David Chong Kok Kong () is a lawyer and business owner. Chong is the founder and president of the Portcullis Group, which provides wealth advisory services. He is the executive chairman of Fusang – the Asian Family Office, owned by his family.

Law career

Chong is a director of David Chong Law Corporation, Singapore. Chong is a qualified

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in the United Kingdom. He is also an advocate and solicitor, Singapore; Malaysia and Brunei; barrister and solicitor in

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, Australia; solicitor in

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and

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, Australia.

Wealth advisory career

Chong is the founder of Portcullis Group services. In 2013, Chong's Portcullis TrustNet firm came under the spotlight as the

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(ICIJ) singled out the company as a wealth management firm that uses that offshore loopholes for wealthy individuals to evade tax The allegations surfaced as an independent contractor leaked its clients' data to the ICIJ. David Chong also owns Lintel Securities and the Fusang Group of companies.

Other appointments

Chong is the President of the Singapore Trustees Association (STA). He served as the Founding President of Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners (STEP) Singapore Branch, and was the Founding President of the S ingapore Fund Administrators Association (SFAA). He also sits on the Investment Committee of the

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. He is a fellow of

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, Oxford, where he sits on the Board of Regents. Chong is Vice Chair of the United World College of South-East Asia Foundation, and sits on the Board of

NUS High School of Math and Science The NUS High School of Math and Science, also known as NUS High School or NUSH, is a specialised independent high school in Singapore offering a six-year Integrated Programme (IP) leading to the NUS High School Diploma. Its parent university is t ...

. In appreciation for his dedicated service to education, the

Singapore Ministry of Education The Ministry of Education (MOE; ; zh, 教育部; ) is a ministry of the Government of Singapore responsible for the formulation and implementation of policies related to the education in Singapore. Organisational structure The ministry curre ...

presented Chong with a Service to Education Award in 2013. He also founded Oyster Security Pte Ltd whose primary role is to safeguard the Portcullis group of companies against technology risks and threats.

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