William Ma

CIO, Grow Investment Group, CAIA Global Board of Director

Mr. William Ma, CFA, CAIA, with over 18 years of industry experience, is the Chief Investment Officer and founder of GROW Investment Group, a China based multi strategy multi asset management company.  Previously, Mr. Ma was the Chief Investment Officer of Noah Holdings and the Chief Investment Officer of Gopher Asset Management, the asset management arm of Noah. Gopher is the largest multi strategy multi asset management company in China with USD25 billion AUM and 220 professionals. Before joining Noah in 2015, Mr. Ma was the CIO of Gottex Penjing Asset Management (GPAM). Prior to joining GPAM in 2012, Mr. Ma was co-founder and Portfolio Manager of Penjing Asset Management.

Mr. Ma has been the Foreign Expert QDLP Review Committee Member for the Shanghai Municipal Government Financial Service Department since 2012, the APAC Committee Board Member of SBAI (Standard Board of Alternative Investment) since 2019, the Global Board of Directors of CAIA Association since 2020, and the judge panel of Eurekahedge Asian Hedge Fund Awards since 2016. 

Mr. Ma received his BEng (EESE) from the University of Hong Kong and his MBA in Finance and E-Commerce from the University of San Francisco. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst charterholder.