====== William Je ======

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**William Je**, also known as **Kin Ming Je**,((//23 CRIM 118.// (2023, March 6). Cryptome; United States District Court Southern District of New York. https://web.archive.org/web/20230405092411/https://cryptome.org/2023/03/kwok-002.pdf)) is a Chinese businessman based in the [[United Kingdom]]. He is the founder of [[Hamilton Investment Management]] and [[Himalaya Exchange]].((Gilmour, R. (2022, December 23). //My first boss: William Je, Hamilton Investment Management CEO.// Yahoo News. http://archive.today/2023.04.10-175219/https://news.yahoo.com/william-je-hamilton-investment-management-ceo-094637398.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall&guccounter=1))

Je is a fellow member of the [[Association of Chartered Certified Accountants]] as well as the [[Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants]]. He served as chairman of the [[Hong Kong Youth Association]] (HKYA) and founder of the [[Youth Innovation and Development Alliance]] (YIDA).

He is a member of the [[Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference]].

===== History =====

==== Education ====

Je graduated from the [[University of Wales]] and [[Alliance Manchester Business School]] with a Master of Business Administration.

==== Career ====

Je spent 10 years as chairman of equity capital markets for Greater [[China]] at [[Macquarie Group]], and was Director and Head of Business Development at [[Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein]]. He also held positions at [[China Merchant Securities Hong Kong]], [[Credit Agricole Indosuez]] and [[NatWest Markets]].((Gilmour, R. (2022, December 23). //My first boss: William Je, Hamilton Investment Management CEO.// Yahoo News. http://archive.today/2023.04.10-175219/https://news.yahoo.com/william-je-hamilton-investment-management-ceo-094637398.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall&guccounter=1))

He worked as a senior auditor at [[Deloitte]] from 1990-1993, then [[Arthur Andersen]] from 1993-1995.

Je founded [[ACA Capital]] in April 2015, serving as CEO until May 2018.((//William Je.// LinkedIn. Retrieved April 10, 2023, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamje/))

Je launched the [[Hong Kong People Association]] (HKPA) in September 2021.((The Hong Kong People Association. (2021, September 20). //One of Hong Kong’s most illustrious business names establishes a UK based charity, inspired to better the lives of those Hong Kong citizens starting a new life in Britain.// PR Newswire. https://web.archive.org/web/20230315201351/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/one-of-hong-kongs-most-illustrious-business-names-establishes-a-uk-based-charity-inspired-to-better-the-lives-of-those-hong-kong-citizens-starting-a-new-life-in-britain-301379734.html))

==== Indictment ====

On March 6, 2023, an indictment was unsealed accusing Je of a number of crimes including conspiracy to commit wire fraud, securities fraud, bank fraud, and [[money laundering]].((//23 CRIM 118.// (2023, March 6). Cryptome; United States District Court Southern District of New York. https://web.archive.org/web/20230405092411/https://cryptome.org/2023/03/kwok-002.pdf)) He was listed as co-defendant alongside [[Guo Wengui]]. He allegedly controlled the finances of Guo's [[GTV Media Group]], despite holding no formal position with the company.
===== External links =====

  * [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamje/|LinkedIn]]
  * [[https://wiki.whiteroseintelligence.com/en/William-Je|White Rose Wiki]]