Ivan Ko

 

Chief Executive Officer

Mr Ivan Ko is the CEO of VHG. 

Mr Ko was born in Hong Kong and speaks fluent Cantonese, English and Mandarin.  He graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1984 and studied a master degree course in real estate development in the University of Hong Kong. 

Mr Ko has 27 years of real estate development and real estate finance experience in Hong Kong, China, Macau, US and UK. He was the Chairman and CEO of a mortgage service company – Advantage China Limited which he set up in JV with the International Finance Corporation (The World Bank), Deutsche Bank, Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO) and another institutional investor. He was the Managing Director and Head of Real Estate Asset Management of two listed financial institutions - SW Kingsway Capital Holdings Limited and Value Convergence Holdings Limited, in which he set up real estate funds for the China and Macau market.  He set up the RECAS Group in 2004. 

For public services, in the first few years of 2000, Mr Ko was a Director of the Hong Kong Policy Research Institute for several years, a member of the Personal Data (Privacy) Advisory Committee in Hong Kong.  He was the Founding Chairman of China Real Estate Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong and International Chapter 2002-2004 and was re-elected in 2012 and served as Chairman till 2018.  He is currently a member of the Board of a charitable NGO Walk DVRC Ltd and a member of its Steering Committee.  He is also a Walking Expert of a Hong Kong think tank Civic Exchange.

Mr Ko has published a number of articles relating to the movements in Hong Kong in Citizen News and Ming Pao Daily.