REG - VinaCapital Vietnam - Statement on the Passing of Andy Ho

VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity FundAnnouncement

06/06/2024 13:00

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RNS Number : 4470R  VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fd.  06 June 2024

 

 

VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund Limited

 

(the "Company" or "VOF")

 

LEI Number: 2138007UD8FBBVAX9469

 

VinaCapital Investment Management Ltd - Statement on the Passing of Andy Ho

 

Ho Chi Minh City, 6 June 2024

 

It is with great sadness that VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund and
VinaCapital Investment Management Ltd ("VinaCapital") announce that Andy Ho,
VinaCapital's Chief Investment Officer, unexpectedly passed away this morning
at his home in Ho Chi Minh City.

 

Don Lam, CEO and Founding Partner, said: "Andy has been my trusted business
partner since 2007, and he has been instrumental in the growth of the Company
and VinaCapital as a whole. More importantly, he has been a close friend who
will be missed by me and everyone at VinaCapital. I am devastated by this
loss. My deepest condolences are with his wife, family and loved ones."

 

Huw Evans, Chairman of VOF, said: "Andy was instrumental in the founding of
VOF and his energy and enthusiasm have been important contributors to the
growth of the Company over many years.  On behalf of the Board I would like
to add our condolences to Andy's family and also to Don Lam and the
VInaCapital team who have lost a friend and valued colleague."

 

VinaCapital has a succession plan that is being implemented with the full
support of the VOF Board. Brook Taylor, VinaCapital's CEO of Asset Management,
will step in as interim leader of the VOF team alongside co-managers Khanh Vu
and Dieu Phuong Nguyen Thi, Deputy Managing Directors of VinaCapital.

 

Further information is available on the Company's website at:
https://vinacapital.com/investment-solutions/offshore-funds/vof/overview/
(https://vinacapital.com/investment-solutions/offshore-funds/vof/overview/)

 

Enquiries:

 

 Joel Weiden
 Investment Manager - Investor Relations and Communications

 VinaCapital Investment Management Limited
 T: +84 28 3821 9930
 E: joel.weiden@vinacapital.com

 Magdala Mullegadoo
 Company Secretary / Administrator

 Aztec Financial Services (Guernsey) Limited
 T: +44 1481 748 814
 E: vinacapital@aztecgroup.co.uk

 

 1.    References to VOF or the Company in this announcement shall mean
 VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund Limited, a non-cellular company
 incorporated in the Bailiwick of Guernsey under The Companies (Guernsey) Law,
 2008, with registered number 61765. It is authorised by the Guernsey Financial
 Services Commission (reference number 2268242) as a registered closed-ended
 investment scheme under The Protection of Investors (Bailiwick of Guernsey)
 Law, 2020 and in compliance with the Registered Collective Investment Scheme
 Rules, as amended.

 2.     The registered office address of the Company is East Wing,
 Trafalgar Court, Les Banques, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands, GY1
 3PP.

 3.     This announcement contains information that is inside information
 for the purposes of the UK version of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No.
 596/2014 which is part of UK law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal)
 Act 2018 (as amended and supplemented from time to time).

 

 

 

 

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