After graduating SMIS in 1985, Raymond Wong studied in University of Pennsylvania with BA in Math and BSE in Finance.  Born and raised in Japan, he carried Taiwanese passport until age four, before naturalizing to become Japanese. He also attended Tokyo Chinese School during his primary years.

Raymond had been in Financial companies for 30+ years, and currently is serving as a Representative Director for Wells Fargo Securities in Japan.  He is also currently Chair for St. Mary's Alumni Association for 2020-2023. 

He is also an avid athlete, having completed 60 full marathons and 9 IronMan events. Raymond and his wife Miwa have three children who studied in SMIS and SIS (Class of 2008, 10, 12).

-The international school experience: going as a student v having a child attend and why send children to international schools

-Deciding what type of educational path (Japanese, American, etc) children should pursue

- Cultural variance within a bi-cultural family

- St. Marys as a parent vs student

- The finance market in Japan in the 1990s

- Expatriate culture and how it is changing in the 21st century

- Taiwan/Singapore in the 1990s

- Raymonds and "identity"

- How mixed children vary in identity, even within the same family

- Being at Bear Stearns in 2008

- COVID-19 v the 2008 Financial Crisis

- Raymond's belief in regard to how we engage COVID-19 will define our character

- The SMIS Alumni Council (SMAA)

- Iron Man and marathons