Mr. Yeoh completed his Bachelor of Art’s degree in Economics and Social Studies at the University of Manchester, United Kingdom, is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a Chartered Banker.
He began his career at Deloitte Haskins & Sells, London in 1984 as an Accountant prior to being employed as a Derivatives Research Analyst at Hoare Govett Securities Limited based in London and then in Singapore in the early 1990s. He then moved to become an Arbitrage Trader at Bankers Trust Company, Singapore and subsequently held the position of Vice-President/Joint Head of Asian Currency and Interest Rate Trading at Merrill Lynch International Bank Limited, Singapore before joining Banco Santander SA, Singapore as Head of Asian Markets Trading. After various other positions there, Mr. Yeoh then moved to Hong Kong to become Banco Santander's Regional Treasurer for Asia.
Mr. Yeoh returned to Malaysia to join Hong Leong Bank Berhad as its Head of Treasury, Wealth Management and Intra Group Cross Selling prior to moving to ABN AMRO Bank Berhad, Malaysia as its Executive Director/Head of Global Markets/Financial Markets. His career continued with his appointment as the Head of Global Markets (Malaysia and Vietnam) and subsequently as the Country Chief Executive Officer of Deutsche Bank (Malaysia) Berhad and Principal Officer of its Labuan branch. Mr. Yeoh concluded his banking career with another 10 years at Bank of America Malaysia Berhad as Country Head and Chief Executive Officer and Principal Officer of its Labuan branch before finally retiring in October 2023.