Albert Y L Wong

Originally from Hong Kong, Albert Wong has been involved in the investment banking and stockbroking industry for over 38 years. Over the years, he has served on numerous boards including various ASX-listed companies.

Mr Wong’s current philanthropic activities include serving on the Boards of UNSW Foundation and GWS Giants Foundation. He was previously on the Board of the Australian Museum Foundation and former President and Honorary Life Governor of the Physics Foundation at the University of Sydney. He was made a Member of the Order of Australia in January 2017.

More recently, he commissioned and co-wrote a book with Australian historian Dr Will Davies on the role played by the Chinese ANZACs and Chinese Labour Corps in The Great War and lobbying both State and Federal Governments to support awareness of this little-known chapter in Australian history. The book, entitled “The Forgotten – The Chinese Labour Corp and Chinese ANZACs”, was officially launched in April 2020 by His Excellency, General David Hurley, Governor General of the Commonwealth of Australia.

In March 2021, Mr Wong was unanimously appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society of NSW and invited to join its Philanthropy Committee in August 2022. In October 2022, Mr Wong was selected by the National Library of Australia to be included in its Oral History and Folklore Collection.

Mr Wong joined the Children's Medical Research Institute Board in October 2013 and is Co-Chair of the CMRI Foundation.