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 Committee(1)).
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 comprises 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, Chief Executive Martin Wheatley and Executive Director Brian Ho).
By a news release published on 8 April 2010, the Listing Nominating Committee invited applications from individuals interested in serving on the Listing Committee. Thirty-four 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 six new Listing Committee members - Janine Canham, Nigel Davis, Alvin Leung, Samson Li, Liu Ting An and Paul Phenix. They replace Jamie Allen, Stephen Brown, Joseph Longo, Low Chee Keong, Alex Ng and Alexander Schrantz. The Exchange wishes to thank these members for their service on the Listing Committee.
Listing Committee Membership 2010
Name of Member |
First year of appointment |
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 |
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 |
BUNKER Robert Edward John |
2006 |
CANHAM Janine Sarah |
2010 |
CHAN Chun Hung, Vincent |
2007 |
CHEN Yang Chung, Roy |
2005 |
CHOW Siu Lui, Jack |
2009 |
DAVIS Nigel Justin |
2010 |
FUNG Shing Kwong |
2006 |
HUNT Stephen Burnau |
2004 |
JIANG Guorong |
2009 |
KEYES Terence François |
2008 |
LEUNG Heung Ying, Alvin |
2010 |
LEUNG Siu Tung, Anthony |
2009 |
LI Kai Cheong, Samson |
2010 |
LIU Ting An |
2010 |
MA Xuezheng, Mary |
2009 |
NG Meng Hua, Daniel |
2009 |
PHENIX Paul Anthony |
2010 |
SHIH Edith |
2009 |
SOUTAR James Alexander |
2007 |
SUN Po Yuen, Richard |
2009 |
WINTER Richard David |
2007 |
WONG Koon Man, Adrian |
2006 |
WONG Tin Yau, Kelvin |
2007 |
(1) The Main Board and GEM Listing Committees have operated as an integrated committee since 2003 and have had identical membership since 2006.