Heng Fai Ambrose Chan has served as a director of the Company since February 12, 2017 and as Chairman of the Board since March 2019. He has also served as an officer of the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, DSS International, Inc. since July of 2017. Mr. Chan is an accomplished global business veteran with more than 40 years of experience. Mr. Chan specializes in financial restructuring and corporate transformation to unlock value and unleash entrepreneurial zeal while managing risks.
Mr. Chan is actively involved across the globe in corporate restructures, governance and entrepreneurial ventures in several diversified industries. Some of the remarkable companies that he has built, rescued, or transformed include American Pacific Bank (USA), China Gas Holdings Limited and Heng Fai Enterprises Limited both (listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong), Global Med Technologies, Inc. (U.S. medical software company exited for US$60 million), and Singhaiyi Group Ltd (listed on the Singapore Exchange).
Currently Mr. Chan serves on the Board of Directors of a number of distinguished organizations among his noteworthy accomplishments. Mr. Chan has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Sharing Services Global Corporation since April of 2020, and has served as the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Alset Ehome International, Inc. since its inception. Mr. Chan has served as a Director of Alset International’s 99.98%-owned subsidiary, GigWorld Inc., since October 2014. He has served as a member of the Board of Directors of OptimumBank Holdings, Inc. and as a Non-Executive Director of Holista CollTech Ltd., since June 2018 and July of 2013, respectively.
Mr. Chan’s previous service record further highlights his extensive business acumen. From 1995 to 2015, Mr. Chan served as Managing Chairman of Hong Kong-listed Zensun Enterprises Limited (formerly Heng Fai Enterprises Limited), an investment holding company, and has served as a member of the Board of Zensun Enterprises Limited since September 1992. Mr. Chan was formerly the Managing Director of SingHaiyi Group Ltd., a public Singapore property development, investment, and management company (“SingHaiyi”), from March 2003 to September 2013, and was Executive Chairman of China Gas Holdings Limited, an investor and operator of the city gas pipeline infrastructure in China, from 1997 to 2002 . Mr. Chan served as Director of Global Medical REIT Inc., a healthcare facility real estate company, from December 2013 to July 2015. He also served as a Director of Skywest Ltd., a public Australian airline company from 2005 to 2006, and from November 2003 to September 2013, he was a Director of SingHaiyi. Mr. Chan served as a member of the Board of Directors of RSI International Systems, Inc., the developer of RoomKeyPMS, a web-based property management system, from June 2014 to February 2019.