Mr THAM is responsible for leading the Hong Kong and Singapore investment businesses, driving investment activities in these markets that align with the Group’s investment strategy. Since joining Link in April 2022, he has been involved in a number of strategic initiatives. He is one of the responsible officers of Link for the purposes of the SFO, and a director of a number of subsidiaries of Link.

Mr THAM has extensive experience in corporate finance, strategy and development; mergers and acquisitions; capital markets; real estate investment and management; and corporate and investment banking. He has held senior roles in multinational and global financial institutions, with responsibility for the execution of multijurisdictional corporate actions and with an operational remit spanning Hong Kong, Chinese Mainland, Singapore and internationally. Prior to joining Link, he held C-suite positions at multinational conglomerates such as Swire Group and Lai Sun Group, and senior banking roles at global banking institutions such as HSBC Global Banking, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and Macquarie Capital.

Mr THAM trained and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Price Waterhouse (now known as PwC), London and is a Fellow Member of both the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is also a Fellow Member of the Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute. He is a Council Member of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, including as Chairman of the Knowledge Transfer Committee and member of Finance Committee, Institutional Advancement and Outreach Committee and Investment Sub-Committee. He is also a non-executive director of the Redbird Innovation Fund. Over the years he served on several subcommittees of Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants including as Chairman of the Registration and Practising Committee (latterly the Registration Committee) from 2020 to 2022.

Mr THAM holds a Master of Engineering in chemical engineering from Imperial College, University of London in the United Kingdom.