Board & Management
Vietnamese and foreign professionals cover all significant asset classes (public and private equity, fixed income, property and clean development); with extensive skill sets (portfolio managers, economists, analysts, originators, traders, lawyers and client managers).
Relationship
At Dragon Capital, everything we do is done through teamwork. Every team member is encouraged to contribute ideas, and there are no hierarchical boundaries or ceilings. This open and sharing culture sets us apart in the investment world, and enhances our business edge.
Ownership
By encouraging a sense of ownership, we empower staff and create greater job satisfaction. A vibrant teams spirit means we attract exceptional people who stay with us for the long term. In an industry with high staff turnover, Dragon Capital has retained all its leading people.
Founder and Chairman Dominic Scriven, OBE
Born in Britain, Dominic is a graduate in Law and Sociology from Exeter University. After spells in finance in London and Hong Kong, he has spent the past 30 years at the head of Dragon Capital, Vietnam’s largest private asset manager. He was appointed OBE by the British Queen in 2006, and received a Labour medal from the Vietnamese President in 2014. In business, Dominic is an active promoter of financial market development, good governance and sustainability, with a particular focus on Natural Capital, that in 2019 led to the endowment of the Dragon Chair in Biodiversity Economics at Exeter University. Privately, his interests range from Vietnamese art – to biodiversity and eliminating the illegal trade in wildlife.
Member of the Board of Directors Beat Schuerch
Beat Schuerch brings over 30 years of leadership experience in Southeast Asia, having held senior roles across manufacturing, market development services, consulting, and asset management in Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Since 2006, Beat has been active in Vietnam’s asset management industry, initially with Indochina Capital as Chief Financial Officer of the Group, and later as Chief Executive Officer of the firm’s Equity Investment Division. In 2010, Beat joined Dragon Capital as Chief Operating Officer and was appointed Chief Executive Officer in December 2017.
After stepping down from his executive role in October 2025, Beat continues to serve the firm as a Member of the Board of Directors of both Dragon Capital Group and Dragon Capital Vietfund Management.
He holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Executive Director and CEO Emeritus Le Anh Minh
Minh, a Fulbright Scholar, graduated from Vietnam’s Banking University in 1991. He then joined Peregrine, where he completed Vietnam’s first M&A deal with the take-over of Dai Nam Bank. He helped restructure the bank and ran its business development and credit activities. In 1996-98, Minh attended Wharton Business School, earning an MBA and then returning to Vietnam as Coca-Cola’s regional Financial Services Manager. Minh joined Dragon in 2002 and served as CFO until 2015, when he became CEO. He stepped back from this position in Dec 2017 to pursue a doctoral degree in business. Minh sits on the Board of Ho Chi Minh Securities.
Non-Executive Director Raphael Gaglio
Raphael is the co-founder and Managing Partner of Caldera Pacific, an independent private equity firm based in Hong Kong and Korea. Prior to Caldera Pacific, Raphael was a Managing Partner at Silverhorn Group which he co-founded in 2010. Before starting up Silverhorn, Raphael was responsible for business development at Apollo Global Management Asia, formerly Holdfast Capital, a Hong Kong based private equity firm which was sold to Apollo Global Management at the beginning of 2010. Prior to joining Holdfast Capital in February 2009, Raphael was a Vice President in the Equity Capital Markets group in Credit Suisse’s Investment Banking Division in Hong Kong, where he was involved in the origination and execution of equity and equity-linked transactions for issuers in non-Japan Asia. Raphael started his career with Credit Suisse in 1996 where he held positions in various lines of business including equity derivatives, investment consulting and wealth management.
Independent Non-Executive Director Nicholas Roberts
With over 25 years of investment experience, Nick was appointed an INED of DCG in February 2016. He started his fund management career managing UK equity portfolios within the institutional team at Mercury Asset Management (MAM), becoming a Managing Director of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM) following the acquisition of MAM. Nick later joined the Global Thematic Equity team at Sarasin & Partners in 2008, becoming a partner of the firm and heading its international institutional business. Now at Troy Asset Management, Nick is responsible for developing Troy’s institutional business both in the UK and internationally. Nick has a BA from Exeter University and gained his Masters in Environmental Technology at Imperial College, London. Nick holds the ASIP qualification and is an Associate Member of the CFA Society of the UK.
Independent Non-Executive Director Farida Khambata
Farida is Co-Founder, Partner and Global Strategist at Cartica Management, LLC. Prior to founding Cartica Management, she served as the Vice President of Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East & North Africa at the IFC, where she headed operations in East Asia and the Pacific, South Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East and North Africa. Farida was nominated to the DCG Board by the IFC, and remained on the Board until 16 October 2015, when she resigned following the IFC’s sale of its shares in the company. She also served on the VEIL Board between 18 April 2012 and 26 January 2016, resigning following the merger of VEIL with VGF. Farida was re-elected to DCG’s Board on 4 Febuary 2016.
Non-Executive Director Tran Thanh Tan
Tan was granted a Master’s Degree in Management from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (“ULB”, Belgium). He has more than 15 years’ experience in building and expanding Vietnam’s securities markets. He started at Peregrine Capital Vietnam, then became a co-founder of Dragon Capital Group in 1994. He has provided consultation on the equitization process for over 20 state-owned enterprises, many of which are now listed on Vietnam’s stock exchanges. In 2003, as a representative of Dragon Capital, he established Dragon Capital Vietfund Management (“DCVFM”, formerly known as VietFund Management) and has been the CEO ever since. Since the commencement of Dragon Capital’s engagement in DCVFM, he has overseen the development of DCVFM as the most successful fund management company in Vietnam. At present, he is a member of the DCVFM Board of Directors and Chairman of the Vietnamese Fund Management Club.
Chief Executive Officer Dr. Le Anh Tuan
Dr. Le Anh Tuan is Chief Executive Officer of Dragon Capital Group. He holds an MBA with highest distinction from Willamette University and a PhD in Economics from Pennsylvania State University.
Since joining Dragon Capital in 2008, Dr. Tuan has held senior leadership roles including Chief Economist, Head of Research, Deputy Chief Investment Officer, and Chief Investment Officer. He has also served as Co-Portfolio Manager of the IPO/Placing Platform and as a member of the Investment Committees for equity and fixed-income funds.
He has led strategic initiatives and technical assistance projects in collaboration with Vietnam’s State Bank, State Treasury, and Ministry of Finance, contributing to the development of Vietnam’s financial markets. In October 2025, he was appointed CEO of Dragon Capital Group.
Chief Operating Officer, Investment Services Pham My Hanh
Hanh, a Fulbright Scholar, earned an MBA from the Business School of Rochester Institute of Technology in the US in 2001. In 2016, she was certified as a CIMA member and a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA). She has 30 years of experience in finance and investment in Vietnam, US, Singapore, and Canada. Her former positions include TIM Investment and Management Consulting JSC., Unilever, State Street Bank (US, Singapore), Citibank, Bank of America and VID Public Bank. In 2013, she joined Dragon Capital as the Portfolio Manager managing SMA clients. In 2016, she moved to Investment Operations and worked as head of the department and later was appointed to be COO, Investment Services for the Group until 2020. From 2020 to 2023, Hanh was relocated to Canada and contracted as a consultant where she continued to support the Group’s operations. In August 2023, she returned to the Firm in the role of COO, Investment Services.
Chief Financial Officer Phan Thi Tuy Van
Van received a BA in Finance from the University of Finance and Accounting in Ho Chi Minh City in 1993. She became a member of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants in 2010 and a Certified Public Accountant in Australia in 2012. She started her career as an auditor in the Tax Department of Ho Chi Minh City. After that, she spent 12 years working with British American Tobacco in various positions, including financial accounting manager, management accounting manager, and marketing finance manager. Her last position with BAT was as Head of Strategic Planning. In 2007, she joined Dragon Capital as Financial Controller and was promoted to CFO in 2016.
Chief Marketing & Distribution Officer Will Ross
Will has a bachelor’s in economics and philosophy from the Queen’s University in Canada as well as a CFA and spent the vast majority of his 25 years of professional life in global banks such as JPM, Merrill Lynch, HSBC and Citi. He started his career in research of structured credit/finance, then moved to product development of capital markets products/financing solutions, investment banking services for wealthy Asian families and most recently developing and implementing digital solutions to target younger families and professionals in Asia to help them accumulate wealth. He also spent time in the ‘digital world’ such as with Lazada where he played a key role in the end-to-end management of a cross-border marketplace, including initiatives such as the launch of Lazada’s first celebrity KOL shop with Korea’s famous rapper G-Dragon.
Chief Technology Solutions Officer Truong Quoc Tuan
Tuan graduated from Ho Chi Minh City University of Natural Sciences in 2002, majoring in Mathematics and Computer Sciences, and he started his career in many foreign companies of technology solutions development industry for 7 years where he took various positions. In 2008, he joined HSBC Vietnam to be Manager of Software Development Department before leaving for Hong Leong Bank Vietnam in 2010 as Head of Core Banking Support and Development, where in 2014 he got promoted to be Head of Information Technology. Tuan left Hong Leong Bank Vietnam in 2015 to become Head of Information Technology of Talentnet, a leading HR Consulting Firm in Vietnam. In 2017, Tuan joined Dragon Capital as Director of Technology Solutions where he looked after Information Technology and Business Solutions, and strategically run the Target Operating Model of the Group. In 2022, he received MBA from The University of Hawaii, Shidler College of Business. In Jan 2023, Tuan got promoted to become Chief Technology Solutions Officer (“CTSO”) of Dragon Capital Group.
Chief Risk Officer Gavin Patterson
Gavin graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Mount Allison University in New Brunswick, Canada in 1997, with a double major in Accounting and Management Information Systems. After completing a certification in computer programming in 1998, he joined MD Management, an asset management company for Canadian medical doctors with approximately $30bn under management. Holding many positions within the firm, Gavin worked closely with the accounting and treasury departments before moving to the Investment Management Group to specialize in portfolio analysis and investment performance. As an analyst within the group, he monitored the firm’s investment mandates, including the company’s pension plan and 20+ multi-managed funds. Gavin joined Dragon Capital in 2007, where he has managed many projects and built up the firm’s risk and analytics capabilities. He holds a Master of Science degree in Portfolio Risk and Investment Management through the EDHEC Risk Institute and is DC’s Chief Risk Officer.
Head of Principal Investments Duong Do Quyen
Quyen graduated from the University of New South Wales in 2003 with a Master’s Degree in commerce, and joined Mekong Capital, a Vietnam-focused PE firm, in the same year. She initially worked as a deal partner, and then in 2006 was put in charge of due diligence and execution. In 2007, she led the fund raising of the $100m Vietnam Azalea Fund. She managed the Fund, and served on its Board of Directors and its Investment Committee. Quyen left Mekong Capital in 2008 to become the Vietnam Consultant at Lombard Investments, a PE firm operating in Southeast Asia. In 2010 she joined Dragon Capital as Head of Private Equity and was promoted to lead the Principal Investments department of Dragon Capital in 2017.