Draft:Franco Ngan
Hong Kong finance executive
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Franco Ngan Wai Wah (Chinese: 顏偉華; born 1973) is a Hong Kong–based fund management executive, entrepreneur and finance commentator. He is best known for his tenure as chief executive officer of Value Partners when it became the first independent asset management company to be listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange,[1] and for co-founding the firm that launched the world's first overseas fund in mainland China.[2]
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Education
Ngan was born in Hong Kong and moved to Vancouver, Canada, at the age of 16. He attended Richmond Secondary School and graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1996. While at university, Ngan founded a tutoring business in Vancouver that connected primary and secondary school students with university tutors. The venture expanded to hundreds of participants before exit, as reported by the university newspaper.[3]
Career
Early career
Ngan began his professional career at Altamira Investment Services, a Canadian mutual fund company later acquired by the National Bank of Canada. He relocated to Hong Kong in 1997 and joined Manulife, where he worked in mutual fund distribution. He was regarded as a pioneer for democratising funds among retail investors in Hong Kong, building a licensed force of more than 1,000 representatives.[4][5]
Value Partners Group
Ngan joined Value Partners in the early 2000s and led the strategy of value investing as chief executive officer and executive director, alongside chairman Cheah Cheng Hye.[6][7] He played a pivotal role in securing Ping An Insurance as a strategic investor and leading Value Partners to become the first independent asset management firm to list on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2007, with a reported market capitalisation of over USD1.6 billion at debut.[1][8][9]
During the same period, Ngan was also chairman of Value Partners' joint ventures with FMO and Ping An of China.
Zeal Asset Management
In 2009, Ngan left Value Partners and co-founded Zeal asset management firm,[10] which entered into a global capital-raising partnership with the Blackstone Group.[11]
Ngan developed the first overseas fund in the world to start selling in mainland China in January 2016, under the Securities and Futures Commission's China–Hong Kong mutual recognition of funds scheme, followed by the JPMorgan Pacific Securities Fund and Hang Seng China H-Share Index Fund.[12][13] The Zeal Voyage China Fund was brought to China in partnership with Tianhong Asset Management and distributed online through Alibaba's Alipay platform, providing access to mainland Chinese retail investors.[2][14][15]
Zeal announced a restructuring in 2024 and returned capital of estimated USD1.6 billion to investors in 2025 following approximately 15 years of operation.[16][17][18][19] Local financial press, including the Hong Kong Economic Journal, discussed Ngan's retirement as part of a broader reshaping of Hong Kong's hedge fund landscape against the backdrop of intensified geopolitical tensions.[20] The firm was subsequently rebranded as Trussbridge Capital.[21][22]
Public service and industry involvement
Ngan has been involved in industry policy and advisory roles related to asset management and cross-border finance between Hong Kong and mainland China. He was China committee chairman of the Alternative Investment Management Association Hong Kong chapter, where he worked with regulators on hedge fund market access.[23] He has advised the Securities and Futures Commission as a member of the public shareholders group,[24] and served in green finance and human capital committees of the Financial Services Development Council.[25][26][27] In February 2025, he was appointed to the Hang Seng Index advisory committee by the Hang Seng Indexes Company.[28]
Ngan has been regularly consulted by print and broadcast media, including TVB, Metro Radio, Hong Kong Economic Times and HK01, as a finance commentator on topics of Environmental, Social and Governance and market outlook.[29][30][31][32][33][34]
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