The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Exchange), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), announces the appointment of members to the Listing Committee of the Main Board and Growth Enterprise Market (GEM) (together, the Listing Committee1).
The Listing Rules of the Main Board and GEM (together, the Rules) provide for all Listing Committee members to vacate office annually. Each year, the Listing Nominating Committee nominates individuals for appointment (and reappointment) to the Listing Committee. The Board of the Exchange makes the appointments on the recommendation of the Listing Nominating Committee.
The Listing Nominating Committee comprised three non-executive members of the HKEx Board (the Chairman, Ronald Arculli, and Directors Laura Cha and John Strickland) and the Chairman and two Executive Directors of the Securities and Futures Commission (Chairman Eddy Fong, then Chief Executive Martin Wheatley and Executive Director Brian Ho).
By a news release published on 31 March 2011, the Listing Nominating Committee invited applications from individuals interested in serving on the Listing Committee. Thirty-eight applications were received. The Listing Nominating Committee is grateful to all applicants for expressing their willingness to serve.
Membership of Listing Committee commencing today
With immediate effect, membership of the Listing Committee will be as set out in the table below. Members' biographies are attached below the table.
There are three new Listing Committee members – Tobias Brown, Stephen Taylor and Wang Sing. They replace Roy Chen, Jack Chow and Stephen Hunt. The Exchange wishes to thank these members for their service on the Listing Committee.
Listing Committee Membership 2011
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Name of Member |
First year of appointment |
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Chairman |
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KO Yuk-yin, Teresa |
2006 |
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Deputy Chairmen |
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LEE Ka Sze, Carmelo |
2009 |
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MOORE John Douglas |
2008 |
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Ex officio member |
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LI Xiaojia, Charles |
Not applicable |
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Other members (in alphabetical order) |
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BROWN Melissa |
2006 |
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BROWN Tobias Josef |
2011 |
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BUNKER Robert Edward John |
2006 |
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CANHAM Janine Sarah |
2010 |
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CHAN Chun Hung, Vincent |
2007 |
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DAVIS Nigel Justin |
2010 |
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FUNG Shing Kwong |
2006 |
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JIANG Guorong |
2009 |
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KEYES Terence François |
2008 |
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LEUNG Heung Ying, Alvin |
2010 |
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LEUNG Siu Tung, Anthony |
2009 |
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LI Kai Cheong, Samson |
2010 |
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LIU Ting An |
2010 |
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MA Xuezheng, Mary |
2009 |
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NG Meng Hua, Daniel |
2009 |
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PHENIX Paul Anthony |
2010 |
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SHIH Edith |
2009 |
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SOUTAR James Alexander |
2007 |
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SUN Po Yuen, Richard |
2009 |
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TAYLOR Stephen |
2011 |
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WANG Sing |
2011 |
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WINTER Richard David |
2007 |
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WONG Koon Man, Adrian |
2006 |
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WONG Tin Yau, Kelvin |
2007 |
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The Main Board and GEM Listing Committees have operated as an integrated committee since 2003 and have had identical membership since 2006. |
Members’ Biographies
Ms KO Yuk-yin, Teresa — Chairman
Aged 50, China Managing Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, was appointed to the Listing Committee on 19 May 2006. She qualified as a solicitor in Hong Kong and in England and Wales after receiving her Masters Degree from Cambridge University. Ms Ko is Deputy Chairman and a member of the Hong Kong Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, a member of the SFC (HKEC Listing) Committee and a member of the Standing Committee on Company Law Reform.
Mr LEE Ka Sze, Carmelo — Deputy Chairman
Aged 51, Partner of Woo, Kwan, Lee & Lo, was appointed to the Listing Committee on 5 June 2009. He is a non-executive director of Hopewell Holdings Limited, China Pharmaceutical Group Limited, The Cross-Harbour (Holdings) Limited, Yugang International Limited, YT Realty Group Limited, Safety Godown Limited and Termbray Industries International (Holdings) Limited; and an independent non-executive director of KWG Property Holding Limited and Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China Limited.
Mr Lee is an adjudicator at the Registration of Persons Tribunal, a chairman of the Transport Tribunal of the HKSAR Government, a member of the SFC Dual Filing Advisory Group, and a member of the Disciplinary Panel of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is also a member of the Campaign Committee of The Community Chest of Hong Kong and the Co-Chairman of the Community Chest Corporate Challenge Half Marathon.
Mr Lee is qualified as a solicitor in Hong Kong and is a graduate of the University of Hong Kong. He previously served on the Listing Committee from 2000 to 2003.
Mr MOORE John Douglas — Deputy Chairman
Aged 43, Partner, Herbert Smith, was appointed to the Listing Committee on 19 May 2008. He was previously Executive Director and Senior Counsel at Goldman Sachs (Asia) LLC. Mr Moore is qualified as a solicitor in Hong Kong and is admitted as an attorney in the Supreme Court of the State of New York and the State of Washington. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from Marshall University and a Doctor of Jurisprudence from West Virginia University College of Law.
Mr LI Xiaojia, Charles — Ex officio member
Aged 50, became an ex officio member of the Listing Committee when his appointment as Chief Executive of HKEx took effect on 16 January 2010. Mr Li is Chairman of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and also Chairman and a director of various other subsidiaries of HKEx. Mr Li was previously the chairman of JP Morgan Chase China. He was the president of Merrill Lynch China from 1999 to 2003 and was an associate of the law firms Davis Polk & Wardwell and Brown & Wood. Mr Li obtained a BA degree from Xiamen University of China in 1984, a MA degree from the University of Alabama in 1988 and a JD degree from Columbia University School of Law in New York in 1991. He worked as an offshore oil worker in the north China sea prior to college, and a newspaper editor-reporter for China Daily from 1984-1986.
Ms BROWN Melissa — Member
Aged 54, Partner, Serasi Capital, was appointed to the Listing Committee on 19 May 2006. She was previously Managing Director, IDFC Global Alternatives (Hong Kong) Ltd; Executive Director, The Association for Sustainable and Responsible Investment in Asia and before that Managing Director and Deputy Head of Asian Research for Citigroup/Salomon Smith Barney. She is a graduate of Williams College and holds an MBA from the Yale School of Management.
Mr BROWN Tobias Josef — Member
Aged 47, Managing Director, UCL Asia Limited, was appointed to the Listing Committee on 24 June 2011. UCL is one of Hong Kong’s leading private equity groups with backing from major universities, pension funds, and family offices. Mr Brown also served for 17 years as the Chief Investment Officer for the late Sir James Goldsmith and is currently Chief Investment Officer for EXOR SPA, the investment holding company controlled by the Agnelli family of Italy. EXOR controls or is the largest investor in FIAT, Chrysler, SGS, Cushman & Wakefield and one of the best known soccer teams in Europe, Juventus. Mr Brown was previously a director of Hsin Chong Construction (Group) Limited, which is listed on the Exchange, and A-S China Plumbing Products Limited, which was previously listed on the Exchange. Mr Brown is also active in a number of charities and public policy groups in Hong Kong and elsewhere. Mr Brown is an American citizen and a permanent resident of Hong Kong.
Mr BUNKER Robert Edward John — Member
Aged 65, Consultant to Bentley Reid and Co Ltd, was appointed to the Listing Committee on 19 May 2006. He is a former vice chairman of the Asian Securities Analysts Federation. Mr Bunker is a former chairman of the Hong Kong Institute of Investment Analysts and was a founder-director of the Hong Kong Securities Institute. He is a graduate of Cambridge University.
Ms CANHAM Janine Sarah — Member
Aged 46, Chief Operating Officer and Head of Legal, Asia Pacific for Sanford C. Bernstein, a unit of AllianceBernstein, was appointed to the Listing Committee on 23 July 2010. She was previously Head of Asia Pacific Investment Legal, Fidelity International and before that a partner in DLA Piper. Ms Canham graduated from the University of Kent at Canterbury with a degree in Law and French. She is admitted to practice as a solicitor in England and Wales, and Hong Kong and has been admitted to the New York Bar. Ms Canham is the Honorary Legal Adviser to TREATS.
Mr CHAN Chun Hung, Vincent — Member
Aged 47, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Spring Capital Asia Limited, was appointed to the Listing Committee on 18 May 2007. From 2000 to 2007, he was Managing Director, Head of North Asia and Investment Committee Member of JAFCO Asia. Mr Chan was a Non-executive Director of China Grentech and Canadian Solar respectively, both are listed on NASDAQ. He is Co-President and a former chairman of the Hong Kong Venture Capital and Private Equity Association and a member of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council’s Innovation and Technology Advisory Committee. He is a member of the Public Shareholders Group of the Securities and Futures Commission and a member of the Disciplinary Panel of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He holds a BA from the University of Hong Kong, an MBA from the Manchester Business School and a CFA.
Mr DAVIS Nigel Justin — Member
Aged 41, Senior Teaching Consultant, Department of Professional Legal Education, University of Hong Kong, was appointed to the Listing Committee on 23 July 2010. He is also a part-time consultant to Simmons & Simmons in Hong Kong where he was previously an associate. Mr Davis is a graduate of University College of London and the University of Southern California. He is admitted to practice as a solicitor in England and Wales, and Hong Kong.
Dr FUNG Shing Kwong — Member
Aged 64, was appointed to the Listing Committee on 19 May 2006. He was previously Managing Director, North Asia of ACNielsen and prior to that was the Chief Executive Officer of Media Genesis, a company he co-founded. He was also formerly President of NBC Asia and General Manager of TVB. Dr Fung is a former member of the supervisory board of directors of New Skies Satellites, a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. He is also a past member of the board and past President of the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia. Dr Fung holds a PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from Columbia University.
Dr JIANG Guorong — Member
Aged 41, Managing Director, Head of Capital Markets Department, China International Capital Corporation Limited, was appointed to the Listing Committee on 5 June 2009. Dr Jiang previously held positions at the Bank for International Settlements, the International Monetary Fund and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. He holds a PhD in economics from Cornell University, New York, an MA (Communication) from Miami University, Ohio, and a BA (Economics) from Nanjing University.
Mr KEYES Terence François — Member
Aged 51, Managing Director in the Investment Banking Division at Morgan Stanley, was appointed to the Listing Committee on 19 May 2008. Mr Keyes was previously Head of Asia General Execution at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and is a former member of the Hong Kong Panel on Takeovers and Mergers. He is a graduate of Oxford University and an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Mr LEUNG Heung Ying, Alvin — Member
Aged 48, Managing Director and sole shareholder of Proton Capital Limited, was appointed to the Listing Committee on 23 July 2010. Mr Leung was previously Managing Director & Executive Director of Artfield Group Limited (now known as China Sonangol Resources Enterprise Limited), which is listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, and Vice Chairman, Executive Director and Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Grand TG Gold Holdings Limited, a company listed on the Growth Enterprise Market.
Mr Leung is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, and the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. At the latter he was previously a member of the Corporate Finance Committee, the Expert Panel on Listing and the Advisory Committee on Listing and Takeover Regulations. He is a Standing Committee member of the Political Consultative Committee of Wu Hua County of Guangdong Province and an arbitrator of the Panel of Arbitrators of China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission. Mr Leung is a member of the Energy Advisory Committee and the Public Affairs Forum of the HKSAR Government. He also serves as Committee member of Hong Kong Securities Professionals Association. Mr Leung graduated from the University of Bradford, United Kingdom with a Bachelor Degree. He received a Master Degree from London School of Economics and Political Science of University of London, United Kingdom and a Bachelor Degree in Chinese Laws from the Peking University, the PRC.
Mr LEUNG Siu Tung, Anthony — Member
Aged 43, Partner, Assurance & Advisory Business Services, Ernst & Young China, was appointed to the Listing Committee on 5 June 2009. He is a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia. Mr Leung is also a member of the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants and previously served on its Corporate Governance Sub-Committee.
Mr LI Kai Cheong, Samson — Member
Aged 51, Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Investment Officer, The Bank of East Asia Limited, was appointed to the Listing Committee on 23 July 2010. Mr Li is also an Independent Non-executive Director of China Merchants China Direct Investments Limited. He is a Fellow of The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries, the Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators, and The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. He is also an Associate of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a Member of the Hong Kong Securities Institute. Mr Li holds a Professional Diploma in Accountancy from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Mr LIU Ting An — Member
Aged 49, Deputy Chairman and President, China Life Insurance (Overseas) Company Limited, was appointed to the Listing Committee on 23 July 2010. He was previously Secretary to the Board of Directors and spokesman, China Life Insurance Company Limited. Mr Liu is a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries. He is a council member and fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors. He is a council member of the Life Insurance Council of the Hong Kong Federation of Insurers and Chairman of its Renminbi Life Insurance Products Task Force. Mr Liu is also an Executive Director of the Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association. He holds a Bachelor of Economics from Jiang Xi Finance and Economics College and a Master of Economics from Renmin University of China Graduate School. He completed a scholarship programme in Monetary Policy and Financial Markets at Oxford University.
Ms MA Xuezheng, Mary — Member
Aged 58, Chairman, Boyu Capital Advisory Co. Ltd., was appointed to the Listing Committee on 5 June 2009. Ms Ma was previously Partner and Managing Director, TPG Capital, and prior to that Chief Financial Officer of Lenovo Group Limited, which is listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, and still serves as a Non-executive Vice Chairman on its Board. She is a Director of Shenzhen Development Bank, which is listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, and an Independent Non-executive Director of Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited. From September 2003 to April 2007, she was an Independent Non-executive Director of Sohu.com Inc which is listed on NASDAQ. Ms Ma is a graduate of Capital Normal University in Beijing.
Mr NG Meng Hua, Daniel — Member
Aged 46, Managing Director and Head of Corporate Finance, BOCI Asia Limited, was appointed to the Listing Committee on 5 June 2009. Mr Ng held senior positions at several investment banks before joining BOCI Asia Limited in 2004. Mr Ng holds a Master of Laws from the School of Law, Northwestern University, an MBA from the University of Rochester, New York and a Bachelor’s degree from Indiana University, Bloomington, USA. Mr Ng has also completed the Financial Management Program at Harvard Business School.
Mr PHENIX Paul Anthony — Member
Aged 65, Director – Technical and Regulatory, Baker Tilly, was appointed to the Listing Committee on 23 July 2010. He was previously Senior Adviser to the Australian Securities Exchange and was a member of the ASX Listing Committee. Prior to that he was Executive Director, Regulation, The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. Mr Phenix is a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and is a member of its Financial Reporting Standards, Auditing and Assurance Standards, and Professional Conduct Committees. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Mr Phenix is a member of the International Steering Committee of XBRL International and a director of XBRL Australia. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the London School of Economics and an MBA from Bradford University Management Centre.
Ms SHIH Edith — Member
Aged 59, Head Group General Counsel and Company Secretary, Hutchison Whampoa Limited, was appointed to the Listing Committee on 5 June 2009. Ms Shih is also an Executive Director of Hutchison Harbour Ring Limited, a company listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, and a Non-executive Director of Hutchison China MediTech Limited, a company listed on the Alternative Investment Market operated by the London Stock Exchange. Ms Shih is also director and company secretary of a number of Hutchison group companies in various jurisdictions. She is a member of the Council of The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries and serves as Chairman of its Education Committee. Ms Shih is also a member of the Standing Committee on Companies Law Reform and a lay member of the council of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Ms Shih is a qualified solicitor in Hong Kong, England and Wales and in Victoria, Australia and is a Fellow of both The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators and The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries. Ms Shih holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Education and a Master of Arts degree from the University of the Philippines, a Master of Arts degree and a Master of Education degree from Columbia University, New York.
Mr SOUTAR James Alexander — Member
Aged 45, Director, PhoenixInvest Group (HK) Ltd., was appointed to the Listing Committee on 18 May 2007. He was previously Executive Director of FrontPoint Management (HK) Limited and the portfolio manager of the FrontPoint Asia Pacific Fund. He was a co-founder of Phoenix Research Limited and a Managing Director of Lombard Odier (Asia) Limited. Mr Soutar is a Chartered Financial Analyst. He was the Chairman of the Advocacy Committee of The Hong Kong Society of Financial Analysts and served on its board from January 1998 to January 2009. Mr Soutar is a graduate of Tufts University, Boston.
Mr SUN Po Yuen, Richard — Member
Aged 50, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, was appointed to the Listing Committee on 5 June 2009. Mr Sun is the Head of Consumer & Industrial Products Audit Division of PricewaterhouseCoopers. He is a director of the Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited, where he is also Chairman of the audit committee, and a director of the Estate Agents Authority, where he is also a member of the Disciplinary Committee and the Finance and Strategic Development Committee. Mr Sun is a member of the Admissions, Budgets & Allocations Committee of the Community Chest of Hong Kong.
Mr Sun is a past Chairman and Executive Committee member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, Hong Kong where he continues as a member of the Community Services Committee. He was previously a member of the Corporate Governance Committee and the Registration and Practicing Committee of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and was a member of the Accountancy Training Board of the Vocational Training Council. Mr Sun is a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.
Mr TAYLOR Stephen — Member
Aged 54, Partner, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, was appointed to the Listing Committee on 24 June 2011. Mr Taylor is in charge of the national audit and assurance technical department for Deloitte China and head of the Deloitte Asia Pacific IFRS centre of excellence based in Hong Kong. He is a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, where he is also a member of the Professional Standards Monitoring Expert Panel and was previously a member of the Financial Reporting Standards Committee and Professional Standards Monitoring Committee. Mr Taylor is a member of the International Accounting Standards Board and Financial Accounting Standards Board joint committee on Financial Statements Presentation (performance reporting) and is a member, and one of the conveners, of the Financial Reporting Council's Financial Reporting Review Panel. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia. Mr Taylor graduated from Lancaster University with a degree in Accounting and Finance.
Mr WANG Sing — Member
Aged 47, Global Partner, of TPG, was appointed to the Listing Committee on 24 June 2011. Co-Chairman of TPG Greater China, the Head of TPG Growth North Asia and Chairman of Amerinvest Group, Mr Wang was previously Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of TOM Group Limited, which is listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. He is a Standing Committee Member of the 10th Yunnan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Chairman of the Industry Policy Committee and sits on the Board of Governors of the China Venture Capital and Private Equity Association. Mr Wang is currently director of MIE Holdings Corporation and China Renewable Energy Investment Limited, both of which are listed on the Exchange.
Mr Wang holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Yunnan University, and a Master of Science in Forestry and its Relation to Land Use, a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Politics and Economics and a Master of Arts from Oxford University.
Mr WINTER Richard David — Member
Aged 58, Deputy Chairman of Quam Limited and Managing Director of Quam Capital Holdings, was appointed to the Listing Committee on 18 May 2007. He was previously Managing Director, Deloitte & Touche Corporate Finance Limited and prior to that Managing Director, Investment Banking, at Standard Chartered Bank. Mr Winter is a member of the Securities and Futures Commission Takeovers and Mergers Panel and the Takeovers Appeal Committee. He is a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Chairman of its Corporate Finance Committee and a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors. Mr Winter is an Executive Committee member of the Outward Bound Trust of Hong Kong and is Treasurer of the Living Islands Movement. He is a graduate of Edinburgh University and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Mr WONG Koon Man, Adrian — Member
Aged 46, Director, Abercan Limited and VL Asset Management Limited, was appointed to the Listing Committee on 19 May 2006. Mr Wong is a member of the Inland Revenue Board of Review, the Broadcasting Authority, the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Appeal Board, the Legal Education Committee of the Law Society of Hong Kong and the Overseas Lawyers Qualification Examination Panels (Head III - Commercial and Company Law). He was admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales in 1988 and in Hong Kong in 1989.
Dr WONG Tin Yau, Kelvin — Member
Aged 50, Executive Director and Deputy Managing Director of Cosco Pacific Limited, was appointed to the Listing Committee on 18 May 2007. Dr Wong is an independent Non-executive Director of China Metal International Holdings Inc, I.T Limited, CIG Yangtze Ports PLC and China ZhengTong Auto Services Holdings Limited, all of which are listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. Dr. Wong is the Chairman of The Hong Kong Institute of Directors, a member of the SFC (HKEC Listing) Committee, a member of the Standing Committee on Company Law Reform, a member of the Appeal Board Panel (Town Planning), a council member of The Hong Kong Management Association, a member of The Board of Review (Inland Revenue Ordinance), a member of the OECD Asian Roundtable on Corporate Governance, a Board Director of Business Environment Council and a member of the Corruption Prevention Advisory Committee of the Independent Commission Against Corruption. He is also a council adviser and past Chairman of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra Limited. Dr Wong obtained his Master of Business Administration from Andrews University, Michigan in 1992 and his Doctor of Business Administration from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2007.
