Dr. Su Ming Wong

Biography

Su-Ming Wong is a distinguished investment professional with over 35 years of direct investment, international corporate advisory, and merchant banking experience. He co-founded CHAMP Ventures in 2001, which has grown to become a leading private equity fund manager in Australia with $750 million in funds management. Su-Ming is passionate about strengthening cooperation between Australia and Asia, playing an instrumental role in setting up the AMWIN Innovation Fund, which is recognized as one of Australia’s successful venture capital funds. He is actively involved as an Angel Investor, focusing on investments in young, innovative Australian start-ups. In 2018, Su-Ming was appointed as a Professor of Practice at the UNSW Business School. He serves as a director for the Asia Society Australia and the Sydney Writers’ Festival, and is a member of the UNSW Business School Advisory Council. Additionally, he chairs the Advisory Council for China Matters, an independent think tank focusing on Australia-China relations. Su-Ming is a former council member of the University of Technology, Sydney and has also been the founding director of National ICT Australia, a center of excellence in ICT research, and served on the Industry Research Development Board and as a director of Unisearch. He is a member of the Australian Venture Capital Association and the South Australian Government’s Venture Capital Board.

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