Boardroom Media (CFO News)
At CFO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Hong Kong based CFO’ operating in the Financial Services space. If you think a CFO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Patrick Wan
CFO of SAIF Partners
Patrick joined SAIF Partners in September 2013 as Chief Financial Officer of the private equity funds. Before joining SAIF, Mr. Wan was a senior manager with Deloitte with over 10 years of experience in auditing, particularly in the financial services industry. Mr. Wan has extensive experience in audit of private equity funds, hedge funds, mutual funds, ETFs and commodity funds, as well as filing of registration statements / prospectuses in both U.S. and Canada. Mr. Wan obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree with high distinction from University of Toronto in 2001. He has obtained professional qualification from Chartered Accountant, Canada and American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (Illinois). He has also completed the CFA Level 2 exam.
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About SAIF Partners: SAIF Partners is a venture and growth capital fund invested in helping Asia’s exceptional companies grow from concept to IPO.
Ethan Vera
CFO and Co-Founder of Luxor Technologies
Ethan started his career in asset management, where he helped manage pension plans and investment funds for Canada’s largest institutions at the Royal Bank of Canada. He was previously an Investment Banker at Goldman Sachs, where he covered the blockchain, fintech and semiconductor industries. He has advised on a number of cross-border Asia M&A (sell-side, buy-side, take private, private placement) transactions across the TMT, Industrials and Energy industries.
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About Luxor Technologies: Luxor Technologies is compute power company building blockchain infrastructure to support the next generation of digital assets.
Paul Ewing
CFO of Diginex
Paul is the Chief Financial Officer at Diginex based in Hong Kong. Paul has spent more than a decade working in Asia and was the former regional Chief Financial Officer at ICAP, as well as Chief Operating Officer for ICAP’s electronic broking division. Prior to Diginex, Paul has also served as the Chief Financial Officer for a proprietary trading business with a focus on financial markets and digital assets. Paul is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants for England and Wales.
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About Diginex: Diginex is a digital financial services and blockchain solutions company.
Annie Lok
CFO of 8 Securities
Annie brings to her role of CFO extensive experience in financial, regulatory and management reporting gained at E*TRADE. Annie also has extensive experience having successfully launched and implemented a global accounting system, SOX implementation and management, cash flow and tax & financial planning across Asia-Pacific. Throughout her career, Annie demonstrated achievements in many projects, roles and responsibilities for different locations, such as Australia, UK, USA, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, India and Ireland. Annie holds a Bachelor Degree of Commerce from the University of NSW, Australia and a MBA from the University of South Australia. Annie is a CPA of Hong Kong and Australia
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About 8 Securities: 8 Securities offered mobile-only investing, a robo-advisory service, a social trading platform, and zero-commission brokerage.
Karena Belin
Co-Founder, COO and CFO of AngelHub
Karena Belin co-founded WHub out of passion for entrepreneurs and to foster the growth of the startup ecosystem. WHub showcases startups and helps bring their business to the next level by making meaningful connections to Talent, other Startups and Investors. Since 2013, she is deeply immersed into the startups scene and acts as speaker, mentor and judge at events and organisations such as the Chicago Booth GNVC, Google EYE, RISE Conference, Tech Open Air Berlin, Techstar’s StartupWeekendHK and Poly U Entrepreneurial Mentorship Network as well as driving diversity and inclusion as board member of WOW of the American Women’s Association. She holds a double diploma in business and administration from the University of Mannheim and the MBA business school ESSEC in Paris. Previously, she has worked 15 years for Procter & Gamble in various roles throughout Finance, Sales, Strategy and Management across Europe, North East Asia and Greater China. Responsibilities included product line launches, portfolio management, strategic business planning, organisation re-design and Gillette integration.
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About AngelHub, WHub: AngelHub is the only SFC-regulated tech investment platform that enables investors to co-invest on a deal by deal basis
Tang Chi Chung Richard
Executive Director and CFO of Everbright
Tang Chi Chun, Richard is an Executive Director and the Chief Financial Officer of the Group. He is also a Member of the Executive Committee of the Board and a Member of the Management Decision Committee of the Group. He has overall responsibility for the financial resources planning, allocation, control and reporting, with the focus for efficient and effective implementation of the Group’s strategic and operation goals. Tang Chi Chun is a Non-executive Director of China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Limited (stock code: 1848.HK). He was a Director of Everbright Securities Company Limited (stock code: 601788.SH, 6178.HK) from February 2008 to January 2011. Tang Chi Chun is a Certified Public Accountant and is a graduate of the Accountancy Department, Hong Kong Polytechnic (now known as Hong Kong Polytechnic University). He is a Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is also a Founding Member of Hong Kong Business Accountants Association. He has over 30 years of experience in audit, investment, accounting and finance. Since 1990, Tang Chi Chun had been engaged as head of the financial and operational functions of various international financial institutions.
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About Everbright: Everbright is China’s cross-border investment and asset management company.
Chi Ho Law
Co-Founder and CFO of StockViva
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About StockViva: StockViva is a fintech company that provide real time investment analysis and education from financial key opinion leaders and trading
Ronald Tam
Chief Financial Officer of Chong Sing
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About Chong Sing: Chong Sing is an integrated FinTech group with a focus on providing 24 x 7 online financial services to SMEs, merchants and individuals.
Robert Christie
CEO & CFO of CFO Counsel
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About CFO Counsel: CFO Counsel providing news for Asia business owners, to help you with ideas, funding, managing and selling your business.
Anthony Lam
Chief Financial Officer of EAB Systems
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About EAB Systems: EAB Systems is a leading enterprise software company in the Asia Pacific.
LIANG Tao
Chief Financial Officer of China Success Finance
LIANG Tao, aged 36, was appointed as the chief financial officer of our Group on 18 October 2013 and is responsible for overseeing the financial matters of our Group. LIANG Tao has over 10 years of experience in financial management. LIANG Tao joined our Group in December 2010 and was responsible for the initial public offering of the Company in 2013. Prior to joining our Group, LIANG Tao has experience for the listing of a mainland enterprise in NASDAQ. LIANG Tao has been with L & L Energy, Inc., a US public company, and United Group Rail (NZ) Limited, an Australian listed company responsible for financial matters of the two companies. LIANG Tao holds Bachelor of Business Studies of Massey University majoring in accounting.
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About China Success Finance: China Success Finance Group an investment holding and financial consultancy company.
