Council & Committees
The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute Council for 2025
Honorary Officers
Mr David J Simmonds
- FCG HKFCG
- President
- Biography
- President /
Vice-President - Chairman
- Convenor
- Member /
Chairman - Member
- Chairman
- Member
- FCG
- HKFCG
- Member
- Representative of HKCGI
- Member
- Director


Mr David J Simmonds FCG HKFCG, President
HKCGI Council / Committees / Working Groups membership (in last two years): |
Council (since 2024) / (2019-2023) |
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Technical Consultation Panel - Competition Law Interest Group (since 2016) | ||
HKCGI Prize Judging Panel (since 2024) | ||
Governance Professionals Panel (since 2024) / (2019-2023) |
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Advisory Board, Sustainability Governance Academy (since 2024) | ||
Membership Committee (2020-2023) | ||
Investment Strategy Task Force (2020-2023) | ||
Professional qualifications: | Fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute | |
Fellow of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute | ||
Position & company: | Chief Strategy, Sustainability & Governance Officer, CLP Holdings Limited | |
Other current public appointments & affiliations: |
Standing Committee on Company Law Reform | |
Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce | ||
Hong Kong Advisory Committee, The Fred Hollows Foundation | ||
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. |
Ms Stella SM Lo
- FCG HKFCG(PE)
- Vice-President
- Biography
- Vice-President /
Member - Chairman /
Member - Member
- Chairman
- Member
- FCG
- HKFCG(PE)
- Chairman


Ms Stella SM Lo FCG HKFCG(PE), Vice-President
HKCGI Council / Committees / Working Groups membership (in last two years): |
Council (since 2024) / (2016-2022, rejoined since 2024) |
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Qualifications Committee (2022, since 2025) / (2023) |
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Special Entry Scheme Interview Panel (since 2025) | ||
Membership Committee (since 2024) | ||
Technical Consultation Panel - Public Governance Interest Group (2016-2024) | ||
Professional qualifications: |
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Fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute |
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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: |
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BBA - Corporate Governance and Compliance Programme Advisory Committee, The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong |
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 playing an advisory role in 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. |
Mr Tom SL Chau
- FCG HKFCG
- Vice-President
- Biography
- Vice-President /
Member - Chairman
- Member
- Convenor /
Vice-Convenor - Vice-Chairman
- Vice-Chairman
- FCG
- HKFCG
- Solicitor
- Solicitor
- Arbitrator
- CAMS
- External Supervisor of Post-graduate Program


Mr Tom SL Chau FCG HKFCG, Vice-President
HKCGI Council / Committees / Working Groups membership (in last two years): |
Council (since 2024) / (since 2021) | |
Membership Committee (since 2025) | ||
Mainland China Affairs Committee (since 2023) | ||
Mainland China Technical Consultation Panel (since 2024) / 2023 |
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Professional Development Committee (2024) | ||
Qualifications Committee (2022-2023) | ||
Professional qualifications: | Fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute | |
Fellow of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute | ||
The Supreme Court of Hong Kong | ||
The Supreme Court of England and Wales | ||
Beijing Arbitration Commission | ||
Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists | ||
Position & company: | Partner, Haiwen & Partners LLP | |
Other current public appointments & affiliations: |
North China University of Technology | |
Skill & experience: | Mr Chau is a HK and UK qualified solicitor with over 25 years of experience at Herbert Smith Freehills, where he was a Partner of Corporate in Herbert Smith Freehills Beijing/Hong Kong. His practice specialises in M&A, corporate restructuring, securities’ issuing, IPOs, corporate governance, ESG and anti-money laundering. He has completed more than 50 IPOs and regularly advises over 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. In addition, Mr Chau is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist and an Arbitrator of Beijing Arbitration Commission. He was also an adjunct associate professor of the Master of Finance program of The Chinese University of Hong Kong and a director of the Research Centre of International Financing & M&A of Zhejiang University, as well as currently an external supervisor of the post-graduate program of North China University of Technology. |
Mr Kenny Luo (Luo Nan)
- FCG HKFCG(PE)
- Vice-President (re-elected to Council)
- Biography
- Vice-President /
Member - Chairman /
Vice-Chairman - Member
- Member /
Vice-Convenor - Member
- Member
- FCG
- HKFCG(PE)


Mr Kenny Luo (Luo Nan) FCG HKFCG(PE), Vice-President
HKCGI Council / Committees / Working Groups membership (in last two years): |
Council (since 2024) / (since 2022) |
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Mainland China Affairs Committee (since 2024) / (2022-2023) |
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Qualifications Committee (since 2023) | ||
Mainland China Technical Consultation Panel (since 2024) / (2023) |
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Governance Professionals Panel (2019- Aug 2024) | ||
Membership Committee (2022-2023) | ||
Professional qualifications: | Fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute | |
Fellow of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute with Practitioner’s Endorsement | ||
Position & company: | Deputy General Manager, Global Development Department, Bank of China | |
Other current public appointments & affiliations: |
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Skill & experience: | In his current position as Deputy General Manager of Global Development Department, Mr Luo is responsible for corporate governance matters of all overseas banking subsidiaries of Bank of China Group as well as development of regional headquarters. Mr Luo has over 20 solid years of applied corporate governance experience in board and listed compliance issues, investor relations, IPO, M&A and other projects, with a comprehensive understanding of governance best practices in Hong Kong, the Chinese mainland and international business. In 1996, Mr. Luo joined Bank of China, Beijing, where he played a key role in 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, he held the positions of Board Secretary and Company Secretary of BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Limited. Due to a change in role, Mr Luo resigned from his previous positions and was promoted to his current position in July 2024. Mr Luo holds an MBA from the University of Toronto and an MCG from the Hong Kong Metropolitan University. |
Mr Daniel WS Chow
- FCG HKFCG(PE)
- Treasurer
- Biography
- Treasurer
- Vice-Chairman /
Member - Member
- Member
- FCG
- HKFCG(PE)
- FCPA
- SD (Insolvency)
- CPA(Australia)
- CFE
- FTIHK
- CTA (non-practising)
- ACMA
- CGMA
- MHKIoD
- MISFS
- Chairman
- Convenor
- Member
- Member
- Member
- Director Emeritus
- Member
- Member
- Member
- Committee member
- Member
- Member
- Honorary Court Member


Mr Daniel WS Chow FCG HKFCG(PE), Treasurer
HKCGI Council / Committees / Working Groups membership (in last two years): |
Council (since 2021) | |
Professional Development Committee (since 2023) / (2019-2022) |
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Qualifications Committee (since 2021) | ||
Investment Strategy Task Force (since 2021) | ||
Professional qualifications: | Fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute | |
Fellow of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute with Practitioner’s Endorsement | ||
Fellow of The Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA) | ||
Specialist designation in insolvency, HKICPA | ||
Certified Practising Accountant, CPA Australia | ||
Certified Fraud Examiner, Association of the Certified Fraud Examiners, U.S. (ACFE) | ||
Fellow of The Taxation Institute of Hong Kong (TIHK) | ||
Certified Tax Adviser (non-practising), TIHK | ||
Associate of Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, U.K. | ||
Chartered Global Management Accountant, American Institute of CPAs | ||
Member of The Hong Kong Institute of Directors | ||
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: |
Restructuring and Insolvency Faculty (RIF) Executive Committee, HKICPA | |
Member Services Panel, HKICPA RIF | ||
Technical Panel, HKICPA RIF | ||
Industry Standards and Best Practice Panel, HKICPA RIF | ||
Registration Committee, HKICPA | ||
ACFE Hong Kong Chapter | ||
Disciplinary Tribunal, TIHK | ||
Continuing Professional Development Committee, TIHK | ||
Membership & Member Service Committee, TIHK | ||
Small & Medium Law Firms Association, Hong Kong | ||
Board of Review (Inland Revenue Ordinance) | ||
Services Advisory Committee, Official Receiver’s Office | ||
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. |
Council Members
Professor Alan KM Au
- FCG HKFCG (re-elected to Council)
- Biography
- Member
- Member
- Member
- FCG
- HKFCG
- Chairman
- Member
- Member
- Member
- Member
- Member
- Member
- Member


Professor Alan KM Au FCG HKFCG, Council Member
HKCGI Council / Committees / Working Groups membership (in last two years): |
Council (rejoined since 2022) | |
Academic Advisory Panel (since 2019) | ||
Qualifications Committee (2019-2023) | ||
Professional qualifications: | Fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute (CGI) | |
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) |
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Other current public appointments & affiliations: |
Professional Standards Committee, CGI (since 2022) | |
Executive Committee, International Council, CGI (since 2022) | ||
International Council, CGI (since 2022) | ||
Advisory Group – Financial Education for Youth Adults, Investor and Financial Education Council (since 2022) | ||
Court, HKMU (since 2015) | ||
Council, HKMU (since 2024) | ||
Steering Committee on Promotion of Vocational and Professional Education and Training and Qualifications Framework (since 2024) | ||
Research Ethics Committee, Hong Kong Sanatorium Hospital Medical Group | ||
Skill & experience: | As Vice President, Professor Au is responsible for spearheading the planning and implementation of strategic initiatives and projects to advance HKMU’s vision, mission and objectives. This includes overseeing HKMU’s international and Mainland relations and collaborations, as well as promoting HKMU’s continuous development, particularly as Hong Kong’s first University of Applied Sciences. With over 30 years of experience in his academic career, Professor Au has published widely in internationally referred journals covering areas such as business ethics, international management, technology transfer and marketing. As Principal or Co-Principal Investigator, he has received over HK$20 million in external competitive grants and internal grants. Professor Au is also committed to promoting knowledge exchange between the academia and society at large. He has published articles extensively in major local newspapers and business magazines on topics relating to branding, consumer behaviour, management, and marketing communications. Over the years, Professor Au has also engaged in numerous consultancy projects for the public and private sectors, such as the Hong Kong Government, U.S. Government, Hong Kong Trade Development Council, District Boards, Bureau of Foreign Trade and Cooperation of Guangzhou Municipality, A.S. Watson Asia Limited, and KONE Hong Kong. |
Mr Edmond MK Chiu
- FCG HKFCG(PE)
- Biography
- Member
- Member
- Chairman
- Chairman
- Member
- FCG
- HKFCG(PE)
- Member


Mr Edmond MK Chiu FCG HKFCG(PE), Council Member
HKCGI Council / Committees / Working Groups membership (in last two years): |
Council (since 2020) | |
Professional Development Committee (since 2023) | ||
Professional Services Panel (since 2020) | ||
Technical Consultation Panel – Wealth Management Interest Group (since 2022) | ||
Mainland China Technical Consultation Panel (since 2023) | ||
Professional qualifications: | Fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute | |
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: |
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. |
Ms Ivy YY Chow
- FCG HKFCG(PE)
- Biography
- Member
- Vice-Chairman
- Member
- Member
- Member
- FCG
- HKFCG(PE)
- FHKSI
- Member


Ms Ivy YY Chow FCG HKFCG(PE), Council Member
HKCGI Council / Committees / Working Groups membership (in last two years): |
Council (since 2024) | |
Professional Development Committee (since 2025) | ||
Membership Committee (since 2024) | ||
Professional Services Panel (since 2023) | ||
Assessment Review Panel (since 2024) | ||
Professional qualifications: | Fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute | |
Fellow of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute with Practitioner’s Endorsement | ||
Fellow Member of Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute | ||
Position & company: | Director, Tax - Corporate Services, PwC Corporate Services Limited | |
Other current public appointments & affiliations: | Departmental Advisory Committee on Accountancy, City University of Hong Kong | |
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. |
Mr David YH Fu
- FCG HKFCG(PE)
- Biography
- Member
- Vice-Chairman
- Member
- Member
- FCG
- HKFCG(PE)


Mr David YH Fu FCG HKFCG(PE), Council Member and Past President
HKCGI Council / Committees / Working Groups membership (in last two years): |
Council (2014-2022, elected as President from 2018 to 2019, rejoined since 2024) | |
Mainland China Affairs Committee (since 2024) | ||
Membership Committee (since 2025) | ||
Governance Professionals Panel (2006-2023) | ||
Professional qualifications: | Fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute | |
Fellow of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute with Practitioner’s Endorsement | ||
Position & company: | - | |
Other current public appointments & affiliations: |
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Skill & experience: | Mr Fu served as the Group Company Secretary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (stock code: 388) from 2020 to 2023, and as Senior Advisor in 2024, where he was responsible for overseeing and advising on the full spectrum of the HKEX Group’s company secretarial functions. Prior to this, he held the position of 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. |
Mr Robin B Healy
- FCG HKFCG
- Biography
- Member
- Vice-Chairman /
Member - Member
- FCG
- HKFCG


Mr Robin B Healy FCG HKFCG, Council Member
HKCGI Council / Committees / Working Groups membership (in last two years): |
Council (since 2023) | |
Membership Committee (since 2023) / (2019-2022) |
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Editorial Board Committee (since 2018) | ||
Professional qualifications: | Fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute | |
Fellow of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute | ||
Position & company: | Director - Company Secretariat, Link REIT | |
Other current public appointments & affiliations: |
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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. |
Ms Wendy WT Ho
- FCG HKFCG(PE)
- Biography
- Member
- Chairman /
Vice-Chairman - Member /
Vice-Chairman - Member
- FCG
- HKFCG(PE)
- MBA
- Member


Ms Wendy WT Ho FCG HKFCG(PE), Council Member
HKCGI Council / Committees / Working Groups membership (in last two years): |
Council (since 2020) | |
Professional Development Committee (since 2023) / (2021-2022) |
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Professional Services Panel (since 2023) / (2021-2022) |
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Mainland China Technical Consultation Panel (since 2023) | ||
Professional qualifications: | Fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute | |
Fellow of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute (HKCGI) with Practitioner's Endorsement | ||
Master of Business Administration, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University | ||
Position & company: | Executive Director, Company Secretarial Services, Vistra | |
Other current public appointments & affiliations: |
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. |
Mr Patrick HK Sung
- FCG HKFCG (newly elected to Council)
- Biography
- Member
- Member
- Member
- Chairman
- FCG
- HKFCG
- FCPA
- FCCA
- CFA
- AiNED
- External Assessor
- Advisor


Mr Patrick HK Sung FCG HKFCG, Council Member
HKCGI Council / Committees / Working Groups membership (in last two years): |
Council (since 2025) | |
Audit Committee (2016-2017; since 2021) | ||
Qualifications Committee (since 2020) | ||
Assessment Review Panel (since 2023) | ||
Professional qualifications: | Fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute | |
Fellow of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute (HKCGI) | ||
Fellow of The Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA) | ||
Fellow of The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) | ||
Chartered Financial Analyst, CFA Institute, U.S. | ||
Life Associate Member of The Hong Kong Independent Non-Executive Director Association (HKiNEDA) | ||
Position & company: | - | |
Other current public appointments & affiliations: |
Master of Science in Corporate Governance and Compliance programme, Hong Kong Baptist University | |
Professional Development Subcommittee, ACCA Hong Kong | ||
Skill & experience: | Mr. Patrick Sung has over two decades of experience in audit, accounting and finance, corporate restructuring and management in Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland. He held senior roles in various group companies listed in Hong Kong. Patrick started his career in KPMG, a major multinational certified public accountants firm, and possesses extensive experience in acquisition, corporate restructuring and listing projects. He then joined the GDH Group, a state-owned enterprise, in which he was the Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of Guangnan (Holdings) Limited (HKEX stock code: 1203), overseeing financial management, legal and compliance, and certain management aspects. Later on, Patrick joined Galaxy Entertainment Group (HKEX stock code: 27) and acted as the Head of Finance of its subsidiary, K. Wah Construction Materials. He obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from The University of Hong Kong. |
Mr Wei Fang
- FCG HKFCG
- Biography
- Member
- Member
- Vice-Chairman
- Member
- FCG
- HKFCG
- Qualification of Board Secretary
- Member
- Member
- HKIRA Fellow


Mr Wei Fang FCG HKFCG, Council Member
HKCGI Council / Committees / Working Groups membership (in last two years): |
Council (since 2024) | |
Mainland China Affairs Committee (since 2024) | ||
Membership Committee (2024) | ||
Mainland China Technical Consultation Panel (2020-2023) | ||
Professional qualifications: | Fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute | |
Fellow of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute | ||
Shanghai Stock Exchange | ||
Petroleum Economics Committee, Chinese Petroleum Society | ||
The Hong Kong Institute of Directors (HKIoD) | ||
Fellow of Hong Kong Investor Relations Association | ||
Position & company: | President, CNPC Europe & North America Company, the Europe & North America Headquarters of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) | |
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 the Chinese mainland. 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 the Chinese mainland. 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. |
Mr Matthew WH Young
- FCG HKFCG(PE)
- Biography
- Member
- Vice-Chairman /
Member - Member
- Co-Convenor
- FCG
- HKFCG(PE)
- FRSA
- HKCGI CERT: ESG
- Representative of HKCGI
- Member
- External Examiner
- Committee Member
- Board Member & Company Secretary
- Member and Secretary


Mr Matthew WH Young FCG HKFCG(PE), Council Member
HKCGI Council / Committees / Working Groups membership (in last two years): |
Council (since 2024) | |
Qualifications Committee (since 2023) / (2021-2022) |
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Assessment Review Panel (since 2021) | ||
The NextGen Group (since 2023) | ||
Professional qualifications: | Fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute | |
Fellow of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute with Practitioner’s Endorsement | ||
Fellow of The Royal Society of Arts (RSA) | ||
ESG Reporting Certification Course, HKCGI | ||
Position & company: | Head of Corporate Secretarial Department, The Hong Kong Jockey Club | |
Other current public appointments & affiliations: |
Young Coalition Professional Group, The Hong Kong Coalition of Professional Services | |
Board of Review (Inland Revenue Ordinance) | ||
Bachelor of Laws and Commerce, Hong Kong Shue Yan University | ||
Business Policy Unit, The British Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong | ||
InspiringHK Sports Foundation | ||
Electoral Committee, Football Association of Hong Kong, China | ||
Skill & experience: |
Mr Young is responsible for the full spectrum of corporate secretarial and corporate governance functions at The Hong Kong Jockey Club and its group companies. He also serves as the Company Secretary for various subsidiaries and foundations of the Club. With over 15 years of experience in the corporate secretarial field, Mr Young has worked in Hong Kong, Singapore, and London. He has provided professional corporate secretarial services and advice to numerous Hong Kong listed companies, as well as multinational, public, private, offshore companies, and NGOs. An avid sports fan, Mr Young 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 has completed a management and leadership programme at Harvard Business School. |
Mr William WY Zhang
- FCG HKFCG
- Biography
- Member
- Vice-Chairman /
Member - Member /
Vice-Chairman - Member
- Member
- Vice-Chairman
- FCG
- HKFCG
- CFA
- Certificate in ESG Investing
- CIIA
- Board Secretary qualification
- PRC lawyer (non-practicing)
- PRC CPA (non-practicing)
- Director Member Representative
- Domestic expert


Mr William WY Zhang FCG HKFCG, Council Member
HKCGI Council / Committees / Working Groups membership (in last two years): |
Council (since 2024) | |
Mainland China Affairs Committee (since 2025) / (2024) | ||
Qualifications Committee (since 2025) / (2024) | ||
Mainland China Technical Consultation Panel (since 2023) | ||
Investment Strategy Task Force (since 2024) | ||
Mainland China Board Secretaries Subcommittee (2023) | ||
Professional qualifications: | Fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute | |
Fellow of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute | ||
Chartered Financial Analyst, CFA Institute, U.S. | ||
CFA Institute, U.S. | ||
Certified International Investment Analyst, Association of Certified International Investment Analysts (ACIIA) | ||
Shenzhen Stock Exchange | ||
Ministry of Justice, PRC | ||
Certified Public Accountants (non-practicing), The Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountants, PRC | ||
Position & company: | Board Secretary, Vice President (Corporate Governance, Legal & Risk Management) and Joint Company Secretary, Tianqi Lithium Corporation (stock code: 002466.SZ; 09696.HK) (TLC) | |
Other current public appointments & affiliations: |
China Association for Public Companies (CAPCO) | |
Working group ISO/TC 309/WG 9, ISO/TC 309/WG 1 and ISO/WS ESG/WG1, International Organization for Standardization; a member of the IFRS Sustainability Reference Group | ||
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, legal affairs, compliance management and risk management 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. |
Ex-officio
Mr Ernest CH Lee
- FCG HKFCG(PE)
- Past President
- Biography
- Ex-officio (Past President)
- President
- Chairman
- Member
- Member
- Member /
Convenor - Member
- FCG
- HKFCG(PE)
- FCA
- FCCA
- FCPA (Practising)
- Convenor
- Member
- Member
- Member
- Member
- Alternate Director
- Professional Advisor


Mr Ernest CH Lee FCG HKFCG(PE), Past President
HKCGI Council / Committees / Working Groups membership (in last two years): |
Council (since 2024) | |
Council (2022-2023) | ||
Audit Committee (since 2024) | ||
Mainland China Affairs Committee (since 2022) | ||
Nomination Committee (since 2024) | ||
HKCGI Prize Judging Panel (since 2024) / (2022-2023) |
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Advisory Board, Sustainability Governance Academy (since 2024) | ||
Professional qualifications: | Fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute | |
Fellow of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute with Practitioner's Endorsement | ||
Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) | ||
Fellow of The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) | ||
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: |
Financial Reporting Review Panel, Accounting and Financial Reporting Council | |
Listing Committee, HKEX | ||
Services Advisory Committee, Official Receiver’s Office | ||
Standing Committee on Company Law Reform | ||
Non-local Higher and Professional Education Appeal Board, Education Bureau | ||
Hong Kong Coalition of Professional Services Limited | ||
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, the Chinese mainland and the Asia-Pacific area. Mr Lee actively contributes to setting financial reporting standards locally and internationally. He is the 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. |
Honorary Adviser
Ms Edith Shih
- FCG (CS, CGP) HKFCG (CS, CGP)(PE)
- Past International President & Past President
- Biography
- Honorary Adviser
- Member /
Chairman - Member /
Chairman - Chairman
- Member
- Member
- FCG(CS, CGP)
- HKFCG(CS, CGP)(PE)
- Solicitor
- Solicitor
- Solicitor
- Member (HKCGI representative)
- Chairman
- Member
- Chairman
- Chairman
- Vice-Chairman
- Chairman
- Trustee
- Independent Governor
- Member
- Vice-Chairman


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): |
Council (since 2021) | |
Nomination Committee (2012-2014, since 2024) / (2015-2023) |
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Governance Professionals Panel (since 1998) / (2012-2018) |
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Appeal Tribunal (since 2025) | ||
Advisory Board, Sustainability Governance Academy (since 2024) | ||
Mainland China Affairs Committee (2022-May 2024) | ||
Professional qualifications: | Fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute (CGI) | |
Fellow of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute with Practitioner’s Endorsement | ||
The Supreme Court of England and Wales | ||
The Supreme Court of Hong Kong | ||
The Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia | ||
Position & company: | Executive Director and Company Secretary, CK Hutchison Holdings Limited | |
Other current public appointments & affiliations: |
Council, CGI | |
Accounting and Financial Reporting Council Process Review Panel | ||
Council and Executive Committee, The Hong Kong Management Association (HKMA) | ||
General Management Committee, HKMA | ||
Systems and Internal Audit Sub-Committee, HKMA | ||
Council, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) | ||
Legal Affairs Committee, HKUST | ||
Columbia University Teachers College, New York | ||
Board of Governors, English Schools Foundation (ESF) | ||
Finance Committee, ESF | ||
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. |
The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute Committees for 2025
- Mr Ernest CH Lee
- FCG HKFCG(PE)
- Audit Committee
- Mr Kenny Luo (Luo Nan)
- FCG HKFCG(PE)
- Mainland China Affairs Committee
- Mr Tom SL Chau
- FCG HKFCG
- Membership Committee
- Ms Gillian E Meller
- FCG HKFCG(PE)
- Nomination Committee
- Ms Wendy WT Ho
- FCG HKFCG(PE)
- Professional Development Committee
- Ms Stella SM Lo
- FCG HKFCG(PE)
- Qualifications Committee