Where I Started
What Oxford gave me went far beyond the classroom. My classmates came from all over the world, from vastly different backgrounds — entrepreneurs, academics, and people who would go on to carry serious responsibilities on the international stage. Living and working alongside them day after day, I understood for the first time just how differently people's beliefs and life paths can run, and how much faster the world changes than we ever sense from inside an office. Those days taught me no investment techniques, but they made me think clearly about what I believe in and what I care about. They also made me realise that to safeguard other people's futures, I have to stay clear-headed myself — and keep renewing what I know.
Where I started is actually quite simple: get every detail right. After graduating from university, I didn't stay in Hong Kong. I went to the United States on my own, where I was hired as a local employee by the Silicon Valley office of a Big Four accounting firm, handling audit work for a number of global technology companies. I later qualified as a US Certified Public Accountant. What auditing taught me wasn't arithmetic — it was an attitude: every number must stand up to verification, and every claim deserves the question, "Based on what?"
That habit has stayed with me to this day.
But as the years went by, one question wouldn't go away: this CV looked good, but was it really the life I wanted to live? So I went to Oxford to do an MBA. Not to add another certificate, but to give myself a chance to see the world afresh — and to get to know myself again.
Hong Kong Oxbridge Ball
Wealth & Legacy Sharing Session
Family Office Forum
University Talk
Oxford MBA Graduation
Teammates from My Silicon Valley Audit Days
Oxford Formal Dinner