Mr. Yong Chu Eu
FAR, CMSRL, CWA, CFC, CPC, ACC, Shariah RFP, CFP®, Bac. Sc., Ms. Sc. (UPM)

Profile or CV:

At present, Mr. Yong is the founder, CEO, and primary educator at the Money & Life Academy. He functions as a Licensed Financial Planner (FAR & CMSRL) under the umbrella of Philip Wealth Planner. Money & Life Academy is recognized as an official training resource for ongoing professional development by entities like SIDC CPE, FiMM CPD, and HRD Corp. Before launching his own autonomous training enterprise, he led educational efforts and acted as a licensed financial advisor (FAR & CMSRL) at a local financial planning firm. He had previously held positions as a Unit Trust Consultant and Professional Will Writer prior to transitioning into a fully licensed financial planner role.

In 2015, he obtained his HRDF Trainer certification through the TTT program, and as of October 18, 2022, he is an HRD Corp Accredited Trainer, having completed 120 hours of corporate training. In 2023, he further enhanced his credentials with a Masterclass Certification in Financial Coaching Programme with ICF standard, achieving the status of Certified Financial Coach (CFC). He is not satisfied with the status quo and has passed the International Coach Federation (ICF)-certified Certified Associate Coach (CAC) Certificate. He is on track to complete his ICF Certified Professional Coach (CPC) certification and the required 100 hours of professional coaching to become an ICF Accredited Associate Certified Coach (ACC) by 2024

With 15 years of hands-on experience in the training and financial planning sphere, Mr. Yong ardently delivers Continuing Professional Education/Development Financial Master Courses across a wide spectrum of subjects (Compliance and Regulation lik eAnti Money Laundering, Anti Corruption and Bribery, Capital Market, Financial Planning, Cyber Security, FinTech, Blockchain, Crypto, Presentation Skill and AI, among others). By the 2024, he had facilitated around 396 professional training events, educating roughly 12,000 financial professionals across Malaysia, excluding public and CSR sharing. Since 2022, he has been invited to serve as a speaker on the Vistage Panel, where he has delivered six sessions to a diverse group of 87 CEOs, directors, and top management professionals across various industries

His corporate clientele comprises prominent names such as OSRAM, IFAST Capital, Asian Banking School, ATM Capital, several banks, and investment and asset management firms (UOB Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, AM Bank, Public Bank, CIMB Bank, RHB Bank, MYS Capital, Pheim Asset Management, Pheim Unit Trusts Berhad, UOB Asset Management, Opus Asset Management, Hong Leong Bank, MIDF, Alliance Bank, Affin Bank, TA Securities, TA Investment, M&A Securities, KAF Group, Public Mutual, Wahed, MYTHEO, Prudential, TA Futures, ACE Investment Bank, CGS-CIMB, Han Hwa Chemicals, and more).

Mr. Yong has also cooperated with several professional organizations like the Asian Banking School, Financial Planning Association of Malaysia (FPAM), Malaysian Financial Planning Council (MFPC), EquityTracker, MNS Global, CPA Australia, MIA, Bursa Malaysia, FIMM, Humanistic Education Training, the Association of Stockbroking Companies Malaysia (ASCM), Fitch Learning, SST2u Penang Mathematic Platform (PMP) and Philippines RFP, offering professional training for their members and the general public. He has given numerous public lectures and classes on subjects like financial planning, motivation, leadership, Chinese traditional culture, and education for a range of institutions like Bursa Malaysia, FPAM, KC Lau, Securities Commission (SC), InvestSmart, Sentral College, Nilai University, Sunway University, Victoria University, Heriot-Watt University Malaysia, University Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), TAR College, Taylor University, Segi College and more etc

As a financial planning educator, Mr. Yong lectured for the Certified Financial Planner-CFP program at Penang KDU College, Max Wealth Education, and Disted College from 2010 to 2019, instructing a total of 116 CFP students. Two of these students won awards for their outstanding exam results. In 2017, he achieved his "Shariah Registered Financial Planning" certification and became an "MFPC Certified Shariah RFP Trainer" via the MFPC & CMDF Educational Scholarship Programme. He has been volunteering with the FPAM Penang Chapter Committee since 2017, initially handling Publicity & Public Relations and later serving as the Continuing Education & Events Head Chairperson from 2021-2023. Since 2021, he has been teaching professionals in the Philippine financial industry about the Professional Certificate Chartered Wealth Advisor (CWA), having trained about 74 professionals in five cohorts by 2023. The Philippines RFP and Wealth Management Institute (WMI) recognize his contributions and honored him with the Chartered Wealth Advisor (CWA) professional title in 2023. In both 2020 and 2023, he received nominations to be included in The Britishpedia Media Group's Encyclopedia of Successful People in Malaysia, and was successfully listed in the 2023 edition.

In addition to his professional engagements, Mr. Yong regularly contributes to local media, writes columns for financial publications, and shares his financial planning insights through public talks, classes, and radio broadcasts. (The Busy Weekly, Smart Investor Magazine, MFPC’s 1st Finance Magazine, JWMFP Journals, Money Compass, The Edge Malaysia-Personal Wealth, Focus Malaysia, Sin Chew Newspaper, Chinapress, TheEdgeProperty, Nanyang Newspaper, CompareHero, and Melody FM, Money Money Home and more ).

Before transitioning into the financial planning industry, Mr. Yong spent nearly a decade in the IT sector, working for multiple multinational corporations. He was recognized for his excellent performance with several awards ("Division Recognition Award", "Solid as Rock", "Team Player", and more) after earning an M.Sc in Computing Engineering and a B.Sc in Computer Science from UPM. He was a "Dean's List" student during his undergraduate studies and a National Science Fellowship Scholar during his Master's studies, during which he published five journals (IEEE International Workshop on Antenna Technology: Small Antennas and Novel Metamaterials IWAT, 2005, International Journal of Computers and Applications 2008, Lecture Note in Computer Science (LNCS), Springer Verlag, January 2006 and more) and won multiple award (Silver from Malaysia Technology Expo 2006 and Gold from the INPEX International Show 2006 – Monroeville, Pittsburgh, USA and more).


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