--- title: Capital Market Insights | Roy Ling description: Prof. Roy Ling is currently the CEO & Founder of FollowTrade. Concurrently, he is also an Adjunct Professor in Finance at the SKEMA Business School, an Academic Program Director at SMU Academy and an Independent Board Director on several listed companies in Asia. Prof Ling is also a corporate trainer with London Financial Studies. Prof. Ling spent more than 20 years in investment banking and held senior positions with JPMorgan, Lehman Brothers, Goldman Sachs and Salomon Smith Barney. His expertise is in Asia real estate, REIT IPOs and SPACs, and he has worked in New York, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Singapore. During his investment banking career, Prof. Ling had originated and executed a broad range of advisory and capital market transactions including some of the most high-profile transactions in the region. Prof. Ling was a former Board Director of the CFA Society of Japan. He was honored as the Real Estate Executive of the Year 2016 by Singapore Business Review, and as one of 20 Rising Stars in Real Estate 2008 by Institutional Investor. Prof. Ling graduated from INSEAD with a Global EMBA and from the National University of Singapore with a BBA (Hons). --- [![](https://insights.londonfs.com/hs-fs/hubfs/lfs-logo@2x.png?name=lfs-logo@2x.png)](https://londonfs.com) # LFS Insights Expert Teaching for Exceptional Performance ## [How do Boards Add Value Amid Covid-19 Challenges?](https://insights.londonfs.com/how-do-boards-add-value-amid-covid-19-challenges) Apr 1, 2022 4:24:00 PM / by Roy Ling ### LFS Insights Expert Teaching for Exceptional Performance ### Links - [LFS Main Site](https://www.londonfs.com/) ### Contact Us - +44 (0) 20 7378 1050 - [info@londonfs.com](mailto:info@londonfs.com) - 34 Curlew Street, Butlers Wharf, London, England, SE1 2ND