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Mr Peter K C Woo, GBS, JP (Chairman)
Mr Gonzaga W J Li (Senior Deputy 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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Gonzaga Wei Jen LI, Senior Deputy Chairman
Mr Li joined the Company in 1980 as a Director and was appointed as the general manager in 1982. He became Deputy Chairman and Managing Director in 1989, appointed Chief Executive in 1992 and became Chairman in 1994. He relinquished the title of Chairman and Chief Executive and has assumed the title of Senior Deputy Chairman of the Company since 2002. He is also the senior deputy chairman of Wheelock. Furthermore, Mr Li is a director of WPL. He is also the chief executive officer and a director of Wharf China Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. He is also a director of certain other subsidiaries of the Company. Mr Li was formerly a director of publicly-listed Joyce Boutique Holdings Limited ("Joyce") from 2000 to 2008.
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Stephen Tin Hoi NG, Deputy Chairman and Managing Director
Mr Ng joined the Company in 1981 and became Managing Director in 1989. He is also the deputy chairman of Wheelock, chairman and chief executive officer of i-CABLE Communications Limited ("i-CABLE"), which is a publicly-listed subsidiary of the Company, and chairman of another publicly-listed subsidiary of the Company, namely, Harbour Centre Development Limited ("HCDL"). He is also the chairman of Modern Terminals Limited, the chairman and chief executive officer of Wharf T&T Limited, and the chairman of Joyce. He is also a director of certain other subsidiaries of the Company.
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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 the managing director of Harbour City Estates Limited, Times Square Limited, Wharf Estates Limited and Wharf Estates China Limited ("WECL"), all being whollyowned subsidiaries of the Company. She is also a director of certain other subsidiaries of the Company. She is responsible for overseeing the investment properties of the Group, 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 Beijing, 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 and became an Executive Director in June 2009. He is also a director of HCDL and of WPL, and also the managing director of WECL. Mr Ng was formerly a director of Joyce from 2000 to 2008. He is also a director of certain other 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 presently also a director of i-CABLE, HCDL, WPL, WPSL and Joyce. He is also a director of certain other subsidiaries of the Company.
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Paul Mo Po CHAN, JP, Director
Mr Chan, FCPA, FCCA (Practising), FCPA (Australia), FCIS, FCS, FTIHK, has been an independent Nonexecutive Director of the Company since September 2004. He also serves as a member of the Company's Audit Committee. He is the chairman of PCP CPA Limited. He is also an independent non-executive director of three 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 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 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 and its subsidiary, China.com Inc, publicly listed in Hong Kong, and 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, publicly-listed Convenience Retail Asia Limited and Swiss Reinsurance Company Limited.
In public service, Dr Ch’ien is chairman of the Hong Kong/European Union Business Cooperation Committee and is a Hong Kong member of the APEC Business Advisory Council. Dr Ch’ien is an honorary president and past chairman of the Federation of Hong Kong Industries and a Trustee of the University of Pennsylvania. 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 awarded the honour of Chevalier de l’Ordre du Merite Agricole of France.
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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.
He 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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