David Webb, Hong Kong’s fearless governance advocate, dies at 60

David Webb, Hong Kong’s most vocal activist investor who unearthed corporate malfeasance and spurred governance reforms, died in Hong Kong on Jan. 13 at age 60 from metastatic prostate cancer. A former Barclays executive turned independent investor, Webb built the webb-site.com platform, led investigations (notably the Enigma Network) that triggered regulatory probes, and earned a board seat at HKEX; he was also honored as a Member of the Order of the British Empire for anti-corruption work.