About/Investment Team/Ronald Chan

Ronald Chan

Founder / Chief Investment Officer

Ronald founded Chartwell Capital in 2007, and currently serves as the Chief Investment Officer, spearheading the firm’s investment strategy and chairing the Investment Committee.

Ronald holds positions as a board member of the Financial Services Development Council of Hong Kong, a committee member of the Listing Committee and the Public Shareholders Group at the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong, and an Independent Non-Executive Director of Hong Kong Ferry Holdings, Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Limited, and Powerlong Commercial Management Holdings. Previously, he served as a Listing Committee member of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong from 2016 to 2022.

In addition to his professional roles, Ronald is a frequent contributor to the South China Morning Post. He is also recognized as an author, having written two books: Behind the Berkshire Hathaway Curtain: Lessons from Warren Buffett’s Top Business Leaders and The Value Investors: Lessons from the World’s Top Fund Managers.

Ronald graduated from the Stern School of Business at New York University, where he received Bachelor of Science degrees in Finance and Accounting. He is actively involved in his alma mater as the Vice President of the university’s Pan-Asia Alumni Committee. Furthermore, he serves as a member of the Board of Trustees at Malvern College in Hong Kong and Worcester Academy in Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Career summary

  • Over 20 years of investment experience

  • Listing Committee member, The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (2016 - 2022)

  • Independent Non-Executive Director of listed companies Hong Kong Ferry, Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing, and Powerlong Commercial Management

  • Author of The Value Investors: Lessons from the World’s Top Fund Managers

Qualifications

  • B.Sc in Finance and Accounting, Stern School of Business, New York University