Elaine Zhang
Founder of MHL · Co-Founder of T&E Partners (European presence of Topaz Family Office HK)
Co-Founder of T&E Partners, Elysian Executive Solution and Elysian Executive Club. Having lived and built businesses in Hong Kong, London and Munich, she has cultivated a deeply trusted network of family offices and financial institutions across Greater China, the UK and Europe — actively sourcing and facilitating investment opportunities. An active member of the Hong Kong CPPCC Youth Association and 2GHK, she also mentors students at Oxford and Cambridge. Her vision: enduring bridges between Eastern and Western family-office communities.
Jim Kwok
CEO & Co-Founder of Topaz Family Office · Vice Chair of FOAHK
CEO and Co-Founder of Topaz Family Office Limited, a multiple family office spanning wealth management, investment allocation, succession planning, family trusts and global tax planning. Co-Founder and Vice Chair of the Family Office Association Hong Kong (FOAHK) and an independent advisor to several single family offices. He is also Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Algo Challenge Association, promoting algorithmic trading and nurturing young FinTech talent.
Thomas Ofner
Family Office Executive & Investor · COO of AMYP Ventures (Porsche–Piëch Family Office VC arm)
Leads strategic operations for the Piëch Family Office (fourth-generation Porsche-Piëch family) and serves as COO of its venture arm, AMYP Ventures. He oversees strategic initiatives across North America while maintaining strong ties to European family-office and venture capital networks. With nearly a decade of operational experience in Mainland China, he brings deep cross-cultural expertise, supporting transformative companies from early-stage growth through expansion.
Mario Altenburger
Co-Founder, CIO & Managing Partner at Harbour Industrial Capital
Runs his family investment holding, Altenburger Enterprises, investing in real estate, media and venture capital — directly and as an LP in funds. After an MA in Mathematics of Finance at Columbia University, he spent 14 years at Bank of China International HK, focusing on fundraising for Chinese and international corporates: over USD 500 billion raised across 1,000+ transactions and 100+ awards. In 2021 he co-founded Harbour Industrial Capital to facilitate investment into tech startups.
Josh Wade
Investor · Vice President of Happiness Capital (VC arm of the Lee Kum Kee Family)
Vice President at Happiness Capital, the venture arm of the five-generation Lee Kum Kee family, investing globally across healthcare, foodtech, deeptech and environment. He brings an operator-led background across strategy, business development and product — previously at FinTech unicorn Calastone (acquired by the Carlyle Group) and later leading global partnerships and international expansion at payments unicorn TrueLayer. He grew up in Oxford and holds an M.A. from the University of Cambridge.
Marius Almstedt
Founding Partner of DVC · Entrepreneur & Investor working with Family Offices & VC/PE Funds
Based in Switzerland and Germany, a successful IT entrepreneur and tech investor. After founding the AI startup PatentPlus, he founded DVC-Holdings, working closely with family offices and international VC/PE funds on global investment strategies and off-market deals. As Director of Strategy & Growth at QAI Ventures, a leading family-office-backed firm, he invests in Quantum & AI startups from lab to IPO — with global insight into exit markets, geopolitics and investment opportunities.
Christoph Roos
Representative of leading family offices in Europe
Over 20 years in finance. He holds a BSc and MBA from Hochschule für Finanzwirtschaft & Management (Bonn), including a summer term at Harvard University. After the German banking sector, he moved to Switzerland in 2019 to focus on private equity and venture capital for family offices, working on direct deals in the triple-digit-million range — including the acquisition of a 400 MW offshore windfarm in Germany. His sector experience spans tech, renewable energy, crypto, real estate and liquid strategies.
Julia Zhu
Seasoned Private Equity investor with an Asia background
17 years of PE experience with global top-tier growth and buyout funds, including Morgan Stanley Private Equity and Bain Capital across APAC. Her latest role was Managing Director at EQT Group, leading Healthcare PE investments in Greater China. She has completed multiple buyout and minority transactions across Industrials, Education and Healthcare, with targets in China, APAC and Europe. She holds an MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Tony Chen
Venture Capitalist
A seasoned venture capitalist with 9+ years as a founding investor of Hong Kong X Technology Fund (established with Sequoia China), having led 20+ investments including one unicorn (EcoFlow) and seven near-unicorns. Prior to VC, he spent 15 years at Fortune 500 companies such as Philips and TE Connectivity across Europe and Asia. He holds an MSc in Materials Science from Delft University of Technology; his focus spans AI Robotics, Smart Hardware and AI Infrastructure.