BOARD OF DIRECTORS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
  • Cheung Hon Kit
    Chairman
    Cheung Hon Kit
    aged 69, joined the Company as an executive director and the Chairman in April 2005 and is also a director of various members of the Group. He is also the chairman of the Corporate Governance Committee, and a member of each of the Nomination Committee and the Investment Committee of the Company. Mr. Cheung graduated from the University of London with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. He has over 44 years of experience in real estate development, property investment and corporate finance, holding key executive positions in various leading property development companies in Hong Kong. Mr. Cheung is an independent non-executive director of Future Bright Holdings Limited, a listed company in Hong Kong.

    (Updated as at 25 November 2022)
  • Chan Kwok Keung, Charles
    Joint Vice Chairman
    Chan Kwok Keung, Charles
    aged 67, was appointed as an executive director and Joint Vice Chairman in November 2021 and is a member of the Investment Committee of the Company. Dr. Chan is a director of various members of the Group and was a senior consultant of the Group up to his appointment as an executive director and Joint Vice Chairman. He has over 41 years of international corporate management experience in the construction and the property sectors, as well as in strategic investments. He holds an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws and a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering. Dr. Chan had been the chairman and an executive director of a number of listed companies over the years. He resigned as the chairman and a non-executive director of Television Broadcasts Limited, a listed company in Hong Kong, on 4 February 2020. Dr. Chan is a substantial shareholder of the Company and also the sole director of ITC Holdings Limited and Galaxyway Investments Limited whose interests in the Company are disclosed in the interim report of the Company dated 25 November 2022. He is the spouse of Ms. Ng Yuen Lan, Macy, a substantial shareholder of the Company and the father of Mr. Chan Yiu Lun, Alan, an executive director.

    (Updated as at 25 November 2022)
  • Chan Yiu Lun, Alan
    Chan Yiu Lun, Alan
    aged 39, joined the Company as an executive director in March 2010 and is also a director of various members of the Group. He is also a member of the Investment Committee of the Company. He graduated from Trinity College of Arts and Sciences of Duke University, United States of America, with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science - International Relations. Mr. Chan previously worked in the investment banking division of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. He is a director of Burcon NutraScience Corporation whose issued shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Mr. Chan is the son of Dr. Chan Kwok Keung, Charles, an executive director and Joint Vice Chairman and Ms. Ng Yuen Lan, Macy, both of whom are the substantial shareholders of the Company.

    (Updated as at 25 November 2022)
  • Law Hon Wa, William
    Chief Financial Officer
    Law Hon Wa, William
    aged 57, has been appointed as an executive director and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company responsible for the finance and accounting functions of the Group with effect from 1 April 2023. He became a member of the Investment Committee of the Company upon his appointment. He has also been appointed as a member of the Corporate Governance Committee of the Company with effect from 1 April 2023. He was the chief financial officer (executive director) and a member of the executive committee of one of the leading construction and engineering groups in Hong Kong and Macau for 15 years. He has over 30 years of experience in auditing accounting and financial management. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Master of Applied Finance. He is a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and a practising Certified Public Accountant in Hong Kong.

    (Updated as at 1 April 2023)

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
  • Chau Mei Wah
    Chau Mei Wah
    aged 68, joined the Company as an executive director in November 2021. She retired as an executive director and was re-designated as a non-executive director with effect from 1 April 2023. Before joining the board of directors, she was a consultant of the Group. She has over 43 years’ experience in international corporate management and finance. She had served on the board of directors of a number of listed companies over the years. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree and a Master’s Degree in Commerce and has professional accounting qualifications and experience in different jurisdictions. She is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the CPA Australia, and a member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia. Ms. Chau retired as a director of Burcon NutraScience Corporation, whose issued shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, at the conclusion of its annual general meeting held on 23 November 2022.

    (Updated as at 1 April 2023)
INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
  • Hon. Shek Lai Him, Abraham, GBS, JP
    Joint Vice Chairman
    Shek Lai Him, Abraham
    aged 77, joined the Company as an independent non-executive director and the Vice Chairman in September 2010. He is also the chairman of the Nomination Committee and a member of each of the Audit Committee and the Remuneration Committee of the Company. Mr. Shek graduated from the University of Sydney, Australia with a Bachelor of Arts Degree and a Diploma in Education. He holds a Juris Doctor Degree. He was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong representing the real estate and construction functional constituency from 2000 to 2021. He was appointed as a Justice of the Peace in 1995. He was awarded Silver Bauhinia Star in 2007 and was further awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star in 2013.

    Mr. Shek is the chairman and an executive director of Goldin Financial Holdings Limited and the honorary chairman and an independent non-executive director of Chuang’s China Investments Limited,
    both companies being listed companies in Hong Kong. Mr. Shek is also an independent non-executive director of China Resources Cement Holdings Limited, Chuang’s Consortium International Limited, Cosmopolitan International Holdings Limited, Country Garden Holdings Company Limited, CSI Properties Limited, Everbright Grand China Assets Limited, Far East Consortium International Limited, Hao Tian International Construction Investment Group Limited, International Alliance Financial Leasing Co., Ltd., Lai Fung Holdings Limited, Landing International Development Limited, Lifestyle International Holdings Limited, NWS Holdings Limited and Paliburg Holdings Limited, all being listed companies in Hong Kong. He is also an independent non-executive director of Eagle Asset Management (CP) Limited - the manager of Champion Real Estate Investment Trust and Regal Portfolio Management Limited - the manager of Regal Real Estate Investment Trust, both of the trusts being listed in Hong Kong. Mr. Shek retired from the position of independent non-executive director of Hop Hing Group Holdings Limited, shares of which were delisted on 27 January 2022, and SJM Holdings Limited, a listed company in Hong Kong, on 2 June 2020 and 28 May 2021 respectively. Mr. Shek is an honorary member of the Court of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and a member of both of the Court and the Council of The University of Hong Kong.

    (Updated as at 25 November 2022)
  • Chan Pak Cheong Afonso
    Chan Pak Cheong Afonso
    aged 76, joined the Company as an independent non-executive director in August 2015. He is also the chairman of each of the Audit Committee and the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Nomination Committee of the Company. Mr. Chan has over 42 years of experience in the financial and accounting industries. He is the sole owner of Chan Pak Cheong (Auditor) Accountant Office, an accounting and auditing firm. He has been a Certified Public Accountant for more than 42 years and acted as the vice director and the vice president of Macau Society of Accountants from 1980 to 2008 and from 2008 to 2018 respectively. Mr. Chan is an independent non-executive director of Future Bright Holdings Limited, a company listed in Hong Kong. He acted as a Commissioner of the Finance Department of Macau - Commission of the Revision of Profit Tax from 1984 to 1996, from 2011 to 2014 and 2018, as well as one of the Examination Commissioners of the Commission of Registry of the Auditors and the Accountants from 2006 to 2011. Mr. Chan holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Accountancy.

    (Updated as at 25 November 2022)
  • Ip Hon Wah
    Ip Hon Wah
    aged 40, joined the Company as an independent non-executive director in February 2021. He is also a member of each of the Audit Committee, the Remuneration Committee, the Nomination Committee and the Corporate Governance Committee of the Company. Mr. Ip graduated from the University of Cambridge with a Bachelor of Arts Degree and a Master of Arts in Economics. He also obtained a Graduate Diploma in Law (Distinction) from the College of Law, England and a Postgraduate Certificate in Laws from the University of Hong Kong. Mr. Ip is a Barrister-at-Law in Hong Kong and a partner of a real estate investment and asset management firm responsible for Hong Kong capital markets and business development. He previously worked in a global management consultancy firm where he specialised in real estate and public sectors in Hong Kong and Mainland China. Mr. Ip resigned as an independent non-executive director of Sun Cheong Creative Development Holdings Limited, a listed company in Hong Kong, on 6 December 2019.

    (Updated as at 25 November 2022)