Dominic Scriven

Scriven graduated with a combined honours degree in sociology and law from the University of Exeter in England. During his early career he worked in finance positions in the City of London and in Hong Kong. In the early 1990s he visited Vietnam and noticed the economic opportunities there. He then spent 2 years studying at Hanoi General University learning Vietnamese. In 1994 he co-founded Dragon Capital.[2]

In 2006 he was awarded the Order of the British Empire and in 2014, he was awarded the Hero of Labour medal by the Vietnamese president Trương Tấn Sang.[3]

Scriven collects Vietnamese propaganda art[4] and established wildlife conservation organisation.[5] Scriven has no children and resides in a villa in Saigon's District 2.[1] He also owns an eco-resort at Phu Quoc.[6]

In 2016, Scriven stated that he was in the process of obtaining the Vietnamese nationality.[2]