HKICS ACRU 2019 │ WEDNESDAY, 5 June 2019 │ 7 ECPD points

Speakers & Chairs

arranged in order of appearance

Mr David Fu
FCIS FCS(PE)
President, HKICS

Mr David Fu
FCIS FCS(PE)
President, HKICS

Mr David Fu joined the Swire group as a Group Management Trainee in 1988 and has worked with the group in Hong Kong and Beijing. He is responsible for the full spectrum of the group’s company secretarial functions, and is currently the Company Secretary of John Swire & Sons (H.K.) Limited, Swire Pacific Limited (stock code: 19), Swire Properties Limited (stock code: 1972) and Cathay Pacific Airways Limited (stock code: 293).

Mr Fu is currently the President of The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries (HKICS). He is also a member of the Human Resources Committee, as well as the Convenor of the HKICS Prize Judging Panel. David was admitted as a Fellow of HKICS and ICSA in 2012. He was elected as a Council member of HKICS in 2014 and served on its Education Committee as a member from 2014 to 2015 and as the Chairman from 2016 to 2017. He has been the Honorary Secretary of The Oxford and Cambridge Society of Hong Kong since 1999.

Mr Fu has been a member of the Takeovers and Mergers Panel and the Takeovers Appeal Committee of the Securities and Futures Commission since April 2015. He has been a member of the Standing Committee on Company Law Reform since February 2017.

Mr Fu 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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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX)
Mr Kenneth Chan
Senior Vice President, Listing Department, HKEX

Mr Kenneth Chan
Senior Vice President, Listing Department, HKEX
Kenneth Chan is a Senior Vice President at the Listing Department of HKEX responsible for listed issuer regulation. After having qualified as a Chartered Accountant in Australia and as a legal practitioner in New South Wales, Kenneth worked for an investment bank in Hong Kong from 1995 until 2001 when he joined the Listing Department of HKEX.
Mr Patrick Yu
Senior Vice President, Listed Issuer Regulation, Listing Department, HKEX

Mr Patrick Yu
Senior Vice President, Listed Issuer Regulation, Listing Department, HKEX
Patrick Yu is currently a Senior Vice President in the Listed Issuer Regulation of the Listing Department. Before joining HKEX, Patrick worked in an international investment bank in Hong Kong dealing with equity settlement and risk management matters and in an international accounting firm in Hong Kong providing audit and advisory services. Patrick holds a Master degree in Business Administration from The University of Southern California in Los Angeles, the United States.
Mr Steve Ong
Head of Accounting Affairs, Listing Department, HKEX

Mr Steve Ong
Head of Accounting Affairs, Listing Department, HKEX
Steve Ong is a UK chartered accountant and a Hong Kong certified public accountant. He is a fellow of the ICAEW and HKICPA with over 25 years of experience in the accounting profession. He is the Head of Accounting Affairs at the HKEX's Listing Division responsible for accounting and auditing matters, including the Exchange's financial statements review program. He is also a member of the HKICPA Financial Reporting Standards Committee, the Auditing and Assurance Standards Committee and the Professional Standards Monitoring Expert Panel. He was previously a member of its Sustainability and Integrated Reporting Advisory Group.

He is also involved with HKICPA's Best Corporate Governance Disclosure Awards and The Hong Kong Management Association Best Annual Reports Awards as a member of the judging panels. He is a regular speaker at events on the Exchange’s financial statements review program relating to accounting and disclosure of financial information in listing rules.

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Mr Tom Butlin
Head of Enforcement, Listing Department, HKEX

Mr Tom Butlin
Head of Enforcement, Listing Department, HKEX
Tom Butlin joined HKEX in late 2018 as Head of Enforcement within the Listing Department. Tom holds a Diploma in Law and Masters of Law from the University of Sydney. Tom commenced his career in private practice focusing on Family Law and Commercial Litigation matters before taking on various in-house legal counsel roles with multi-national financial services firms in Sydney, London and Hong Kong. Tom has extensive experience leading in-house legal and regulatory teams including recent roles at an international Private Bank (in London and Hong Kong) and a major international bank (in Hong Kong).
Ms Katherine Ng
Head of Policy Team, Listing Department, HKEX

Ms Katherine Ng
Head of Policy Team, Listing Department, HKEX
Katherine Ng joined Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (“HKEX”) in 2013 as Head of Policy Team of the Listing Department. Prior to joining HKEX, Katherine served as Political Assistant to the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury of the Hong Kong Government. Before joining the Government, Katherine had worked in an international investment bank and was in private practice with an international law firm in Hong Kong and London. Katherine holds a Master of Arts in Law from the University of Cambridge and is a qualified lawyer in both Hong Kong and England and Wales. Katherine is the chairman of Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute, an Advisor to Our Hong Kong Foundation, a member of the Vocational Training Council’s Banking and Finance Industry Training Board, a board director of the World Wide Fund for Nature Hong Kong and a fellow of the Aspen Institute.
Mr David Simmonds
FCIS FCS
Vice-President, HKICS

Mr David Simmonds
FCIS FCS
Vice-President, HKICS
Mr David Simmonds is a Vice-President of The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries (HKICS), the Vice-Chairman of Membership Committee, Chairman of Company Secretaries Panel and Competition Law Interest Group. He is a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA) and HKICS.

Mr David Simmonds is the Group General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer and Company Secretary of CLP Holdings Limited (Stock code: 2).

David is responsible for the corporate secretarial affairs of CLP Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries along with the Group’s corporate governance practices. He leads an experienced and dedicated team of company secretarial professionals.

As the Group General Counsel, David leads a team of lawyers who provide strategic advice and counsel to CLP Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries. He has extensive infrastructure experience advising on strategic acquisitions and divestments, projects and construction, corporate structuring, regulatory issues and competition laws.

As the Chief Administrative Officer, David is responsible for the Group’s climate change strategy, property development and management activities, insurance services and special projects of the Chief Executive Officer.

At HKICS David has served as a Chairman of the Company Secretaries Panel since 2019 and a member of Technical Consultation Panel and the Chairman of the Technical Consultation Panel (Competition Law Interest Group) since 2016. He has also been a speaker at a number of HKICS seminars.

David holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and a Bachelor of Commerce from The University of Melbourne.

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Securities and Futures Commission (SFC)
Mr Benjamin Cheuk Director, Corporate Finance Division, SFC

Mr Benjamin Cheuk Director, Corporate Finance Division, SFC
Mr Benjamin Cheuk is a Director of the Corporate Finance Division of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC). He joined the SFC in 1996 and currently leads a team focusing on post-IPO matters including listed company disclosures and corporate misconduct. Prior to joining the SFC, Mr Cheuk was an equity analyst for eight years.
Mr Kenneth Lau Director, Corporate Finance Division, SFC

Mr Kenneth Lau Director, Corporate Finance Division, SFC
Mr Kenneth Lau is a Director of the Corporate Finance Division of the SFC. He focuses on developing policies related to listed companies and has been involved in a number of different regulatory areas, including IPO and post-IPO as well as market development efforts such as Stock Connect and green finance initiatives. Prior to joining the SFC, he was a director of an international private equity firm where he was responsible for direct investments in China and development of portfolio companies. Mr Lau is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder and a Certified Public Accountant.
Ms Linda Yiu Director, Intermediaries Supervision Department, SFC

Ms Linda Yiu Director, Intermediaries Supervision Department, SFC
Ms Linda Yiu is a Director of the SFC’s Intermediaries Supervision Department. She oversees on-site inspections of the financial risks and business conduct of licensed corporations. She is also involved in formulating polices and regulatory initiatives on client protection issues. Ms Yiu started her career as an auditor and has over 20 years of experience in the financial sector, including supervision of banks.
Ms Gillian Meller
FCIS FCS
Vice-President, HKICS

Ms Gillian Meller
FCIS FCS
Vice-President, HKICS

Ms Gillian Elizabeth Meller FCIS FCS is currently the Legal and European Business Director of MTR Corporation Limited (Stock code: 66). She is responsible for the provision of commercial legal support and advice to all aspects of the company’s business. In addition to her responsibility for the strategic management of the company’s insurance programmes and its governance and risk management function, she also manages and oversees the growth of the company’s European Business.

Gillian graduated from Hertford College, University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and holds a Master of Arts degree in Geography. She then obtained her postgraduate qualifications in law from The College of Law in Guildford, the United Kingdom. She also completed the Stanford Executive Programme at Stanford University, United States of America, in 2010. Gillian is qualified to practise as a solicitor in Hong Kong and England and Wales. She is a Member of the Standing Committee on Company Law Reform in Hong Kong and a Vice Chairman of the Legal Committee of The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce.

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Practitioner Practical Sharing
Ms Edith Shih FCIS FCS(PE) International President, ICSA; and Past President, HKICS

Ms Edith Shih FCIS FCS(PE) International President, ICSA; and Past President, HKICS
Ms Edith Shih FCIS FCS(PE) is Executive Director and Company Secretary of CK Hutchison Holdings Limited, a Fortune 500 company with an annual revenue of about US$60 billion, at which she heads up a team of over 230 legal counsels and 60 corporate secretarial executives, stationed in 60 offices in 20 countries. Ms Shih has been with the CK Hutchison Group for 30 years, overseeing legal, regulatory, corporate finance and compliance matters of the Group. In addition, she acts as Director and Company Secretary of subsidiaries and associated companies of the CK Hutchison Group, overseeing the management of such businesses, including listed companies in Hong Kong, London, New York and Singapore and Sydney.

Ms Shih is the International President and the Chairman of the Executive Committee of ICSA. She is Past President of HKICS and was Chairman and member of various Committees and Panels. Currently she is the Chairman of the Nomination Committee and ICSA/HKICS Name Working Group.

Ms Shih holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Education and a Master of Arts (Education) from the University of the Philippines and a Master of Arts (TESOL) degree and a Master of Education (Applied Linguistics) degree from Columbia University, New York. She is qualified to practice law in England and Wales, Hong Kong, and Victoria, Australia. She is in addition a Fellow of The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries (HKICS) and The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA), with both Chartered Secretary and Chartered Governance Professional designations. She also holds a Practitioner's Endorsement issued by HKICS.

In addition to her professional work, Ms Shih is also involved in numerous panels and committees of public services, regulatory and professional bodies. She is the Chairman of the Governance Committee of Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA), a member of the Council and the Human Resources Committee of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and a Trustee of Teacher's College, Columbia University, New York. Further, she is a member of the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications, The Securities and Futures Appeals Tribunal, the Professional Services Advancement Support Scheme Vetting Committee and the Process Review Panel of The Financial Reporting Council, the Executive Committee of Hong Kong Management Association and Helping Hand.

Ms Shih was a member of the Standing Committee on Company Law Reform, a member of the Listing Committee of Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (SEHK) of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) and a Council member of HKICPA.

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Mr Mark Hughes Partner, Slaughter and May, Hong Kong

Mr Mark Hughes Partner, Slaughter and May, Hong Kong
Mr Mark Hughes is a partner at Slaughter and May, Hong Kong, in the firm’s Asia Investigations and Dispute Resolution Practice. He has advised many clients including financial institutions, financial services providers and listed companies operating in Hong Kong in relation to regulatory investigations and inquiries, including by the Securities and Futures Commission, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the Independent Commission Against Corruption, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the Privacy Commissioner, the Equal Opportunities Commission, the Hong Kong Police and the Joint Financial Intelligence Unit. These investigations and inquiries have been in relation, for example, to alleged insider dealing and other market manipulation, alleged failure of internal controls facilitating employee fraud and other misconduct, alleged licence breaches, alleged breaches in respect of past disclosures of financial performance, alleged breaches of public reporting requirements and AML/CFT and sanctions compliance. A number of these matters have involved advising in respect of subsequent civil or criminal proceedings.

Mark has also advised clients in relation to global investigations by authorities in the UK and the US: prior to arriving in Hong Kong from the UK, Mark advised clients in relation to investigations by the then Financial Services Authority, judicial review proceedings against regulatory decisions, and proceedings before the Financial Ombudsman. Mark is admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales and Hong Kong.

Mark is listed as a Recognised Practitioner for Financial Services: Contentious Regulatory (International Firms), China in the 2019 edition of Chambers Asia-Pacific.

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Companies Registry (CR)
Miss Angelina Mok Deputy Registry Manager (Registration), CR

Miss Angelina Mok Deputy Registry Manager (Registration), CR
Miss Angelina Mok is a Deputy Registry Manager of the Registration Division of the Companies Registry. She is responsible for the overall administration of the Registration Division.
Ms Christy Yiu Senior Solicitor (Trust and Company Service Providers),CR

Ms Christy Yiu Senior Solicitor (Trust and Company Service Providers),CR
Ms Yiu is a Senior Solicitor of the Registry for Trust and Company Service Providers of the Companies Registry. Her main duties are to advise on matters relating to licensing, investigation and enforcement under the licensing regime for trust or company service providers.
Mr Roger Wong Deputy Registry Manager (Trust and Company Service Providers),CR

Mr Roger Wong Deputy Registry Manager (Trust and Company Service Providers),CR
Mr Wong is the Deputy Registry Manager of the Registry for Trust and Company Service Providers of the Companies Registry. He is responsible for the overall administration of the Registry for Trust and Company Service Providers.
Mrs Natalia Seng
FCIS FCS(PE)
Past President and Council member, HKICS

Mrs Natalia Seng
FCIS FCS(PE)
Past President and Council member, HKICS
Mrs Natalia Seng FCIS FCS(PE) is the Vice Chairman of Tricor Hong Kong and Offshore, and Member of Tricor China Management Committee. She leads the strategic development and management of Tricor’s operations across Hong Kong, China and Offshore markets. She was in the founding team of the Company Secretarial Practice of Ernst & Young in Hong Kong for two decades up to year 2002, before the practice was sold to Tricor Group. Her professional practice area covers business advisory, corporate governance, fiduciary services and regulatory compliance for private and public listed companies and non-profit organisations.

Natalia is a Chartered Secretary, a Past President (2007-2009) and an incumbent Council Member of The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries (HKICS). She is also a Fellow of The Taxation Institute of Hong Kong (TIHK) and The Hong Kong Institute of Directors (HKIoD). She was also a Council Member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators in the United Kingdom (2010 to 2014). In recognition of her contributions to the development of company secretary services and enhancement of corporate governance, she was awarded “The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries Prize 2017”.
Natalia has been appointed by the Government as a member of the Standing Committee on Company Law Reform (SCCLR) for a period of two consecutive terms (February 2016 - January 2020). She represented HKICS as a member of an Advisory Group on the Rewrite of the Companies Ordinance. She was also appointed by the Government as a lay member to the Council of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA) (December 2013 - November 2015).
Natalia holds a Master's degree in Business Administration (Executive) from City University of Hong Kong. She is also a Council Member of The Hong Kong Committee for UNICEF.

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Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA)
Mr John Wan
General Manager (eMPF), MPFA

Mr John Wan
General Manager (eMPF), MPFA
Mr John Wan is the General Manager of the eMPF Project Office in the MPFA. He is responsible for formulating strategies and developing initiatives for putting in place an eMPF to enhance the administrative efficiency and reduce operating costs of the MPF System. During his years with the MPFA, he has worked in various areas including policy development and supervision.
Ms Germaine Lee
Senior Manager (Policy Development), MPFA

Ms Germaine Lee
Senior Manager (Policy Development), MPFA
Ms Germaine Lee is currently a Senior Manager in the Policy Development Department of the MPFA. She is responsible for reviewing the Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) legislation and developing legislative amendment proposals to reform and refine the MPF System.
Mr Mohan Datwani
FCIS FCS(PE)
Senior Director and Head of Technical and Research, HKICS

Mr Mohan Datwani
FCIS FCS(PE)
Senior Director and Head of Technical and Research, HKICS
Mr Datwani is a Solicitor, Senior Director and Head of Technical and Research, and a Fellow of The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries (HKICS), which represents Chartered Secretaries/Chartered Governance Professionals. At HKICS, Mr Datwani uses his applied business and legal skill sets to promote good governance by setting technical standards on anti-money laundering and other compliance topics and networking with aligned stakeholders, including regulators. Mr Datwani also contributes to international thought leadership projects and researches in collaboration with the UK Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA), where HKICS originates from, as part of a global governance profession.

Mr Datwani was formerly Global Partner of a leading US international law firm, in which he had to originate a book, and to carry out transactional, advisory and litigious work with his team in Hong Kong and the US including obtaining a US$2 billion judgment and related fraud recovery. He then joined a client and became General Counsel and senior management of a listed company with investments in frontier markets, helping to grow the company to a Morgan Stanley Capital International Hong Kong constituent. He was also a former Board Member of a US listed company, and now serves a number of Government boards to contribute legal, governance and management perspectives as public service.

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HKICS ACRU 2019 │ WEDNESDAY, 5 June 2019 │ 7 ECPD points

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