Council & Committees

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• Mr Ernest CH Lee

• FCG HKFCG(PE)
• President
• Biography
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Mr Ernest CH Lee FCG HKFCG(PE), President

HKCGI Council / Committees / Working Groups membership (in last two years):	President	Council (since 2022)
	Vice-President	Council (2021)
	Chairman	Audit Committee (2021)
	Member	Mainland China Affairs Committee (since 2022)
	Member	Mainland China Focus Group (2021-2022)
	Member	Editorial Board (2014-2021)
Professional qualifications:	FCG	Fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute
	HKFCG(PE)	Fellow of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute with Practitioner's Endorsement
	FCA	Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)
	FCCA	Fellow of The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
	FCPA (Practising)	Fellow (Practising) of The Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA)
Position & company:	Partner, Audit & Assurance / Technical, Deloitte China
Other current public appointments & affiliations:	Convenor (appointed by the Financial Secretary)	Financial Reporting Review Panel, Accounting and Financial Reporting Council (a term of three years from 16 July 2023 to 15 July 2026)
	Member	Listing Committee, HKEX (since July 2023)
	Member	Services Advisory Committee, Official Receiver's Office (since 2018)
	Member	Steering Committee, Asian Financial Forum (since 2023)
	Alternate Director	Hong Kong Coalition of Professional Services Limited (since 2021)
	Professional Advisor	Executive Master of Accounting (MAcc) programme, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge (since 2020)
Skill & experience:	Mr Lee has extensive experience in the accounting profession and provides professional advice on matters related to accounting, auditing and governance for companies in various industries in Hong Kong, Mainland China and the Asia-Pacific area. Mr Lee actively contributes to setting financial reporting standards locally and internationally. He is the Immediate Past Chairman (2019-2021) of the Financial Reporting Standards Committee of HKICPA, which is responsible for setting financial reporting standards in Hong Kong. During his tenure, Mr Lee represented HKICPA on many international and regional meetings on standard setting. He has been a member of various HKICPA’s Advisory Panels on financial reporting matters, including the Companies Ordinance (Financial Reporting) Advisory Panel, and the recently established Sustainability Advisory Panel. For more than 10 years, he served on the Review Panel for HKICPA’s Best Corporate Governance Disclosure Awards.

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• Mr David J Simmonds

• FCG HKFCG
• Vice-President
• Biography
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Mr David J Simmonds FCG HKFCG, Vice-President

HKCGI Council / Committees / Working Groups membership (in last two years):	Vice-President	Council (since 2019)
	Chairman	Membership Committee (since 2020)
	Chairman	Company Secretaries Panel (since 2019)
	Chairman	Technical Consultation Panel - Competition Law Interest Group (since 2016)
	Member	Investment Strategy Task Force (since 2020)
	Member	HKCGI Prize Judging Panel (2020-2021)
Professional qualifications:	FCG	Fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute
	HKFCG	Fellow of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute
Position & company:	Chief Strategy, Sustainability & Governance Officer, CLP Holdings Limited
Other current public appointments & affiliations:	Member	Standing Committee on Company Law Reform
	Director	The Australian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and Macau
	Member	The Asia Society
Skill & experience:	Mr Simmonds is responsible for CLP Group strategic planning and the strategy agenda as well as driving the Group’s sustainability agenda and ensuring that it is embedded into the business. He is also responsible for managing the investments and ventures that help support CLP’s growth strategy, the Group’s investments in South East Asia and Taiwan and the Group’s property development activities. In addition, Mr Simmonds is the Group General Counsel and Company Secretary of CLP Holdings, responsible for the provision of legal, corporate secretarial and insurance services across the Group.

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• Mr Paul A Stafford

• FCG HKFCG
• Vice-President
• Biography
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Mr Paul A Stafford FCG HKFCG, Vice-President

HKCGI Council / Committees / Working Groups membership (in last two years):	Vice-President	Council (rejoined since 2021)
	Chairman	Audit Committee (since 2023)
	Member	Company Secretaries Panel (since 2020)
	Member	Investment Strategy Task Force (since 2021)
	Member	Professional Development Committee (2020-2022)
	Convenor	Rebranding Working Group (2021-2022)
Professional qualifications:	FCG	Fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute
	HKFCG	Fellow of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute
Position & company:	Corporation Secretary, Regional Company Secretary and Head of Corporate Governance, Asia-Pacific, Corporate Governance & Secretariat, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
Other current public appointments & affiliations:	-
Skill & experience:	At HSBC, Paul is responsible for leading a team of more than 80 governance professionals that support Boards and Directors throughout Asia-Pacific. He also has responsibilities for HSBC Holdings plc’s primary listing on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. From 1997-2010, he worked for the HSBC Group holding company, HSBC Holdings plc, in London. From 2004 he was Deputy Group Company Secretary, leading a team to support the corporate governance of the Board and Committees, compliance with continuing obligations arising from stock exchange listings in London, Hong Kong, the US, France and Bermuda, and managing several complex corporate actions.

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• Dr Gao Wei

• FCG HKFCG(PE)
• Vice-President
• Biography
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Dr Gao Wei FCG HKFCG(PE), Vice-President

HKCGI Council / Committees / Working Groups membership (in last two years):	Vice-President	Council (rejoined since 2022)
	Vice-Chairman	Mainland China Affairs Committee (since 2022)
	Convenor	Mainland China Technical Consultation Panel (since 2017)
	Vice-Convenor	Mainland China Focus Group (2014-2022)
	Vice-Chairman / Member	Professional Development Committee (2013-2017) / (2018-2021)
Professional qualifications:	FCG	Fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute
	HKFCG(PE)	Fellow of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute with Practitioner's Endorsement
	PRC lawyer qualification	Ministry of Justice
	PhD in Law	University of International Business and Economics
Position & company:	Company Secretary, Zhongguancun Science-Tech Leasing Co., Ltd. (HKEX stock code: 1601)(Zhongguancun)
Other current public appointments & affiliations:	Arbitrator	China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission
	Arbitrator	China Maritime Arbitration Commission
	Arbitrator	Beijing Arbitration Commission
	Arbitrator	Shanghai Arbitration Commission
Skill & experience:	Dr. Gao has extensive experience in corporate financing and managing overseas-listed companies. He served as a vice-chairman of the board secretary committee of China Association for Public Companies (中國上市公司協會) from November 2015 to November 2018. He served as a director of Sinotrans Air Transportation Development Co., Ltd. (中外運空運發展股份有限公司, a company previously listed on Shanghai Stock Exchange (stock code: 600270)) from November 2011 to June 2019. He also served as the general manager (responsible for overall operation and management) and the legal representative of the company respectively from January 2016 to June 2019 and from January 2017 to August 2019. He served as the board secretary and company secretary of Sinotrans Limited (中國外運股份有限公司) (HKEX stock code: 0598) from January 2003 to December 2016, and the general counsel from January 2010 to June 2019. He served as the board secretary and head of finance team of Zhongguancun from June 2019 to February 2021, and the company secretary since June 2019.

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• Mr Daniel WS Chow

• FCG HKFCG(PE)
• Treasurer (re-elected to Council)
• Biography
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Mr Daniel WS Chow FCG HKFCG(PE), Treasurer

HKCGI Council / Committees / Working Groups membership (in last two years):	Treasurer	Council (since 2021)
	Member	Qualifications Committee (known until 30 June 2023 as Education Committee) (since 2021)
	Vice-Chairman	Professional Development Committee (since 2023)
	Member	Professional Development Committee (2019-2022)
	Member	Investment Strategy Task Force (since 2021)
	Member	Assessment Review Panel (2021)
Professional qualifications:	FCG	Fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute
	HKFCG(PE)	Fellow of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute with Practitioner's Endorsement
	FCPA	Fellow of The Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA)
	SD (Insolvency)	Specialist designation in insolvency, HKICPA
	CPA(Australia)	Certified Practising Accountant, CPA Australia
	CFE	Certified Fraud Examiner, Association of the Certified Fraud Examiners, U.S. (ACFE)
	FTIHK	Fellow of The Taxation Institute of Hong Kong (TIHK)
	CTA (non-practising)	Certified Tax Adviser (non-practising), TIHK
	ACMA	Associate of Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, U.K.
	CGMA	Chartered Global Management Accountant, American Institute of CPAs
	MHKIoD	Member of The Hong Kong Institute of Directors
	MISFS	Full Member of Information Security and Forensics Society
Position & company:	Senior Managing Director, Corporate Finance and Restructuring segment, FTI Consulting (Hong Kong) Limited
Other current public appointments & affiliations:	Deputy Chairman	Restructuring and Insolvency Faculty (RIF), HKICPA
	Convenor	Member Services Panel, HKICPA RIF
	Member	Technical Panel, HKICPA RIF
	Member	Industry Standards and Best Practice Panel, HKICPA RIF
	Member	Registration Committee, HKICPA
	Director and Treasurer	The Hong Kong Chapter of ACFE
	Member	Disciplinary Tribunal, TIHK
	Member	Continuing Professional Development Committee, TIHK
	Member	Membership & Member Service Committee, TIHK
	Committee member	Small & Medium Law Firms Association, Hong Kong
	Member	Board of Review (Inland Revenue Ordinance)
	Member	Services Advisory Committee, Official Receiver’s Office
	Honorary Court Member	The Hong Kong Baptist University
Skill & experience:	Mr Chow has extensive experience in financial reporting, corporate restructuring and recovery including liquidations, receiverships, financial reviews and personal insolvencies. He is experienced in taking on appointments, including Court-appointed receivership, arising from shareholders and family’s disputes, including deceased estate and matrimonial proceedings, and is able to provide independent advice and pragmatic solutions to resolve situations and disputes. Mr Chow possesses hands-on experience in managing corporate finance related matters and has advised on the provisional liquidations and receiverships and assisting in listed companies in addressing long suspension issues (including regulatory enquiry and audit issues) of several Hong Kong listed companies, as well as assisted in the successful resumption of trading for several of those companies. He has handled numerous liquidation and receivership appointments in Hong Kong, the British Virgin Islands, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands and Samoa, and has conducted corporate workout, restructuring, operational turnaround and due diligence assignments in the region.

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• Professor Alan KM Au

• FCG HKFCG
• Biography
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Professor Alan KM Au FCG HKFCG, Council Member

HKCGI Council / Committees / Working Groups membership (in last two years):	Member	Council (rejoined since 2022)
	Member	Qualifications Committee (known until 30 June 2023 as Education Committee) (since 2019)
	Member	Academic Advisory Panel (since 2019)
Professional qualifications:	FCG	Fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute (CGI)
	HKFCG	Fellow of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute
Position & company:	Dean of Lee Shau Kee School of Business and Administration, Director of Institute of International Business and Governance, Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU)
Other current public appointments & affiliations:	Chairman	Professional Standards Committee, CGI (since 2022)
	Member	Executive Committee, International Council, CGI (since 2022)
	Member	International Council, CGI (since 2022)
	Member	Advisory Group – Financial Education for Youth Adults, Investor and Financial Education Council (since 2022)
	Member	Court, HKMU (since 2015)
Skill & experience:	With an academic career spanning over three decades, Prof. Au has been prolific in supporting not only the quality assurance regime for academic and professional qualifications, but also knowledge advancement and transfer activities, both locally and internationally. He is regularly invited to serve as chairman or member on HKCAAVQ expert panels for accreditation of academic programmes. Moreover, having published extensively in internationally referred journals covering areas such as business ethics, international management and marketing, Prof. Au has also undertaken editorial roles for a number of international journals, most notably as Regional Editor and Guest Editor for Cross-Cultural Management Journal. Over the years, as Principal or Co-Principal Investigator, he has received over HK$20 million in external competitive grants and internal grants. Prof. Au has also published over 200 articles in major Hong Kong newspapers and business magazines on topics relating to branding, consumer behaviour, management and marketing communications (in Chinese). As part of his remit to drive and support knowledge transfer in the area of corporate governance, he produced the first collaborative TV programme with HKCGI on this bourgeoning area of public interest; the series was broadcasted on HKMU’s "Knowledge for All" programme.

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• Mr Tom SL Chau

• FCG HKFCG
• Biography
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Mr Tom SL Chau FCG HKFCG, Council Member

HKCGI Council / Committees / Working Groups membership (in last two years):	Member	Council (since 2021)
	Vice-Chairman	Qualifications Committee (known until 30 June 2023 as Education Committee) (since 2022)
	Member	Mainland China Affairs Committee (since 2023)
	Vice-Convenor / Member	Mainland China Technical Consultation Panel (since 2023) / (2018-2021)
	Member	Mainland China Focus Group (2021-2022)
Professional qualifications:	FCG	Fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute
	HKFCG	Fellow of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute
	Solicitor	The Supreme Court of Hong Kong
	Solicitor	The Supreme Court of England and Wales
Position & company:	Partner, Haiwen & Partners LLP
Other current public appointments & affiliations:	Director	Research Centre of International Financing & M&A of Zhejiang University
Skill & experience:	Tom is a HK and UK qualified solicitor. He has been with Herbert Smith Freehills for over 20 years and was a Partner of Corporate in Herbert Smith Freehills Beijing/Hong Kong. His practice focuses on M&A, corporate restructuring, securities' issuing, IPOs and corporate governance. Tom has completed more than 50 IPOs and is now regularly advising more than 20 listed companies on compliance and regulatory matters. In addition, he has given presentations to various PRC agencies, government departments, academic institutions, and HKEX on the legal issues relating to listings in Hong Kong. Tom has been an adjunct associate professor of the Master of Finance program of The Chinese University of Hong Kong and is currently a director of the Research Centre of International Financing & M&A of Zhejiang University.

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• Mr Edmond MK Chiu

• FCG HKFCG(PE) (re-elected to Council)
• Biography
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Mr Edmond MK Chiu FCG HKFCG(PE), Council Member

HKCGI Council / Committees / Working Groups membership (in last two years):	Member	Council (since 2020)
	Member	Professional Development Committee (since 2023)
	Chairman	Professional Services Panel (since 2020)
	Co-Chairman	Technical Consultation Panel – Wealth Management Interest Group (since 2022)
	Member	Mainland China Technical Consultation Panel (since 2023)
	Vice-Chairman	Membership Committee (2019-2022)
	Member	Mainland China Focus Group (2022)
Professional qualifications:	FCG	Fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute
	HKFCG(PE)	Fellow of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute with Practitioner's Endorsement
Position & company:	Head of Corporate and Fund Services, Vistra Corporate Services (HK) Limited
Other current public appointments & affiliations:	Member	Customer Liaison Group, Companies Registry (since 2021)
Skill & experience:	Edmond leads a team of qualified professionals in corporate governance, accounting and business services staff based in Hong Kong and Taipei delivering an extensive range of services across the full value chain to corporates, financial institutions, asset managers, private equity firms and family offices. Edmond has worked in the corporate services, trusts and fiduciary sector for more than 15 years. He has been instrumental in the firm’s extension of Listed Company Secretarial Services, where Vistra is now one of the main services providers in the space, and where Edmond is currently acting as company secretary or joint company secretary for several high profile companies listed on Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

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• Mr Robin B Healy

• FCG HKFCG (newly elected to Council)
• Biography
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Mr Robin B Healy FCG HKFCG, Council Member

HKCGI Council / Committees / Working Groups membership (in last two years):	Member	Council (since 2023)
	Vice-Chairman / Member	Membership Committee (since 2023) / (2019-2022)
	Member	Editorial Board (since 2018)
Professional qualifications:	FCG	Fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute
	HKFCG	Fellow of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute
Position & company:	Director - Company Secretariat, Link REIT
Other current public appointments & affiliations:	-
Skill & experience:	Robin is a practising governance professional with two decades of company secretarial experience. He is Director – Company Secretariat of Link, a listed multinational real estate investment trust and a constituent of the Hang Seng Index. In this role, he is responsible for supporting the board and providing a full suite of company secretarial services for this acquisitive group. He has held senior roles in HSBC in both London and Hong Kong, latterly as HSBC’s Global Head of Corporate Governance Advisory. At HSBC, he was responsible for the formulation and delivery of solutions to multi-jurisdictional governance, legal and regulatory issues. Prior to that, he was the Deputy Company Secretary of SEGRO plc, a FTSE100 real estate investment trust, where in addition to his company secretarial role, he was a trustee for two defined benefit pension schemes. Having started his career in information systems, Robin then trained as a chartered secretary in Centrica plc, a FTSE30 energy company with operations spanning into telecoms and insurance.

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• Ms Wendy WT Ho

• FCG HKFCG(PE) (re-elected to Council)
• Biography
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Ms Wendy WT Ho FCG HKFCG(PE), Council Member

HKCGI Council / Committees / Working Groups membership (in last two years):	Member	Council (since 2020)
	Chairman / Vice-Chairman	Professional Development Committee (since 2023) / (2021-2022)
	Member / Vice-Chairman	Professional Services Panel (since 2023) / (2021-2022)
	Member	Mainland China Technical Consultation Panel (since 2023)
	Member	Rebranding Working Group (2021-2022)
Professional qualifications:	FCG	Fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute
	HKFCG(PE)	Fellow of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute (HKCGI) with Practitioner's Endorsement
	MBA	Master of Business Administration, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Position & company:	Executive Director, Corporate Services, Tricor Services Limited
Other current public appointments & affiliations:	Member	Hong Kong Council of Volunteering (since 2020)
Skill & experience:	Wendy has over 25 years of experience in the corporate secretarial and governance services field. She started her career at Ernst & Young Hong Kong providing company secretarial and advisory services for private and listed companies of diversified backgrounds prior to her joining Tricor. Her practice focuses on business development as well as corporate governance practices and regulatory compliance services for multinationals, listed, private (including non-profit making organizations), and offshore companies. She is currently the company secretary or joint company secretary of a number of listed companies on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Wendy is a speaker at directors’ training/seminars held by Tricor. She has also acted as a speaker as well as chaired the professional training/seminars held by professional bodies including HKCGI.

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• Mr CK Low

• FCG HKFCG
• Biography
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Mr CK Low FCG HKFCG, Council Member

HKCGI Council / Committees / Working Groups membership (in last two years):	Member	Council (since 2019)
	Chairman / Vice-Chairman / Member	Qualifications Committee (known until 30 June 2023 as Education Committee) (since 2023) / (2022) / (2019-2021)
	Chairman	Investigation Group (since 2022)
	Member	TCP - Securities Law and Regulation Interest Group (since 2016)
	Member	Editorial Board (since 2014)
	Chairman / Vice-Chairman	Assessment Review Panel (2022) / (2021)
	Member	Technical Consultation Panel (TCP) (2007-2022)
	Member	Academic Advisory Panel (2017-2021)
Professional qualifications:	FCG	Fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute
	HKFCG	Fellow of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute
	Advocate & Solicitor (Non-practising)	High Court of Malaya
Position & company:	-
Other current public appointments & affiliations:	Member	Standing Committee on Company Law Reform
	Member	Advisory Committee, Accounting and Financial Reporting Council
Skill & experience:	Chee Keong LOW (‘CK’) retired as an Associate Professor in Corporate Law on 1 August 2022 after more than three decades at The Chinese University of Hong Kong Business School. His research in issues pertaining to corporate governance and the regulatory framework of capital markets – which published in journals in Australasia, Europe and the United States of America – was supported by more than USD300,000 in recurring private sector grants since 2006. Admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya, CK is currently a member of the statutory Advisory Committee of the Accounting and Financial Reporting Council as well as of the Standing Committee on Company Law Reform in Hong Kong. Amongst others he previously served on the Listing Committee of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong as well as on the Securities and Futures Appeals Tribunal.

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• Mr Kenny Luo (Luo Nan)

• FCG HKFCG(PE)
• Biography
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Mr Kenny Luo (Luo Nan) FCG HKFCG(PE), Council Member

HKCGI Council / Committees / Working Groups membership (in last two years):	Member	Council (since 2022)
	Vice-Chairman	Mainland China Affairs Committee (since 2022)
	Member	Qualifications Committee (known until 30 June 2023 as Education Committee) (since 2023)
	Member	Membership Committee (since 2022)
	Vice-Convenor	Mainland China Technical Consultation Panel (since 2023)
	Member	Company Secretaries Panel (since 2019)
	Vice-Convenor	Mainland China Focus Group (2022)
	Member	Assessment Review Panel (2022)
Professional qualifications:	FCG	Fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute
	HKFCG(PE)	Fellow of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute with Practitioner's Endorsement
Position & company:	Board Secretary & Company Secretary, General Manager, Board Secretariat, Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited
Other current public appointments & affiliations:	-
Skill & experience:	Mr Luo is a seasoned governance professional, with Hong Kong, the Mainland and international business experiences and understandings of governance best practices. Mr Luo has over 20 solid years of applied corporate governance experiences in board and listed compliance issues, investor relations, IPO, M&A and other projects stems from his background. In 1996, he joined Bank of China, Beijing, where he worked his way to be on the core team for the IPOs of BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Limited (HKEX stock code: 2388) and Bank of China Limited (BOC) (HKEX stock code: 3988 and SSE stock code: 601988). By 2007, he qualified as an A-share board secretary, and became the Listing Affairs Representative and Head of Investor Relations of BOC. In 2009, he was promoted as Deputy General Manager, Board Secretariat, BOC and by 2016, Board Secretary and Company Secretary of BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Limited.

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• Mrs Natalia KM Seng

• FCG HKFCG
• Biography
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Mrs Natalia KM Seng FCG HKFCG, Council Member

HKCGI Council / Committees / Working Groups membership (in last two years):	Member	Council (rejoined since 2019)
	Chairman	Mainland China Affairs Committee (since 2022)
	Member / Chairman	Audit Committee (2023) / (2022)
	Member	Technical Consultation Panel - Public Governance Interest Group (since 2022)
	Member	HKCGI Prize Judging Panel (since 2022)
	Chairman	Education Committee (2021)
	Convenor / Member	Mainland China Focus Group (2022) / (2015-2021)
Professional qualifications:	FCG	Fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute
	HKFCG	Fellow of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute (HKCGI)
	FTIHK	Fellow of The Taxation Institute of Hong Kong
	EMBA	MBA (Executive), City University of Hong Kong (CityU)
Position & company:	-
Other current public appointments & affiliations:	Panel Member April 2023 to March 2025 (appointed by the Financial Secretary)	The Securities and Futures Appeals Tribunal, a statutory tribunal established under the Securities and Futures Ordinance
	Court Member 2022 to 2024 (appointed by the CityU Council)	The Court, the supreme advisory body of CityU
Skill & experience:	Mrs Natalia Seng first joined the HKCGI Council in 1997 and served as President from 2007 to 2009.  Natalia has worked in the Corporate Services and TCSP industry for 40 years. She was a founding team member of Ernst & Young’s corporate services until its CS practice was sold to Tricor in 2002.  As Tricor is not a provider of audit services to listed companies, Natalia initiated and developed her team members to provide outsourced Company Secretary services to listed companies including H shares companies.  She was appointed the Tricor CEO - China and Hong Kong from 2012 to 2018 and then the Vice-Chairman of Tricor Hong Kong and Offshore until her retirement.  HKCGI has awarded Natalia “The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries Prize 2017” and she was also awarded an Outstanding PolyU Alumni by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2019.

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• Mr Bill WM Wang

• FCG HKFCG
• Biography
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Mr Bill WM Wang FCG HKFCG, Council Member

HKCGI Council / Committees / Working Groups membership (in last two years):	Member	Council (since 2021)
	Vice-Chairman	Membership Committee (since 2022)
	Member	Mainland China Affairs Committee (since 2023)
	Member	Technical Consultation Panel (TCP) (since 2015)
	Member	TCP - Securities Law and Regulation Interest Group (since 2016)
	Chairman / Member	Professional Development Committee (2022) / (2015-2021)
	Member	Mainland China Focus Group (2020-2022)
Professional qualifications:	FCG	Fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute
	HKFCG	Fellow of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute
Position & company:	-
Other current public appointments & affiliations:	Director	Hong Kong Kidney Foundation
Skill & experience:	Bill has extensive experience in the fields of corporate governance, legal, compliance and risk management. He was Executive Vice President and General Counsel for ICBC Asia and the Company Secretary of Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited. Bill had the experience in leading Corporate Secretariat teams in Greater China and Asia sub-regions to provide effective corporate governance support and trusted advisory services to the boards, C-suite executives, business leaders and other stakeholders. In the earlier stage of his professional career after being qualified with New York Bar, Bill practiced corporate and securities laws with Clifford Chance, Baker McKenzie and Hogan Lovells in New York, London, Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai.

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• Mr Xie Bing

• FCG HKFCG
• Biography
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Mr Xie Bing FCG HKFCG, Council Member

HKCGI Council / Committees / Working Groups membership (in last two years):	Member	Council (since 2019)
	Member / Vice-Chairman	Professional Development Committee (2022) / (2018-2021)
	Member	Mainland China Focus Group (2022)
Professional qualifications:	FCG	Fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute
	HKFCG	Fellow of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute
Position & company:	CEO & President, Xiamen Airlines Co., Ltd
Other current public appointments & affiliations:	-
Skill & experience:	Mr Xie was appointed President & CEO of Xiamen Airlines in September 2022. He has made a major contribution to promote the construction of Xiamen Airlines' safety system of six pillars, and led the team to cope with the greatest pressure midst COVID-19, maintaining the continuous profit record of Xiamen Airlines. Mr Xie served as a joint company secretary/the company secretary of China Southern Airlines Company Limited, a listed company in New York (ADR Code: ZNH), Hong Kong (H Share Stock Code: 1055) and Shanghai (A Share Stock Code: 600029) from November 2007 to September 2022. He had been the board secretary of China Southern Airlines for more than thirteen years and was responsible for the management of the company, information disclosure, maintaining good relationships among investors and capital operation. Previously, he was also in charge of the financial sector of China Southern Airlines, communicating with the global capital market. Mr Xie holds a bachelor degree in transportation management from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, an MBA from Jinan University, an MBA (international banking and finance) from The University of Birmingham, and an EMBA from Tsinghua University. He is a senior economist and holds the qualification for board secretary of listed company on Shanghai Stock Exchange and the qualification for company secretary of Hong Kong listed company.

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• Ms Gillian E Meller

• FCG HKFCG(PE)
• Past President
• Biography
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Ms Gillian E Meller FCG HKFCG(PE), Past President

HKCGI Council / Committees / Working Groups membership (in last two years):	Ex-officio (Past President)	Council (since 2022)
	President	Council (2020-2021)
	Member	Company Secretaries Panel (since 2013)
	Convenor	HKCGI Prize Judging Panel (2020-2021)
Professional qualifications:	FCG	Fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute (CGI)
	HKFCG(PE)	Fellow of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute with Practitioner's Endorsement
Position & company:	Legal and Governance Director, MTR Corporation Limited (MTR)
Other current public appointments & affiliations:	Member	CGI Council
	Vice-Chairman	Legal Committee, The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce
	Member	Listing Committee, HKEX
Skill & experience:	Ms Meller is responsible for overseeing MTR’s legal, company secretarial, insurance and risk management functions and a central procurement and supply chain function. She is also responsible for leading MTR’s assurance function with the aim of providing a strengthened second line of defence across key risk areas of MTR and for leading MTR’s overall ESG strategy. Ms Meller graduated from Hertford College, University of Oxford and obtained her postgraduate qualifications in law from The College of Law in the United Kingdom. She is qualified to practise as a solicitor in Hong Kong and England and Wales.

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• Ms Edith Shih

• FCG (CS, CGP) HKFCG (CS, CGP)(PE)
• Past International President & Past President
• Biography
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Ms Edith Shih FCG(CS, CGP) HKFCG(CS, CGP)(PE), Honorary Adviser,
Past International President & Past President

HKCGI Council / Committees / Working Groups membership (in last two years):	Honorary Adviser	Council (since 2021)
	Chairman / Member	Nomination Committee (since 2015) / (2012-2014)
	Member	Mainland China Affairs Committee (since 2022)
	Member / Chairman	Company Secretaries Panel (since 1998) / (2012-2018)
	Member	Special Entry Scheme Interview Panel (2020-2021)
Professional qualifications:	FCG(CS, CGP)	Fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute (CGI)
	HKFCG(CS, CGP)(PE)	Fellow of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute with Practitioner's Endorsement
	Solicitor	The Supreme Court of England and Wales
	Solicitor	The Supreme Court of Hong Kong
	Solicitor	The Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia
Position & company:	Executive Director and Company Secretary, CK Hutchison Holdings Limited
Other current public appointments & affiliations:	Member (HKCGI representative)	Council, CGI
	Chairman	Accounting and Financial Reporting Council Process Review Panel
	Chairman	Finance Committee, Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications
	Member	Council and Executive Committee, The Hong Kong Management Association (HKMA)
	Chairman	General Management Committee, HKMA
	Chairman	Systems and Internal Audit Sub-Committee, HKMA
	Member	Council, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
	Chairman	Legal Affairs Committee, HKUST
	Trustee	Columbia University Teachers College, New York
Skill & experience:	Ms Shih has been with the CK Hutchison Group for over 30 years, overseeing legal, regulatory, corporate finance and compliance matters of the Group. Ms Shih holds a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Arts degree from the University of the Philippines as well as a Master of Arts degree and a Master of Education degree from Columbia University, New York.