Valtech Leadership Team – Trusted Professionals with Outstanding Credentials

CPA, CFA, FRM, MRICS, MStat
Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) by AICPA
China Certified Public Valuer (CPV) 中國資產評估師

Max is a valuation professional in Hong Kong with multinational credentials gained in Hong Kong, the United States, and the United Kingdom. He is a valuation specialist with multidisciplinary knowledge in accounting (as a qualified accountant), valuation (with a credential recognised in the United States and an official credential for conducting statutory valuation in the People’s Republic of China), and finance (from his solid academic background).

Max has over 15 years of experience in the financial industry, focusing mainly on business valuation and transaction advisory. He has played a leading role in many prominent valuation projects, including the valuation of global premium brands; World Bank-funded utility projects; oil and gas extraction projects in the United States and Canada; infrastructure projects under build-operate-transfer models; solar and wind power plants; banks; a logistics hub in Singapore; water treatment plants in Australia; a toll road in the United Kingdom; a container port in Brazil; and a premium food manufacturer in Spain.

Highlights of valuation expertise:

• Valuations for NASDAQ-listed companies

• Valuation of investment portfolios for global asset managers with total AUM in the hundreds of billions of US dollars

• Experience serving hundreds of listed companies in Hong Kong

• Expert witness services and expert reports for litigation cases

• Science and technology development companies and pre-revenue/pre-profit companies, including university-led science and technology projects

• Pre-IPO valuations for restructuring, share-based payments, and expected credit loss assessments

• Valuation of overseas projects for State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC) filings in the PRC

• Valuation of private equity/venture capital-funded projects and startups seeking investor funding (including biotech, blockchain, and technology startups)

• Purchase price allocations, including intangible assets, for targets across a wide range of industries

• Valuations related to digital assets and artificial intelligence applications

• Biological asset valuations

• Valuations in accordance with the VALMIN Code and Chapter 18 of the Listing Rules for mineral companies

• Valuation of financial instruments and structured derivatives

He has experience signing off valuation reports for listed companies in Hong Kong and Singapore for public disclosure relating to substantial corporate actions (mainly acquisitions and disposals of assets and groups of companies). The valuations covered companies across sectors including artificial intelligence, agriculture, retail, mining, internet, automotive, education, financial services, multimedia, real estate, property management, entertainment, electronic equipment, and infrastructure.

Max obtained a Master’s Degree in Statistics from the University of Hong Kong and Bachelor Degree in Business (Finance) from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Max holds the designations of Certified Public Accountant, Chartered Financial Analyst, Financial Risk Manager, Chartered Valuation Surveyor from Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Accredited in Business Valuation (issued by AICPA) and China Certified Public Valuer.

Learn more about our valtech leadership team and their qualifications.

CPA, CFA, FRM, MRICS, MFin
Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) by AICPA

Jimmy has over 10 years of experience in the professional advisory industry, with a focus on providing independent valuation opinions, value consulting and cross-border transfer pricing services. Before joining Valtech Valuation, he has served PricewaterhouseCoopers Hong Kong and another sizable valuation advisory firm in Hong Kong.

Jimmy has advised his clients from a wide industry spectrum, such as state-owned utility conglomerate, global energy group, century-long retail chains, renowned media group, tech start-ups. He has advised on technical issues under various valuation contexts, including:

• Statutory IFRS audits on listed entities, private groups and startups (e.g. startups of HKSTP LEAP programme),

• Quarterly NAV reporting of private capital funds,

• Pre-IPO preferred shares and employee incentive schemes,

• Independent opinion on acquisitions and disposal for public disclosure,

• Strategic restructuring, quantifying damages under legal disputes, fund raising and tax compliance.

Jimmy holds the designations of Certified Public Accountant, Chartered Financial Analyst and Financial Risk Manager. He obtained his Master’s degree in Finance (Investment Management) from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Jimmy was inducted as a lifetime member of the Beta Gamma Sigma Honour Society.

CPA

Marvin has over 10 years of experience in the professional service industry, including auditing, internal control advisory, financial due diligence, and with a focus on business valuation services.

Marvin is experienced in performing business valuation for State-owned enterprises, private and public companies. He provides valuation services mainly to support the purpose of financial reporting, mergers and acquisitions, tax filing and fund raising. He has performed valuation of projects for State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC) filing in the PRC, listed companies’ circular filing in Hong Kong and Singapore.

He has earned valuation experience in industries including but not limited to food and beverage, education, financial service, hotel, toll road, mining, ship building, pharmacy, agriculture, trading, e-platform, marketing, person-to-person microlending, waste management, intelligent parking, etc.

He is also experienced in intangible asset valuation including customer relationship, trademark, franchise agreement, mining right, patent, distribution network and concession right.

CFA, MRICS, FRM, BSc in Quantitative Finance & Risk Management

Keith has been dedicated to the field of professional valuation, providing clients with diversified and tailor-made professional valuation services since 2013. He has offered consultancy services to entities of various scales, including listed and private companies, large state-owned enterprises, private equity and venture capital funds. The valuation services demanded include financial reporting, listing, mergers and acquisitions, fundraising and joint ventures, as well as preparation work for expert witness participation in litigation.

His industry experience spans biomedicine, cryptocurrency and digital assets, internet and media, securities and asset management, consumer goods, heavy industry, utilities, infrastructure, shipping, forestry, mineral industry, education, and non-profit organizations.

He has provided valuation opinions for state-owned enterprise acquisitions of Brazilian logistic ports; offered valuation opinions during the Hong Kong listing process for a Chinese-funded funeral service company, ensuring necessary listing procedures; provided complex financial model calculations for state-owned enterprise bids on Sri Lankan public utility construction and operation projects, determining bidding prices that meet required returns, becoming one of the finalists; and provided valuation opinions for Chinese oil company joint venture oil field projects in Kyrgyzstan.