OVERVIEW
Eastern has an overall responsibility for the operations of the Maples Group's fund services business in Asia. He has over 20 years of professional accounting experience, including direct experience providing fund administration services to a wide range of investment funds including but not limited to single manager hedge funds, fund of hedge funds, private equity funds and publicly offered Japanese retail funds. Eastern is conversant with establishing funds in unit trust, corporate funds, umbrella funds, segregated portfolio company and limited partnership structures. He also works with family offices. Eastern is a recognised industry thought leader in Asia and regularly speaks at events on topics related to the fund administration landscape and the growth of this industry in the local market.
BACKGROUND
Previously, Eastern worked for Fortis Prime Fund Solutions (Asia) Limited and before that, for Ernst & Young in Hong Kong.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Fellow of CPA Australia
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Fund ServicesLANGUAGES
Cantonese
English
Mandarin
EDUCATION
University of New South Wales, Australia, Bachelor of Commerce, Accounting and Information Systems, 1994.
Deakin University, Australia, Master of Business Administration, 2007.
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KNOWLEDGE
- Assisting Asset Managers in Unlocking Japan's Potential 03 June 2024
- Exploring Japan's Evolving Investment Landscape: Opportunities for Asset Managers 21 May 2024
- Funds for Families How Family Offices are Optimizing Investment Diversification 29 March 2021
- Asian Markets Insight: Perspectives for US Institutional Investors 06 April 2020
- Rise of the Private Equity Type Unit Trust 09 April 2019
NEWS & DEALS
- Maples Group Selected as Fund Administrator for Align Partners Korea Fund 09 April 2024
- Maples Group Selected to Provide Fund Administration Services to Chicago Global 02 April 2024
- Maples Group Expands Office Space in Singapore 11 December 2023
- Maples Group Advises First Chinese Company to Successfully Launch US IPO by Obtaining CSRC Filing 13 October 2023
- Maples Group Supports Three Chinese Companies with Dual Primary Listings in Hong Kong 25 July 2022
- Maples Group Supports Hong Kong Unicorn on HK$670 Million IPO 05 July 2022
- Maples Group Supports First Cayman Islands Entity to List on Three International Stock Exchanges 06 June 2022
- Maples Advises Zhihu Inc on its Primary Dual Listing in Hong Kong 29 April 2022
- Maples Group Supports Faros VCC 25 April 2022
- Maples Group Supports NIO Inc. with its Secondary Listing in Hong Kong 07 April 2022