SY Holdings Group Limited (“SY Holdings” or the “Group”, stock code: 6069.HK) is the first supply chain technology platform company listed on the Main Board of Hong Kong, with major institutional shareholders including Singapore's Temasek, China's Taiping, Wuxi Transportation Group and Taishan Capital. Shengye has been included in MSCI series indexes, Hang Seng Composite Index, FTSE Index, Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect and Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect, and has been selected as CNBC's "Top 200 Global Financial Technology Companies" in 2023 and "Forbes China's Top 50 Financial Technology Influential Enterprises" in 2024, and its development has been recognized by the international market.
SY Holdings continues to focus on inclusive finance and digital finance businesses, closely following the policy orientation of the "Five Major Articles" proposed at the Central Financial Work Conference. The group has served national pillar industries such as infrastructure, pharmaceuticals, and commodities, and is actively expanding into more strategic emerging industries, such as new energy and cross-border e-commerce. The group integrates technology into the industrial supply chain to help small and medium-sized enterprises on the chain obtain more convenient inclusive financial services. At present, strategic cooperation has been established with more than 10 large central state-owned enterprise core enterprises, and a digital industry ecosystem has been established around over 1.5 million high-quality suppliers, linking 138 funding partners. Through continuous investment in technology and talent over the past decade, SY Holdings has helped more than 16000 small and medium-sized enterprises obtain inclusive financial services worth over 210 billion yuan. Since its establishment, SY Holdings has been profitable and maintaining steady growth for ten years, with a total revenue of 436 million yuan and a net profit of 165 million yuan in 2024 interim results.
Since its establishment, SY Holdings's cumulative R&D investment has exceeded 200 million yuan, with R&D personnel accounting for over 27%. As of now, we have obtained 68 national invention patents and computer software copyrights, including cloud computing, intelligent operations, and intelligent risk control. The "Shengyitong Cloud Platform" independently developed by SY Holdings has obtained the "Level 3 Protection" certification (the highest level of national certification for non bank institution information system security protection), providing a solid compliance and security support for SY Holdings's supply chain technology platform's big data analysis, precise customer acquisition, and business innovation. The application of technology has also improved internal operational efficiency, such as using AI for contract document input and automatic review, user payment prediction, automatic recognition and extraction of core elements from voice content, RPA (business process robot automation) automatic collection of bank statements, greatly improving loan speed and risk control level. At present, SY Holdings has achieved 100% online operation, thereby helping more customers obtain more convenient inclusive financial services. Shengye Information Technology Services (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of SY Holdings, has been awarded certifications such as National "High tech Enterprise", Shenzhen "Specialized and Innovative Enterprise", "National Encouraged Software Enterprise", and "National Encouraged Software Product", and has been recognized as a "Multinational Corporation Headquarters Enterprise" by the Guangdong Provincial Department of Commerce and the Shenzhen Bureau of Commerce.
Based on SY Holdings's continuous investment in technology, the group's revenue structure is constantly optimizing, and the proportion of technology revenue is also continuously increasing. In 2024 interim results, SY Holdings's technology revenue will account for about 35%, and it is expected to increase to 50% by 2025.
Making finance more inclusive
People Oriented
Service Oriented
Pursuit of Innovation
Mr. Tung founded SY in 2013 and is responsible for overall strategic planning, business development and operational management of the Company. Mr. Tung became a Director of the Company in December 2016 and was reappointed as the Executive Director and the Chairman of the Board in March 2017. In addition, Mr. Tung was appointed as the Chairman of the Nominations Committee and a member of the Remunerations Committee.
Mr. Tung is Singaporean. He has founded multiple successful start-up businesses, whilst studying at Singapore Management University (SMU) and contributed to the establishment of the P.A.K. Entrepreneurship Fund to proactively ignite the innovation and entrepreneurial spirit amongst students. In 2020, Mr. Tung Chi Fung was one of 25 business school graduates honored by AACSB International of SMU as the Most Influential Leaders of 2020, and serves as a Dean's Fellow of the Lee Kong Chian School of Business(KJCSB).
With China’s continuously improving economy and the strong policy support, Mr. Tung founded SY in 2013 with the aim of promoting the development of small, medium and micro enterprises (SMEs). SY was among the first batch of supply chain financial companies established in the Mainland China and the first commercial factoring company in Mainland China listed on the Main Board of the HKEX.
Mr. Tung actively fulfils corporate social responsibilities and focuses on publicly beneficial activities such as adolescent development, child growth and poverty alleviation in poor areas. He was appointed as an Honorary Director of Raleigh China and the Vice President of the China Charity Federation Handpicked Love Foundation. He is also the Director of Lok Sin Tong and the Manager of Lok Sin Tong Leung Kau Kui College.
In 2012, Mr. Tung studied at University of St. Gallen and Harvard University. Mr. Tung obtained his Bachelor degree in Business Administration with merit from the SMU in May 2013.
Ms. Wang joined the Group in May 2021 and is responsible for the Group’s overall financial accounting and corporate finance reporting. She is also a member of the Risk Management Committee of the group.
Ms. Wang has solid financial management experience in Group companies. Prior to joining the Group, Ms. Wang was responsible for financial reporting and credit management of corporate financing at Ningbo Shanshan Co., Ltd. She also held various positions such as CFO, Board Secretary, and Executive Director at Fuyin Finance Leasing, which is a subsidiary of Ningbo Shanshan Co., Ltd.
Ms. Wang obtained a Bachelor's degree in Management from China University of Geosciences in 2011.
Mr. Lo was previously Sheng Ye Capital’s Chief Financial Officer from January 2016 to December 2021, and was responsible for the Company’s overall financial accounting and corporate finance reporting.
Mr. Lo has extensive experience in financial management. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Lo worked for various international accounting firms between 1985 to 1995. From 1998 to 2002, he was a Director of an investment company within the China Resources Group, responsible for private investments portfolio management.
Following this, Mr. Lo held the position of Chief Financial Officer and Financial Controller for various group companies. Mr. Lo succeeded in assisting a property company in raising RMB1.2 billion from the largest real estate developer in Singapore, participating in conditions negotiation, organizational restructuring, due diligence andpreparation of transaction documents, etc. That project has developed into one of the landmarks for Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China.
Mr. Lo became an associate member of Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia in 1991 and become a member and a fellow member of Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants in 1992 and 1999, respectively. He obtained his Bachelor of Business Administration degree in 1984 from James Cook University in North Queensland, Australia.
Mr. Fong Heng Boo, was appointed as the Independent Non-executive Director in September 2018.
Mr. Fong has over 45years of experience in auditing, finance, business development and corporate governance. Prior to his retirement in 2014, Mr. Fong was the Director (Special Duties) at the Singapore Totalisator Board as the Head of Finance and Investment functions.
Currently,Mr. Fong is also appointed as an independent director of companies listed in Singapore including TA Corporation Ltd, Livingstone Health Holdings Limited,Bonvest Holdings Limited and Keong Hong Holdings Limited, as well as Kwan Yong Holdings Limited and UOA Development BHD listed in Hong Kong and Malasia respectively.
Mr. Terence Tang is a seasoned professional with over 20 years of experience in financial audit, data governance, operations improvement, and information system implementation. He joined Deloitte China in July 1998, was admitted to the partnership in 2008 and subsequently retired as a partner in October 2018. He has led and served numerous advisory and attest projects for global conglomerates in the financial services, technology and consumer business sectors in China.
Mr. Tang obtained an Honor Bachelor degree graduate from the University of Waterloo, Canada and a Master degree in Accounting from Curtin University of Technology, Australia. He is also a member of the Hong Kong Society of Accountants (HKICPA) and CPA Australia. He is also a Certified Information System Auditor (CISA), Certified Information System Manager (CISM) and Certified Internal Auditor (CIA). He also served as a Director of Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), China Hong Kong Chapter from 2008 to 2018.
Ms. Chan Yuk Ying Phyllis, was appointed as the Independent Non-executive Director in July 2022.
Ms. Chan has over 35 years of experience in financial audit, regulatory bodies, financial advisory, business development and investor relations. Ms. Chan worked as auditor between March 1986 to January 1991 in Hong Kong and Australia. She worked in the Corporate Regulation Division of Australian Securities Commission between January 1991 to March 1992, and subsequently worked in the Listing Division of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited between April 1992 to May 1996. After working five years in regulatory bodies, she worked for 10 years in corporate finance in investment banks between May 1996 to April 2006 responsible for financial advisory and initial public offerings. She was responsible for business development and investor relations from May 2006 to February 2022 in a company listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange.
Ms. Chan obtained Degree of Bachelor of Economics with Honors from La Trobe University in Australia. Ms. Chan is a member of the Chartered Accountants Australian and New Zealand.
Mr. Yuan joined the Group in April 2020 and is responsible for corporate strategic planning, strategic investments, investor relations and branding activities.
Mr. Yuan has extensive capital market and managerial experience. Prior to joining the Group, he was Executive Director of Olympus Capital Asia, which is a Pan-Asia Private Equity firm with AUM over USD2 billion. Mr. Yuan was leading the firm’s investment activities in China and Southeast Asia, with a focus on fin-tech, logistics, e-commerce and corporate services. He had led several stellar investments cross the region, including SY, Scommerce which is the largest private logistics platform in Vietnam, and Bukalapak which is a leading e-commerce player in Indonesia.
Before that, he was a partner at an investment advisory firm, focusing on special situations investments and state-owned assets privatization in China. Mr. Yuan is also a Chartered Accountant in Singapore, and holds a BBA Hons (Accountancy) from National University of Singapore.
Mr. Wang joined the Group in November 2018 and is responsible for company secretarial matters.
He has extensive experience in legal, regulatory and compliance roles. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Wang worked as a lawyer for a famous law firm in Shanghai and then worked as Head of Legal Department and Company Secretary for a large state-owned enterprise in Jiangsu Province. During that time, Mr. Wang participated in projects such as the direct investment in China by multinational companies and investment funds, legal support for mergers and acquisitions, the overseas listing of domestic companies, as well as led a Hong Kong listing project for a domestic company. He also provided legal services for various construction engineering and real estate companies.
Mr. Wang obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree in International Law and Legal Studies from Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, and the National Legal Professional Qualification in the People’s Republic of China in 2012. He obtained his Master of Laws degree in International Economic Law from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London in 2013 and his Master of Corporate Governance degree from the Open University of Hong Kong in 2018. Mr. Wang has been an associate of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators and the Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries since 2018.
