Fred Ng is a turnaround CFO/CRO with more than 30 years’ international experience working with distressed companies and their stakeholders in UK, Europe and emerging markets. He has held advisory, CFO and other senior finance roles with companies of varying sizes in the UK and Asia. Industry experience includes property, glass manufacturing, building materials, printing, financial services, retailing chemical, garment, textiles, insurance, oil and gas, professional services, beverages, food products and general manufacturing.
Fred began his post-qualification career with Heron in 1989 where he played a key role in successfully completing this complex cross border £1bn restructuring. He then pursued his career in Asia and in 1993 became CFO of Asian Capital Partners, a regional investment bank headquartered in Hong Kong. He led a MBO of part of the business which was then sold to ABN AMRO. In addition, he also held senior finance roles with Standard Chartered and Carrefour Asia. He founded a restructuring boutique in Singapore and was shortlisted for the IFR Asia Restructuring of the Year 2000.In UK he has held senior restructuring roles with KPMG and RSM in London and was involved in a range of UK and European restructurings including Marconi and Cookson. He has held interim CFO roles and worked on pre-and post-acquisition M&A in Italy, Turkey and UK. He is a fellow of the ICAEW and and MBA from Henley Business School
They combine experience, common sense, integrity, ideas, perseverance and the ability to inspire, motivate and work well with other people.
Carlos Gila, Oaktree Capital Management