Le Anh Tuan appointed new CEO of Dragon Capital Vietfund Management JSC
Dragon Capital Group, Vietnam's largest asset manager, has appointed Le Anh Tuan as CEO of its arm Dragon Capital Vietfund Management Joint Stock Company (DCVFM), starting from October 1, 2025.
Le Anh Tuan, chief executive officer of Dragon Capital Vietfund Management JSC (DCVFM). Photo courtesy of the company.
Tuan will succeed Beat Schuerch, who will continue to serve as a member of the board of directors of Dragon Capital Group and DCVFM.
Schuerch will support the company during the transition period and continue contributing to the strategic direction of DCVFM.
After starting his career at Merrill Private Wealth Management, Tuan joined Dragon Capital first as chief economist, then as head of research in 2010, before becoming deputy CIO in 2016, co-portfolio manager of the IPO/Placing Platform in 2017, and then CIO in January 2023. He serves on the investment committees for all of Dragon Capital’s equity and fixed-income funds.
Tuan graduated from Willamette University's MBA program and has a PhD in economics from Pennsylvania State University in the U.S.
Beat has worked in Southeast Asia since 1993 in various management roles across manufacturing, market expansion services, consulting, and asset management.
In 2006, he joined Indochina Capital as CFO, based in Vietnam, before becoming CEO of the firm’s equity division. In 2010, he joined Dragon Capital as COO and was appointed CEO in December 2017. Beat graduated with a master's degree in economics from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Founded in 1994 with a team of six and $18 million worth of assets under management, Dragon Capital Group has since developed into an integrated investment platform focused on Vietnam and other Southeast Asian emerging markets.
The group is now the longest established, independent, fund manager based in the capital markets of Vietnam with $6.1 billion worth of assets under management (as of March 31, 2024 – unaudited).
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