David Chong

President

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David is the Founder and President 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

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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 a 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.

 

Felicia Wee

COO, Corporate & Trust Services - Asia

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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.

Tina Tan

Head of Fund Administration

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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.

 

 

Samir Rajpal

CEO, Investment Office

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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.

Carinne Kho

Group Financial Controller

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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.

Ruby Tsang

General Manager

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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

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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.

Foo Chee Thong

Director, Corporate Services

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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

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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

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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

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Joyce Lin is a general manger 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.