Louis SO

Co-Chief Investment Officer and Executive Director

Mr. Louis SO is Co-Chief Investment Officer (“Co-CIO”) and Executive Director of Value Partners Group. He works closely with Dato’ Seri CHEAH Cheng Hye on all aspects of providing leadership to Value Partners, including overseeing all group affairs and activities, daily operations and management of the firm’s investment management team. Mr. SO holds a leadership role in the Group’s investment process, including a high degree of responsibility over portfolio management.

Mr. SO has over 22 years of asset management industry experience, with a solid track record in research and portfolio management. He joined Value Partners in May 1999 and was promoted to take up various research and fund management roles since then. His extensive management capability and on-the-ground experience helped the Group establish an unparalleled research and investment team.

Mr. SO was named “Outstanding Manager of the Year – Greater China equity category” in the Fund of the Year Awards 2017 by Benchmark. In the 2011 Best of the Best Awards by Asia Asset Management, he was the co-winner of the “CIO of the Year in Asia” award alongside Dato’ Seri CHEAH Cheng Hye.

Mr. SO graduated from the University of Auckland in New Zealand with a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce and obtained a Master’s degree in Commerce from the University of New South Wales in Australia.