About Us
Leadership Team
Theta has built a strong senior management team made up of industry experts with extensive experience in leading banks and major corporations.
Leong Kwok Hung
Founder and Managing Director
Leong Kwok Hung is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Theta. With over 20 years of experience in financial control and technology delivery at global money-centre banks and insurance companies in the UK and Malaysia, he established Theta with a vision to build world-class software from Asia. He brought together a team of former bankers and technologists in Malaysia and successfully launched the first cross-product loan origination platform for retail lending.
Leong leads the company’s strategic direction and is actively involved in business development, cultivating strategic partnerships, and mentoring the next generation of leaders at Theta.
He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computing and Economics from the University of East Anglia, UK.
Hew How Fong
Chief Technology Officer
Hew How Fong oversees the technology direction, architecture, and technical skill development at Theta. With over 20 years of hands-on experience, he has played a key role in building large-scale, cutting-edge enterprise applications in wealth management and credit workflows for global Tier-1 banks.
Collaborating closely with leading banks across the region, How Fong is deeply involved in the full lifecycle of intellectual property development—from business and system requirements gathering to technical conceptualization, development, and commercialization. His work ensures that Theta remains agile and responsive to the evolving needs of digital banking.
He holds a First Class Honours Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the University of Malaya and received an Honourable Mention in the Malaysia Mathematical Olympiad Competition.
Yap Siew Lan
Product Director
Yap Siew Lan is responsible for the product and solution direction at Theta, as well as maintaining the organization’s domain expertise. She brings over 20 years of experience in branch operations, service delivery, and back-office processing within the retail banking sector.
Drawing on her extensive background and ongoing engagement with senior client stakeholders and industry experts, Siew Lan plays a pivotal role across all departments. She contributes her deep expertise to the implementation of our loan origination solutions, the design of new product modules, and the continuous enhancement of existing offerings—ensuring Theta remains differentiated and competitive in the market.
Hong Chee Yoong
Chief Operation Officer
Hong Chee Yoong leads the Project Management Office (PMO) and oversees the day-to-day operations at Theta. With over 20 years of experience in IT and digital strategy, enterprise architecture, project management, software development, service delivery, and consultancy, Hong brings a wealth of expertise to his role.
He collaborates closely with senior management across both business and IT domains to ensure alignment between strategic objectives and project outcomes. Hong has successfully led large-scale and complex projects and consulting engagements in areas such as digital strategy, IT operating models, core banking, wealth management, e-procurement, and more.
He holds an MBA with a major in Finance from the University of Nottingham and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the Universiti Malaya. In addition, he is certified in PMP, Scrum Master, ITIL v3 Foundation, and TOGAF.
