Au Chong Kit (Stanley Au) is a Macao banker — Chairman of the Delta Asia Financial Group and owner of Banco Delta Asia. Born on 28 August 1941 in Macao with ancestry in Xinhui, Guangdong, he is the son of Au Wing-ngok, who founded the bank's predecessor in 1935. Au graduated from Macao's Yuet Wah College in 1958, moved to Hong Kong in 1959 to work in foreign exchange and gold investment, and in 1974 became one of the first Hong Kong dealers to open Loco London gold/silver trading — earning recognition as an outstanding financier from the Financial Times and a German finance magazine. In 1993 the group was formally restructured as the Delta Asia Financial Group, with commercial banking, investment banking and insurance operations across Macao and Hong Kong. A leader of Macao's SME sector, he founded the Macau SME Federation; he stood in the 1999 Chief Executive election, served in the Provisional and full Legislative Assembly, and has long served on the CPPCC National Committee.

A Macao money house founded by his father in 1935 grew, in the son's hands, into a financial group spanning Macao and Hong Kong — and the banker himself was once a pioneer of Hong Kong's gold market.

Au Chong Kit (Stanley Au) is a Macao banker — Chairman of the Delta Asia Financial Group and owner of Banco Delta Asia. He inherited and expanded the family banking enterprise founded by his father, Au Wing-ngok, and played a pioneering role in the early internationalisation of Hong Kong's gold market in the 1970s. Beyond business, he organised Macao's SME sector and was deeply involved in Macao politics across the Handover.

Profile

  • Chinese Name: 區宗傑
  • English Name: Au Chong Kit / Stanley Au
  • Born: 28 August 1941 (Macao)
  • Ancestry: Chaolian, Xinhui, Guangdong
  • Domains: Business · Politics
  • Industry: Banking · Finance · Foreign exchange · Gold
  • Subject type: Entrepreneur (banker)

Background

Au Chong Kit was born on 28 August 1941 in Portuguese Macao, with ancestral roots in Chaolian, Xinhui (now part of Jiangmen), Guangdong. His father, Au Wing-ngok, founded the predecessor of Banco Delta Asia in Macao in 1935, rooting the family in Macao banking. Au graduated from Macao's Yuet Wah College in 1958 and moved to Hong Kong the following year, beginning his financial career in foreign exchange and investment.

Career

I. A pioneer of Hong Kong's gold market

Between 1962 and 1974 Au ran foreign-exchange and investment businesses in Hong Kong. In the 1970s he became one of the first Hong Kong dealers to open Loco London spot gold and silver trading, taking a place in the gradual internationalisation of Hong Kong's gold market. He was named an outstanding financier by Britain's Financial Times in 1976 and by a German finance magazine in 1977, and served as a director of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong from 1993 to 1999.

II. The Delta Asia Financial Group and Banco Delta Asia

In 1993 the family group was formally restructured as the Delta Asia Financial Group. Its Banco Delta Asia is a Macao-incorporated bank, descended from the money house his father founded in 1935, operating across commercial banking, investment banking and insurance, with operations extending into Hong Kong. As group chairman, Au kept the family bank among the small number of multi-generational local financial institutions in Macao.

III. An organiser of the SME sector

Au is a leading figure in Macao's SME community, founding the Macau SME Federation and the Delta Asia SME Training Institute to promote financing, training and development for local small and medium enterprises.

Defining Moments

1. The 1999 Chief Executive election

On the eve of Macao's 1999 return to China, Au stood as a business candidate in the first election for Chief Executive of the Macao SAR, ultimately receiving 34 votes and losing to Edmund Ho. Though unsuccessful, the candidacy made him one of the representative business-sector participants in Macao's transitional politics; he subsequently served in the Provisional and full Legislative Assembly (1999–2001).

2. Stewarding a multi-generational family bank

As a bank carried across generations, Banco Delta Asia faced expansion and shifting regulatory conditions under Au's stewardship. He devoted himself over the long term to keeping the Macao-incorporated bank running, gradually stepping back from legislative politics to focus on finance and his CPPCC public role.

Public Character

Au's public image is that of a local banker who inherited a family business and worked across the Macao and Hong Kong financial markets. He was both a participant in the early internationalisation of Hong Kong's gold market and the steward of one of Macao's few multi-generational family banks, while engaging Macao's business organisations and establishment affairs through the SME Federation and the CPPCC.

Key Achievements

  • Chairman of the Delta Asia Financial Group and owner of Banco Delta Asia
  • Inherited and expanded the Macao family banking enterprise founded by his father Au Wing-ngok in 1935
  • One of the first Hong Kong dealers to open Loco London spot gold and silver trading (1974)
  • Named an outstanding financier by Britain's Financial Times (1976) and a German finance magazine (1977)
  • Founder of the Macau SME Federation and the Delta Asia SME Training Institute
  • Candidate in the 1999 election for the first Chief Executive of the Macao SAR; member of the Provisional and full Legislative Assembly (1999–2001); CPPCC National Committee member; director of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (1993–1999); trustee of the University of Macau (from 2002)

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