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Bryan Henning
Senior Vice President, Head of International at Eton Solutions International Pte. Ltd.Bryan Henning is a wealth management specialist with over 30 years of experience. He represents Eton Solutions as Senior Vice President, Head of International. Bryan is based in Singapore, where he leads Sales & Marketing efforts for all International countries outside of North and South America.
He leads client interactions, sales, implementation, marketing and services throughout Asia, Middle East, Australia, New Zealand, Europe and Africa, and supports all company operations in Singapore.
Throughout his multi-decade career, Bryan has worked in banking and wealth management, leading divisions for Standard Chartered Bank, Barclays Wealth, and HSBC, where he developed and managed all aspects of wealth management offerings to retail, mass affluent, HNW, and UHNW clients.
While Bryan has successfully built and run wealth management and investment product and services businesses in Africa, the Middle East, and Europe, the majority of his experience is based in Asia. He is a Permanent Resident of Singapore, where he currently resides, and he has Canadian and Australian roots.
Bryan graduated from University of British Columbia, Canada, with a Bachelor of Commerce. He obtained a Chartered Accountants designation from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia and has recently joined the faculty of the Wealth Management Institute, supporting the provision of Product and Advisory Services courses. Bryan previously supported Eton Solutions’ international expansion strategy as an advisor.
Charles Ng
Associate Director-General of InvestHKMr. Charles Ng is the Executive Director of the Office for Attracting Strategic Enterprises
(OASES) under Financial Secretary’s Office. He is responsible for attracting representative
high potential strategic enterprises from around the globe to set up or expand their
businesses in Hong Kong and targets four priority sectors namely: (i) life and health
technology, (ii) artificial intelligence and data science, (iii) financial technology and (iv)
advanced manufacturing and new energy technology.
The OASES team in Hong Kong and in 17 cities overseas and in the Mainland reach out to
enterprises which could bring a major economic impact to Hong Kong, carry out
negotiations with them to formulate attractive, bespoke measures and provide tailor-made
plans. The Team provides a concierge service to facilitate the set up or expansion of their
strategic operation(s) in Hong Kong.
In addition to his role leading the dedicated team in OASES, Mr. Ng also drives the Family
Office agenda under FamilyOfficeHK with the objective of making Hong Kong into a global
leading hub and a preferred destination for Family Offices from around the world. He also
oversees the Financial Services, Fintech and Business & Professional Services Teams
under Invest Hong Kong.
Prior to joining OASES, Mr. Ng headed the Sector Specialists Group of Invest Hong Kong,
helping overseas and mainland companies to establish or expand their business presence
in Hong Kong under three Clusters: (i) Technology, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, (ii)
Fintech, Financial & Professional Services and (iii) Lifestyle & Creative Industries. Mr. Ng
also oversaw Carbon Neutrality which cuts across all sectors.
Mr. Ng has worked for companies in the manufacturing, trading and financial services and
banking sectors in Mauritius, Canada and Hong Kong. He speaks six languages and
dialects and holds an MBA degree awarded jointly by the Business School of the Hong
Kong University of Science and Technology and the Kellogg School of Management of
Northwestern University.
Harmen Overdijk
Chief Investment Officer at Leo WealthHarmen Overdijk is Chief Investment Officer at Leo Wealth. Based in Hong Kong, Harmen is responsible for oversight of the firm’s investment capabilities and sets the overall strategic vision for client portfolios.
Prior to Leo Wealth, Harmen was a founding partner of The Capital Company, a Hong Kong based firm focused on fee-based asset management. Harmen is an experienced portfolio manager with over 20 years in the investment management industry. Prior to The Capital Company he held senior management and CIO roles for several successful asset management practices at EFG Asset Management, Fortis Bank and MeesPierson.
He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) holder and has an MSc in economics from Tilburg University, The Netherlands.
Bassam Salem
Board Member at SwissChamHKBassam Salem is an independent consultant and active Board member focused on governance and long term strategy by setting policies, evaluating business decisions and executive performance, and fulfilling fiduciary responsibilities.
Bassam joined the Board of the Swiss Chamber in 2019. He is a former Senior Advisor at Mc Kinsey & Company and the former CEO of Citi Private Bank in Asia. Bassam was a founding partner of EFG Bank in Zurich and has a long history in the Wealth Management industry.
Dr. Silvio Struebi
Partner, Head Banking APAC Singapore Office at Simon-Kucher & PartnersSilvio Struebi heads the Simon-Kucher banking business in APAC. With 15+ years of consulting experience, Silvio has advised numerous financial institutions and wealth managers across many jurisdictions on growth strategies, value proposition design, and monetization. He also assists clients in market-specific implementation of growth strategies as well regulatory pricing topics. Prior to joining Simon-Kucher, Silvio worked for an international private bank in Zurich. Silvio is also a regular speaker at conferences, roundtable discussions, and talk shows. He has been featured in multiple publications in leading business magazines across Asia.
Simon-Kucher is a global consultancy with over 2,000 people in 30+ countries focused on unlocking better growth that drives measurable revenue and profit growth for our clients. With 37 years of experience in monetization topics of all kinds – we are regarded as the world’s leading pricing and growth specialist.
Bernard Wai
MD, Head of Global Family Office Group, Asia at Citi Private BankBernard (‘Bernie’) Wai is Managing Director at Citi Private Bank and Asia Pacific Head of the Global Family Office Group.
Citi Private Bank’s Global Family Office Group serves over 1700 single family offices, private investment companies and private holding companies, including family-owned enterprises and foundations, around the world. The team offers clients comprehensive private banking and family office advisory services, institutional access to global opportunities, and connections to a community of like-minded peers.
Bernie has over two decades of experience in financial services with a long history of serving Citi clients since 2002. Prior to joining the Private Bank, Bernie was Head of Sales at Citi Retail Cross Asset Solutions where he successfully drove the coverage strategy for the group’s Private Bank, intermediaries, and broad retail channels across Asia, including Japan and India. Bernie was also previously Head of Pan-Asian Equity derivatives and Convertible Bond Sales. Prior to Citi, Bernie was an equity derivatives salesperson covering US hedge funds at Morgan Stanley in Hong Kong.
Bernie holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a CFA charterholder and speaks Cantonese, Putonghua and English. Bernie is married to two daughters and lives in Hong Kong.
Kelvin Wong
Chief Operating Officer at Bernina Group LimitedKelvin is the Chief Operating Officer at Bernina Group Limited, a Swiss single-family office based in Hong Kong. He manages daily business operations and analyzes deals and investments for the family office. Kelvin graduated from the Business School at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He started his career at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu in Hong Kong as an associate in the Global Financial Service team. He spent five years with the firm before joining Telligent Capital Management, an alternative investment company founded in 2003. Telligent is managed by professionals with decades of Asian market investment experience. Kelvin worked at Telligent for ten years before joining Bernina Group. Kelvin holds the CAIA Designation and is also a Certified Public Accountant. He is a proud father of two sons.
Bernina bio
Bernina Group is Kaspar Ernst family office based in Hong Kong. The family office has investments across the globe, including public and private equity, digital assets, alternative investments, real estate, and biotechnology companies in Southeast Asia, the United States, UAE and Europe. Among our diverse portfolio of biotechnology investments, we have a biotechnology investment arm Bernina Bioinvest in Switzerland managed by Dr Bettina Ernst. We specialize in early-stage investments in the dynamic fields of biotech and medtech. By backing promising ventures at their inception, we strive to empower the next generation of groundbreaking discoveries and innovations.