After three years, he was transferred to Phillip Futures, the futures unit of the group founded and led by executive chairman Lim Hua Min.
As a fresh graduate in the midst of the Asian Financial Crisis, it was not easy for Teyu Che Chern to find a job in the stockbroking industry he was so keen on. Without a ready contact list of potential clients, there was hardly any immediate value he could bring.
After a couple of rejections, Teyu was hired as a management trainee with PhillipCapital instead. While it was not exactly what he wanted, it was at the very least a foot into the industry, he reasoned to himself.
