As our new CFO, Andrew (rear, 1st from left) joins the Management Committee team (from left to right; rear) CIO Eric, CTO Gary, (front) Enterprise Solutions COO Billy, CEO William and Group COO NiQ to lead HKBN’s sustained growth and success into the future.
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Dear Friends of HKBN
Meet our First Home-grown CFO Andrew Wong
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We are pleased to announce that Andrew Wong, our current Financial Controller, has been appointed to serve as HKBN’s first ever home-grown Chief Financial Officer, effective 1 January 2018. Young, ambitious and insatiable in his passion for learning, Andrew commands 11 years of versatile multifaceted experience at HKBN, rising up our ranks first as a Finance Manager to eventually lead the Finance team via significant milestones like our IPO in 2015, New World Telecom acquisition in 2016, and debt re-financing projects between 2013 and 2016. In his new role, Andrew will lead our financial team as well as oversee our investor relations efforts.
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Since joining in 2006, Andrew has outshined with every big challenge to become our first ever home-grown CFO. |
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Quite remarkably, Andrew’s journey with us started long before he joined in 2006. As a former auditor with KPMG, interactions with the CTI (our predecessor entity) business, our culture and especially the quality of our Talents were enough to convert him into a true backer – leading Andrew to invest his entire career savings in CTI shares right after he left KPMG. Shortly afterwards – with skin in the game – Andrew embraced his incredible growth transformation by launching his HKBN career as a Finance Manager. As a testament of his all-in commitment to HKBN, Andrew participated in our Co-Ownership Plan I (launched July 2012) and Plan II (launched June 2015) by respectively pledging the maximum allowable investment amount to be a Co-Owner.
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“It is with great pride that we welcome Andrew, our newly appointed CFO, as a new addition to our Management Committee (MC) base of five CXOs. Andrew is the first amongst our very deep Talent bench to join our MC, and we expect to see more make this jump in the coming few years. Whilst Andrew is home-grown in the sense of having spent 11 years at HKBN so far, he displays a wide range of interests far beyond his core specialty, ranging from advanced mathematics to whiskey appreciation. Furthermore, for an accountant, Andrew has shown the rare ability to evolve beyond bean counting to being able to allocate beans to areas of highest returns for HKBN,” said our Group COO and Co-Owner NiQ.
Prior to joining HKBN in 2006, Andrew spent five years with KPMG in Hong Kong and acquired extensive experience in working with telecommunications companies and multinational companies listed in Hong Kong and PRC. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and Law from the University of Manchester in the UK and an Executive Master of Business Administration Degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is also a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Click here to read Andrew’s full reflections on his incredible HKBN journey
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Proud for having accomplished an IPO in under six months, Andrew (3rd from left) joins HKBN IPO project team members at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
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Despite being inexperienced as a runner, Andrew (1st from left) was inspired by fellow HKBN teammates and friends to complete his first full marathon in Osaka, Japan.
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Andrew (2nd from right) and Finance Talents take their creative thinking outside-the-workplace for some challenge-filled team building.
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In 2011, Andrew added an EMBA from the Chinese University of Hong Kong to his list of credentials which include Bachelor’s Degrees in Accounting and Law from the University of Manchester, UK.
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