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Mr Peter K C Woo, GBS, JP (Chairman)
Mr Stephen T H Ng (Deputy Chairman and Managing Director)
Ms Doreen Y F Lee (Executive Director)
Mr T Y Ng (Executive Director)
Mr Paul Y C Tsui (Executive Director and Group Chief Financial Officer)
Independent Non-executive Directors
Hon Paul M P Chan, JP*
Prof Edward K Y Chen, GBS, CBE, JP
Dr Raymond K F Ch'ien, GBS, CBE, JP
Hon Vincent K Fang, SBS, JP*
Mr Hans Michael Jebsen, BBS*
Mr James E Thompson, GBS*
*Members of the Audit Commitee
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Peter Kwong Ching WOO, GBS, JP, Chairman
Mr Woo has resumed the role of Chairman of the Company since 2002 after having also served in that capacity from 1986 to 1994. He also serves as a member and the chairman of the Company's Remuneration Committee. He is also the chairman and a substantial shareholder of the Company's ultimate holding company, namely, Wheelock and Company Limited ("Wheelock"), and chairman of a fellow subsidiary of the Company, namely, Wheelock Properties Limited ("WPL"), both publicly listed in Hong Kong. Furthermore, he is the chairman of another fellow subsidiary of the Company, namely, Wheelock Properties (Singapore) Limited ("WPSL"), which is publicly listed in Singapore. He is also a director of certain subsidiaries of the Company. He has for many years been actively engaged in community and related services, both locally and in the international arena, and has held various Government appointments.
Mr Woo serves as a member of the Standing Committee of the Eleventh National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference of the People's Republic of China. He was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1993 and awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star in 1998 by the Hong Kong SAR Government. He has been appointed a non-official member of the Commission on Strategic Development since June 2007. He had served as the chairman of Hospital Authority from 1995 to 2000, the council chairman of Hong Kong Polytechnic University from 1993 to 1997 and the Government-appointed chairman of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council from 2000 to 2007. He was the chairman of the Hong Kong Environment and Conservation Fund Committee set up in 1994 which he co-funded with the Government. He also served as a deputy chairman in 1991 to Prince of Wales Business Leaders Forum, and as a member of the International Advisory Council of JPMorgan Chase & Co., National Westminster Bank, Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, Elf Aquitaine of France and General Electric of America. He has received Honorary Doctorates from various universities in Australia, Hong Kong and the United States.
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Stephen Tin Hoi NG, Deputy Chairman and Managing Director
Mr Ng joined the Company in 1981. He has been the Managing Director of the Company since 1989 and became the Deputy Chairman in 1994. He is also the deputy chairman of Wheelock as well as the chairman and chief executive officer of i-CABLE Communications Limited ("i-CABLE") and the chairman of Harbour Centre Development Limited ("HCDL"), both being publicly-listed subsidiaries of the Company. Furthermore, Mr Ng is the chairman of Modern Terminals Limited (a subsidiary of the Company), the chairman and chief executive officer of Wharf T&T Limited (a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company), and a director of certain other subsidiaries of the Company. Mr Ng is also the chairman of publicly-listed Joyce Boutique Holdings Limited ("Joyce").
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Doreen Yuk Fong LEE, Executive Director
Ms Lee joined the Company in 1984. She has been a Director of the Company since 2003 and became an Executive Director in March 2007. She is also a director of HCDL. Furthermore, Ms Lee is the senior managing director of Wharf China Estates Limited, and the managing director of Harbour City Estates Limited, Times Square Limited and Wharf Estates Limited, all being wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company, as well as a director of certain other subsidiaries of the Company. Ms Lee is responsible for overseeing all of the Group's investment properties in Hong Kong and the Mainland China, particularly, two core properties of the Group in Hong Kong, namely, Harbour City and Times Square, and also the Group's Times Square developments in Shanghai, Chongqing, Wuhan and Dalian. Ms Lee is also a director of Joyce. She is a graduate of The University of Hong Kong where she obtained her bachelor's degree in Arts (Hon).
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Tze Yuen NG, Executive Director
Mr Ng, ACPA, ACMA, joined the Company in 1985 and has been a Director of the Company since 1998. He was re-designated as an Executive Director in June 2009. He is also a director of HCDL, the senior managing director of Wharf China Development Limited, and a director of certain other subsidiaries of the Company. Furthermore, Mr Ng is a director of WPL, and was formerly a director of Joyce from 2000 to 2008.
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Paul Yiu Cheung TSUI,
Executive Director and Group Chief Financial Officer
Mr Tsui, FCCA, FCPA, FCMA, FCIS, CGA-Canada, is an Executive Director & Group Chief Financial Officer of both Wheelock and the Company. He joined Wheelock/Wharf group in 1996 and became Wheelock's director in 1998. He is also a director of HCDL and i-CABLE, and a director of certain other subsidiaries of the Company. Furthermore, Mr Tsui is a director of two fellow subsidiaries of the Company, namely, WPL and WPSL, as well as a director of Joyce.
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Hon Paul Mo Po CHAN, JP, Director
Mr Chan, FCPA, FCCA, FCPA (Australia), FCIS, FCS, FTIHK, has been an independent Non-executive Director of the Company since September 2004. He also serves as a member of the Company's Audit Committee. He is the chairman of Crowe Horwath (HK) CPA Ltd. He is also an independent non-executive director of three other companies publicly listed in Hong Kong, namely, Kingmaker Footwear Holdings Limited, Hong Kong Economic Times Holdings Limited and China Communications Services Corporation Limited. He has been appointed the chairman of the Legal Aid Services Council since September 2006. Mr Chan was formerly an independent non-executive director of I.T Limited from 2004 to 2007 and of China Resources Land Limited from 2006 to 2009, both being publicly-listed companies.
Mr Chan is a graduate of The Chinese University of Hong Kong where he obtained both his bachelor's and master's degrees in Business Administration.
Mr Chan has over 30 years' experience in accounting and finance field and is a former president of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is also a former chairman of The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants - Hong Kong. In 2007, he was appointed a Justice of the Peace. In 2008, he was appointed a member of Shanghai City's Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Mr Chan was elected in September 2008 as a member of Legislative Council representing the Accountancy Functional Constituency.
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Edward Kwan Yiu CHEN, GBS, CBE, JP, Director
Professor Chen has been an independent Non-executive Director of the Company since 2002. He was the president of Lingnan University in Hong Kong from September 1995 to August 2007. He is an honorary professor of the Open University of Hong Kong and a distinguished fellow of the Centre of Asian Studies at The University of Hong Kong. He was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1991 to 1992, and a member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong from 1992 to 1997. He was also a member of the Hong Kong SAR Basic Law Consultative Committee from 1985 to 1990. He is a director of two companies publicly listed in Hong Kong, namely, First Pacific Company Limited and Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings Limited.
Professor Chen was educated at The University of Hong Kong (Bachelor of Arts and Master of Social Science) and Oxford University (Doctor of Philosophy). He was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1993 and awarded a CBE in 1995. In 2003, he was awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star Medal by the Hong Kong SAR Government.
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Raymond Kuo Fung CH’IEN, GBS, CBE, JP, Director
Dr Ch’ien has been an independent Non-executive Director of the Company since 2002. He is chairman of CDC Corporation as well as the chairman and a director respectively of its subsidiaries China.com Inc., publicly listed in Hong Kong, and CDC Software Corporation. Dr Ch’ien is also the chairman of two companies publicly listed in Hong Kong, namely, MTR Corporation Limited and Hang Seng Bank Limited. Dr Ch’ien also serves on the boards of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange Limited, Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd and publicly-listed Convenience Retail Asia Limited. He was formerly an independent non-executive director of publicly-listed VTech Holdings Limited from 2001 to 2008.
In public service, Dr Ch’ien is the chairman of the Hong Kong/European Union Business Cooperation Committee and a member of the Standing Committee of the Tianjin Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Dr. Ch’ien is an honorary president and past chairman of the Federation of Hong Kong Industries. From 1992 to 1997, Dr Ch’ien was a member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong, then under British administration. He was appointed a member of the Executive Council of the Hong Kong SAR on 1 July 1997 and served until June 2002.
Dr Ch’ien received a doctoral degree in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1978 and became a Trustee of the University in 2006. He was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1993 and a Commander in the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1994. In 1999, he was awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star Medal by the Hong Kong SAR Government. In 2008, he was conferred the honour of Chevalier de l’Ordre du Merite Agricole of France.
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Hon Vincent Kang FANG, SBS, JP, Director
Mr Fang has been an independent Non-executive Director of the Company since 1993. He also serves as a member and chairman of the Company's Audit Committee. He is the chief executive officer of Toppy Company (Hong Kong) Limited and managing director of Fantastic Garments Limited.
Mr Fang currently serves as a member of Legislative Council representing Wholesale and Retail in Functional Constituency. He is a member of the Hospital Authority and Hong Kong Tourism Board. He is also a member of the Operations Review Committee of the Independent Commission Against Corruption ("ICAC") and a board member of the Airport Authority. He is the chairman of Hospital Governing Committee of Princess Margaret Hospital and Kwai Chung Hospital and the Quality Tourism Services Association. He is an honorary advisor of Hong Kong Retail Management Association and a director of The Federation of Hong Kong Garment Manufacturers.
Mr Fang is a graduate of North Carolina State University where he obtained both his bachelor's and master's degrees in Science of Textiles Engineering. Mr Fang was awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star by the Hong Kong SAR Government in 2008. He is also a Justice of the Peace.
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Hans Michael JEBSEN, BBS, Director
Mr Jebsen has been an independent Non-executive Director of the Company since 2001. He also serves as a member of the Company's Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee. He is the chairman of Jebsen and Company Limited and also a non-executive director of publicly-listed Hysan Development Company Limited as well as vice chairman and a Board Member of Danfoss A/S, Denmark. He currently holds a number of public offices, namely, the vice-president and a trustee of World Wide Fund for Nature Hong Kong, the chairman of the Friend's Committee of the Asian Cultural Council Hong Kong, a Board Member of the Asian Cultural Council Board of Trustees, affiliate of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, New York, an honorary fellow and a council member of the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, as well as a member of the Advisory Council for the Environment, Hong Kong European Union Business Co-operation Committee of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, Advisory Council as well as Board of Trustees of Asia Society Hong Kong Center and Advisory Board of the Hong Kong Red Cross. He is also an Honorary Citizen and Municipal Economic Advisor as well as a Committee Member of the CPPCC Jilin City, China.
After schooling in Germany and Denmark, he received a two-year banking education in Germany and the UK and studied Business Administration at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland from 1978 to 1981.
Mr Jebsen was awarded the Bronze Bauhinia Star by the Hong Kong SAR Government in 2001, made a Knight of the Dannebrog by receiving the Silver Cross of the Order of Dannebrog by H. M. the Queen of Denmark in 2006 and was awarded the Merit Cross of the Order of the Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2008.
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James Edward THOMPSON, GBS, Director
Mr Thompson has been an independent Non-executive Director of the Company since 2001. He also serves as a member of the Company's Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee. He established his company, Crown Worldwide, in Japan in 1965. He is a member of the American Chamber of Commerce ("ACC") in Hong Kong and was appointed as the chairman of ACC in 2003. He also serves on Hong Kong - United States Business Council, the Hong Kong Japan Business Co-operation Committee, and the Hong Kong Korea Business Roundtable. Mr Thompson has lived in Hong Kong for over 30 years and has served on the Trade Development Council, the ICAC Advisory Committee as well as other government and charitable committees. He was awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star by the Hong Kong SAR Government in 2003.
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