Executive Director & CEO

Executive Director

Digital Asset Investment Director

Executive Director

Mr. Hesse started his career at J.P. Morgan in London, before moving to the renewable energy investment banking group at Jefferies. He joined Somerley in 2011. Mr. Hesse has successfully advised shareholders, company boards and independent directors on numerous public and private transactions. His extensive corporate finance advisory experience covers IPOs, capital raises, fairness opinions and cross-border situations. He holds a Bachelor degree from Munich University of Technology and a Master degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Advisor

Mr. Wu Wai Leung William Mr. Wu was the chief executive officer of Sunwah Kingsway Capital Holdings Limited (previously known as SW Kingsway Capital Holdings Limited), a company listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx: 00188) from 2006 to 2010. He was also the chief executive officer of RHB Hong Kong Limited from 2011 to 2017. He was appointed as the executive director and chief executive officer of Power Financial Group Limited, a company listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx: 397) from 2017 to 2019.

Mr. Wu became a responsible officer of Glory Sun Securities Limited (previously known as China Goldjoy Securities Limited) (an indirect subsidiary of China Goldjoy Group Limited (HKEx: 1282)) for asset management (type 9) in April 2019 and a responsible officer for advising on corporate finance (type 6) in May 2019. Mr. Wu previously worked for a number of international investment banks and possesses over 29 years of experience in the investment banking, capital markets, institutional broking and direct investment businesses. He is licensed to carry out Type 6 (advising on corporate finance) and Type 9 (asset management) regulated activities under the SFO. He is also the life chairman of HK Guangxi Chamber of Commerce Limited.

Mr. Wu was appointed as an independent non-executive director of Asia Allied Infrastructure Holdings Limited, a company listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx: 00711) in 2015 and an independent non-executive director of JY Grandmark Holdings Limited, a company listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, (HKEx: 02231) in November 2019. Mr. Wu was also appointed as an independent director of DSS Inc., a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (Stock Code: DSS) in 2019, Alset Inc., a company listed on NASDAQ (Stock Code: AEI) in 2020, and Alset Capital Acquisition Corp., a company listed on NASDAQ (Stock Code: ACAX) in 2022. He is also the director of Hong Kong - ASEAN Economic Cooperation Foundation Limited, and Monte Jade Science and Technology Association of Hong Kong Limited.

Mr. Wu holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree and a Master of Business Administration degree from Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada. He qualified as a chartered financial analyst designated by The Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts in 1996.

Chief Operating Officer

Senior Advisor

Becky is a veteran investment professional with over 3 decades of international banking experience, holding HKSFC licence of responsible officer for Type 1 (securities trading), 4 (securities advisory) and 9 (asset management).

Her career life has been with major world-class banks, namely, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, Standard Chartered Bank, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup and HSBC, in various buy side and sell side roles to leadership positions based in Greater China region. She now manages discretionary fund of funds, working closely with HNWIs, family offices, entrepreneurs, fund managers and Private Equity managers globally. Becky pursues mainly growth investments in both public and private markets focusing in digital assets, fintech, new economy & technology (AI & Blockchain), clean energy, healthcare, agriculture and infrastructure sectors.

Becky received her Business Degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and a EMBA from Tsinghua University in Beijing. She travels extensively and is a frequent speaker and moderator in panel discussions for international conferences.

JP, Vice Chairman

Stephen Law is the Managing Director of ZhongYi with a focus on private equity investments. Mr. Law is an appointed member of the 14th CPPCC National Committee and the Green Tech Fund Assessment Committee of the HKSAR Government.

Prior to joining ZhongYi, Mr. Law was a Managing Director of TPG and a Director of Morningside Group, achieving significant returns for investors in their private equity and venture capital investments. Mr. Law has also had substantial corporate management and development experiences, having served as the Executive Director of MTR Corporation (HK:0066) and held senior positions in the Wheelock Group (HK:0004) and i-Cable (HK:1097).

Mr. Law holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Birmingham and an MBA from the University of Hull, United Kingdom. Mr. Law is a Chartered Accountant of England & Wales, was an Adjunct Professor of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and is an expert consultant appointed by the Ministry of Finance in China. Mr. Law is also an Independent Non-executive Director of major enterprises including China Everbright Limited, China Galaxy Securities Co., Ltd., Keymed Biosciences Inc. and CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Limited.