Value Partners Group has appointed June Wong as president, effective October 18. Based in Hong Kong, she will be responsible for managing the group’s overall business and corporate strategy and operations.

Wong reports directly to the group’s co-chairmen and co-chief investment officers Dato’ Seri Cheah Cheng Hye and Louis So. She will also become a member of the group’s leadership committee alongside the group’s co-chairmen.

Wong has three decades of experience and expertise in the finance, actuarial and asset management industries across Asia. Most recently, she was Asia ex-Japan chief executive officer for State Street Global Advisors. Before that, she served as vice chairman for Asia-Pacific at Columbia Threadneedle. Other senior leadership roles she held include senior managing director and head of Asia ex-Japan institutional business at AllianceBernstein and head of business development at HSBC Asset Management. 

She currently serves on the advisory committee of the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong. She holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Macquarie University, Australia. She is a fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia as well as the Actuarial Society of Hong Kong.