Portcullis Team
David Chong
Chairman & CEO
Chairman'S MESSAGE
Our decades of experience in establishing trusts, funds and companies enable us to offer expert and professional services for a family office.
In my experience a person looks for six things when globalizing business and personal affairs, he or she wants
• personal attention;
• expertise;
• and an assurance of legality.
Although the priority may vary, he or she also wants a structure that is:
• cost effective;
• tax efficient;
• and simple to operate.
At the Portcullis Group, we strive to provide a service that addresses and excels in all of these areas, and are committed to providing each client with expert, cost-effective implementation of tailored business solutions that are tax efficient and compliant with applicable laws.
As a provider of family office services, the Portcullis Group has the expertise that is needed to build family-sensitive and business-friendly structures for wealth preservation. Our decades of experience in establishing trusts, funds and companies enable us to offer expert and professional services for a family office.
The Portcullis Group is currently witnessing growth across all areas of services. Our vision is to create an independent group that offers comprehensive family office, trust, fund administration and corporate business services, and to build a platform that will serve our clients well into the future.
Key Executives
David Chong
Chairman & CEO
David Chong
Chairman & CEO
David is the Founder and Chairman of the Portcullis Group. He has been described by the Singapore Academy of Law as “the Guru of Asian Family Offices".
Portcullis is one of the largest independent trust, fund and family office service providers in Asia. With a rich history of servicing clients for over 35 years, it has a wide range of professional expertise in running successful wealth management companies. Its international network in Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Labuan, Kuala Lumpur, the BVI, New Zealand, Samoa, the Cook Islands, the Cayman Islands and Seychelles gives it the ability to provide comprehensive services across multiple jurisdictions.
Portcullis Investment Office Limited holds Type 4 (Advising on Securities) & Type 9 (Fund Management) licences issued by the Securities & Futures Commission of Hong Kong; and Portcullis Investment Office Private Limited holds a Capital Markets Services Licence for Accredited & Institutional Investors issued by the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
David is also President of Portcullis Group’s subsidiaries: Baxian Bank Ltd (the first homegrown digital full bank in Malaysia); Baxian Trust (Labuan) Limited and SSTC Ltd (one of the oldest independent trust companies in Labuan), all of which are regulated by the Labuan Financial Services Authority.
David Chong and his family also owns Fusang Corp, the first fully-regulated platform in Asia providing end-to-end infrastructure to support Digital Securities. Fusang Exchange Ltd, a subsidiary of Fusang Corp, is licensed in Labuan, Malaysia as a Securities Exchange under Part IX, Section 134 of the Labuan Financial Services and Securities Act 2010 (LFSSA). Fusang Exchange is the first fully-operational stock exchange in Asia that allows companies to go public through a digital IPO accessible by both retail and sophisticated investors globally, supporting the trading of both digital securities and cryptocurrencies. David is approved by the Minister of Finance, Malaysia as a member of its Exchange Committee.
David is the former President of the Singapore Trustees Association (STA). He served as the Founding President of Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners (STEP) Singapore Branch, and was the Founding President of the Singapore Fund Administrators Association (SFAA). He also sits on the Investment Committee of the Singapore Academy of Law and leads the Family Office Association Ltd.
He is a Fellow of Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford, where he sits on the Board of Regents. In appreciation for his dedicated service to education, the Singapore Ministry of Education presented David with a Service to Education Award.
David is the Managing Director of David Chong Law Corporation, Singapore, and is qualified as a Barrister-at-Law, Lincoln's Inn; Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore; Malaya and Brunei; Barrister & Solicitor, British Virgin Islands; Solicitor, NSW and Queensland, Australia; Barrister & Solicitor, Australian Capital Territory and Victoria, Australia.
David has a Master’s Degree in Law from National University of Singapore and a Master’s Degree in Business from City University, London.
Henry Chong
Vice Chairman
Henry Chong
Vice Chairman
Henry Chong is the Chief Executive Officer of Fusang, Asia’s first digital stock exchange.
At Fusang, Henry is responsible for the group's overall strategic direction and mission: building technology-enabled financial infrastructure for the "Internet of Value".
Henry works closely with global institutional investors and financial regulators to bring professionalism and structure to the industry, and is a regular keynote speaker on the subject of digital assets. He is also a member of the University of Oxford's research group on digital assets law and regulation.
Henry is the Vice Chairman at Portcullis, Asia's biggest independent group of trust companies that provides a one-stop shop for corporate, trustee, custodian and fund administration services to high net-worth individuals.
Henry was also a Director at Oyster Security: providing a complete spectrum of cybersecurity knowledge and consultancy services to small and medium enterprises in Singapore.
Henry holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Philosophy, Politics & Economics, and a Master of Arts from the University of Oxford, where he was a founder of the Oxford Economics Society. Henry also holds a Masters of Science in Behavioural Science at the London School of Economics & Political Science, where he wrote his thesis on the behaviour of family offices.
Henry is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society.
Lim Shuh Miin
Chief Technology Officer
Lim Shuh Miin
Chief Technology Officer
Lim Shuh Miin is the Chief Technology Officer of Fusang, the Group's digital securities exchange, which serves as the central technology unit across the greater Portcullis Group – a role through which he acts as CTO across the Group's entities. An early advocate of cloud-native and API-first architecture in financial services, he has close to three decades in technology and over two decades in engineering leadership, having grown engineering organisations from a handful of people to more than 70 in Kuala Lumpur. He was previously Group Chief Technology Officer at Bjak, the Southeast Asian insurtech, and before that Executive Vice President and Head of Applications at Bursa Malaysia, the national stock exchange, where he led its first migration to public cloud and delivered an industry-wide broker API platform. Earlier, he served concurrently as Vice President and Head of Technology for Wealth-X and WealthEngine, sister companies within Euromoney PLC's People Intelligence division, where he ran technology across one of the world's leading ultra-high-net-worth intelligence businesses and contributed to the due diligence behind the group's acquisition of WealthEngine. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
HEADS OF DEPARTMENT
Singapore Office
Felicia Wee
COO Corporate & Trust Services - Asia
Felicia Wee
COO Corporate & Trust Services - Asia
Ms Felicia Wee is COO, Corporate & Trust Services – Asia.
Ms Wee graduated in law from the University of New South Wales, Australia and started her career as in house counsel to a managed investment trust. In a career spanning two decades, Ms Wee has held various capacities including In-house counsel for Trust, Managing Director of Corporate Services, and is currently COO & Director to a spectrum of Group entities.
She holds memberships to the Singapore Association of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators and the Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners.
In dedication to continuous learning, Ms Wee earned a Master of Science in Wealth Management degree from the Singapore Management University in 2022.
Samir Rajpal
CEO Investment Office
Samir Rajpal
CEO Investment Office
Samir Rajpal is the CEO of Portcullis Investment Office Private Limited.
Samir was previously Executive Director of a Singapore-based family office for 10 years where he advised on portfolio construction and risk management with a focus on money philosophy.
In the family office Samir advised on Angel and Venture investing, Listed and Private Equity, Fixed Income, FX, structured products and technical analysis. He was a member of the investment committee, advised on internal performance reporting and contributed to formulating investment policy and risk management.
Prior to joining the family office, Samir worked in strategy management consulting for Stanford Research Institute and in Corporate Banking for Wells Fargo Bank in San Francisco.
Samir received his Bachelors of Technology in Chemical Engineering from IIT Delhi before obtaining a Master’s Degree in Chemical & Materials Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Finance from the University of Iowa, specialising in options trading. He is also a CFA charter holder.
Tina Tan
Head of Fund Administration
Tina Tan
Head of Fund Administration
With over 15 years in the fund industry, Tina started her career with State Street Bank and Trust. Subsequently, she joined HSBC Alternative Fund Services. Leveraging on her experience in custody and fund accounting for both institutional and alternative funds, she leads the Singapore fund administration team and is committed to delivering quality services and building good client relationships.
Carinne Kho
Group Financial Controller
Carinne Kho
Group Financial Controller
Ms Carinne Kho is the Group Financial Controller of Portcullis Group. Carinne Kho has a Bachelor of Accountancy Degree from Nanyang Technological University and has over 15 years of experience in financial accounting. She is a Chartered Accountant of Singapore (CA (Singapore)) and a member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountant.
HEADS OF DEPARTMENT
Hong Kong Office
Ruby Tsang
General Manager Corporate Services
Ruby Tsang
General Manager Corporate Services
Ruby is a General Manager in Hong Kong Office and she has more than 15 years of experience in the corporate secretarial industry for various jurisdictions and helping clients with their company structuring needs. She began her career with a Certified Practising Accountant Firm in Hong Kong and provided a full range of corporate services to clients. Ruby has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration.
Kevin Ho
Country Manager
Kevin Ho
Country Manager
Kevin Ho is the Chief Operating Officer of Fusang.
As a lead for blockchain and digital/crypto asset initiatives, Kevin plays a pivotal role in transforming Fusang into a leading digital asset platform and promulgating its industry recognition. In addition to advising and strategising overall corporate development, he leads business development, collaborative partnership, execution and capital financing/investing activities.
Previously, Kevin headed up the direct investment practice of a prestigious Asian family office with over US$15 billion worth of assets across multi-business and investment areas; and managed US$100 million AUM at Strategic Capital Management, one of Hong Kong's earliest independent hedge fund managers. Over the last decade, he has successfully brought investee companies to IPO and achieved spectacular investment returns. Kevin sharpened his skillsets in investing and business management through direct responsibility for equity/bond/PE/VC investments and cross-border M&As, after being apprenticed to a finance professional at KPMG and EY in his early years.
Kevin subsequently put his entrepreneurial ideas into practice as a principal co-founder at Alliance Capital Group, a licensed financial firm that sponsors IPOs, advises listed company transactions and manages third-party money; and as a team member of Galaxy Treasure Financial Group, a wealth management firm formed through an exclusive strategic partnership with China's top-notched online financial group.
Kevin earned Bachelor of Business (Accounting) and Bachelor of Computing (Computer Science) at Australia’s Monash University; and Master of Business Administration at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is a fellow member of CPA Australia and a charter holder of CFA.
HEADS OF DEPARTMENT
International Office
Foo Chee Thong
Director Corporate Services
Foo Chee Thong
Director Corporate Services
Mr Foo Chee Thong is a director and Trust Officer of Baxian Trust (Labuan) Limited, a licensed trust company authorised to provide trustee and corporate services in Labuan and a member of the Portcullis Group. A Chartered Secretary by profession, he has been with the Portcullis Group since 1995 as General Manager and a resident Trust Officer.
Lee Wan Mone
Country Manager
Lee Wan Mone
Country Manager
Wan Mone is the General Manager of Baxian (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd. Wan Mone has over 20 years of experience across finance, banking, operations and administration. She has held various roles at an international organisation in Kuala Lumpur, as well as at an investment bank and a Big 4 accounting firm in London.
Wan Mone is a Chartered Accountant (ACA) with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW) and holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Economics from Cambridge University.
Graham Farinha
Director Corporate Services
Graham Farinha
Director Corporate Services
Mr Graham Farinha is the managing director of Portcullis (BVI) Ltd.
Graham has over twenty five years’ experience in the legal field. Prior to joining Portcullis in 2014, he worked with the Government of the British Virgin Islands as the Registrar of the Supreme Court and then with a number of regulated trust companies in the various roles of compliance officer, in-house counsel and director.
He has served on the Council of the BVI Association of Registered Agents. Graham also worked for a corporate law firm in Trinidad and with the Government of Trinidad and Tobago as the Registrar of that country’s tax court.
Joyce Lin
Branch Manager
Joyce Lin
Branch Manager
Joyce Lin is a general manager of Portcullis (Taiwan) Pte Ltd.
She graduated Master degree of International Marketing from Tamkang University. Joyce has over 15 years of private banking experience, having worked for Merrill Lynch, ABN AMRO and UBS Private Banking department which focus on onshore/offshore wealth management clients.
Portcullis' Team Singapore
Let our Singapore experts work for you
Feel free to contact any of our representative to discuss how you can make full use of our services.
Family Office Services
Felicia Wee
COO Corporate & Trust Services - Asia
Felicia Wee
COO Corporate & Trust Services - Asia
Ms Felicia Wee is COO, Corporate & Trust Services – Asia.
Ms Wee graduated in law from the University of New South Wales, Australia and started her career as in house counsel to a managed investment trust. In a career spanning two decades, Ms Wee has held various capacities including In-house counsel for Trust, Managing Director of Corporate Services, and is currently COO & Director to a spectrum of Group entities.
She holds memberships to the Singapore Association of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators and the Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners.
In dedication to continuous learning, Ms Wee earned a Master of Science in Wealth Management degree from the Singapore Management University in 2022.
Trust Services
Private Trust
Jessica Lai
Resident Manager Private Trust
Jessica Lai
Resident Manager Private Trust
Jessica Lai has been working at the Portcullis Group for more than 18 years. She has 14 years of experience in corporate secretarial services before joining the private trust department. Ms Lai has obtained an Advanced Diploma in Business Administration and a Diploma in Banking and Financial Services. She has also obtained the Wealth Management Institute’s Advanced Certificate in Trust Services and been conferred the designation of IBFA (IBF Advanced) for Wealth Management (Trust Administration/Wealth & Estate Planning).
Lin Wei’En
Trust Manager Private Trust
Lin Wei’En
Trust Manager Private Trust
Wei’En has been in the trust industry for 8 years. Prior to his career in private trust, he has had varied experience across industries specialising in accounting and tax.He has obtained the Wealth Management Institute’s Advanced Certificate in Trust Services and is also an Affiliate Member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).
Corporate Trust
Tina Tan
Head of Fund Administration
Tina Tan
Head of Fund Administration
With over 15 years in the fund industry, Tina started her career with State Street Bank and Trust. Subsequently, she joined HSBC Alternative Fund Services. Leveraging on her experience in custody and fund accounting for both institutional and alternative funds, she leads the Singapore fund administration team and is committed to delivering quality services and building good client relationships.
Fund Services
Tina Tan
Head of Fund Administration
Tina Tan
Head of Fund Administration
With over 15 years in the fund industry, Tina started her career with State Street Bank and Trust. Subsequently, she joined HSBC Alternative Fund Services. Leveraging on her experience in custody and fund accounting for both institutional and alternative funds, she leads the Singapore fund administration team and is committed to delivering quality services and building good client relationships.
Denise Heng
Manager Fund Accounting
Denise Heng
Manager Fund Accounting
Denise Heng is a manager of the fund administration department in Portcullis, leading one of the fund accounting teams. She has 12 years of fund accounting experience in Portcullis working with open and closed ended funds of various structure. Prior to joining Portcullis, she started her career at Custom House Fund Services in Singapore as a fund accountant where she spent 3 years handling daily reporting for mutual funds. Denise holds a bachelor’s degree in business accountancy from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.
Corporate and Business Services
Felicia Wee
COO Corporate & Trust Services - Asia
Felicia Wee
COO Corporate & Trust Services - Asia
Ms Felicia Wee is COO, Corporate & Trust Services – Asia.
Ms Wee graduated in law from the University of New South Wales, Australia and started her career as in house counsel to a managed investment trust. In a career spanning two decades, Ms Wee has held various capacities including In-house counsel for Trust, Managing Director of Corporate Services, and is currently COO & Director to a spectrum of Group entities.
She holds memberships to the Singapore Association of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators and the Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners.
In dedication to continuous learning, Ms Wee earned a Master of Science in Wealth Management degree from the Singapore Management University in 2022.
Diana Tan
General Manager Business Services - SG
Diana Tan
General Manager Business Services - SG
Diana is the General Manager of Corporate Services in Singapore Office, and she has more than 20 years of experience in the corporate secretarial industry helping clients with their company re-structuring needs. She began her career with a Certified Public Accountant Firm in Singapore and provided a full range of corporate services to clients. Diana was conferred the designation of IBF Qualified by The Institute of Banking and Finance Singapore (IBF) for Wealth Management in Trust Administration/Wealth and Estate Planning.
Rohaya Rahim
Senior Relationship Manager
Rohaya Rahim
Senior Relationship Manager
Rohaya is a Senior Relationship Manager, Corporate Services of Portcullis (Singapore) Pte Ltd. She has more than 21 years of experience in corporate secretarial services and business development in Portcullis. She leads a team handling both offshore and Singapore companies. Prior to joining Portcullis Group, she was a finance director for 11 years in an offshore construction company and an office manager in an offshore law firm.
Poh Siok Imm
Senior Relationship Manager
Poh Siok Imm
Senior Relationship Manager
Siok Imm is a Senior Relationship Manager, Corporate Services of Portcullis (Singapore) Pte Ltd. She has more than 15 years of corporate secretarial experience and currently serves as Company Secretary for private trust, fund and variable capital companies.
Siok Imm is a Chartered Secretary and a Member of Chartered Secretaries Institute of Singapore. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Arts from the National University of Singapore, majoring in Economics and Chinese Studies.
Ang Gaik Min
Relationship Manager
Ang Gaik Min
Relationship Manager
Gaik Min is a Relationship Manager, Corporate Services of Portcullis (Singapore) Pte Ltd. She has 15 years of experience in the corporate secretarial industry and acts as Secretary for Singapore incorporated companies.
Gaik Min is a Chartered Secretary and a Qualified Individual registered with the ACRA.
Joanna Ng
Relationship Manager
Joanna Ng
Relationship Manager
Joanna is the Relationship Manager, Corporate Services of Portcullis (Singapore) Pte Ltd. She has more than 19 years of experience in the corporate secretarial industry and was previously from another legal firm. She was conferred the designated of IBF Qualified) Level 1 by the Institute of Banking and Finance Singapore (IBF) for Wealth Management in Trust Administration/Wealth and Estate Planning.
Tey Yee Yee
Senior Manager
Tey Yee Yee
Senior Manager
Yee Yee Tey is a Senior Manager of Portcullis Family Office Pte Ltd with over 10 years of accounting and tax experience. He is an Accredited Income Tax Advisor in Singapore and graduated with a bachelor’s Degree in accounting.
Investment Office Services
Samir Rajpal
CEO Investment Office
Samir Rajpal
CEO Investment Office
Samir Rajpal is the CEO of Portcullis Investment Office Private Limited.
Samir was previously Executive Director of a Singapore-based family office for 10 years where he advised on portfolio construction and risk management with a focus on money philosophy.
In the family office Samir advised on Angel and Venture investing, Listed and Private Equity, Fixed Income, FX, structured products and technical analysis. He was a member of the investment committee, advised on internal performance reporting and contributed to formulating investment policy and risk management.
Prior to joining the family office, Samir worked in strategy management consulting for Stanford Research Institute and in Corporate Banking for Wells Fargo Bank in San Francisco.
Samir received his Bachelors of Technology in Chemical Engineering from IIT Delhi before obtaining a Master’s Degree in Chemical & Materials Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Finance from the University of Iowa, specialising in options trading. He is also a CFA charter holder.
Portcullis' Team Hong Kong
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Ruby Tsang
General Manager Corporate Services
Ruby Tsang
General Manager Corporate Services
Ruby is a General Manager in Hong Kong Office and she has more than 15 years of experience in the corporate secretarial industry for various jurisdictions and helping clients with their company structuring needs. She began her career with a Certified Practising Accountant Firm in Hong Kong and provided a full range of corporate services to clients. Ruby has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration.
Pisces Wong
Senior Accounts and Tax Manager
Pisces Wong
Senior Accounts and Tax Manager
Pisces Wong is a Senior Accounts and Tax Manager of Portcullis Tax Services (HK) Limited.
She is a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. She spent 10 years with EY HK specializing in tax and business advisory services prior to joining the Portcullis Group. She is experienced and has managed portfolio of multi-national clients in various industries including investment holding, real estate, electronic products, manufacturing, trading consumer, fashion and luxury brands, and catering.
Janet Lo
Senior Fund Administration Manager
Janet Lo
Senior Fund Administration Manager
Ms. Janet Lo is the Senior Fund Administration Manager of Portcullis Fund Administration (HK) Ltd. She has worked in the funds industry in Hong Kong for more than 15 years and prior to joining Portcullis, she worked in global asset management and global financial banking with extensive experience in fund related matters, investment operations and accounting. Janet is a graduate of the University of New South Wales, with a degree in Economics, majoring in both economics and accounting.
Portcullis' Team International
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Graham Farinha
Director Corporate Services
British Virgin Islands
Graham Farinha
Director Corporate Services
Mr Graham Farinha is the managing director of Portcullis (BVI) Ltd.
Graham has over twenty five years’ experience in the legal field. Prior to joining Portcullis in 2014, he worked with the Government of the British Virgin Islands as the Registrar of the Supreme Court and then with a number of regulated trust companies in the various roles of compliance officer, in-house counsel and director.
He has served on the Council of the BVI Association of Registered Agents. Graham also worked for a corporate law firm in Trinidad and with the Government of Trinidad and Tobago as the Registrar of that country’s tax court.
Felicia Wee
COO Corporate & Trust Services - Asia
Cayman Islands / Seychelles
Felicia Wee
COO Corporate & Trust Services - Asia
Ms Felicia Wee is COO, Corporate & Trust Services – Asia.
Ms Wee graduated in law from the University of New South Wales, Australia and started her career as in house counsel to a managed investment trust. In a career spanning two decades, Ms Wee has held various capacities including In-house counsel for Trust, Managing Director of Corporate Services, and is currently COO & Director to a spectrum of Group entities.
She holds memberships to the Singapore Association of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators and the Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners.
In dedication to continuous learning, Ms Wee earned a Master of Science in Wealth Management degree from the Singapore Management University in 2022.
Ruby Tsang
General Manager Corporate Services
Hong Kong SAR China
Ruby Tsang
General Manager Corporate Services
Ruby is a General Manager in Hong Kong Office and she has more than 15 years of experience in the corporate secretarial industry for various jurisdictions and helping clients with their company structuring needs. She began her career with a Certified Practising Accountant Firm in Hong Kong and provided a full range of corporate services to clients. Ruby has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration.
Helen Samu
General Manager Corporate Services
Samoa
Joyce Lin
Branch Manager
Taiwan
Joyce Lin
Branch Manager
Joyce Lin is a general manager of Portcullis (Taiwan) Pte Ltd.
She graduated Master degree of International Marketing from Tamkang University. Joyce has over 15 years of private banking experience, having worked for Merrill Lynch, ABN AMRO and UBS Private Banking department which focus on onshore/offshore wealth management clients.