THE HONG KONG SOCIETY OF FINANCIAL ANALYSTS - Key Persons
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- Chairman
- Executive Director
Adam Wong is currently an Executive Director at a global bank. He was previously an ultra-high-net-worth banker and co-chair of the Asia Advisory Council of JP Morgan Private Bank, and co-founder of the JPM running team in Hong Kong.
Adam chairs the Continuing Education Committee. He was co-chair of Member Services Committee and helped establish the Society's running team as well as Mentorship Program. He graduated from the University of Hong Kong with First Class Honours, majoring in Economics and Finance. He is a FRM, as well as an AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner.
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- New Members Advisory Council
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- Chairman
- Executive Director
- Fund Manager at Polymer Capital
David Ching is currently a hedge fund manager at Polymer Capital. He was previously the Head of China Strategy and Head of China Basic Materials/ EV & Battery Research at Macquarie. He was voted Best Analyst in the Institutional Investor All-Asia Research Poll and Best Stock Picker by Starmine. He was also the President of the Oxford & Cambridge Society of Hong Kong from 2021 to 2022.
David has over a decade of experience in the equities market, having led top ranked teams at Morgan Stanley and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Prior to equities, he held various corporate finance and strategy related roles at Jardine Matheson.
David is a first-class honours graduate from the University of Oxford with full scholarship, where he majored in Engineering, Economics and Management. He is a CFA charterholder and a CIMA-qualified accountant.
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- Senior Fellow With the Initiative for US - China Dialogue
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- Member of the Investment Committee
- Member of the Nomination Committee
- Member of the Remuneration Committee
- President
- Principal
Dr. Alvin Ho is an experienced investment principal with a track record in private equity. He currently splits his time between managing a portfolio of private investments and institutional investing on one end, and handholding start-ups and grown-ups seeking new iterations on the other. In addition, he serves as a board member for listed companies and NGOs and is a member of investment committees for funds and platforms. Previously the legal and executive representative for the local currency funds incorporated in Beijing and Chengdu, He was the Head of China for a pan-regional private equity growth fund.
Alvin holds a Ph.D. in Finance from the Shanghai University of Economics and Finance, and master's degrees from Tsinghua University and London Business School. He has authored three books in Chinese on the economics of sports. He is the chief editor and contributed two essays to RISE FROM CRISES, a publication of CFA Society Hong Kong.
Job Titles:
- Executive Director
- Founding Partner of Pasaca Capital
Erwin Sanft is a Founding Partner of Pasaca Capital. He has a quarter of a century's experience in equity research. He was Head of China Research at BNP Paribas, CLSA and Standard Chartered Bank, and Head of China Strategy at Macquarie Bank. He also worked as a senior portfolio manager at E Fund Management, China's largest mutual fund manager. He has managed research teams in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing, and authored many groundbreaking reports on China equities. He moved to China in 1992, studying at Nanjing University, before working at the New Zealand Consulate-General in Shanghai. He has been a CFA charterholder since 2003.
Erwin has a Bachelor of Economics and a Bachelor of Finance from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, and graduated from the International Student Program in Chinese and Economics at Nanjing University, China.
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- Executive Director
- Member of the Investment Committee
- Member of the Remuneration Committee
- Treasurer
- Vice President
- Co - Chair )
Felicia Wong is currently a Vice President in the Internal Audit Division at a leading US investment bank, with primary coverage in institutional securities sales and trading business. She has more than 15 years' experience in the financial industry, including at Goldman Sachs (Asia) LLC, providing audit coverage in institutional securities and risk management from 2012 to 2015. and Bank of Montreal in Toronto as an audit manager and quantitative specialist. She later transitioned to capital market treasury, where she provided risk oversight on liquidity and funding.
Felicia is also a FRM and holds a Master of Mathematical Finance from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Applied Science from the University of Waterloo. She is currently enrolled in Master of Studies in Sustainability Leadership at University of Cambridge.
Job Titles:
- Non - Executive Director
- Partner
Grace Lee, CFA, is a Partner and Group COO of Qiming Venture Partners. She has extensive experience in the venture capital industry covering investment, portfolio management, fund operation and fund raising. Prior to joining Qiming in 2009, she was the Deputy CFO and Compliance Officer of C. V. Starr Asia. Previously, she was an investment professional dealing with private equities and listed securities when she worked at PAI Partners and JAFCO Asia. She was also an auditor in the early part of her career life.
Grace was named the Top 10 Most Influential CFO in the China VC/PE Industry in 2017 by ChinaVenture, and the Top 10 China VC/PE CFO in 2022 by Frost & Sullivan and LeadLeo Research Institute.
Grace holds a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and a Bachelor of Laws Degree from the University of London. She is a fellow member of HKICPA and a CFA charterholder. She is a director of the board and past co-chairwoman of Hong Kong Private Equity Finance Association, and a board member of China Venture Capital Finance Organization.
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- Member of the Investment Committee
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- Director at Phoenixlnvest Group
- Member of the Hong Kong Exchanges' Listing Committee
James Soutar is the Director at Phoenixlnvest Group (HK) Ltd. He was previously Executive Director of FrontPoint Management (HK) Limited and the portfolio manager of the FrontPoint Asia Pacific Fund. He is also a co-founder of Phoenix Research Limited and was the Managing Director of Lombard Odier (Asia) Limited.
Soutar has been a member of the Hong Kong Exchanges' Listing Committee since May 2007. He was also the Chairman of the Advocacy Committee of CFA Society Hong Kong and served on its board from January 1998 to January 2009. He graduated from Tufts University, Boston.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Member of the Investment Committee
- Member of the Remuneration Committee
- Society Secretary and Executive Director
Janet is the Chief Executive Officer of BEA Union Investment. Prior to joining BEA Union Investment, she was the Wealth Business Leader for Asia and a Partner at Mercer where she led the Retirement and Investment business of the firm in the region. Throughout her over 20 years' investment consulting career, she worked closely with institutional clients and platforms on their portfolios and across diverse types of asset classes ranging from public to private markets investments.
Janet is currently serving as the Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Hong Kong Retirement Schemes Association. She is also a Member of the Human Capital Committee of the Financial Services Development Council. Janet is an Adjunct Associate Professor of The Faculty of Business and Economics at The University of Hong Kong.
Janet graduated with Bachelor Degree of Economics and Finance from The University of Hong Kong and is a CFA charterholder.
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- Member Services Committee
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- Member of the Advisory Board
- Member of the Nomination Committee
- Head of the Global Markets Department at ICBC
Dr. Jimmy Jim is the Head of the Global Markets Department at ICBC (Asia). He has almost 30 years' experience in the banking and financial industry and has held senior positions with many leading international banks. Jim has worked across Hong Kong, Tokyo and Australia in trading and the sale of precious metals, financial and debt capital market products, asset / liability management and portfolio management.
Jim was the President of CFA Society Hong Kong between 2010 and 2013. He is a CPA (Australia) and holds a Doctor of Business Administration from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and a Master of Applied Finance from Macquarie University.
Job Titles:
- Continuing Education - Web 3 & FinTech Sub - Committee
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- Chairman of the Investment Committee
Karl Lung has 30 years' experience in the investment industry and currently works as an independent consultant on investment-related issues. Previous positions include Portfolio Manager with ABN AMRO Asset Management (Asia) Limited, with responsibility for Hong Kong equity investments, and Investment Analyst at brokerage houses such as W.I. Carr (Far East) Limited, Schroders Securities (Hong Kong) Limited, Nomura Research International Company Limited, and Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited.
Lung was the President of CFA Society Hong Kong between 2005 and 2010, and also served as Director of CFA Society Hong Kong from 1993 till 2018. He has been a member of the Advisory Committee on Human Resources Development in the Financial Services Sector of the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (FSTB), and a member of the Public Shareholders Group, Takeovers and Mergers Panel and Takeovers Appeal Committee of the SFC. Lung holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Toronto.
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- Member of the Advisory Board
- Member of the Nomination Committee
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- Non - Executive Director
- Managing Director of China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Asset Management Limited
Ning Lin is currently Managing Director of China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Asset Management Limited. He has over two decades of uniquely distinguished experience with top investment banks in the US, Europe and Asia; buy-side and sell-side; proprietary investment and asset management. He started his career at Lehman Brothers in 1999, and also worked at Nomura International after the merger in 2008, as a fixed-income trader. From 2010 to 2016, he worked at UBS as Managing Director and fixed income trading head in APAC. He also served as Executive Officer (EO) representing UBS AG under HKMA. He was Partner and CEO of 9M Stone Capital Limited before joining CICC in 2017.
Ning holds a Master's degree in Business, and was named "CEO of the Year, Hong Kong" by Asia Asset Management in January 2022.
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- Chairman of the Nomination Committee
- Head
- Immediate past President
- Member of the Investment Committee
- Member of the Remuneration Committee
- Co - Chair )
Richard Mak has been the Head of Product and Business Management - Asia of Pictet Wealth Management since January 2020. He is responsible for the product development and business risk management of the Asia Investment Platform. He joined Pictet in 2011 to lead the Asia Advisory Team providing investment advice to high net-worth investors. Prior to joining Pictet, he was Head of Advisory-Asia at BNP Paribas Wealth Management. He has more than 30 years' experience in the finance industry, including 17 years in equity investments, and he has been advising private clients on global investments since 2003.
Richard is the Immediate Past President of CFA Society Hong Kong and served as the President from 2003 to 2005 and 2021 to 2022. He was the President Council Representative of the Asia Pacific Region of CFA Institute between 2004 and 2008. He received the 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award from CFA Institute.
Richard has been a CFA charterholder since 1993 and achieved the CFA Certificate in ESG investing in 2022. He holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences from the University of Hong Kong.
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- Continuing Education - Private Equity Special Interest Group
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- Advocacy - Investor Education Sub - Committee
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- Executive Director
- Vice - Chair
- Lead
Wallace Cheung brings over 15 years of sell-side research experience and a successful track record in capital raising for 13 listed companies. He was the Head of Internet Research at Credit Suisse, where he established himself as a top-ranked Internet analyst, for eight years. He played a crucial role in 12 Internet and technology IPOs, including Baidu. Before that, he spent six years as a telecom and technology analyst at DBS Vickers Securities.
Wallace also served as the Vice President of Investor Relations at Alibaba Group, contributing to the IPO team and engaging with global investors. He is an active venture investor and entrepreneur, co-founding Invbots.com, a fintech startup, and serving as its CEO. He is also a co-founder of Shopuddy, a loyalty solution provider with a global user base of 80%.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Investment Committee
- Non - Executive Director
- Member of the Investment Committee at Overlook Investments
William Leung is a Partner and Member of the Investment Committee at Overlook Investments having joined the firm in 2017. Prior to Overlook, he established Fundatech Capital, a boutique investment firm which invested primarily in Asia. Before that, he was with Acru Asset Management for ten years, where he was responsible for co-managing the Acru China Absolute Return Fund, an award-winning value-driven Greater China hedge fund. Prior to this, he was an Investment Analyst with Baring Asset Management covering Greater China equities in addition to the commodity and related industries in Asia.
William holds a Master of Science in Financial Engineering from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Commerce in Finance with honors from the University of British Columbia. He is also a CMT charterholder.
Job Titles:
- Executive Director
- Co - Chair )
Willis Chan is a regulatory professional in the Listing Division of the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX). He has extensive expertise in financial reporting, forensic investigation, valuation, listing regulation and M&A transaction advisory. Before joining the Exchange, he held various audit assurance, professional technical and advisory positions at Deloitte.
Willis is an esteemed lecturer and actively contributes as a marker and workshop facilitator for the qualification program of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA). He serves as an advisory council member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) and holds the position of vice chair in the Advocacy Committee of the Society.
Willis is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Finance at the Shanghai University of Economics and Finance, and holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Hong Kong.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Executive Director
- Vice President of the Hong Kong Exchanges
Wisely Ngai is currently a Vice President of the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), responsible for external fund investments. Before joining HKEX, he was a Vice President at Conning Asia Pacific Limited, managing the Fund of Funds business and the fund research team. Before that, he worked for several international financial institutions, focusing on hedge fund and mutual fund research, due diligence and investment.
Wisely graduated from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) with a Bachelor's degree in Economics and Finance. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Charterholder. He serves as a Master's Programmes Mentor of the HKU Business School, and is the Vice-Chair of the Media Committee of the Society.
Job Titles:
- Continuing Education - Value Investing Special Interest Group