Chehan counts 27-years following financial markets and managing research and financial services businesses based in South-East Asia and South Asia. This has helped him garner an in-depth understanding of how global financial markets work, what drives investors, fiscal and monetary policy and key strategies required at different stages of a country and individual businesses growth cycle.
He spent over 10 years (1995-2005) with the ABN AMRO Group heading research operations in Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Mauritius in addition to covering strategy and several other sectors during that period. He was also a part of the Group’s equities management team for the ASEAN region.
Upon leaving ABN AMRO, Chehan co-founded Insite Equity Ltd and subsequently established Insite Holdings as an investment holding company in Sri Lanka.
Insite Equity entered into a partnership with KAF Seagroatt & Campbell Securities in 2006 in Malaysia where Chehan was the lead in building a competitive and well-respected institutional equities business. During that time the institutional business entered into global partnerships with the RBS Group and the New York based Jefferies Group.
Chehan worked two years (2017 and 2018) at Malaysian sovereign fund Valuecap Sdn Bhd as Head, Capital Market Research to set up an ASEAN research team with an ESG focus.
In addition to MD of Tempest, Chehan is the Chairman of Foodholics Lanka (Pvt) Ltd and a Director of Insite Holdings, Insite Factories, Cable Solutions, SLT Campus, and Insite Brush Manufacturers.
He holds a BA (Hons) from Ithaca College, NY with a major in Economics and a minor in Mathematics. He received his CFA charter in 1999.