Council & Committees

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• Mr David J Simmonds

• FCG HKFCG
• President (re-elected to Council)
• Biography
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Mr David J Simmonds FCG HKFCG, President

HKCGI Council / Committees / Working Groups membership (in last two years):	President / Vice-President	Council (since 2024) / (2019-2023)
	Chairman	Technical Consultation Panel - Competition Law Interest Group (since 2016)
	Convenor	HKCGI Prize Judging Panel (since 2024)
	Member / Chairman	Governance Professionals Panel (since 2024) / (2019-2023)
	Chairman	Membership Committee (2020-2023)
	Member	Investment Strategy Task Force (2020-2023)
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
	Representative of HKCGI	Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce
	Member	Hong Kong Advisory Committee, The Fred Hollows Foundation
	Director	Business Environment Council
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 Taiwan Region and Thailand and the Group’s property development activities. In addition, Mr Simmonds is the Group General Counsel of CLP Holdings, responsible for the provision of legal, corporate secretarial and insurance services across the Group.

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• Ms Stella SM Lo

• FCG HKFCG(PE)
• Vice-President (newly elected to Council)
• Biography
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Ms Stella SM Lo FCG HKFCG(PE), Vice-President

HKCGI Council / Committees / Working Groups membership (in last two years):	Vice-President / Member	Council (since 2024) / (2016-2022, rejoined since 2024)
	Chairman	Membership Committee (since 2024)
	Member	Technical Consultation Panel - Public Governance Interest Group (since 2016)
	Member / Chairman	Qualifications Committee (2023) / (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:	Group Company Secretary, Guoco Group Limited (stock code: 53)
Other current public appointments & affiliations:	Member	Working Group on the Anti-Sexual Harassment Campaign, HKSAR Equal Opportunities Commission
Skill & experience:	Ms Lo is responsible for overseeing a full spectrum of Guoco Group’s company secretarial, corporate governance, ESG reporting and corporate communication functions as well as being the advisor on secretarial, regulatory and corporate governance matters for other affiliated companies of the enlarged group. She possesses in-depth company secretarial knowledge and solid experience in corporate transactions, corporate governance matters as well as ESG reporting of listed companies. Ms Lo holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree from the University of London and obtained a Master of Finance degree from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University. She graduated from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University with a Professional Diploma in Company Secretaryship and Administration.

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• Mr Tom SL Chau

• FCG HKFCG
• Vice-President (re-elected to Council)
• Biography
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Mr Tom SL Chau FCG HKFCG, Vice-President

HKCGI Council / Committees / Working Groups membership (in last two years):	Vice-President / Member	Council (since 2024) / (since 2021)
	Vice-Chairman	Professional Development Committee (since 2024)
	Member	Mainland China Affairs Committee (since 2023)
	Convenor / Vice-Convenor	Mainland China Technical Consultation Panel (since 2024) / 2023
	Vice-Chairman	Qualifications Committee (2022-2023)
	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:	Mr Chau 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. He 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. Mr Chau 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 Kenny Luo (Luo Nan)

• FCG HKFCG(PE)
• Vice-President
• Biography
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Mr Kenny Luo (Luo Nan) FCG HKFCG(PE), Vice-President

HKCGI Council / Committees / Working Groups membership (in last two years):	Vice-President / Member	Council (since 2024) / (since 2022)
	Chairman / Vice-Chairman	Mainland China Affairs Committee (since 2024) / (2022-2023)
	Member	Qualifications Committee (since 2023)
	Member / Vice-Convenor	Mainland China Technical Consultation Panel (since 2024) / (2023)
	Member	Governance Professionals Panel (since 2019)
	Member	Membership Committee (2022-2023)
	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:	Deputy General Manager, Globalization Office, Bank of China
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. Due to the change of job, Mr Luo resigned from his roles as Board Secretary and Company Secretary of BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Limited and its principal operating subsidiary, Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited, and he was promoted to the position of Deputy General Manager, Globalization Office, Bank of China from July 2024.

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• Mr Daniel WS Chow

• FCG HKFCG(PE)
• Treasurer
• 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)
	Vice-Chairman / Member	Professional Development Committee (since 2023) / (2019-2022)
	Member	Qualifications Committee (since 2021)
	Member	Investment Strategy Task Force (since 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:	Chairman	Restructuring and Insolvency Faculty (RIF) Executive Committee, 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	Academic Advisory Panel (since 2019)
	Member	Qualifications Committee (2019-2023)
Professional qualifications:	FCG	Fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute (CGI)
	HKFCG	Fellow of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute
Position & company:	Vice President (Strategic Initiatives), Acting 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:	Alan Au is a Fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute (CGI) in the United Kingdom and The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute (HKCGI). With over 30 years of experience in his academic career, Prof. Au has published extensively in internationally referred journals covering areas such as business ethics, international management, technology adoption, and marketing. Over the years, as Principal or Co-Principal Investigator, he has received over HK$20 million in external competitive grants and internal grants. Beyond his contributions to the academic community, Prof. Au is deeply committed to promoting the exchange and transfer of knowledge between the academia and society at large. He has published over 200 articles in major Hong Kong newspapers and business magazines on topics relating to branding, consumer behaviour, management, and marketing communications. Furthermore, as part of his remit to drive and support knowledge transfer in the areas of corporate governance, management and marketing, and sustainability, he has conceived and contributed significantly to the production of a number of TV programmes in related fields for the “Knowledge For All” programme broadcasted on major public channels in Hong Kong. Over the years, Prof. Au has also engaged in numerous consultancy projects for the public and private sectors, including the Hong Kong Government, Hong Kong Trade Development Council, the Bureau of Foreign Trade and Cooperation of Guangzhou Municipality, and KONE Hong Kong. He is currently also the Chair of the Professional Standards Committee of CGI and member of the Executive Committee of its International Council.

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• Mr Edmond MK Chiu

• FCG HKFCG(PE)
• 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 Company Secretarial Services, Greater China, Vistra卓佳
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 the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

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• Ms Ivy YY Chow

• FCG HKFCG(PE) (newly elected to Council)
• Biography
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Ms Ivy YY Chow FCG HKFCG(PE), Council Member

HKCGI Council / Committees / Working Groups membership (in last two years):	Member	Council (since 2024)
	Member	Membership Committee (since 2024)
	Member	Professional Services Panel (since 2023)
	Member	Assessment Review Panel (since 2024)
Professional qualifications:	FCG	Fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute
	HKFCG(PE)	Fellow of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute with Practitioner’s Endorsement
	FHKSI	Fellow Member of Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute
Position & company:	Director, Tax - Corporate Services, PwC Corporate Services Limited
Skill & experience:	Ms Chow has been providing corporate services to Hong Kong listed companies as well as multinational, private and offshore entities. During her time with professional firms for more than 25 years, Ms Chow has served clients in various sectors including financial services; consumer products and industrial manufacturing, retail and logistics; medical; media and education; real estate industries as well as government and non-profit making enterprises. She is familiar with the Hong Kong Listing Rules, the Companies Ordinance as well as other ordinances and regulations relevant to company secretarial and corporate governance professionals for both local and common offshore entities. Ms Chow has been appointed to act as named company secretary of companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX), and acted as named company secretaries of and provided company secretarial support to several companies incorporated in various jurisdictions including Australia, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, Luxembourg and the PRC whose shares were listed on the Main Board and GEM of HKEX. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree (Hons) in Business Studies from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

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• Mr David YH Fu

• FCG HKFCG(PE) (newly elected to Council)
• Biography
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Mr David YH Fu FCG HKFCG(PE), Council Member and Past President

HKCGI Council / Committees / Working Groups membership (in last two years):	Member	Council (2014-2022, elected as President from 2018 to 2019, rejoined since 2024)
	Vice-Chairman	Mainland China Affairs Committee (since 2024)
	Member	Governance Professionals Panel (2006-2023)
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:	Senior Advisor, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) (stock code: 388)
Other current public appointments & affiliations:	-
Skill & experience:	Mr Fu is responsible for advising on the full spectrum of the HKEX Group’s company secretarial functions. He was previously Group Company Secretary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (stock code: 388) from 2020 to 2023, and Company Secretary of Swire Pacific Limited (stock code: 19), Swire Properties Limited (stock code: 1972) and Cathay Pacific Airways Limited (stock code: 293) until 2020. Mr Fu was a member of the Takeovers and Mergers Panel and the Takeovers Appeal Committee of the Securities and Futures Commission from 2015 to 2020 and a member of the Standing Committee on Company Law Reform from 2017 to 2020. He has been the Honorary Secretary of The Oxford and Cambridge Society of Hong Kong since 1999. He graduated from the University of Oxford in 1988 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Engineering, Economics and Management and obtained a Master of Arts degree from the University of Oxford in 1991. He also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Corporate Administration from the City University of Hong Kong.

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• Mr Robin B Healy

• FCG HKFCG
• 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 Committee (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:	Mr Healy 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. Mr Healy 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)
• 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, Company Secretarial Services, Vistra
Other current public appointments & affiliations:	Member	Hong Kong Council of Volunteering (since 2020)
Skill & experience:	Ms Ho has over 25 years of solid experience in the corporate secretarial and governance services field. She started her career at Ernst & Young Hong Kong providing company secretarial and advisory services to companies of diversified backgrounds. Her practice focuses on company secretarial advisory, corporate governance and regulatory compliance services for multinational, private and listed companies as well as non-profit making enterprises. She is currently the company secretary or joint company secretary of a number of renowned listed companies on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Ms Ho conducts corporate governance training for directors and senior management of listed issuers. She has also acted as speakers 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 (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	Assessment Review Panel (2022)
	Member	Technical Consultation Panel (TCP) (2007-2022)
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:	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. 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 Wei Fang

• FCG HKFCG (newly elected to Council)
• Biography
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Mr Wei Fang FCG HKFCG, Council Member

HKCGI Council / Committees / Working Groups membership (in last two years):	Member	Council (since 2024)
	Vice-Chairman	Membership Committee (since 2024)
	Member	Mainland China Affairs Committee (since 2024)
	Member	Mainland China Technical Consultation Panel (since 2020)
Professional qualifications:	FCG	Fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute
	HKFCG	Fellow of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute
	Qualification of Board Secretary	Shanghai Stock Exchange
	Member	Petroleum Economics Committee, Chinese Petroleum Society
	Member	The Hong Kong Institute of Directors (HKIoD)
	HKIRA Fellow	Fellow of Hong Kong Investor Relations Association
Position & company:	Vice President, CNPC Asia Pacific (Hong Kong), the Asia-Pacific Headquarters of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC)
	Chief Representative in Hong Kong, PetroChina Company Limited
	Director & Company Secretary, PetroChina Hong Kong Limited
Skill & experience:	Mr Wei has more than 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry and over 20 years of experience in corporate governance, board practices, investor relations and ESG in Hong Kong and Mainland China. Mr Wei is now based in Hong Kong and responsible for corporate governance, corporate communications, investor relations, and ESG issues. Mr Wei holds an MBA degree from the United States and a Bachelor of Arts degree from China. He believes in the importance of effective governance and actively contributes his insights on practical governance issues. Mr Wei is very committed to expanding the influence of HKCGI in Mainland China. In recognition of his achievements in corporate governance, corporate communication and investor relations, Mr Wei has on several occasions been awarded the Best Corporate Governance/Investor Relations Professional in Asia/China by prestigious international organizations, including Institutional Investor, Corporate Governance Asia, AsiaMoney, and IR Magazine, etc.

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• Mr Matthew WH Young

• FCG HKFCG(PE) (newly elected to Council)
• Biography
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Mr Matthew WH Young FCG HKFCG(PE), Council Member

HKCGI Council / Committees / Working Groups membership (in last two years):	Member	Council (since 2024)
	Vice-Chairman / Member	Qualifications Committee (since 2023) / (2021-2022)
	Member	Assessment Review Panel (since 2021)
	Co-Convenor	The NextGen Group (since 2023)
Professional qualifications:	FCG	Fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute
	HKFCG(PE)	Fellow of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute with Practitioner’s Endorsement
	FRSA	Fellow of The Royal Society of Arts (RSA)
	HKCGI CERT: ESG	ESG Reporting Certification Course, HKCGI
Position & company:	Head of Corporate Secretarial Department, The Hong Kong Jockey Club
Other current public appointments & affiliations:	Representative of HKCGI	Young Coalition Professional Group, The Hong Kong Coalition of Professional Services
	External Examiner	Bachelor of Laws and Commerce, Hong Kong Shue Yan University
	Committee Member	Business Policy Unit, The British Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong
	Member	HKSAR Panel of Film Censorship Advisers
	Board Member & Company Secretary	InspiringHK Sports Foundation
	Member and Secretary	Electoral Committee, Football Association of Hong Kong, China
	Company Secretary	Institute of Philanthropy
	Member	Advisory Committee of JC Fit City
Skill & experience:	Mr Young is responsible for the full spectrum of The Hong Kong Jockey Club’s corporate secretarial and corporate governance functions. He is also the Company Secretary of various subsidiaries and foundations of the Club. Mr Young has over 15 years of working experience in the corporate secretarial field. His secondment to London and a project assignment in Singapore, while working for one of the largest conglomerates in Hong Kong, helped him gain a broad international perspective. He has been providing professional corporate secretarial service and advice to a number of Hong Kong listed companies as well as multinational, public, private, offshore companies and NGOs. He is an avid sports fan, full marathoner and triathlete who is passionate about sports and charity governance. Mr Young holds a bachelor’s degree in Laws from the University of Exeter, a master’s degree in Laws from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and completed a management and leadership programme from Harvard Business School.

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• Mr William WY Zhang

• FCG HKFCG (newly elected to Council)
• Biography
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Mr William WY Zhang FCG HKFCG, Council Member

HKCGI Council / Committees / Working Groups membership (in last two years):	Member	Council (since 2024)
	Vice-Chairman	Qualifications Committee (since 2024)
	Member	Mainland China Affairs Committee (since 2024)
	Member	Mainland China Technical Consultation Panel (since 2023)
	Member	Investment Strategy Task Force (since 2024)
	Vice-Chairman	Mainland China Board Secretaries Subcommittee (2023)
Professional qualifications:	FCG	Fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute
	HKFCG	Fellow of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute
	CFA	Chartered Financial Analyst, CFA Institute, U.S.
	Certificate in ESG Investing	CFA Institute, U.S.
	CIIA	Certified International Investment Analyst, Association of Certified International Investment Analysts (ACIIA)
	Board Secretary qualification	Shenzhen Stock Exchange
	PRC lawyer (non-practicing)	Ministry of Justice, PRC
	PRC CPA (non-practicing)	Certified Public Accountants (non-practicing), The Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountants, PRC
Position & company:	Board Secretary, Vice President and Joint Company Secretary, Tianqi Lithium Corporation (stock code: 002466.SZ; 09696.HK) (TLC)
Other current public appointments & affiliations:	Director Member Representative	China Association for Public Companies (CAPCO)
	Domestic expert	Working group ISO/TC 309/WG 9, International Organization for Standardization
Skill & experience:	Mr Zhang obtained his Masters of Laws degree from the Northwestern University, U.S. and the New York University, U.S., and an MBA degree from the Sun Yat-sen University, China. He is a doctorate candidate of law at the University of Hong Kong. Mr Zhang has over 20 years of experience in areas of corporate governance, management, law, investment and financing, accounting and taxation. He is admitted to practice law in the State of New York. Mr Zhang has been awarded the Golden Board Secretary in 2023 by the New Fortune. As one of the leading coordinators of the H-share listing of TLC, Mr Zhang jointly coordinated the entire process of the company’s successful H-share IPO. He is responsible for the daily affairs of the board of directors, corporate governance, securities affairs and information disclosure, investor relations, equity financing, etc. Mr Zhang also serves as the non-executive chairman of a lithium mining subsidiary of TLC in Australia. Prior to joining TLC, Mr Zhang served as the head/managing director of a Chinese financial institute’s overseas holding company in Hong Kong, a partner at the Shanghai office of an international law firm as well as relevant positions in other domestic and overseas companies.

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• Mr Ernest CH Lee

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

HKCGI Council / Committees / Working Groups membership (in last two years):	Ex-officio (Immediate Past President)	Council (since 2024)
	President	Council (2022-2023)
	Chairman	Audit Committee (since 2024)
	Member	Mainland China Affairs Committee (since 2022)
	Member	Nomination Committee (since 2024)
	Member / Convenor	HKCGI Prize Judging Panel (since 2024) / (2022-2023)
	Member	Mainland China Focus Group (2021-2022)
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	Financial Reporting Review Panel, Accounting and Financial Reporting Council
	Member	Listing Committee, HKEX
	Member	Services Advisory Committee, Official Receiver’s Office
	Member	Standing Committee on Company Law Reform
	Alternate Director	Hong Kong Coalition of Professional Services Limited
	Professional Advisor	Executive Master of Accounting (MAcc) programme, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
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 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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• Ms Gillian E Meller

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

HKCGI Council / Committees / Working Groups membership (in last two years):	Ex-officio (Past President)	Council (since 2022)
	Chairman	Nomination Committee (since 2024)
	Chairmane / Member	Governance Professionals Panel (since 2024) / (2013-2023)
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:	Vice President	Council, CGI
	Vice-Chairman	Legal Committee, The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce
	Member	Listing Committee, HKEX
	Independent Director	Hong Kong, China Rugby
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)
	Member / Chairman	Nomination Committee (2012-2014, since 2024) / (2015-2023)
	Member	Mainland China Affairs Committee (since 2022)
	Member / Chairman	Governance Professionals Panel (since 1998) / (2012-2018)
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
	Chairperson	Accounting and Financial Reporting Council Process Review Panel
	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
	Independent Governor	Board of Governors, English Schools Foundation (ESF)
	Member	Finance Committee, ESF
	Vice-Chairperson	Executive Committee, Helping Hand
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.