Get ready to take part in the most important event
in Vietnam on:

Corporate Structuring Immigration by Investment Wealth Protection and Succession

November 13th - 15th, 2023

About

Asia Outbound

Asia Outbound is the leading Asia-based provider of conferences, business development services, and online news channels designed to assist corporate structuring, asset protection, and immigration service providers. We assist these groups of professionals to reach and effectively serve financial intermediaries and HNWI in Asia.

Asia Outbound is among the most trusted resources for Asia’s business and investment leaders, providing them with uncompromising commentary, concise analysis, and direct access to the offshore world and its professionals.

Testimonials

"As an offshore lawyer specializing in fiduciary solutions from Hong Kong since the 1990s, in my view the Asia Outbound series is one of the best for building networks and reputation among the clients with whom we are keen to work. For local delegates it provides a valuable learning insight into the “new world” of sophisticated offshore structuring, and an opportunity to meet leading professionals first hand."
- Leon Mao
Former Head of Trusts & Offshore Legal Counsel
at First Advisory Group
"I think this is the most important summit in the calendar. It's a great opportunity for Harneys as a BVI and Cayman law firm because we are meeting people who have clients who have very particular needs of investing their money outbound. It's the networking opportunities and meeting people that is the beauty of this conference. Everyone is here in the knowledge that they should network and it's a very fruitful place for networking. Very slick and well-organized operations and we’ve been very impressed."
- Ian Mann
Managing Partner at Harneys
"The British Virgin Islands, as a leading offshore jurisdiction, has been working with Asia Outbound to do all our marketing in China since 2011. We have been their top level sponsors of all the well known Asia Outbound Summits and they have consistently delivered the top delegates at these well-organized events. We have had a great experience and always look forward to working with their great team on future projects/events."
- C. Maritza Mercer
Former Chief Operating Officer
at BVI Finance

Testimonials

Testimonials

Why Vietnam?

Why you should attend Asia Outbound Summit 2023

Since the inception of the Asia Outbound Summit series in 2010, Asia’s HNWI, investment groups, and corporations have developed an ever-increasing need for sophisticated international wealth, immigration, tax, and asset protection services. This demand, coupled with increasing pressure from local and international authorities for transparency has created a massive gap in traditional cross-border planning for local practitioners.

The Asia Outbound Summit series has been designed exclusively to close this gap and equip local practitioners with the much-needed information and resources to effectively serve their corporate and HNWI clients.

Why Vietnam?

  • Between 2020 and 2025, Vietnam’s HNWI population is expected to increase by 50%. This makes Vietnam an ideal hotbed for service providers targeting HNWI. (Statista)
  • Vietnam is predicted to be the fastest-growing APAC market over the next 10 years. (Forbes)
  • Foreign direct investment inflows into Vietnam doubled from 8 billion to 16 billion in the period from 2010 to 2020, making it one of the world’s fastest-growing markets in terms of inbound FDI. This trend points to a burgeoning opportunity for corporate structuring professionals. (The World Bank)
  • Ho Chi Minh City is expected to top the list of cities with the largest increase in the number of UHNWI – a 173% jump over 10 years. (Vietnam Briefing)
  • The economic growth of Vietnam will exceed 6% until 2019, which is among the world’s fastest. (The World Bank)

Travel to Vietnam

Vietnam has resumed the normal issuing of visas and the entry of foreign nationals to Vietnam. There is no requirement to provide COVID-19 public health documentation for the purpose of travel to Vietnam. No self-isolation is required. Incoming travelers need to follow the guideline from the Ministry of Health.

Summit Schedule

About Asia Outbound Summit 2023

In 2023, for the 13th year, Asia Outbound will host the largest cross-border wealth management, corporate structuring, and investment migration events in Asia. The annual Asia Outbound Summit Series brings together hundreds of Asia’s top financial intermediaries to each event and matches them with corporate and financial, immigration, and wealth protection service providers from all over the world.

The conference will be attended by over 200 of Vietnam’s leading intermediaries and agents focusing on:

Immigration by Investment
  • Citizenship & residence planning as a tax planning tool
  • Real estate market trends for UHNWI
  • Second residency/citizenship for asset protection and preservation
  • Tax transparency and regulatory considerations in HNW migration
  • Citizenship vs. permanent residence by investment, programs and comparison
  • Inheritance strategies and estate planning for family wealth
  • Cross-border asset allocation and preservation
  • Family trust challenges for UHNWI
  • International tax planning and tax transparency updates
Wealth Protection & Succession
Corporate Structuring
  • BEPS, CRS, and transfer pricing implications for corporations
  • Investment structuring within the Belt and Road Initiative
  • Selection and set up of outbound investment structures
  • Path and compliance measures for outbound investments
  • Company formation, maintenance, regulation, and compliance

What You Will Learn

  • The unique behavior patterns of Vietnam’s HNWI
  • Building trust and reputation in Vietnam’s markets
  • Trends in the growing demand for Vietnam’s estate planning and wealth preservation sector
  • Best practice strategies when dealing with cultural differences
  • Regulatory updates affecting the region
  • How to avoid common pitfalls when entering the region

Venue

Park Hyatt Saigon

Address 101 Hai Ba Trung Street, District 1

Speakers

Invited Speakers

Business Development Manager of China
CS Global Partners

Chief Executive Officer
Citizenship by Investment Unit, Antigua & Barbuda

Chief Manager Business Development
Samoa International Finance Authority

Chief Executive Officer
ClientReferrals

Section Head, Business Development
Samoa International Finance Authority

Executive Director of Global Relations, Partnerships, and Customer Satisfaction
APS Global Partners

Special Advisor
APS Global Partners

President & Founder
APS Global Partners

Chief Executive / Managing Director
Royal Oak Asset Management

Executive Director
CIL Group Ltd.

Founder
Panhe Family Office

Business Immigration Advisor
Premier UK Business LLP

Overseas Marketing Manager
Korantina Homes

Founder & Chief Executive Officer
GEMS Holdings Ltd.

Key Client Manager
Leo Trust Switzerland AG

Director and Founding Partner
Shanghai Inhetrust Law Firm

Founding Partner and Chief Editor
Middle Networks

Corporate Paralegal
Loeb Smith Attorneys

Partner
Loeb Smith Attorneys

Partner
Loeb Smith Attorneys

Head of the Citizenship by Investment Unit, Dominica

Chief Executive Officer
Citizenship by Investment Unit, St. Kitts

Partner
PKF Demei Law Firm

Partner
Icaza, Gonzalez-Ruiz & Alemán of Panama

Vice President
Shanghai Wish Immigration Ltd.

Managing Director of Family Advisory Center
Lupu Investment Group

Senior Partner
Shanghai FO Law Firm

Assistant Vice President, Business Development (Mainland China)
Walton International Group

Deputy General Manager of Shanghai Branch
Honghu Best Global Family Office

Managing Partner
EunaCon Perfect Alliance (China) CPA Firm

Director of Strategic Business
U&I Group

Managing Partner
Harneys Shanghai

Partner
King & Wood Mallesons Shanghai

Founder
GROW Investment Group

Director
Shanghai Zhonghan Haiyang Certified Tax Agents Co., Ltd.

Managing Director
Overseas Company Services Limited

Chief Executive Officer
Samoa International Finance Authority

Managing Director
VNDIRECT

Chief Executive Officer
Golden Jupiter Unipessoal Lda

Head of Legal and Compliance (BOM Member)
Pernod Ricard Vietnam

Director
HSP Consulting

Director
HT Immigration & Investment Co. Ltd.

Chief Manager Business Development
Samoa International Business Finance Centre

Special Counsel
ACSV Legal Vietnam

Managing Director
Vertex Alliance

Branch Manager of Dubai Office
PTGoldenVisa

General Manager
RBA

Thailand Tax Director and Head of the Regional Compliance & Investigations Practice
DFDL

Vice Chairman of Vietnam Association of Financial Investors – VAFI
Managing Partner of VCI Legal

Managing Director
Ma, Nguyen & Partners (MN&P)

Partner
YKVN

Managing Partner
Lawlink Vietnam Law LLP.

Managing Partner
Kreston NNC

Marketing Representative
Singapore Hengsheng (Grenada) Development PTE. LTD

Marketing Representative
Singapore Hengsheng (Grenada) Development PTE. LTD

Senior Counsel
Rajah & Tann LCT Lawyers

Regional Marketing Director (S.E. Asia)
Singapore Hengsheng (Grenada) Development PTE. LTD

Head of Premier Proposition
HSBC Vietnam

Business Development Director
Discus Holdings Ltd.

Founder and Executive Director
Northern Road

Sponsors

Asia Outbound Vietnam

Sponsors

Silver

Bronze

Networking

Exhibition

Lucky Draw

Cocktail

Documents

Supporting Organization

Previous Sponsors

Kristin Jiang
Business Development Manager of China
CS Global Partners

Kristin Jiang is the Business Development Manager for China at CS Global Partners.

Kristin has worked in the overseas business consulting industry for several years, specializing in business communication. She has extensive industry experience in both real estate and the Citizenship by Investment industry. As part of CS Global Partners business development in China.

Kristin is responsible for the cooperation and negotiation of immigration agents and wealth management institutes in the Chinese market. Additionally, Kristin helps promote several of the Caribbean’s Citizenship by Investment Programmes.

Charmaine Quinland-Donovan
Chief Executive Officer
Citizenship by Investment Unit, Antigua & Barbuda

Charmaine Quinland-Donovan holds the distinctions of being the first national of Antigua and Barbuda and the first woman to head the country’s Citizenship by Investment Unit (CIU). Her appointment as CEO took effect on 27th March, 2017.

Prior to this appointment, Mrs. Quinland-Donovan served in the CIU in three prominent capacities; Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Acting Chief Executive Officer. She is also a Chartered Director and a fully qualified anti-money laundering specialist.

Patrick Peters
Chief Executive Officer
Client Referrals

Patrick Peters is a Chartered Accountant, an honors graduate from the Telfer School of Management, a KPMG LLP alumni, has lived and worked in various countries.

Since 2007, Patrick has achieved tremendous success in all three aspects of this industry (as a client advisor, as a service provider to immigration professionals, and as a government advisor) and has actionable experience in all major immigration markets. This experience gives him a thorough and comprehensive understanding of the Residency and Citizenship by Investment (RCBI) industry, his partners’ needs, governments’ needs, financial/banking challenges, and geopolitical forces that play a role in our business.

This rare industry experience, coupled with his responsiveness, attention to detail, and work ethic have made Patrick a highly sought-after service provider to the partners – immigration practitioners, governments, real estate developers, and others.

Today, he is the CEO of ClientReferrals, a company owned and managed by a team that has the following achievements:

– been involved with the RCBI industry since 1987;

– has raised more than $9 billion in capital; and

– has assisted more than 12,000 families.

Patrick leads by example and loves nothing more than helping the partners meet and exceed their expectations.

Watsonia Fereti
Section Head, Business Development
Samoa International Finance Authority

Watsonia Fereti is the Section Head for Business Development Division at the Samoa International Finance Authority (SIFA), assisting with coordinating the overall operations of the Division, and ensuring Marketing and Development strategies for the SIFA Marketing Company, “Samoa International Business Finance Centre Ltd”, are in line with International trends and standards.

Watsonia has participated in the China Offshore Summit as well as other renown International Wealth Management Seminars and Conferences to increase the awareness and interest of Samoa’s suite of legislation. This has built a wide network of existing partners and investors as well as provided the opportunity to develop partnership with potential investors.

Watsonia holds a Master’s Degree in Economics and Public Policy from the University of Queensland, following employment with the Samoa Ministry of Finance, and a Bachelor of Commerce in Management and Public Administration and Economics.

Watsonia worked extensively on macroeconomic issues and assisted in formulating National policies such as the Strategy for the Development of Samoa 2012 – 2016, and was involved in the development of the National Energy Sector Plan 2012 – 2016.

The Honorable Gerry Weiner P.C.
Executive Director of Global Relations, Partnerships, and Customer Satisfaction
APS Global Partners

Former Minister of Immigration, Citizens, and Secretary of State of Canada, the Honorable Gerry Weiner brings a long and distinguished political and business career to APS Global Partners. His many accomplishments have been the creation of the Department of Multiculturalism, bringing forward The Canadian Multiculturalism Act, and playing a central role in the creation of the Immigrant Investor Program.

James Metcalfe
Special Advisor
APS Global Partners

Former Canadian Foreign Service Officer, Canadian Consul, Visa Officer, Immigration Consultant, James has 25 years of experience with the Government of Canada working as a Foreign Service Officer in Ottawa and overseas, first as a Visa Officer and then as a Consul and Officer in Charge in Canadian Embassies and Consulates in Europe, Australia and the United States as well as tours of duty in Ottawa.

James’ knowledge of immigration law is unparalleled, making him an invaluable asset for our company.

Michael Shribman
President & Founder
APS Global Partners

Entrepreneur, Investor (Pre-IPO, Merges & Acquisitions), Start-Up Mentor Michael is a successful entrepreneur that has invested in and launched multiple ventures within the healthcare and medical space. He is actively involved in mergers, acquisitions, and consultancy and has founded several companies that are aggregators of ideas for projects and intellectual property.

Michael is a trusted adviser with a passion for identifying key market opportunities and strategic partnerships to foster accelerated revenue growth for partners.

Tim H Behle
Chief Executive / Managing Director
Royal Oak Asset Management

Mr. Behle oversees all aspects of Royal Oak Asset Management and is responsible for the strategic direction and overall management of the firm.  Under his leadership, the firm has managed over US$2bn of invested capital across more than 40 investments helping thousands of investors achieve their global mobility objectives while safeguarding their capital. He recently led the formation and launch of the Portugal Strategic Growth Fund. 

Mr. Behle previously led the development of the EY’s asset management platform that monitored over US$1bn in real estate assets.  He was also responsible for the asset transaction and development advisory service lines for the organization’s largest US geography.  

With a passion for teaching and mentorship, Mr. Behle was an adjunct faculty at NYU, an assistant adjunct professor at Columbia University as well as a frequent guest lecturer at other universities.

As a thought leader, Mr. Behle led EY’s Global Hospitality Insight publication, has been quoted by leading news organizations, including Reuters and Forbes, in addition to being featured on industry panels.

Mr. Behle has an MBA from University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and a BS from Cornell University.

Michael Liu
Executive Director
CIL Group Ltd.

Michael Liu founded CIL Group Ltd. in 2001, and he is a Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP), a Certified Estate Planner in US, the Board Director of AOA (Asia Offshore Association) and the Founder of Threshing Floor, a KaaS platform for wealth management.

CIL has its core business in the field of offshore incorporation and trust, dedicated to offering wealth management solutions in global tax and investment optimization, privacy, succession and protection for HNWI clients. Many years of dedication makes CIL become the leader in its field of practice.

Michael has been engaging in offshore financial industry for more than 18 years. As the first professional from Mainland China who was certified with TEP, he is good at using vehicles such as incorporation, trust, foundation, insurance, loan, and anonymity to achieve the goals in international trading, outbound investment and family wealth management with privacy, succession, protection and tax-efficiency for the clients. One of Michael’s strength is designing and employing plans for tackling CRS and FATCA issues, and global succession planning for US related clients.

Michael is a frequent speaker and powerful trainer in various forums, and has published articles in many professional publications such as China Economic Review, CBN Weekly, China Business, Global Business & Finance, Wealth Management and China Offshore.

In 2016, Michael founded “Threshing Floor”, no.1 KaaS (Knowledge as a Service) platform for wealth management industry, the vision of this platform is “Connect and Empower”, i.e. connect the leaders who can impart real knowhow to help others to be successful in their real world practice.

Andrew Yen
Founder
Panhe Family Office

Andrew Yen, Founder of Panhe Family Office, is also Executive Director of Panrich Family Office and Independent Director of Shandong International Trust Co., Ltd. Andrew used to work as Vice President at Union Bank of Switzerland(UBS)and Director of UBS Securities Co. Limited(UBSS).

Mr. Yen focuses on family wealth preservation and inheritance, and sticks to the strategy of “buyer” positioning. With taking “defend, attack and pass” as the main line, he first initiated “top ten service modules” of family office industry. Now he is leading a professional team, directing and managing several MFO. Drawing on his significant international background as well as local practical experiences, Mr. Yen has built structured systems of family wealth management for numerous ultra-high net worth family business clients in China, and has assisted these clients in the creation of SFO for their families.

Mr. Yen has worked respectively as Vice President at Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) and Director at UBS Securities Co. Limited (UBSS) for many years. He has nearly two decades of experience in finance and private banking (Including China, United States, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan, etc.), and served over 230 high net worth Chinese families. He also has deep know-how to solute the conflict business problems and obstacles which Chinese entrepreneurs are facing.

Anaam Shehadeh
Business Immigration Advisor

Premier UK Business LLP

Anaam Shehadeh is an experienced Business immigration consultant working for Premier Consultancy that specializes in providing International Tax Consultancy to high-net-worth individuals and immigration services to businessmen and entrepreneurs looking to internationalizing their businesses.

Anaam has extensive experience in the field of Immigration and Residency Programs. She has the privilege of assisting over a thousand applicants looking for residency programs or direct citizenships.

Rosie Bai
Overseas Marketing Manager
Korantina Homes

Rosie leads all marketing efforts for Korantina homes in East Asia and assists with business development.

Rosie has extensive experience in the cross-border investment and immigration consultancy industries, and has a particularly deep understanding of the Cyprus real estate market and the Cyprus Immigration Program. She leverages this knowledge and experience, to help her clients, often Asian high-net-worth individuals, achieve their investment goals in Europe.

Prior to joining Korantina Homes, Rosie held several marketing, account management, and business development roles in the UK. She holds a MA from King’s College, London, and is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and English.

Gregor Nassief
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
GEMS Holdings Ltd.

Dominica-born Gregor Nassief is a longtime entrepreneur and successful businessman. Exposed to hospitality early on, Gregor officially began his hotel career in 2011 when his vision to create a lush, family home evolved into the first luxury resort on the Caribbean’s Nature Island—Secret Bay. With a penchant for design, art, architecture and customer service, Gregor established GEMS Holdings Limited in 2016, which includes a portfolio of world-renowned owned and managed properties including Fort Young Hotel & Dive Resort and most recently, The Residences at Secret Bay, the company’s initial foray into luxury real estate.

Prior to entering the hospitality space, Gregor studied software engineering and finance at New York University. He went on to launch Cerca Technology in Latin America, building a new technology and pioneering an untapped market. Gregor continues to lead Cerca, which now has offices in five countries and customers in over 20.

Lauren Nan
Key Client Manager
Leo Trust Switzerland AG

Lauren is one of the first Chinese speaking international trustee administrators in Switzerland. She has been engaged in international trust management in European private banks and well-known financial institutions, including Rothschild bank and French private banks.

Lauren is proficient in six languages including Chinese, Korean, Japanese, English, French and German. She has nearly 15 years of experience in international trust management and has served high-end clients from all over the world, including Asia Pacific, Southeast Asia, East and West Europe, North America and the Middle East.

Lauren is currently in charge of the high-net-worth clients and Asia market of Leo Trust Switzerland AG. Previously, she was Founder and Director of Silkbridge & Co GmbH, Director of VoltexPower AG, Partner of Success 21, the Member of Society of Trust & Estate practitioner, and the Member of Swiss Chinese Chamber of Commerce.

Chang Cai
Director and Founding Partner
Shanghai Inhetrust Law Firm

Mr. Chang Cai, a law expert in private banking and wealth management, is Director and Founding Partner of Shanghai Inhetrust Law Firm. He is the earliest professional lawyer in China qualified with Certified Private Banker (CPB). He used to be a partner of Finance Team at Dentons Law Offices and a Research Fellow in Foreign Law at Miyake & Partners of Japan. Mr. Cai respectively got his Bachelor’s Degree in Economic Law from Northwest University of Political Science and Law in China, and his Master’s Degree in Civil Law from Law School of Osaka University in Japan.

Mr. Cai mainly aims at Chinese private entrepreneurs and other high-net-worth individuals. He provides complex private wealth management and asset-allocation-related solutions for cross-border laws and taxation issues, which involve CRS, FATCA, immigration for family members, dual tax identities, cross-border asset allocation, offshore business operation, overseas investment and M&A, overseas listing and financing, etc.

Mr. Cai has been invited to serve as the long-term lecturer for wealth management courses by a number of financial institutions, and has provided services for many financial intermediaries and their high-net-worth clients, including insurance companies, trust companies, large-scale domestic and foreign banks. He has given more than 150 speeches to nearly ten thousand audiences.

David Yu
Founding Partner and Chief Editor
Middle Networks

David You has ten years of experience in the field of international investment and identity planning services for Chinese enterprises. He is a columnist in the field of cross-border business and investment. He is also the founding partner and chief editor of Middle Networks. He graduated from the University of New South Wales in Accounting.

Faye Huang
Corporate Paralegal
Loeb Smith Attorneys

Ms. Faye Huang is a corporate paralegal in our Corporate Group. She advises on the formation and launch of a wide range of Cayman Islands hedge funds, PE funds and real estate funds. Ms. Huang has also advised on corporate matters relating to M&A and joint venture transactions involving various Cayman company structures in Technology, Media and Telecom sectors. She has worked on a number of merger take-privates of Chinese owned and managed companies listed on the NYSE and on NASDAQ. Faye is fluent in Mandarin and Shanghainese and worked for a major U.S. law firm in Shanghai prior to joining our Corporate Group. Also, Faye is a Chinese qualified lawyer.

Peter Vas
Partner
Loeb Smith Attorneys

Peter is a Partner in Loeb Smith Attorneys, and leads/coordinates, the firm’s Banking & Finance and Corporate Groups in Hong Kong.

He provides British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands law advice to banks, other financial institutions, sponsors, insurance companies, other corporate entities and private clients to deal with day-to-day legal issues and complex, strategic matters.

Peter has previously worked as an attorney in Sidley Austin’s London office and the Channel Islands and Hong Kong offices of Mourant Ozannes.

He holds a Bachelor of Laws Degree (LLB Honours) from the University College of London and a Postgraduate Diploma of Law with Distinction (PGDip Law Dist) from BPP Law School London.

He specializes in Banking & Finance, Corporate and Restructuring.

Gary Smith
Partner
Loeb Smith Attorneys

Gary Smith Worked as a Private Equity / M&A attorney in England for over 8 years and Cayman Islands attorney for over 12 years.

He is an Expert on Cayman Islands law before the U.S. Bankruptcy Court Southern District of New York (Judge Robert E. Gerber) relating to Cayman investment funds. He is also author of many legal articles including:  “Investment Funds – Cayman Islands” and “Fiduciary duties of a general partner of a Cayman exempted limited partnership”.

He specializes in Investment funds formation and launch, Fund portfolio investments, and financing.

He advises a large Fund manager on the restructuring of its Fund management and advisory group to deal with the requirements of Economic Substance under Cayman law and works with international law firm, Hogan Lovells, to advise on the merger privatization of Acorn International Inc. (a Cayman Islands company) from the New York Stock Exchange.

Emmanuel Nanthan
Head of the Citizenship by Investment Unit, Dominica

Emmanuel Nanthan was appointed as the Head of the Citizenship by Investment Unit in February 2015, leading the Unit carrying out the Citizenship by Investment Program which has been remarkably contributing to the domestic economy. Mr. Nanthan is also the Ambassador-at-Large of the Office of the current Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, dealing with critical diplomatic affairs.

Previously, Mr. Nanthan has served as the Dominica Ambassador as well as the Special Advisor to two former Prime Ministers, Pierre Charles and Roosevelt Douglas.

Mr. Nanthan graduated from Loughborough University in Business Development and Management, where he was educated to be a successful businessman. He showed his entrepreneurship talent when he was working as the Executive of an insurance corporation.

Mr. Nanthan is also an enthusiastic and active sports person. He is currently the President of Dominica and Windward Islands Cricket, Vice President West Indies Cricket Board and the Director of United States Cricket Association, promoting the cricket sports in the Caribbean area.

Les Khan
Chief Executive Officer
Citizenship by Investment Unit, St. Kitts

Les Khan is Chief Executive Officer of the St Kitts and Nevis Citizenship Investment Unit (CIU) and a member of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) and the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP). He has over 20 years of experience with large financial organizations and risk management companies globally.

Prior to working with the Government of St Kitts and Nevis, Les Khan was the Senior Director of Program Management at IPSA International. He was a Senior Vice President and Director of Operations for Northern Operating Services; a Vice President and Head of Operations for Northern Trust Company; a Managing Director for Financial Software Systems; and the Head of Global Business/Technology Services for the National Australia Bank. He has also held other senior positions at major financial institutions within the United States.

Alan Yang
Partner
PKF Demei Law Firm

Alan Yang, the partner of PKF Demei Law Firm, is skilled in providing legal services related to overseas investment and identity management to Chinese individuals, families and enterprise clients. Proficient in American EB-1A / NIW exceptional talent visa, L-1 / EB1C multinational manager visa, E-2 treaty investor visa, EB-5 investor visa and other types of U.S. visas, he has successfully applied for U.S. green cards and visas for hundreds of families, and has been invited to attend hundreds of industry summit and events as the speaker.

Mr. Yang is a Chinese practicing lawyer, a practicing lawyer in the United States and New York State, a Member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). He got his LLM at Emory University School of Law and his Bachelor of Laws at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics.

Ana Graciela Medina
Partner
Icaza, Gonzalez-Ruiz & Alemán of Panama

Ana Graciela Medina is a partner at Icaza, González-Ruiz & Alemán, and the Director in charge of the Immigration and Naturalization department and the Real Estate and Real Estate Investments practice. She is also part of the Public Contracting team.

Ms. Medina has over 20 years of experience providing solid legal support to a large number of clients, advising them in corporate, real estate, tourism, and investment projects, as well as migratory matters. She also has extensive experience in New Technologies Law, Data and Software Legal Protection, I.T. contracts, and Banking systems.

Ms. Medina holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law and Political Science from Universidad Latinoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnología, ULACIT, Cum Laude Probatus, Panama (2001), and a Master in Information and Law from Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Spain (2002). She also completed the Executive Programs – Focus on Corporate Law and Management at Instituto de Empresa de Madrid (I.E.), Spain (2002) and International Studies, focus on Latin America, at Saint Edward’s University, Austin, Texas USA (1995 – 1997).

She is currently a member of the Immigration Law Commission of Panama’s Bar Association.

Sarah Wang
Vice President
Shanghai Wish Immigration Ltd.

Sarah Wang is currently the vice president of Shanghai Wish Immigration Ltd. She graduated from Shanghai International Studies University. She has focuses on and studied the real estate market and immigration industry in Europe, the United States, Canada and other countries. She is skilled in analyzing the investment value from the immigration policies perspective and selecting the best project that balances up between the return and security.

Sarah is an expert in cross-border asset allocation with the qualification of the intermediate economist. She has nearly 10 years of experience in cross-border investment, overseas real estate and immigration by investment. She has involved into overseas projects with total asset value exceeding $100 million and has helped many families customize strategies and successfully realize immigration.

Sarah has the professional qualification of a psychological consultant, is good at listening and analyzing, and can help and guide you to clarify the core needs of you and your family from an expert point of view, so as to find the most exclusive solution for the future development of individuals and their children.

Zarrian Liu
Managing Director of Family Advisory Center
Lupu Investment Group

Mr. Zarrian Liu currently serves as the Managing Director of Family Advisory Center of Lupu Investment Group, and also the Managing Director of Lupu (Hong Kong) Trust Co., Ltd. He holds a master’s degree in law conferred by Stockholm University in Sweden. He successively served several domestic and multinational law firms, focusing on M&A and IPO. He ever served as a senior consultant at Portcullis Group, an Asian leading family firm in Singapore, and also Senior Vice President of Wing Lung Bank Trust Services (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. under China Merchants Bank. Meanwhile, he holds several concurrent posts, such as the Director of Hong Kong Family Offices Association, a lecturer specially invited for China Millions Forum (CMF), and a think tank member specially invited for International Asset Planner Association (IAPA).  

He is mainly responsible for providing high-net-worth clients in Greater China with integrated services of family wealth management, including but not limited to: making the personalized strategies for global asset allocation, and the plans for inheritance of wealth and family traditions; establishing the family governance systems, domestic and overseas family trust institutions, family funds, private foundations, private equity funds and other upper-level legal structures, as well as family committees; and drafting the family charters. In the past 15 years, he has served more than 500 Chinese UHNW clients, and participated in the overseas red-chip structure establishment and overseas financing for more than 20 Chinese companies.

Shuying Chen
Senior Partner
Shanghai FO Law Firm

Holding a master’s degree in law conferred by East China University of Political Science and Law, Lawyer Shuying Chen now is a senior partner of Shanghai FO Law Firm, and an outstanding lawyer in the field of private wealth management and dispute resolution.

She is mainly specialized in the resolution of various disputes regarding contract signing, private wealth management, financial product designs, private equity, corporate equity structure designs, stock equity, taxation and legal services, civil and commercial cases, etc.

Lawyer Shuying Chen has established a long-term partnership with many Fortune Global 500 companies including the famous Asian real estate group CapitaLand, listed company China Resources (Holdings) Co., Ltd., and TESCO Group. She provides them with permanent integrated legal services including legal consulting and real estate dispute resolution, etc. Meanwhile, she delivers compliant legal services for many private equity fund managers, and also legal services of dispute resolution for the Spanish retail giant Dia Group.

Kevin Xu
Assistant Vice President, Business Development (Mainland China)
Walton International Group

Kevin Xu is the Assistant Vice President, Business Development (Mainland China) of the Walton Group of Companies, focusing on business development in Mainland China, promoting Walton’s pre-development land products and providing training to business partners. Kevin also participates in land research, acquisition and syndication in the West Coast of the United States. With his extensive experience in the real estate and investment industry, he has been successfully formulating overseas asset allocation planning and providing customized exclusive services to individual clients and institution investors.

Kevin has more than 10 years of domestic and international investment management experience, including more than 8 years’ experience in promoting Walton product. Prior to joining, Kevin worked for a number of renowned financial investment groups.

Zhiguan Xu
Deputy General Manager of Shanghai Branch
Honghu Best Global Family Office

Holding a master’s degree in law conferred by Oxford University, Mr. Zhiguan Xu serves as Deputy General Manager of Shanghai Branch of Honghu Best Global Family Office, and an off-campus supervisor at Law School of East China University of Science and Technology. He boasts many years of experience in the industries of trust and wealth management, having made in-depth researches on the trustee laws, particularly the British and American trustee laws. He ever presided over the deal structure design, document drafting and full-cycle management for more than 100 commercial trust cases. He is good at dealing with family matters and intergenerational inheritance issues, and designing trust plans, etc. He is committed to providing personalized services for HNW clients and entrepreneurs. In addition, he is known as one of the pioneers carrying out the theoretical research on forefront issues such as dispute resolution of overseas family trust.  

Peter Meng
Managing Partner
EunaCon Perfect Alliance (China) CPA Firm

Under the leadership of Mr. Peter Meng with initiative spirit and resolute determination in the fields of auditing, accounting and taxation, accountants of EunaCon Perfect Alliance CPA Firm, in response to the BRI, extend business to western regions of Xinjiang, as well as countries along the BRI in South Asia, Central Asia, Africa and Europe, while taking root in China (Beijing) Pilot Free Trade Zone, China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone (SHFTZ), and Qianhai & Shekoui Area of Shenzhen, China (Guangdong) Pilot Free Trade Zone. Hoping to help Chinese companies go global and realize the goal of global business expansion, EunaCon Perfect Alliance CPA Firm has taken the lead in launching the services of outbound investment, international taxation, overseas accounting and others in SHFTZ.

Under the leadership of Mr. Peter Meng as the founder and executive partner of EunaCon Perfect Alliance CPA Firm, through years of unremitting and bold efforts, including active expansion worldwide, has continuously improved the practice level and service quality, and become a new outstanding accounting force that is good at tough fight. As the leading accounting institution in SHFTZ in terms of innovative development, EunaCon Perfect Alliance CPA Firm plays an important role in promoting the compliant development of Chinese companies investing in the countries along the BRI. 

Alex Lin
Director of Strategic Business
U&I Group

Former Canadian Foreign Service Officer, Canadian Consul, Visa Officer, Immigration Consultant, James has 25 years of experience with the Government of Canada working as a Foreign Service Officer in Ottawa and overseas, first as a Visa Officer and then as a Consul and Officer in Charge in Canadian Embassies and Consulates in Europe, Australia and the United States as well as tours of duty in Ottawa.

James’ knowledge of immigration law is unparalleled, making him an invaluable asset for our company.

Mr. Alex Lin has ever worked in the world’s largest offshore legal service firm and currently serves as the Director of Strategic Business Department at U&I Group and the Marketing Head of Shanghai institutions. He is also a Distinguished Lecturer on Cross-border Investment in Suzhou Industrial Park, a Distinguished Lecturer in Shanghai Zizhu National High-Tech Industrial Development Park, a Distinguished Lecturer on Offshore Legal and Compliance for financial institutions and a Distinguished Lecturer of Overseas Listing Planning.

Mr. Lin has rich practical experience and a collection of successful cases in the fields of cross-border trade, investment, M&A, shareholding structure, offshore trust, family foundation, family business succession planning and family estate planning. During his serving industry for over ten years, he has been committed to assisting Chinese entrepreneurs and enterprises in the overseas strategic layout of their globalization development.

He currently serves as an Overseas Strategy Advisor of several companies, as well as a Contract Consultant of multiple banks on international business plus offshore legal and compliance.

Vicky Lord
Managing Partner
Harneys Shanghai

Vicky Lord is the managing partner of Harneys Shanghai and is a highly regarded litigator in offshore cross-border commercial cases. As head of Shanghai Litigation, Restructuring and Insolvency team, she obtains significant wins for clients acting as a litigator in ultra-high-value, high-profile commercial disputes with cross-border elements.

Vicky often acts as a specialist BVI litigation co-counsel for PRC and US listed companies for IPOs in contentious scenarios. She has a wealth of experience in take-privates, as well as schemes of arrangements, acting company side to secure wins for clients. She has a proven track record of significant wins in shareholder and board-room disputes for new economy and tech companies, acting both company side and for shareholders and directors alike.   

Vicky is an experienced advocate, ranging from insolvency and distressed hedge fund litigation to shareholder disputes. She has appeared in the highest offshore court at appellate level, before the Privy Council in London and acts as advocate, supporting on-shore firms, in English language arbitrations in the PRC. Vicky’s client base includes some of the world’s top financial institutions, blue-chip listed companies and ultra-high net worth individuals. 

Vicky is listed as a next generation lawyer for offshore in Legal 500, an asset recovery specialist and Thought Leader in Who’s Who Legal and has been recognised by China Business Law Journal in their prestigious A-List 2020 as one of China’s Elite 100 Lawyers (Foreign firm).

Vicky is a foreign registered lawyer in the PRC. As a barrister, Vicky is a member of the Chancery Bar Association. She is also a specially invited foreign registered lawyer member of the Shanghai Bar Association. She is equally at home advising and presenting cases in Spanish and has a good level of Portuguese, French and Italian comprehension.

Bill Ye
Partner
King & Wood Mallesons Shanghai

Mr. Bill Ye has 20 years of professional experience as a lawyer in China’s tax field. He is experienced in compliance and tax consulting, tax dispute resolution, transfer pricing, and private wealth management. His comprehensive legal and financial background enables him to provide customers with integrated business, legal, and tax solutions.

Mr. Ye is particularly adept at providing innovative and integrated solutions for customers with major or emerging complex projects. He has served customers in a wide range of industries, including TMT, manufacturing, finance, real estate, pharmaceuticals, culture, and entertainment.

Prior to joining King & Wood Mallesons, Mr. Ye was a Partner at Deloitte Shanghai and was responsible for the key work of the Deloitte Tax Technology Center in East China.

Mr. Ye has consistently been ranked as one of the “Leading Lawyers” in China’s taxation field by a number of internationally renowned professional legal rating agencies between 2016 and 2018.

William Ma
Founder
GROW Investment Group

William Ma is the founder of GROW Investment Group and a CAIA Association Board Member. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst, and a member of the Hong Kong Society of Financial Analysts.

William got over 18 years of industry experience and used to be the Chief Investment Officer of Noah Holdings and the Chief Investment Officer of Gopher Asset Management, the asset management arm of Noah. As CIO of Noah and Gopher, he was responsible for overseeing all investment management, asset allocation and investment products due diligence of combined USD80 billion of asset. He also actively manages the discretionary mandates and China domestic public market funds including a Greater China multi-managers fund, ranked the best emerging market fund of hedge funds globally (3 years annualized return) by BarclayHedge, and led the team won the prestige Golden Bull Award – Best Domestic Fund of Hedge Funds in China in 2018. Mr. Ma has been the Foreign Expert QDLP Review Committee Member for the Shanghai Municipal Government Financial Service Department since 2012.

Mr. Ma received his BEng (EESE) from the University of Hong Kong and his MBA in Finance and E-Commerce from the University of San Francisco, and was invited to Peking University in Beijing as an exchange student representative in the Beijing International MBA (BiMBA) program in 2002.

Bei Wang
Director
Shanghai Zhonghan Haiyang Certified Tax Agents Co., Ltd.

Ms. Bei Wang has engaged in the work of finance, taxation, and audit for 22 years, in professional tax consultation service for over 15 years, and has been serving as the Director of Shanghai Zhonghan Haiyang Certified Tax Agents Co., Ltd. for over 10 years. She took charge of the annual report audit, special audit, tax-related verification, tax consultation, tax revenue planning, transfer pricing, etc. of multiple enterprises directly under the central government, large-scale state-owned groups, commercial banks, financial enterprises, listed companies at home and abroad, high and new tech enterprises, Fortune 500 enterprises, regional headquarters of foreign-funded enterprises, etc., and is able to propose practical tax-related solutions. She has been carrying out many successful cases relating to international tax consultation and planning, including international taxation, cross-border taxation, and overseas M&A, in cooperation with a number of local institutions of Hong Kong, Japan, the US, and Australia, She also has years of experience in providing tax planning within China and overseas in terms of private wealth for clients.

Johnny Wong
Managing Director
Overseas Company Services Limited

Johnny Wong is the founder of Overseas Company Services Limited (“OCS”), apart from being the holder of two Master Degrees in both Engineering Science and Corporate Governance, Mr. Wong has obtained numerous professional qualifications accredited by various professional bodies throughout the years including but not limited to Associate Member of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute (“HKICS”), Fellow Certified Public Accountant of Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“HKICPA”), Associate Member of Association of International Accountants (“AIA”) and Fellow Chartered Tax Advisor (Practising) of The Taxation Institute of Hong Kong (“TIHK”). He is also a member of the Taxation Committee of Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, and has been active in the field of Accounting, Audit, Taxation and Corporate Management Services for more than 15 years. 

Mr. Wong has successfully applied for the Registered Agent licences in British Virgin Islands (“BVI”), Seychelles and Hong Kong on behalf of OCS, which allows OCS to provide professional corporate management services as a registered Filing Agent in the respective jurisdictions. 

With his extensive experience and his professional background and accomplishments, Mr. Wong is familiar with the regulatory compliance requirements and development trends in both BVI, Seychelles, Hong Kong and other offshore jurisdictions in relation to the corporate services industry.

Tuifaasisina Sieni Tualega – Voorwinden
Chief Executive Officer
Samoa International Finance Authority

Mrs. Sieni Voorwinden is the Chief Executive Officer of the Samoa International Finance Authority. The Authority was established in 2005 as Government’s response to rapid changes in the global financial environment. The Authority is mandated therefore to provide up to date management solutions to investors seeking to establish and maintain structures for benefits. The Authority is governed by a Board of Directors that includes the CEO of the Ministry of Finance and four private sector representatives.

Sieni Voorwinden has over 10 years’ experience in international financial services. Prior to her Appointmentas CEO of SIFA, she was employed as the Operations Manager – of The Cause Collective New Zealand, a Pacific social change agency based in Auckland. Sieni was previously employed for over ten years and was also contracted as SIFA’s ACEO for Registration and Legal for six years.

Sieni Voorwinden is a lawyer by profession and holds a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degrees from Auckland University.

Sieni has participated in previous Asia Outbound Summit as one of the panelists discussing the new normal for Offshore Industry in light of strengthening compliance and today presents an Overview of Samoa and highlighting the salient features of Samoa’s Trustee Companies Service License Act.

Gauraw Srivastava
Managing Director
VNDIRECT

Gauraw is a successful C-suite executive with over 20 years of experience in Banking and Wealth Management in Asia. He has extensive background in building and managing large scale businesses in top global and domestic financial institutions like Standard Chartered, GE, ICICI, VPBank and VNDIRECT. He has diverse experience across wealth & asset management, fintech & digital platforms, customer segmentation, retail banking and capital markets.

He has been in Vietnam since 2018 where he is currently the Managing Director at VNDIRECT- one of the largest securities firms in Vietnam, offering securities, wealth management, capital market and asset management services to retail, corporate and institutional clients. Gauraw has been a regular speaker in prestigious industry forums and has featured articles in leading publications.

Oleg Railean
Chief Executive Officer
Golden Jupiter Unipessoal Lda

Oleg Railean is an investment property expert in Portugal, Chief Executive Officer, and co-founder of Amber Star. Has been working in the real estate market since 2005. He specializes in investment real estate, obtaining a residence permit in Portugal, the Golden Visa, as well as mortgages for non-residents.

Oleg accompanies clients at all stages of the acquisition of real estate: from choosing an object, signing an agreement, and ending with connecting utilities. He also advises on obtaining the status of residence permit, permanent residence, and registration of the Golden Visa of Portugal. One of the greatest achievements of Oleg Railean and his team would be the fact that Amber Star became one of Portugal’s leading Golden Visa real estate agencies.

Serena DANG Ngoc Huong
Head of Legal and Compliance (BOM Member)
Pernod Ricard Vietnam

Serena DANG Ngoc Huong, Attorney at Law, is Head of Legal and Compliance (BOM Member) of Pernod Ricard Vietnam and the Arbitrator at PIAC.

As an international lawyer, she has 17 years of legal experience (incl. 12ys PQE) specializing in business laws, cross-border investments, M&A, real estate, restructuring and turnaround, working on the international M&A projects with the matrix report from law firms and lawyers in Asia involved in the projects.

As an adviser, she assists (in legal matters and Project management) international investors operating across a wide spectrum of industries notably business establishment, development and management of property especially hotels and resorts, manufacturing (OEM, OED, OBM), trading (distribution), FMCG, traditional and digital media and television.

For the in-house role, she works for the well-known corporations and funds in the role of Head of Legal (Compliance), Vice President handling legal, finance, operation and corporate governance; BOM Member leading the companies.

As an off-counsel and a negotiator, she has advised, both from legal and finance aspects, and led successful M&As and partnerships of local investors and international brands in Vietnam. Carrying out the intensive studies on FTAs to which the Vietnamese Government is a member, she is the off-counsel cum policy consultant of the clients to deal with the Vietnamese customs authorities for customs valuation and origin rules.

As an international speaker, she has been invited by the international and local organisations, such as Chinese Organisations for One belt and One-road events, Euro Cham in Shanghai and Singapore, AOA Forum for the events of Cross-border investment and Offshore Funds, and other organisations in Vietnam for foreign investment, customs valuation, and FTAs.

As a writer for the reputable economic magazines and publish of the international organisations such as Saigon Times, Saigontimes online, Investment, EUC Vietnam.

Brian Spence
Director
HSP Consulting

Brian Spence is Managing Partner of HSP Consulting. He has over 35 years of experience in the UK and international financial services sector as an investment manager, financial planner, & M&A specialist. He is a regular contributor in the UK and Vietnamese financial press and has a deep understanding of the financial services community.

He was Founding Partner at a London-based consultancy firm, building the brand from scratch into one of the foremost consultancy firms in the City of London. During 35 years of business, Brian has been advising clients in finance institutions, medical, industrial and private -equity companies in Europe and Asia.

Brian has specialist expertise in Socially Responsible Investment and launched a number of international and home-based products that were the first of their kind in the UK. He launched the first Pan-European conference on investing with Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) awareness and first professional l examination in the subject.

In 2016, Brian moved to Asia and established HSP Consulting. He brings his international Merger and Acquisition skills to the burgeoning Vietnamese market. Vietnam has benefited from significant foreign direct investment over the past decade, but post Covid foreign direct investment has become vital to consolodate Vietnamese businesses that have suffered during this pandemic. Brian sees this as one of his major priorities over the next three years.

Hue Truong
Director
HT Immigration & Investment Co. Ltd.

Hue Truong is the lawyer, and director of HT Investment & Immigration Co., Ltd. Her specialities are Investment & Business Law, Immigration Law, Labor Law, and Family Law for foreigner in Vietnam.

As an expert in the immigration field, during Covid 19, Hue Truong supported hundreds of expats to make visa for entering Vietnam. She have handled many work permits, and temporary residence card for expats who are working and living in Vietnam. She takes difficulty as challenge, and HT grew significantly during Covid 19.

HT was founded in 2018 and the office is conveniently located in the central business district of HCMC. HT assists people and companies interested in working and investing in Vietnam. Vietnam continues to be a premier opportunity for international investment and human capital and will be for many years to come. My specialities are Investment & Business Law, Immigration Law, Labor Law, and Family Law for foreigner in Vietnam.

Mesepa Tapuitea Lafaialii
Chief Manager Business Development
Samoa International Business Finance Centre

Mesepa Tapuitea Lafaialii is the Chief Manager for Business Development Division at Samoa International Finance Authority (SIFA). She is responsible for marketing and promoting Samoa’s international financial services under SIFA’s new Marketing Company “Samoa International Business Finance Centre Ltd. (“Samoa IBFC)”.

Mesepa has over 10 years’ experience in international financial services having worked as legal officer in the registration, compliance legal division before headlining the marketing and business development division of SIFA.

Mesepa has participated and presented in the Asia Outbound Summit since 2013 and has presented on behalf of SIFA at numerous international workshops and conferences. Having worked in all areas within SIFA, Mesepa’s business solutions and knowledge of the market demands in Samoa have allowed her to build networks with existing business partners and to develop business relationships. Mesepa’s role is to increase investor’s interest in the products offered by Samoa through SIFA and its market.

She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Arts majoring in Political Science and International Relations and a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the University of Auckland New Zealand.

Hieu Pham
Special Counsel
ACSV Legal Vietnam

Hieu Pham is a special counsel at ACSV Legal. Hieu Pham focuses on a variety of cross-border mergers and acquisitions, private equity, joint ventures and all forms of foreign direct investments, assisting clients in various sectors including health and fitness, food and beverages, information technology and hospitality, finance industry, digital marketing companies.

He has also been active in providing counsel to high-net-worth families and clients concerning all aspects of estate and tax planning and family asset holding structuring. In particular, Hieu helps clients transfer significant family wealth seamlessly while minimizing tax liability across different jurisdictions including the U.S., Singapore, Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia. He represents high-net-worth clients to work with banks, trustees, local counsel, tax advisors across continents during the planning, structuring and executing exercise. Hieu regularly advises clients on pre-immigration tax planning, family asset holding structure, creation of family trusts and acquisition of overseas assets.

Hieu earned his LLB at the University of Economics and Law. He was admitted as a member of the Ho Chi Minh City Bar Association. Hieu is a native Vietnamese speaker and fluent in English. Hieu is a ranked lawyer for M&A and Tax by Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2021.

Kenneth Camilleri
Managing Director
Vertex Alliance

By profession Kenneth is a qualified accountant and tax advisor. He attained his practicing warrant from the Government of Malta, Ministry of Finance in 2005. His expertise lies in residency and citizenship, international taxation, and wealth structuring. Kenneth is an accredited agent for the Maltese citizenship and residency programmes. He is the Managing Director and co-founder of Vertex Alliance which specialises in Residency, Citizenship, Tax, and Investment.

Previously, Kenneth held the position of Senior Director at an international law firm for a span of fifteen years, whereby he led both the Tax Advisory and Tax Compliance units as well as the Residency and Citizenship team responsible for the Asian market.

Over the years, Kenneth has been a guest speaker in a number of conferences and roadshows primarily in Asia but also across Europe. Numerous and diverse high net worth individuals have entrusted Kenneth with both their personal as well as corporate tax planning. Furthermore, together with his team of professionals, Kenneth has supported numerous clients with acquiring European residence and/or citizenship.

Formerly, Kenneth has occupied senior positions at a leading five-star hotel in Malta, whereby he was the Chief Finance Officer and subsequently the General Manager. He has lectured both the Fundamentals and Advanced ACCA paper in taxation and was well renowned among students for his practical approach in simplifying and breaking down complex tax matters.

Professionally, Kenneth is best known for being an achiever who embraces challenges, for being a leader who inspires, and for his pragmatic and creative problem-solving skills.

Mia Pavlikova
Branch Manager of Dubai Office
PTGoldenVisa

Mia Pavlikova is heading the Dubai Office of PTGoldenvisa as the Branch Manager.

Mia graduated from University of Economics in Bratislava with a Master’s Degree in Business Management. Mia has been representing PTGoldenVisa on several international conferences and exhibitions and onboarding clients from all over the world into the Portuguese Residency program. As an expert fully focused on the Golden Visa program for Portugal will be able to guide investors with a full integrated support in obtaining the Residency Permit and lately EU Citizenship.

PTGoldenVisa is solely focused on Portuguese Residency Program by investment and that is the key element that differentiates them from their competitors. As they concentrate only on the Portugal they are able to provide a one stop shop service, with full local knowledge and experience. The company have a 100 % success rate on Golden Visa applications. The company has offices in Lisbon and operates a branch in Dubai – Top Investor Visa Immigration Services – with a local DED license. In UAE they provide consultancy and all necessary support on all the the documentation required.

Pierre Vanrenterghem
General Manager
RBA

Pierre is a Partner and General Manager of RBA, an accounting and corporate services firm with representation in Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam and Thailand. He has been working in Singapore since 2009. He developed significant experience and innovative solutions in corporate, tax and immigration matters for his clients. Pierre graduated in Business from ESSEC Business School and also holds a Master’s degree in Law. He was previously working in Paris and later managed the Corporate Service department of a Singapore-based German law firm. Prior joining Rosemont, Pierre was a legal consultant in a top-tier Singapore-based law firm where he was in charge of corporate, tax and immigration matters. He has experience advising companies and individuals on their investment or commercial projects as well as their relocation in Singapore and South East Asia. Pierre worked or studied in various countries, including France, the United States, the West Indies and Singapore. He speaks fluent English and French. Pierre is also a Singapore accredited tax practitioner and member of the SIATP.

Jonathan Blaine
Thailand Tax Director and Head of the Regional Compliance & Investigations Practice
DFDL

Jonathan has over 20 years of experience in the Asia-Pacific, specializing in cross-border corporate and personal investment and tax planning with a particular focus on US, Thailand and Japanese investments. He typically advises international businesses, high net worth individuals, trustees, insurers and other financial institutions. Jonathan has supported numerous individual clients with US tax amnesty and Streamline filings and is a recognized expert in Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), while also providing several well-known multinational corporate clients with international investment planning and structuring. He is a licensed California attorney and has been a licensed USCPA (Hawaii) for more than 20 years. He is a frequent lecturer at several universities and speaker at seminars globally.

Tuan A. PHUNG Esq.
Vice Chairman of Vietnam Association of Financial Investors – VAFI
Managing Partner of VCI Legal

Mr. Tuan A. Phung is among a few professional business lawyer in Vietnam who are well‐trained and extensively worked in both law and business. Tuan also serves as Vice Chairman for the Vietnam Association of Financial Investors (“VAFI”).

Mr. Tuan Phung possesses a vast experience in practicing business laws in supporting corporate clients in various field from M&A, Banking to Capital Market, Real Estate, Renewable Energy, Commercial and Investment Dispute Settlement. His experiences in law and involvement with the management of international business provide him a unique qualification in consulting both as a business executives and a legal expert. He created the “In‐house Counsel Service™” and various specialized legal services for Multinational Business in Vietnam.

Before founding VCI Legal, Mr. Phung was the founder of the Corporate Legal Department for UNILEVER in Vietnam. Since the early days of economic liberation in Vietnam, Mr. Phung had practiced with COUDERT BROTHERS, the oldest law firm in the United States and DEUTSCHE BANK one of the most respected global financial institution.

Sylvie Ma
Managing Director
Ma, Nguyen & Partners (MN&P)

Sylvie Ma is a Vietnamese-Canadian investment, residence and citizenship attorney based in Ho Chi Minh City since 2006. She was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada to a Vietnamese mother and Chinese father. After working for few years as a commercial, investment, and corporate lawyer in Vietnam, Sylvie established Ma, Nguyen & Partners (MN&P), an investment and immigration consultancy firm focusing on helping Vietnamese to invest and settle abroad. Sylvie obtained a B. Comm major in Finance and minor in International Business from John Molson School of Business – Concordia University, and a Law Degree (L.LL) from Ottawa University. She is a Board Member of the AMA Education Foundation, an NGO dedicated to helping the underprivileged students and educators of Vietnam, and is mother to a daughter and two sons.

Nguyen Van Hai
Partner
YKVN

Hai Nguyen has over 10 years of experience in the practice of corporate, energy and capital markets. Hai has in-depth knowledge of the Vietnamese capital markets and energy sectors and the general legal landscape of Vietnam. Hai’s current main areas of practice are capital markets and finance transactions and other corporate transactional and advisory matters.

Hai is fluent in English. Prior to joining YKVN, Hai spent 5 years at the Corporate and International Trade departments of Mayer Brown JSM in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Hai’s practice is recognised by International Financial Law Review and Chambers and Partners and Asia Pacific Legal 500. Hai has also authored numerous publications covering a wide range of topics, including global trade, power and Vietnamese legal framework in general and had his articles published on Infra Asia, Asian Power and Asian-mena Counsel Magazine, to name a few.

Hai is recently recognised as Asia Future Leader 2021 by IFLR in both capital markets and project development. This title is awarded to those individual practitioners who have displayed ongoing exceptional leadership attributes and whom received the highest praise from their peers and clients in their relevant jurisdictions. Hai has also been recognized by Asialaw, IFLR, and Legal 500 for his practices in capital markets, corporate and M&A, and project development.

Thuy Le
Managing Partner
Lawlink Vietnam Law LLP.

Prior to founding Lawlink Vietnam in 2014, Thuy had a distinguished career in the public sector as an associate director of DONRE in Ho Chi Minh City. She had contributed her knowledge and expertise as a senior permanent member of several councils, advising local government on resolving disputes, claims and litigations in many key projects of the City, including: High-tech park, Long Thanh – Dau Giay Highway; National Cultural Historial Park; and a variety of large complex infrastructure and real estate projects in HCM City.

​In the private sector, Thuy had over 20 years practicing law, both as a qualified lawyer in reliable law firms and a GC – a senior BOD member to large domestic and multinational companies in Vietnam and Asia region, such as Hoabinh Group (HBC), Nam Long Investment (NLIC), and Archetype Group. With her rich and extensive experience in all three areas: state affairs, business and private law practice, Thuy has become quite an “MVP” lawyer – according to her clients and peers.

Her primary focus is on legal advice with respect to investment, corporate, mergers & acquisitions, family business transformation and business litigation.

Thuy is highly appreciated by Clients for not only her expertise as a lawyer, but also her ability in identifying and addressing problems within different organizations in different sectors and providing a clear road map of solutions with flexible approaches, and most notably, her ability to convey complex ideas in simple terms.

Nam Nguyen
Managing Partner
Kreston NNC

Nam is a leading business and tax advisor in Vietnam who has over 25 years of work experience in Big-4 firms in Vietnam (including EY, KPMG, PwC), with over 10 years of experience at Partner’s level at these firms. Since 2017, he runs his own professional service firm, Nam Nguyen Consulting (NNC) which is now rebranded to Kreston NNC, a member of Kreston Global which has over 750 offices in over 110 countries.

Nam is highly regarded as “trusted advisor” by leading local business founders and companies, and multinational companies in Vietnam, as evidenced by his long-lasting work relationships with them. He has received awards from Vietnam’s Minister of Finance and Prime Minister for contributions to the tax profession in Vietnam, and recognitions by International Tax Review as one of Vietnam’s tax controversy leaders. Kreston NNC has also received awards by APAC Insider Magazine as the Best Independence Tax Firm.

Nam obtained education in Australian Universities including a Master of Professional Accounting. He holds fellow membership of CPA Australia and is the Chairman of CPA Australia Advisory Committee in Vietnam. In addition, he is a member of International Tax Specialist Group (ITGS), Vietnam Tax Consultants Association (VTCA) and CFO Vietnam. Nam regularly speaks, and authors several publications, on the topics of doing business in Vietnam and taxation, and through his association with professional bodies he involves actively in advocacy for legislative and policy reforms that promote fair, transparent, and pro-business administration in Vietnam.

Jessica Ngo Viet Anh
Marketing Representative
Singapore Hengsheng (Grenada) Development PTE. LTD

Jessica started her professional career at Hebronstar, a Korean Management Consultancy firm in Vietnam, providing strategic advisory for SMEs. She later worked for the Consulate-General of the Republic of Singapore in Ho Chi Minh City, gaining first-hand experience in consular provision and visa applications. During this time she was introduced to the world of Investment Migration learning about the various opportunities available in a number of countries offering RCBI.

Prior to joining Heng Sheng Group, to be part of Henley & Partners, and Latitude – Global citizenship consultancy company has provided her with frontier insight and extensive experience into the fast-moving world of investment immigration. Her in-depth international exposure allows her to head thoroughly a number of both residency and citizenship programs through delivery of immigration-oriented solutions for local high end clients and their families to match with their demand of investment, enhanced mobility, safety, first world education and global business opportunities.

Mandy Duong Thi Nguyet Hong
Marketing Representative
Singapore Hengsheng (Grenada) Development PTE. LTD

Mandy used to work in a family hospitality business, holding various roles in Administration, Human Resources, and Management. She then joined the Supply Chain Management of B-Braun, an international pharmaceutical firm with head offices in Germany. Later she led a team of people for a Korean company based in Vietnam, further developing her problem-solving skills and finding money transfer solutions for her key account clients.

Prior to joining Heng Sheng Group, Mandy was part of the management team at Go Invest Global, and Latitude company – working in the Immigration and Real Estate section, dealing with HNWI and Investors looking to invest in RCBI and high-end international property. As a Regional Marketing Manager, international business environment brought her the different residency and citizenship programs to deliver immigration-oriented solutions for both local investors and their families accordingly their investment, security, excellent education system and extensive business opportunities.

Joseph Hoanh Son Pham
Senior Counsel
Rajah & Tann LCT Lawyers

Joseph has over 10 years of work experience, having worked for two of the big four accounting firms and also for the Australian Taxation Office and the Australian Customs trade department.

Joseph has advised multinational clients on transfer pricing structures and compliance with the OECD Transfer pricing Guidelines. Joseph also worked on customs investigations relating to anti-dumping and counter-vailing duties for the Australian Customs trade division.

Joseph has advised various Thailand listed companies on their structuring of related party transactions in compliance with local and international tax regulations. He has also advised various Japanese, Korean and Taiwanese companies in relation to tax audit investigations and disputes conducted by the local tax authorities.

Joseph worked as a customs and trade investigator for the Australian Customs handling dumping, customs valuation, tariff concessions, and tariff preference.

As a private consultant, Joseph has advised companies on the application for customs audit (compliance and prudential), application for concessional entry of goods, rules of origin and tariff preference (free trade agreements), customs valuation, dumping and subsidy investigation and analysis.

Simon Paterson
Regional Marketing Director (S.E. Asia)
Singapore Hengsheng (Grenada) Development PTE. LTD

Simon has been involved with global real estate for over 30 years, moving into immigration based real estate in 2015 during his tenure with Colliers Qatar.

With over 12 years’ experience in Vietnam, Simon has a deep understanding of the local business culture and has worked for some of the biggest developers and agencies in the country.

This gives him a unique perspective of working on both sides of the fence and so, when invited to join Heng Sheng to promote their ‘National resort’ project in Grenada, he was very motivated to take up the challenge.

Although a regional role, Heng Sheng Singapore have a primary focus on Vietnam where Simon is based and where his main focus is to create dynamic relationships with the countries premier agencies in order to promote the Grenada CBI program.

Not only do Heng Sheng Singapore offer clients an exceptional all in 1 service in obtaining Grenada citizenship, but they also support their partners in numerous ways including providing marketing support, full on-going training, attending partners events/seminars and attending client meetings if required.

Heng Sheng Singapore is purely focused on a B2B basis – every care is taken to support our partners and their clients including any referrals.

If you are interested in discussing cooperation with Heng Sheng Singapore, with the unique benefits this brings to clients and partners, Simon and the Vietnamese team would be more than happy to discuss.

Xuan Ly
Head of Premier Proposition
HSBC Vietnam

Xuan Ly is the Head of Premier Propositions in HSBC Vietnam – responsible for the end to end management of the Premier proposition, including developing strategies to deepen relationship with existing customers, working with relevant external partners to bring in potential Premier customer within bank target segments and continuously reviewing proposition to ensure it meets bank target customer’s needs.

Prior to joining HSBC, Xuan held leadership positions for more than 10 years and helping customers meet their financial needs. She has been working for Citibank, Standard Chartered Bank and Techcombank.

She has an extensive background in financial services and banking since 2012 after graduating International Business at Houston Community College System, TX, USA in 2008-12. Ms. Xuan Ly‘s research interests include customer cycle, customer segments and customer needs mix of cultures and backgrounds that bank brings to customers is one of the things that makes customers truly global.

Daniel Hochbaum
Business Development Director
Discus Holdings Ltd.

Daniel Hochbaum is leading Business Development at Discus Holdings Ltd., a group of companies that have over 25 years of experience in the business immigration industry, offering a wide range of services in the area of immigration by investment. Discus provides an individual approach for investors and their families to secure a safe and stable future. Daniel personally advised more than a hundred clients in the past years, providing them with tailor-made solutions.

Montenegro, aside from the pristine beaches and breathtaking mountains is known for the fastest and most cost-effective citizenship program in Europe, attracting investors from all over the world. In 2019, Daniel became responsible for coordinating the Montenegro Citizenship by Investment program, where Discus Holdings – through its ownership – is one of the three government-approved agents of the program worldwide. With the program closure at the end of 2022, there is a very limited time remaining for investors to grasp this opportunity, which is the prime reason Daniel decided to take part in the Vietnam summit.

By profession, Daniel is an economist and international relations expert. He studied in three countries, lived and worked in several others within the European Union. Daniel moved to Dubai in early 2022 to further develop the relationship with the company’s partners in the region.

Yan Desjardins
Founder and Executive Director
Northern Road

Yan Desjardins, Founder and Director of Northern Road Canada, is a Registered Canadian Immigration Consultant with over 15 years of experience in Canadian immigration and visa processing. He created Northern Road, Immigration to Canada, with the hope of helping Vietnamese individuals connect with Canada and build great things together.

Prior to launching Northern Road, Yan served the Canadian Government for more than 15 years at IRCC, both in Canada, where he worked in many areas of the immigration programs and legal litigation services, and overseas where he served as a senior immigration officer in multiple countries around the world.

He has helped thousands of people ignite their own dreams of studying, working, or living in Canada. With Northern Road, he wanted to offer an ethical, transparent, and cost-effective alternative for immigration consulting services to those who wish to ignite their dreams of living in Canada.

Asia Outbound Summit 2022

July, 2022

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