Kenny is currently CEO of Two Sigma Asia-Pacific. Two Sigma is one of the world’s largest systematic investment and financial service firms with an AUM of about USD 60 billion. With over 1200 engineers and scientists, Two Sigma is recognized as a global pioneer in applying data science and advanced technology in the fields of investment management, securities and insurance. As CEO of Two Sigma Asia-Pacific, Kenny oversees all of Two Sigma in Asia.

Prior to joining Two Sigma, Kenny was Group President of Noah Holdings Limited (NYSE: Noah). Noah is China’s largest independent wealth and asset manager. Before Noah, Kenny was Global Partner of McKinsey & Company, as a co-leader of its Asia Financial Institutional Practice serving leading financial institutions in 13 markets in Asia. He was the fastest rising partner of McKinsey in Asia when elected a Global Partner six years after he joined McKinsey as an analyst. He has advised governments and regulators on transformation of financial hubs, including the creation of the Private Wealth Management Association.

Kenny has been appointed to various public roles serving the broader business community. He is Chairman of the Executive Board of the Wharton School in Asia; and serves on the Asia Pacific Leadership Council of The Nature Conservancy. He is a member of the University of Waterloo President’s Global Advisory Board and was appointed as a Special Advisor to Our Hong Kong Foundation.

Kenny is an elected board member of multiple leading companies in Asia. He is a board member and the chairman of the Risk Committee of The Bank of East Asia (China), one of the largest foreign banks in China; a board member of Shui On Xintiandi, a leading property developer in China; and a board member of Smartone Telecommunications in Hong Kong (HKSE: 315), a leading telecommunications provider.  

Kenny graduated with a finance degree, magna cum laude, from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a Joseph Wharton Scholar and Benjamin Franklin Scholar, and a law degree with honours from Oxford University. He was the first Hong Kong Chinese ever to be awarded the Joseph Wharton Scholarship.