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Mr Peter K C Woo, GBM, GBS, JP (Chairman)
Mr Stephen T H Ng (Deputy Chairman and Managing Director)
Mr Andrew O K Chow (Vice Chairman)
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
Mr Alexander S K Au, OBE*
Prof Edward K Y Chen, GBS, CBE, JP
Dr Raymond K F Ch'ien, GBS, CBE, JP
The Hon Vincent K Fang, SBS, JP*
Mr Hans Michael Jebsen, BBS*
Prof the Hon Arthur K C Li, GBS, JP
Mr James E Thompson, GBS*
*Members of the Audit Commitee
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Peter Kwong Ching WOO, GBM, 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 Nomination Committee and as a member 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"), a publicly-listed company in Hong Kong, and chairman of a fellow subsidiary of the Company, namely, Wheelock Properties (Singapore) Limited ("WPSL"), which is publicly listed in Singapore. Mr Woo 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 awarded the Grand Bauhinia Medal in June 2012 and the Gold Bauhinia Star in 1998 by the Hong Kong SAR Government and appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1993. 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 ("Modern Terminals") (a subsidiary of the Company), and the chairman and chief executive officer of Wharf T&T Limited (a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company). Mr Ng is also the chairman of publicly-listed Joyce Boutique Holdings Limited ("Joyce").
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Andrew O K CHOW, Vice Chairman
Mr Chow has been appointed a Director and elected as Vice Chairman of the Company since July 2011. He is also the chairman of Wharf China Development Limited ("WCDL") (a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company). Mr Chow joined the Group in 2006. He has extensive experience in the banking, finance, trading, investment as well as property sectors in Mainland China. He is responsible for overseeing all of the Group's property development and related businesses in Mainland China. Mr Chow is also an independent non-executive director of Hong Kong Economic Times Holdings Limited, a company publicly-listed in Hong Kong. He formerly held senior executive positions in Tian An China Investment Limited and Next Media Limited before he joined the Group. Mr Chow is a graduate of The University of Hong Kong where he obtained his bachelor's degree in Social Science.
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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. She is the senior managing director of Harbour City Estates Limited, Times Square Limited, vice chairman and senior managing director of Wharf China Estates Limited ("WCEL") and the managing director of Wharf Estates Limited, all being wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company. Ms Lee is responsible for overseeing the investment properties of the Group in Hong Kong and the Mainland China, particularly, two core properties of the Group, namely, Harbour City and Times Square in Hong Kong, and also the Group's Times Square developments in Shanghai, Chongqing, Wuhan and Dalian respectively. 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 vice chairman and senior managing director of WCDL and the vice chairman of WCEL, both being wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company.
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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, the vice chairman and finance director of both WCDL and WCEL. Furthermore, Mr Tsui is a director of WPSL, the vice chairman of WPL, as well as a director of Joyce.
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Alexander Siu Kee AU, OBE, Director
Mr Au has been an Independent Non-executive Director and a member of the audit committee of the Company since October 2012.
Mr Au, ACA, FCCA, FCPA, AAIA, FCIB, FHKIB, is a banker by profession. He was the chief executive officer of Hang Seng Bank Limited from October 1993 to March 1998 and of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited in Singapore from September 1998 to April 2002. Currently, he is the chairman and non-executive director of Henderson Sunlight Asset Management Limited, being the manager of the publicly-listed Sunlight Real Estate Investment Trust. He is also a non-executive director of three other companies publicly-listed in Hong Kong, namely, Henderson Land Development Company Limited, Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Company Limited and Miramar Hotel and Investment Company, Limited. Mr Au was formerly an independent non-executive director of publicly-listed Wheelock and Company Limited, which is the Company's holding company, during the period from 5 September 2002 to 21 October 2012. He is also a member of the Court of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. An accountant by training, Mr Au is a Chartered Accountant as well as a fellow of The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
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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, Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings Limited and First Pacific Company 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 the chairman and a director of China.com Inc. (listed on Growth Enterprise Market) and is also the chairman of MTR Corporation Limited and Hang Seng Bank Limited as well as an independent non-executive director of China Resources Power Holdings Company Limited and Convenience Retail Asia Limited, all being companies publicly-listed in Hong Kong. He is also the chairman of Ascendas China Commercial Fund Management Limited. Dr Ch’ien also serves on the boards of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange Limited, Swiss Re Ltd which is listed in Switzerland and Swiss Reinsurance Company Limited (formerly a publicly-listed company until December 2011). Dr Ch’ien was formerly a director of publicly-listed VTech Holdings Limited and also of CDC Corporation and Inchcape plc.
In public service, Dr Ch’ien is 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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The 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"). He is also 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, Nomination 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 the 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, was awarded the Merit Cross of the Order of the Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2008 and received the title "Hofjægermester" by H. M. The Queen of Denmark in January 2011.
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The Hon Arthur Kwok Cheung LI, GBS, JP, Director
Professor Li, GBS, MA, MD, M.B.B.Chir (Cantab), DSc (Hon), DLitt (Hon), Hon DSc (Med), LLD (Hon), Hon Doc (Soka), FRCS (Eng & Edin), FRACS, Hon FACS, Hon FRCS (Glasg & I), Hon FRSM, Hon FPCS, Hon FCSHK, Hon FRCP (Lond), Hon FASA, JP, has been appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director ("INED") of the Company since July 2012. He is currently the deputy chairman and a non-executive director of The Bank of East Asia, Limited, and also an INED of Shangri-La Asia Limited and China Flooring Holding Company Limited, all being companies publicly-listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. He is also a non-executive director of AFFIN Holdings Berhad, a company publicly-listed in Malaysia, and BioDiem Limited, a company publicly-listed in Australia.
Professor Li is a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and a member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ("HKSAR") after serving in that capacity from 2002 to 2007. He was the Secretary for Education and Manpower of the Government of HKSAR from 2002 to 2007.
Professor Li obtained his medical degree from the University of Cambridge in 1969 and assumed various senior roles in the medical profession of the academia. He was the Vice Chancellor of The Chinese University of Hong Kong ("CUHK") from 1996 to 2002 and was the chairman of Department of Surgery from 1982 to 1995 and the Dean of Faculty of Medicine of CUHK from 1992 to 1996. He is currently Emeritus Professor of Surgery, CUHK.
He had held many important positions in various social service organisations, medical associations, and educational bodies, including the Education Commission, Committee on Science and Technology, the Hospital Authority, the Hong Kong Medical Council, the then University and Polytechnics Grants Committee, the College of Surgeons of Hong Kong, and the United Christian Medical Services Board. He was a member of the board of directors of the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation and the Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute, and the Vice President of the Association of University Presidents of China. He was a Hong Kong Affairs Adviser to China.
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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 and the chairman of the Company's Remuneration Committee as well as a member of the Company's Audit Committee and Nomination Committee. He established his company, Crown Worldwide, in Japan in 1965. He is a member of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and was appointed as its chairman in 2003. He also serves on Hong Kong - United States Business Council and Hong Kong-EU Business Co-operation Committee. Mr Thompson has lived in Hong Kong for over 33 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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