What are those letters after a name in a namecard

If you started working, and you start to meet more people, chances are you will receive a number of namecards with some letters behind the name.

What are these letters?

They are known as post-nominal letters. They indicate the qualifications attained by the individual.
The ones you might be familar are Ph.D, which does not mean Permanent head damage, but rather Doctor of Philosophy. Similarly, MBA stands for Master of Business Administration.

Some examples of post-nominal letters in medicine

Just so happened that I met 2 clients from the realm of medicine. One of them is a very senior lecturer whom post-nominal letters look unfamiliar to me. I did some research and here's a compilation of letters more commonly seen in Singapore and what they stand for.

Name	Post-nominal
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery	MBBS
Masters of Medicine	MMED
Doctor of Medicine	MD
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians	FRACP
Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore	FAMS
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians	FRCP

It seems like there are a lot of medical organizations out there, so we can see doctors with letters starting with F, signifying that they are a fellow of the organization. This list is non-exhaustive. 

Some examples of post-nominal letters in finance

And in a realm I am more familiar with. Again, the list is non-exhaustive

Name	Post-nominal
Certified Financial Planner	CFP
Chartered Financial Analyst	CFA
Certified Public Accountant	CPA

Feel Free to add more to the list! 

EUFASS - my post-nominal :)