David Chong
David Chong Kok Kong (simplified Chinese: 张国光; traditional Chinese: 張國光; pinyin: Zhāng Guó Guāng) is a lawyer and business owner. Chong is the founder and president of the Portcullis Group, which provides wealth advisory services. He is the executive chairman of Fusang[1] – the Asian Family Office, owned by his family.
Law career
[edit]Chong is a director of David Chong Law Corporation, Singapore. Chong is a qualified barrister in the United Kingdom. He is also an advocate and solicitor, Singapore; Malaysia and Brunei; barrister and solicitor in British Virgin Islands, Australia; solicitor in New South Wales and Queensland, Australia.
Wealth advisory career
[edit]Chong is the founder of Portcullis Group services. In 2013, Chong's Portcullis TrustNet firm came under the spotlight as the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) identified the company as a wealth management firm that uses that offshore loopholes for wealthy individuals to evade tax.[2] The allegations surfaced as an independent contractor leaked its clients' data to the ICIJ.[3]
David Chong also owns Lintel Securities[4] and the Fusang Group of companies.[3]
Other appointments
[edit]Chong is the President of the Singapore Trustees Association (STA).[5] He served as the Founding President of Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners (STEP)[6] 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.[7]
He is a fellow of Harris Manchester College, Oxford, where he sits on the Board of Regents.[8] Chong is Vice Chair of the United World College of South-East Asia Foundation,[9] and sits on the Board of NUS High School of Math and Science.[10] In appreciation for his dedicated service to education, the Singapore Ministry of Education presented Chong with a Service to Education Award in 2013.[citation needed][11]
He also founded Oyster Security Pte Ltd whose primary role is to safeguard the Portcullis group of companies against technology risks and threats.[12]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Fusang | David Chong". Archived from the original on 19 November 2016.
- ↑ Armstrong, Rachel (3 June 2013). "Insight – A Singapore wealth manager under fire amid crackdown". Reuters. Archived from the original on 27 December 2017.
- 1 2 Wong, Siew Ying (2 November 2015). "Trust company 'ready to move on' from controversy". The Straits Times.
- ↑ Toh, Han Shih (24 May 2013). "Bank chief probed over secret deals". South China Morning Post.
- ↑ "Singapore Trustees Association: Committee". www.sta.org.sg. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ↑ "David Chong – Family Business Network Asia". fbnasia.org. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ↑ "Singapore Academy of Law: Executive Committee". www.sal.org.sg. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ↑ "David Chong | Harris Manchester College". www.hmc.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ↑ "Foundation Trustees". UWCSEA | International school in Singapore. Archived from the original on 18 November 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ↑ "NUS High School Board of Directors and Governors". www.nushigh.edu.sg. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ↑ "Service to Education Award 2013 – Pewter". www.moe.gov.sg. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ↑ hermes (2 November 2015). "Trust company 'ready to move on' from controversy". The Straits Times. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
External links
[edit]- David Chong & Co., of Singapore (2005). "Singapore Law Digest". Martindale Hubbell International Law Digest, Argentina-Vietnam Law Digests; Selected International Conventions; US Uniform Acts (137th year ed.). New Providence, NJ and London, England: Reed Elsevier Inc. ISBN 1-56160-649-9. Retrieved 15 December 2020 – via Internet Archive.