Ian G. Palmer is a Director of RAB Capital Sdn Bhd with four decades of regional and multinational experience in finance, capital markets and supply-chain commerce. He began his career at Arthur Andersen in Singapore covering regional clients. He subsequently joined Citibank Singapore as Vice President, Financial Control, overseeing Asia Pacific consumer banking and reporting directly to New York headquarters. He left Citibank to take on a new challenge - joining US based ARCO Chemicals as General Manager, Special Projects, building Asia Pacific infrastructure databases to support petrochemical supply. Ian later went back in to the financial services sector, joining GK Goh, a well established Singapore based securities firm. He became Company Secretary and Senior Vice President, International Operations, with responsibilities across the Philippines, Hong Kong and Indonesia. In 2004, Ian founded and continues to lead AAKK Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based regional commodities trading firm serving the Asia Pacific region. He brings deep expertise in cross-border supply-chain financing, risk governance, regulatory compliance and financial control, underpinned by hands-on operating experience across industries and jurisdictions. He advises boards strategically.