SOFOS - Key Persons


Alan Xiong

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director, Head of Wealth Management
Holding a vast depth of over *14 years' experience in the wealth management industry and a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) license, Alan amassed diverse insights and knowledge working at Citibank, and the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), and Credit Suisse Group as a former private banker.

Albert Tan-Lienhart - CEO, Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Chief Executive Officer
Albert first founded SOFOS on 2 May 2008. He has financial experience with major banks in Singapore and fund management company over 20 years, before his stint at Guardian Wealth Management as Chief Executive Officer. Thereafter, he established SOFOS, and successfully launched and managed more than 7 investment portfolios in excess of US$350mil private equity funds. These private equity funds have been involved with various projects in the sectors of real estate, clean energy, infrastructure, new technology and commodity.

Dr Richard Li

Job Titles:
  • Member of the FUND MANAGEMENT Team
  • Chief Technical and Technology Officer, SOFOS Infrastructure Investment Fund SPC
Dr Li has 35 years of experience in the fields of R&D, commercialization and technical support on large-scale of hollow fibre membrane production & large-scale application of hollow fibre membranes in water, wastewater, seawater, industrial fluid and gas separation and purification. He also has 15 years of experience on large-scale membrane-based seawater desalination and MBR (membrane bioreactor) for wastewater reclamation. Dr Li has been appointed as the Vice President and Chief Scientist of Keysino Separation Technology Singapore Pte Ltd in 2017. The company has committed a long-term focus on membrane filtration technologies, as well as other technologies which would provide energy-saving, clean production, and waste reutilization. Dr Li supervise the overall company operation. In 2020, Dr Li has been appointed as the Chief Technical and Technology Officer for Sofos Infrastructure Investment Fund SPC.

Ernie Yap

Job Titles:
  • Member of the FUND MANAGEMENT Team
  • Director, Alternative Investment
Ernie has more than *14 years of experience in the financial industry under his belt, handling high net worth (private banking) clients in United Overseas Bank (UOB), Development Bank of Singapore, and private investment holdings firms. In addition, he also has more than *6 years' experience managing infrastructure projects in emerging economies within countries such as Vietnam. His portfolio includes solar energy, drinking water systems and waste water treatment projects.

Johnson Tang

Job Titles:
  • Member of the FUND MANAGEMENT Team
  • Chairman, SOFOS Infrastructure Investment
Mr Tang has more than 30 years of experience in environmental engineering solutions and project management in Singapore and the region. He was the CEO of UES Holdings. Under his experience and ability, he steered projects of EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction), DBO (Design-Build-Operate), DBOO, DB (Design-Build) and BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) bases, allowing it to deliver one-stop environmental engineering solutions to customers and expand beyond its core capability in water-related projects including treatment of municipal water and waste water, desalination, water reuse and recycling, He has also ventured into the renewable energy sector and completed its first biomass co-generation plant at Gardens by the Bay in 2011, as well as its first aquaculture project at Marine Life Park, Resorts World Sentosa in 2012. The most significant project in recent years is the Design-Build-Own-Operate (DBOO) of NEWater Plant, Singapore's fifth NEWater plant and the second in Changi which commenced operations in November 2016. In 2016, Mr Tang led UESH to receive the IAIR Award and was named Company of the Year for Leadership (M&E Engineering Services /South East Asia). In 2017, under Mr Tang's stewardship, UESH received the BEI Asia Awards 2017 for ACRA Eco-Green Outstanding Leadership Award. In 2018, Mr. Tang was appointed Advisor for Koh Brothers Eco Engineering Ltd. In 2019, he was appointed chairman of the SOFOS Infrastructure Investment Fund SPC.

Luke Wang

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Portfolio Manager
Luke has more than *8 years of banking experience in the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation and ANZ, focusing on areas of account acquisition and portfolio management for high net worth clients. Luke holds a Master of Business Administration degree, and is also a certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM).