William Philogene

William Philogene is currently the Director of Distribution and Institutional Sales at CPS Capital, a boutique stockbroking and corporate finance firm, based in Perth, Western Australia. Working with experts in the small cap space, William oversees investment portfolios for private High / Ultra High Net worth private clients, family offices, and regularly works with international institutional funds. William joined CPS Capital in 2015 after working as a Vice President and Financial Adviser at Morgan Stanley International Wealth Management based in Perth, Western Australia since 2010. Prior to working at Morgan Stanley, William worked at Macquarie Bank for over five years.

Tony Chong

Tony is a strategic, commercial advisor to a range of corporates (listed and private groups) and high-net-worth individuals. In addition to his domestic practice, Tony has an extensive network of international clients, with a particular focus on clients in China, Singapore, Malaysia and ASEAN generally. Tony leads the Australian Asia Desk.

Tony plays a strategic, advisory role – identifying opportunities and bringing parties together, counselling on structuring and commercial terms – as well as providing more traditional legal and taxation advice.

A corporate and tax law specialist (with CPA and Tax Institute accreditation), Tony focuses on mid-market corporate advisory and mergers and acquisitions. He has specialist knowledge in corporate, tax and fund structures, foreign investment issues particularly from Asia (including FIRB) and regularly advises clients on funds establishment and management particularly in the technology, agriculture and property sectors. Tony provides advice in the technology sector including crowd funding and the regulatory framework concerning cryptocurrencies. He also advises on AFSL and regulatory matters relating to the financial services sector.

A recognized mentor to ethnic leaders, Tony has been an active participant in the WA State Government’s Diversification of Boards program and is the Senior Vice President of the WA Chinese Chamber of Commerce.

Nicholas Ong

Nicholas is the Managing Director of Minerva Corporate. He was a principal adviser at the Australian Securities Exchange in Perth and brings 15 years of experience in listing rules compliance, capital raising and corporate governance. While at the ASX, he oversaw the listing of over 100 companies to the official list of the ASX. He is a director of Vonex Limited, Helios Energy Ltd, Arrow Minerals Ltd, White Cliff Minerals Ltd and CoAssets Ltd, and acts as company secretary for White Cliff Minerals Ltd and Love Group Ltd. 

Nicholas is also a Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia. He holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Western Australia and a Bachelor of Commerce from Murdoch University. He also holds Graduate Diplomas of Applied Finance and Investments and Applied Corporate Governance from the Securities Institute of Australia and the Governance Institute of Australia, respectively.