political Economy from the University of Warwick and a Bachelor of Social Sciences (Political Science and Economics) from the National University of Singapore.