Executive Profile
Tuesday, March 9, 1999Name: Allen H.Y. Leong
Age: 44
Position: Chief financial officer, AM Partners
First job: Newsboy, Honolulu
Favorite pastimes: Reading, swimming
Allen H.Y. Leong is the first full-time financial executive for AM Partners, and will follow the financial affairs of the architectural firm at its offices in Honolulu, Los Angeles, Hong Kong and Shanghai. Tracking finances for
AM Partners"We will be using new technology for video-conferencing links between our offices," Leong said. "The technology is fairly reasonable. We intend to use the Internet."
He has more than 20 years of financial experience and most recently was a consultant for Ko Olina Partners, which assumed control of the residential portions of the Ko Olina Resort last year. Leong also worked seven years as chief financial officer for developer Dick Bradley, and had a similar position with Pac3 Realty.
Leong is a graduate of Roosevelt High School. He earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Hawaii and received a law degree from Ohio State University.
By Jerry Tune, Star-Bulletin