Mr. Benny Chong
Chairman and Non-Executive Director
Mr. Benny Chong is the Founder and Chairman of VMS Group, responsible for managing the Group’s overall business and corporate strategy. He founded the company in 2006 in Hong Kong and since then, VMS Group has become a well-established, independent multi-strategy financial services group.
Mr. Chong has over 25 years of experience and expertise in the financial industry, and brings extensive consulting knowledge in investments and asset management globally. He also has a wealth of corporate management and experience in China, Hong Kong and the international markets. He currently serves as Chairman of Auto Italia Holdings Ltd. (stock code: 720 HK) and Newton Resources Ltd. (stock code: 1231 HK), both of which are companies listed on Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.
Mr. Chong holds a Bachelor Degree in Commerce from the University of Toronto, Canada, and a Master Degree in Science in Investment Management from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) holder.
Mr. Elton Cheung
Mr. Elton Cheung is responsible for overseeing the Company’s business.
Mr. Cheung has over 25 years of experience in investing, banking and related fields, with areas of expertise spanning across corporate strategy, institutional fund-raising, risk management across all risk disciplines, corporate governance, internal operational control and infrastructure build-up, for global banks, boutique private funds, and start-up joint ventures in multiple Asia-Pacific jurisdictions including especially in Mainland China.
Prior to joining VMS Group, Mr. Cheung was a Managing Partner and CEO of a boutique infrastructure fund manager, whose business was acquired by Manulife Asset Management. He has spent over 10 years with Morgan Stanley as a Managing Director and China Chief Operating Officer, and as Greater China Head of Legal and in other senior positions. He practiced law with Freshfields and Herbert Smith Freehills in Hong Kong, London and Sydney in his early career, specializing in cross-border private equity investments and structured finance transactions.
Mr. Cheung holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honors) and a Bachelor of Economics with the University of Sydney.