The in-house consultants at ABS bring with them decades of industry experience where they leverage on their extensive knowledge to develop and deliver practical and relevant training programmes for banking and finance professionals from all levels and across all areas.
Dr. Lim Guan Chye
Director of Commercial Banking Training
Dr. Paramsothy Vijayan
Director of Digital Banking & Leadership
Cheah Wee Leong
Director of Next Gen Banking Training
Shahrul Adzuan Ahmad
Senior Training Consultant,
Commercial Banking
Michelle Loo Phoy Wan
Senior Training Consultant,
Digital Banking & Leadership
Dr. Wong Tze Yow
Senior Consultant,
Next Gen Banking Training
John Cheah Soon Chye
Senior Training Consultant,
Commercial Banking
Sylphy Chui
Senior Training Consultant,
Digital Banking & Leadership
Sebastian Chik Mun Leong
Senior Consultant, Next Gen Banking Training
Gary Chan Jin Liang
Senior Consultant,
Commercial Banking
Career Opportunity
“I believe that ABS has a good value proposition for career bankers that are looking for a change. It is a unique career opportunity and they can always return to the industry at some point in the future, as working for ABS as a training consultant requires them to stay up-to-speed with the latest products and trends in their field of expertise.”
- CEO, Asian Banking School
Dr. Lim Guan Chye
Director of Commercial Banking Training
Dr Lim Guan Chye (Dr GC) is the Director of Commercial Banking Training at the Asian Banking School (ABS) since 2016, where he is responsible for the design, governance, and delivery of structured capability-building programmes for the banking and financial services industry. He leads a team of trainers and consultants delivering both customised institutional programmes and examination-based professional certifications aligned with industry and regulatory expectations.
His responsibilities include programme architecture, curriculum design, trainer governance, and quality assurance. He has designed and led flagship programmes such as the Certified Mortgage Advisor (CMA) and a 29-day Commercial Banking Training Programme, developed to strengthen applied credit, risk, legal, and behavioural competencies among banking professionals.
Dr GC has over 25 years of professional banking experience, having served in senior leadership roles with both local and foreign banks, including Regional Manager and Branch Manager positions. His areas of expertise include credit evaluation and assessment, financial statement analysis, banking operations, branch and portfolio management, legal and documentation aspects of banking, and behavioural considerations in credit decision-making.
In addition to his banking career, he has over 10 years of senior management experience in group and corporate environments, including a public listed company, where he held roles such as Finance Director and Group General Manager. These roles provided him with direct exposure to corporate governance, financial control, strategic planning, and business restructuring.
Dr GC is a Certified Credit Professional (CCP), conferred by the Institute of Bankers Malaysia (IBBM) in 2001 (now the Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers). He holds a Bachelor of Economics (Second Class Upper Honours) from the University of Malaya and a Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) from EU Business School, Geneva (2019). In 2023, he completed the Chartered Banker MBA (Merit) at Bangor University, Wales, and was awarded the Chartered Banker designation by the Chartered Banker Institute, Edinburgh.
He has also completed executive and leadership programmes at leading global institutions, including:
Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), City, University of London
Dr GC is actively involved in professional education and applied research in banking and credit risk. He is the author of “The Quick Guide Series – About Business & Banking” (2021) and “Business Credit & Lending” (2024), the latter commissioned by the Asian Banking School. His forthcoming book, “Beyond The Numbers: Behavioural Insights in Credit Risk”, is scheduled for publication in 2026 and focuses on integrating behavioural insights into credit risk assessment and decision-making.
Programmes by Dr. Lim Guan Chye
Cheah Wee Leong
Director of Next Gen Banking Training
Cheah Wee Leong has more than 25 years’ experience working in the banking industry with local and foreign banks in various roles and capacities. A seasoned professional, Wee Leong brings with him broad experience as a former banker and management consultant.
Wee Leong started his career at Citibank in 1993 before joining US management consultancy firm Accenture in 1997. At Accenture, he was involved in managing large bank merger-integration, process re-engineering and transformation projects. He has worked in projects in various countries including Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Mauritius and Saudi Arabia.
In 2003, Wee Leong joined CIMB as its Head of Operational Risk Management and led the implementation of the bank’s operational risk management and Basel 2 – Operational Risk framework. Subsequently, he assumed various senior roles in Trade Finance, Regional Transaction Banking, Corporate Banking, Treasury and Markets division and Group CEO office at CIMB. His last role at CIMB was as Director, Group Strategy.
Wee Leong holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the USA and a Master of Business Administration (with Distinction) from the Anglia Ruskin University, UK. He obtained training from Citibank Asia Pacific Banking Institute in Singapore in 1995. He is a certified Chartered Banker, Certified Expert in ESG and Impact Investing (awarded by Frankfurt School of Finance and Management), and a holder of the “Certificate in Climate Risk” and “Certificate in Digital & AI Evolution in Banking” (awarded by Chartered Body Alliance, UK) and PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner Certificate in Project Management.
Wee Leong completed the “Leading the Sustainability in Transformation in Banking” programme with the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management (Germany) in October, 2022 and the “Global Shifts and Risk for Banking Leaders” at Said Business School, University of Oxford (UK) in September, 2024. Wee Leong completed the “Creating Value with AI & Data for Banking and Finance Leaders” with the Essec Business School in Paris in July, 2025.
Programmes by Cheah Wee Leong
Dr. Paramsothy Vijayan
Director of Digital Banking & Leadership
Dr Vijayan Paramsothy is the Director of Digital Banking & Leadership at the Asian Banking School. He started his career working in one of the big 8 Chartered Accountants and Management Consultancy firms in the UK. He has over 20 years of banking experience working in local and foreign banks up to a senior management level, ranging over a diverse range of disciplines.
He is currently involved in structuring bespoke technical and soft skill programmes for banks. In addition, he is involved in the curriculum working committee for professional qualification programmes such as the Chartered Banker and Bank Risk Management. He is also a designated Chartered Banker trainer, bringing a fresh approach to self-directed learning using mind-mapping techniques, case studies and problem-based learning. Dr Vijay has published banking and finance related text books and journal articles internationally, including, “Success Factors for the Implementation of Entrepreneurial Knowledge Management in Malaysian Banks” (Journal of Information & Knowledge Management, 2013).
Dr Vijay holds an Honours Degree in Accounting and Finance from Scotland, a Master of Science Degree in Multimedia Technology (Banking), a Doctor of Business Administration (Banking Strategy and Marketing) from Australia, and a Doctor of Philosophy (Knowledge Management in Banking) from Malaysia. He recently successfully completed his Chartered Banker MBA from the Bangor Business School, Wales together with his Chartered Banker status awarded by the Chartered Banker Institute in Scotland. He is also a Certified Training Professional (ARTDO) and a Certified HRD Corp trainer.
Programmes by Dr. Paramsothy Vijayan
Shahrul Adzuan Ahmad
Senior Training Consultant, Commercial Banking
Shahrul Adzuan Ahmad is a training consultant at the Asian Banking School and has 27 years of working experience in the banking sector, with 24 of those years doing training and development at several banks.
His working experience includes branch operations, credit, training administration support as well as developing, delivering, and facilitating training programmes. The training programmes that he has conducted include Foreign Exchange Policy (formerly known as Foreign Exchange Administration Rules), credit, AML/CFT, leadership development and soft skills. At the Asian Banking School, Shahrul has conducted multiple training programmes relating to the Foreign Exchange Policy, Certified Credit Executive (CCE) and Retail Credit Professional (RCP). He also maintains a steady working relationship with the Foreign Exchange Policy Department of Bank Negara Malaysia for regular industry updates and training requirements as well as matters related to the Foreign Exchange Policy.
Shahrul holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Resources Development from the University of Technology Malaysia and a Diploma in Banking Studies from the Institute of Technology MARA (now known as the University of Technology MARA). He is a Certified Training Professional (CTP), DiSC - Certified Behavioural Consultant (CBC) and Certified HRDF Trainer.
Programmes by Shahrul Adzuan Ahmad
Sylphy Chui
Senior Training Consultant, Digital Banking & Leadership
Sylphy Chui is a Senior Training Consultant at the Asian Banking School and has more than 20 years of experience in the banking sector in credit sales and marketing, credit evaluation and credit approvals, consumer and commercial loans, branch management and training.
She started her career as a Senior Sales and Marketing Executive at a Public Bank Berhad branch where she gained valuable knowledge in branch operations. She then went on to the regional office, where she supported more than 15 branches in the sales team and gained recognition as the Top Three Sales Achiever for 2003 and 2004. In 2005, after receiving the Regional Top Sales Achiever Award, Sylphy was promoted to Sales and Marketing Manager, leading the sales team in the Regional Office. She was promoted again in 2007 and became Business Manager at a branch in Kuala Lumpur, where she led the Credit Department. In 2012, she was promoted to Branch Manager. During this time, the branch she managed maintained themselves as an award-winning branch for five years consecutively from 2013 to 2017.
Sylphy holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce, double majoring in Economics and Marketing, from Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia and is also a Certified Credit Professional (CCP) through the Institute of Bankers Malaysia (now known as the Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers or AICB). She is a Certified Training Professional through the Finance Accreditation Agency and a Certified HRDF Trainer. Sylphy is also a Certified Coach from Catalyst Coach (ICF Accredited) and was awarded the Associate Chartered Banker by AICB.
Programmes by Sylphy Chui
Michelle Loo Phoy Wan
Senior Training Consultant, Digital Banking & Leadership
Michelle Loo has more than 20 years experience in the banking and training industry. On the banking side, her experience is in secured and unsecured lending, wealth products, bancassurance, SME banking and branch management.
Michelle started her career in the banking industry with HSBC Bank as a Mortgage Executive. In 2008, she joined OCBC as a Business Development Manager in SME Banking and during which time, the team she was in achieved Top 5 in the nationwide overall performance. Following that, she joined Maybank as a Mortgage Consultant. She was one of the pioneers in the Direct Sales Team and recognized as the Nationwide Top Team for 3 consecutive years. She then went on to join Alliance Bank with the position of Branch Manager. Subsequently, she joined Public Bank in Regional Sales and Support in SME Bancassurance, supporting 19 branches in the Klang Valley. Her main task was to maintain Regional top sales, which she achieved for 2 consecutive years.
She is actively involved in developing classroom and e-learning content, storyboarding and gamification, as well as conducting training for qualification, non-qualification and customised programmes at ABS. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics majoring in Finance from University Putra Malaysia. She is also a Certified HRDF Trainer. She obtained the Professional Banker qualification (Associate Banker of AICB) in 2021 and received her qualification as a Certified Expert in Sustainable Finance from the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Germany in 2023.
Outside of work, she enjoys listening to music and reading books on personal development.
Programmes by Michelle Loo Phoy Wan
John Cheah Soon Chye
Senior Training Consultant, Commercial Banking
John Cheah has 24 years of working experience with a career that spanned being at an international consultancy and 3 foreign banks. He spent 4 years in external audit and 20 years in banking, where he specialised in Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing (AML/CFT). His audit experience included performing internal and external audits at various types of companies, especially at insurance firms.
His banking career saw him covering multiple roles within the AML/CFT Compliance function. This included policy advisory, transaction monitoring, suspicious transaction reporting, procedures development and other related areas. He spent the last 10 years of his career developing and enhancing the AML/CFT framework of a commercial bank, which included pioneering an AML/CFT review team, designing AML/CFT risk assessments for branches and the entity, as well as running the bank’s AML/CFT training programme for all segments within the organisation.
John has a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Finance from the University of London and was an ACCA member. He moved into the space of Financial Crime Compliance soon after and has been a certified member of the Association of Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) since 2011. He also holds the Advanced Diploma in AML/CFT issued jointly by the Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers and International Compliance Association. John is also a HRD Corp certified trainer.
On the personal front, John enjoys public speaking and achieved the Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) status from the global organisation Toastmasters International in 2012.
Programmes by John Cheah Soon Chye
Gary Chan Jin Liang
Senior Consultant, Commercial Banking
Gary Chan Jin Liang is a Senior Consultant at the Asian Banking School. He has extensive experience in banking, having served in an international bank across various functions including trade finance (imports and exports), cash management, international banking, sales management, and banking operations. His experience also covers credit evaluation and assessment, commercial banking implementation, channel management, as well as operational and resilience risk, including scenario analysis.
Gary is a Chartered Banker and holds a Master of Business Administration from Charles Sturt University, Australia. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts (Accounting) (Hons) from the University of Bolton, UK. In addition, he is a Certified Credit Practitioner, Certified Bank Risk Practitioner, Certified Financial Planner and Certified Climate Risk Professional.
He has obtained the ICA / University of Manchester International Advanced Certificate in Regulatory Compliance (with Merit). He has also completed programmes in Fintech (University of Oxford), Climate Risk (Chartered Banker Institute) and Sustainable Business Strategy (Harvard Business School Online).
Gary is an HRDC-accredited trainer. He has also completed certifications in Learning to Teach Online (UNSW Sydney) and University Teaching (The University of Hong Kong). He is involved in the design and delivery of training programmes, drawing from both his industry experience and professional qualifications.
Outside of work, Gary participates in long-distance running and has taken part in various half-marathons and Penang Bridge runs.
Programmes by Gary Chan
Dr. Wong Tze Yow
Senior Consultant, Next Gen Banking Training
Dr. Wong Tze Yow is a career banker and have worked 32 years in various financial institutions in the areas of International Banking, Offshore Banking, Wholesale Banking, Consumer Banking, Operations, and Information Technology. He started his career in RHB Bank and became the Head of Data Centre and Operations in 1998, progressed to Standard Chartered Bank in Wholesale Banking and Consumer Banking as Directors role in Transaction Banking and Personal Banking respectively. In 2010, he joined Maybank and later stationed in Hong Kong for an international posting to cover Greater China, Indochina, and the Philippines.
Dr. Wong holds senior management positions in these banks, the last role as Group Managing Director Transaction Banking, Maybank including chairmanships and directorships in industry representations namely BAFTA in New York, ASEAN Banking Association in Singapore, HKACEF in Hong Kong and International Chambers of Commerce (ICC), Malaysia. He is a regular speaker in SWIFT SIBOS, The Assets Hong Kong and The Asian Banker (TAB), Singapore.
Dr. Wong holds a DBA from Universiti Malaya Wales, an MBA from Southern Cross University, Australia and has attended various executive education programmes in Havard Business School, USA, Asian Institute of Management, Philippines and IMD Business School, Switzerland. He is a Fellow of Universiti Malaya and Fellow in Malaysian Institute of Management (MIM).
Dr. wong holds memberships with Institute Corporate Directors Malaysia (ICDM), Singapore Institute of Directors (SID) and the Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers (AICB).
Programmes by Dr. Wong
Sebastian Chik Mun Leong
Senior Consultant, Next Gen Banking Training
Sebastian Chik is a senior consultant, trainer, and strategist with over 20 years of cross-industry experience spanning banking, finance, marketing, business development, and digital transformation. He specializes in AI literacy, workplace productivity, responsible AI adoption, and practical AI application for business and public sector environments.
He has delivered AI-related programmes for corporate and government audiences, with a focus on making AI accessible, useful, and relevant for professionals at different levels of readiness. His training approach combines strategic context, practical use cases, hands-on application, and responsible use considerations to help participants apply AI with greater confidence in their day-to-day work.
Sebastian’s work includes AI capability building, AI governance awareness, productivity-focused AI adoption, and customised learning interventions for workplace transformation.
Programmes by Sebastian Chik
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