Howel Thomas, Hong Kong - Value Investing in Safe Hands
Howel Thomas, Hong Kong - Value Investing in Safe Hands
Personal Profile
Howel Thomas is working as the Chief Executive Officer of Wykeham Capital Limited, which is the Investment Manager of the Wykeham Capital Asia Value Fund.
Authorised by the Hong Kong Securities & Futures Commission to conduct Type 9 Regulated Activities in Asset Management, Howel Thomas holds a Bachelors Degree in Economics from the London School of Economics & Political Science.
Education
Howel graduated from the LSE and joined Credit Lyonnais Securities (Asia) Limited in Hong Kong. He held a number of positions in the derivatives research and sales departments.
First foreigner to work on Korean Futures Exchange
In 1999 he believed that the Korean derivatives markets were overlooked by the conventional investment community and he moved to South Korea and became the first foreigner to work on the Korean Futures Exchange. The Korean equity futures and options market subsequently became one of the world's largest futures & options markets.
Working Experience
From 2001 he was Head of Futures & Options for CLSA where he was responsible for the company's futures & options businesses in India, Singapore, Hong Kong and South Korea. Whilst Head of Futures & Options his team consistently held the greatest market share for options trading in the Hong Kong listed options market.
From 2005 to 2009 he ran two highly successful private property companies in Hong Kong having identified a mispriced niche in the local real-estate market. These businesses focused on what were then unfashionable and under-researched property assets.
Launched Wykeham Capital Asia Value Fund
In 2009 Howel formed a private pool of capital from friends and family to invest in deeply undervalued equities in the Asia-Pacific region. In October 2010 these investments were restructured into an open-ended Cayman Islands registered Fund, which was launched as the Wykeham Capital Asia Value Fund.
