Liu Chee Ming
Group Managing Director

• Founder of Platinum Group in 1996.
• More than 40 years of experience within Asian financial services sector including stock broking, corporate finance and portfolio management.
• Independent Non-Executive Director of Constellar Holdings Pte. Ltd.; DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited; MGM China Holdings Limited (HKEx: 2282); and STT Communications Limited.
• In addition, he is an Independent Non-Executive Director of OUE Commercial REIT (a company listed in Singapore).
• Chairman on the Board of Governors of Singapore International School (Hong Kong) from January 2020.

Ian Ramsay
Director, Platinum Group

• Joined Platinum in 2006.
• Over 25 years of Corporate Finance experience in Europe and Asia.
• Head of UK Corporate Finance at Societe Generale, London and member of SG Group Global Corporate Finance Executive Committee 1996-2002.
• Head of International Corporate Finance and member of holding company board of Jardine Fleming, Hong Kong 1993-1995.
• Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Robert Thomas
Director, Asset Management

• Chairman of the Access Group since 1997.
• Over 30 years investment experience in Asia.
• Qualified as a chartered accountant before joining Robert Fleming & Co in London in 1967.
• He transferred to the newly established joint venture, Jardine Fleming in Hong Kong in 1974 and headed up their office in Tokyo from 1976 to 1978.
• He returned to Hong Kong and from that point on was principally engaged in building up the fund management business, of which he was Managing Director until 1996, to assets under management of some US$24 billion.
• Director of Robert Fleming, London from 1986 to 1996.

Piers Higson Smith
Director, Corporate Finance

• Over 30 years of experience in equity capital markets in Asia Pacific.
• Active in underwriting and advising on IPOs, placements and CBs in Asia since 1992.
• Joint head of ABN AMRO Rothschild for Asia from 2001 to 2007.
• Head of Equity Capital Markets, W.I. Carr from 1997 to 1998.
• Senior banker covering Korea, Taiwan and Thailand for SG Warburg and SBC Warburg from 1992 to 1997.

Rupi Gill
Director, Securities Broking

• Joined Platinum in 2004
• Over 15 years of broking experience with Platinum.
• Holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration

Stephen Hill
Director, Securities Broking

• Over 42 years of experience in equity capital markets in Asia Pacific.
• Chief Executive Officer and Founder WRT Technologies, Silubi.
• VP, Genting Resorts Secret Garden, China.
• VP Communications and Finance, Green Dragon Gas.
• Deputy Managing Director, Quam Securities Limited, HK.
• MD Equities, ING Barings, Asia & Japan.
• MD Equities, Global Head Accounts Management, Nomura Asia.
• MD Asia, Bear Stearns, HK.
• MD Equities, W.I. CARR Thailand.
• Director, Jardine Fleming, Tokyo.
• Director, W.I. CARR, Japan.
• Japan Equity sales, Hoare Govett, London.

Daryl Liu
Director, Asset Management

• Joined Access in 2011.
• Over 12 years of experience in investment management with Platinum.
• Independent Non-Executive Director of Kader Holdings Company Limited.
• Previously worked in a subsidiary of People’s Bank of China in Singapore.
• Bachelor of Business Management from Singapore Management University

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