Generational Leadership Transfer: SSI Appoints New 8x CEO

On July 21, 2025, the Board of Directors of SSI Securities Corporation officially appointed Mr. Nguyen Duc Thong to the position of General Director (CEO) of the company.

Mr. Nguyen Hong Nam will no longer hold the position of General Director due to the end of his term as General Director (2020-2025). Effective date from August 1, 2025.

SSI's new CEO was born in 1988, graduated from Cambridge University (UK) with a Bachelor's and Master's degree. He has 8 years of experience working at major financial corporations in the world such as Goldman Sachs and was appointed Deputy Director of Quantitative Investment Strategy at Morgan Stanley.

Mr. Nguyen Duc Thong holds the position of General Director (CEO) of the company from August 1, 2025.

In 2019, Mr. Nguyen Duc Thong joined SSI as Director of Derivatives Trading - responsible for developing covered warrant (CW) products.

SSI Securities Corporation is one of the first market members to participate in issuing this product in Vietnam. Before joining SSI 6 years ago, the 8x CEO had many years of working at the world's leading financial institutions such as Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley...

Speaking about this decision, Mr. Nguyen Duy Hung - Chairman of SSI said that the combination of global intelligence and understanding of the Vietnamese market will help the new CEO bring SSI into a breakthrough development phase.

“This is a strategic choice. And I am ready to directly accompany and support the General Director to successfully complete his mission. The appointment of a new CEO demonstrates SSI's long-term orientation in transferring the leadership generation, aiming to build a team capable of going further and faster in the digital age,” Mr. Hung also emphasized.

According to the separate financial report for the second quarter of 2025, total revenue and pre-tax profit reached VND2,940 billion and VND1,144 billion, respectively. Estimated consolidated business results, SSI achieved VND3,030 billion in revenue and VND1,197 billion in pre-tax profit.

In the first 6 months of the year, the company completed 53.9% and 52.8% of the revenue and profit plans approved by the 2025 Shareholders' Meeting, respectively.

As of June 30, 2025, the parent company has total assets of VND 90,978 billion and equity of VND 27,687 billion, up 25.4% and 6.6% respectively compared to the end of 2024.

Accumulated over the last 4 quarters, return on equity (ROE) and return on total assets (ROA) at the end of the second quarter of 2025 reached 11% and 3.7%, respectively.

Source: https://baodautu.vn/chuyen-giao-the-he-lanh-dao-ssi-bo-nhiem-tan-ceo-8x-d336561.html