Board of Directors

Independent Non-executive Directors

Edward Kwan Yiu CHEN, GBS, CBE, JP
Independent Non-executive Director

Professor Chen has been an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company since 2002.

Professor Chen is an honorary professor of the HKU Business School and of the Hong Kong Metropolitan University, and a fellow of the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences at The University of Hong Kong. He is now a member of the board of directors of the Hong Kong Institute for Monetary and Financial Research of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, and a non-official member of the Human Resources Planning Commission. He was the president of Lingnan University in Hong Kong from 1995 to 2007, and chairman of HKU SPACE from 2013 to 2022. He was also 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.

Professor Chen is also an independent non-executive director of First Pacific Company Limited (publicly listed in Hong Kong) and Delta Asia Financial Group. He was formerly an independent non-executive director of Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings Limited (publicly listed in Hong Kong until September 2019), and an independent non-executive director of Hang Seng Qianhai Fund Management Company Limited until June 2022 .

Professor Chen was educated at The University of Hong Kong (Bachelor of Arts and Master of Social Sciences) 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 by the Hong Kong SAR Government.

 

Vincent Kang FANG, GBS, JP
Independent Non-executive Director

Mr Fang has been an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company since 1993. He also serves as chairman of the Audit Committee. He is chief executive officer of Toppy Company (Hong Kong) Limited and managing director of Fantastic Garments Limited.

Mr Fang is a director of The Federation of Hong Kong Garment Manufacturers, and the life honorary president of the Liberal Party. He was formerly non-official member of the Commission on Strategic Development of the Hong Kong SAR Central Policy Unit and of the Commercial Properties Committee of Housing Department. He served as a member of Legislative Council representing Wholesale and Retail in Functional Constituency since 2004 until his retirement in September 2016. He also served as chairman of the Hospital Governing Committee of Princess Margaret Hospital and Kwai Chung Hospital, advisor of the Quality Tourism Services Association, a functional constituency representative for retail and wholesale of the Hong Kong Retail Management Association and a member of the Airport Authority Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Tourism Board, the Hong Kong Hospital Authority and the Operations Review Committee of the Independent Commission Against Corruption.

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. He was awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star in 2008 and the Gold Bauhinia Star in 2016 by the Hong Kong SAR Government. He is also a Justice of the Peace.
 

Hans Michael JEBSEN, BBS
Independent Non-executive Director

Mr Jebsen has been an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company since 2001. He also serves as a member of the Audit Committee and Nomination Committee and chairman of Remuneration Committee.

Mr Jebsen is chairman of Jebsen and Company Limited. He currently holds a number of public offices, namely, chairman and member of Hong Kong-Europe Business Council of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, chairman of the Advisory Council of the Business School of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, board member of the Asian Cultural Council Hong Kong, a trustee of World Wide Fund for Nature Hong Kong and a member of Board of Trustees of Asia Society Hong Kong Center. Since 2017, Mr Jebsen co-founded and has served as executive council member of the Asian Academy of International Law. Mr Jebsen was formerly a non-executive director of publicly listed Hysan Development Company Limited from 1994 to May 2023. He was also formerly a member of the Operations Review Committee of the Independent Commission Against Corruption and Advisory Board of the Hong Kong Red Cross.

After schooling in Germany and Denmark, Mr Jebsen 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 2011. In 2014, Mr Jebsen was awarded the Knight of 1st Class of the Order of Dannebrog, Denmark. In 2015, he was awarded Doctor of Business Administration honoris causa of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. In 2018, Mr Jebsen was awarded the Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Award. He was bestowed with the Danish title of “Kammerherre” by H.M. The Queen of Denmark in 2020. In November 2021, Mr Jebsen was conferred the title of Guangzhou Honorary Citizen.

 

Elizabeth LAW, MH, JP
Independent Non-executive Director

Ms Law has been an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company since 2017. She also serves as a member of the Audit Committee.

Ms Law graduated from McGill University, Canada in 1976. She is currently a managing director of Law & Partners CPA Limited, and the proprietor of Stephen Law & Company. Ms Law is a fellow Certified Public Accountant (Practising) in Hong Kong, a member of the Chartered Professional Accountants, Canada, a fellow member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales, a fellow member of Certified Public Accountants Australia, and a certified tax adviser in Hong Kong.

Ms Law is also a member of the Protection of Wages on Insolvency Fund Board and the Advisory Committee of the Accounting and Financial Reporting Council. She is the honorary founding president of Association of Women Accountants (Hong Kong) Limited. She was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 2009.

Ms Law is currently an independent non-executive director of Clifford Modern Living Holdings Limited, Sunwah Kingsway Capital Holdings Limited, Onewo Inc., Starlite Holdings Limited and Wise Ally International Holdings Limited (all being publicly listed in Hong Kong).

Ms Law served as president of The Society of Chinese Accountants and Auditors and a council member of Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. She had been an independent non-executive director of China Vanke Company Limited (being publicly listed in Hong Kong) since 2012 until her retirement in June 2017 and Sunwah International Limited (until its delisting from the Toronto Stock Exchange in June 2021).

 

Nancy Sau Ling TSE, JP
Independent Non-executive Director

Ms Tse has been an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company since 2021. 

Ms Tse obtained her Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Mathematics and Master of Business Administration degree in Finance/Accounting from the University of California, Los Angeles, USA; and qualified as Chartered Accountant in Canada. She is also a fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors. 

Ms Tse is currently an independent non-executive director of DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited. She is also an independent non-executive director and the chairman of HSBC Provident Fund Trustee (Hong Kong) Limited. 

Ms Tse is an adjunct professor of The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and an honorary adviser and a member of the Policy, Registration and Oversight Committee and the Sustainability and Climate Action Task Force of the Accounting and Financial Reporting Council.  Ms Tse is also the deputy chair and member of the Professional Accountants in Business Advisory Group and a member of Public Policy and Regulation Advisory Group of the International Federation of Accountants. She serves on the boards and committees of a number of other charitable organisations and non-government organisations. Ms Tse was the Chief Financial Officer and Director (Finance and Information Technology Services) of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority (“HA”) until her retirement at the end of August 2013. She joined the HA in 1991 when it was established. Ms Tse was formerly an independent non-executive director of Wheelock and Company Limited from October 2013 until its delisting in July 2020 and Link Asset Management Limited (as manager of Link Real Estate Investment Trust, publicly listed in Hong Kong) until her retirement in July 2023. She was also a member of the Board of Governors of the Prince Philip Dental Hospital.