Kheng Leong is the advisory principal of KAPPS consulting. He is also the author of ICC Academy factoring course.
Prior to join KAPPS, he was the Asia Chapter Director of FCI, the world’s leading international factoring organisation. As Asia Chapter Director of FCI, he travelled widely to countries in Asia to promote international factoring and training on factoring.
Before joining FCI he was the Managing Director of Bibby Financial Services Singapore. He was instrumental in starting Bibby Singapore which a one of the leading non-bank factors providing factoring to SME in Singapore. Bibby is a subsidiary of Bibby UK, the world’s largest independent factor.
He acquired his factoring knowledge through attachment with factoring companies in the US and UK in early 80s. Upon his return he set up DBS Factors and became its AGM. When DBS Factors was absorbed into DBS Bank in 2001, he became the regional factoring head of DBS Bank. DBS bank is engaged in domestic and international factoring to businesses ranging from MSME to large corporation.
