The Honourable Christopher Hui Ching-yu JP

Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury

The HKSAR Government

Christopher Hui was appointed the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury on 22 April 2020.

Mr Hui was an Administrative Officer in the Government from 1999 to 2003 and served in the Economic Development Branch, the Office of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in Beijing and the Home Affairs Department. Mr Hui worked in the banking sector after leaving the Government in 2003 and has worked for the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited for over 10 years. He has been the Executive Director of the Hong Kong Financial Services Development Council since 2019.

Mr Hui holds Bachelor and Master (Hon) Degrees in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford, and Master of Business Administration Degree from INSEAD. He also attended the Stanford Executive Programme.

Mr Peter Greenwood MA FCIS FCS

Peter Greenwood MA FCIS FCS holds a Master of Arts degree in law from the University of Cambridge and a diploma in German law and legal system from the University of Tuebingen and the Justice Ministry of North Rhine-Westphalia. In 2006, Mr Greenwood completed full-time study for a Master of Arts degree in War Studies from King's College, London University. He is a solicitor in England and Wales and in Hong Kong, as well as being qualified as an avocat in France.

Mr Greenwood was admitted as a Fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute (formerly known as The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators) and The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries (HKICS) in 2001. He is currently a representative of HKICS on the International Council of The Chartered Governance Institute and Chairman of its Thought Leadership Committee. He has served on different committees and panels of HKICS. From 1997 to 2005, Mr Greenwood was a member of the Company Secretaries Panel of HKICS. He served on the Technical Committee as a consultant in 2001 and as a member in 2002 and 2003, and on the Appeal Tribunal as a member from 2005 to 2007 and as the Chairman from 2008 to 2013. Mr Greenwood was the Chairman of the Advisory Board from 2012 to 2014. Also, he has been serving on the Technical Consultation Panel as a member since 2006. He has been the Chairman of HKICS’s biennial Corporate Governance Conference for many years.

Mr Greenwood served on the HKSAR Government’s Standing Commission on Company Law Reform and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s Listing Committee. He is the Co-Chairman and lead international resource on the corporate governance training programmes of the Standing Committee of Public Enterprises in India.

From 2007 to 2013, Mr Greenwood was the Group Executive Director – Strategy of CLP Holdings, one of the largest investor-owned companies in the Asian power sector, reporting to the Chief Executive Officer. His principal focus was to work on matters of a strategic nature impacting the overall direction of the CLP Group. He was also responsible for the oversight of CLP Group's corporate secretarial and legal affairs. Prior to stepping down in 2005, Mr Greenwood was an Executive Director (since 2001), the Company Secretary and Corporate Counsel (since 1996) of CLP Holdings. He retired in May 2013.

Before joining the CLP Group in 1995, Mr Greenwood was a Senior Commercial Lawyer with the Provisional Airport Authority, Hong Kong, and prior to that was in private practice as a solicitor with leading corporate law firms in London, Hamburg, Hong Kong and Paris.

Mrs April Chan FCIS FCS

Past President and Chairman, Technical Consultation Panel, HKICS

Inaugural President, CSIA

April Chan FCIS FCS is the former Company Secretary of CLP Holdings Limited (CLP). She has extensive experience and expertise in company secretarial practice and was instrumental in developing and implementing the framework of corporate governance in CLP. Mrs Chan was named Asian Company Secretary of the Year in 2013 by Corporate Governance Asia and is a frequent presenter on corporate governance in Hong Kong and overseas. Before joining CLP, she has worked in professional firms and academic institutions in Hong Kong and Australia.

Mrs Chan is a Chartered Secretary, Chartered Governance Professional, a Fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute (formerly known as The Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators) and a Fellow of The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries (HKICS). She was educated in Hong Kong and completed the Senior Executives Course at Tsinghua University, Beijing in 1997, the Leadership in the Public Sector Programme run by the HKSAR Government in 2000, and the Program for Management Development at the Harvard Business School, USA in 2001.

Mrs Chan was the inaugural President of Corporate Secretaries International Association (CSIA) and a Past President of HKICS, Past Chairman of HKICS Company Secretaries Panel, a Past Member of the Citizens Advisory Committee on Community Relations of the Independent Commission Against Corruption in Hong Kong and Past Hon Secretary of The Hong Kong Women Professionals & Entrepreneurs Association Limited. Mrs Chan is currently the Chairman of HKICS Technical Consultation Panel, Appeal Tribunal and Public Governance Interest Group, a member of HKICS Nomination Committee; a member of the Advisory Committee for the School of Business and Hospitality Management of the Caritas Institute of Higher Education and the Hon Secretary of The Hong Kong Breast Cancer Foundation.

Mr Nicholas Allen

Chairman & Independent Non-Executive Director

Link Asset Management Ltd

Nicholas Allen is currently the Chairman and an Independent Non-Executive Director of Link Asset Management Limited. Mr Allen is an Independent Non-Executive Director for CLP Holdings Limited, a Hong Kong-based utility company, as well as an Independent Non-Executive Director for Lenovo Group Limited. In the past, Mr Allen served as a Non-Executive Director for Hysan Development Company Limited and VinaLand. He is a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a member of The Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr Allen earned his bachelor’s degree in economics and social studies from The University of Manchester. He is a Fellow of Salzburg Global Seminar.

Dr Lee George Lam BBS

Chairman

Hong Kong Cyberport Management Ltd

Dr Lee George Lam is Chairman of Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited, Non-Executive Chairman – Greater China and ASEAN Region of Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets, a member of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government's Committee on Innovation, Technology and Re-Industrialization, the Belt and Road and Greater Bay Area Committee of the Hong Kong Trade and Development Council, the Court of the City University of Hong Kong, the Advisory Board of the Hong Kong Investor Relations Association and the Sir Murray MacLehose Trust Fund Investment Advisory Committee; President of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) Sustainable Business Network (ESBN) Executive Council and Chairman of its Task Force on Banking and Finance, Vice Chairman of Pacific Basin Economic Council (PBEC), a Board member of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce of Hong Kong and President of Hong Kong-ASEAN Economic Cooperation Foundation.

Ms Teresa Ko BBS JP

Partner & China Chairman

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Teresa Ko is Freshfields’ China Chairman and Senior Partner, Hong Kong.

Described as ’an icon in the industry’, Ms Ko is one of the most prominent corporate and securities lawyers in Hong Kong.

Ms Ko has helped numerous businesses list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKSE), including Chinese state-owned, privately owned and international companies. Many of these were high-profile or ‘first of a kind’ ground-breaking transactions.

Ms Ko has listed nine out of ten of the largest initial public offerings (IPOs) in Hong Kong, including that of Alibaba. This transaction was the world’s second-largest public offering in 2019, the first-ever public retail offering in Hong Kong to use a fully electronic application process, and the first-ever secondary listing of a qualified innovative and weighted voting rights company returning to Hong Kong from the US under Chapter 19C of the Hong Kong Listing Rules. She also advised on the listing of Budweiser APAC – Hong Kong’s second highest value IPO in 2019.

Ms Ko has also advised public and private companies on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and corporate governance matters.

Ms Ko currently serves as one of four co-Chairmen of the HKSE’s inaugural Listing Review Committee. She is also a Deputy Chairman of the Securities and Futures Commission’s (SFC) Takeovers and Mergers Panel, a Trustee of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation and a member of the Cyberport Advisory Panel.

Among her many public service appointments, Ms Ko was the first female to chair the HKSE’s Listing Committee (between 2009 and 2011) and served as its Deputy Chairman from 2006 to 2008. She also served as a non-executive director of the SFC from 2012 to 2018.

Ms Ko joined Freshfields in 1988, becoming a partner in 1993 and China Chairman in 2011.

Ms Ko earned a first-class master’s degree in law from Jesus College, Cambridge, England.

Mr Neil Waters

Senior Partner

Egon Zehnder

Neil Waters leads the Hong Kong office and the firm’s board and CEO succession practice in Hong Kong. Mr Waters has spent more than 10 years advising global clients on a range of challenging matters related to CEO and board succession. His clients include governments, community organisations, and private sector companies in numerous industries. Mr Waters has also played a senior role in professional development of the firm’s consultants globally.

Prior to joining Egon Zehnder, Mr Waters was a Consultant and Engagement Manager with McKinsey & Company. Earlier in his career, he was a Systems Engineer and Marketing Representative with IBM Australia.

Mr Waters has an electrical and electronic engineering degree from the University of Adelaide in South Australia and an MBA from Cornell University in the United States. When not working, he enjoys European handball, chess, reading, sharpening his Latin, and curling. He has also served on the board of the Melbourne International Festival of the Arts, the leading arts festival in the Australia.

Ms Edith Shih FCG(CS, CGP) FCS(CS, CGP)(PE)

Immediate Past International President, The Chartered Governance Institute

Past President, HKICS

Executive Director and Company Secretary, CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd

Edith Shih FCG (CS, CGP) FCS (CS, CGP)(PE) is Executive Director and Company Secretary of CK Hutchison Holdings Limited, a Fortune 500 company with an annual revenue of over US$56 billion. 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 serves 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 Immediate Past International President and Chairman of the Executive Committee of The Chartered Governance Institute (CGI). She is Past President and was Chairman and member of various Committees and Panels of The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries (HKICS), currently chairing the Nomination Committee and CGI/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 CGI and HKICS 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, the Process Review Panel of The Financial Reporting Council, the Executive Committee and Council 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.

Mrs Ann Kung Yeung Yun Chi

Deputy Chief Executive

Bank of China (Hong Kong) Ltd

Ann Kung is Deputy Chief Executive of Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited (BOCHK), in charge of Personal Banking and Wealth Management Department, Personal Digital Banking Product Department, Private Banking, BOC Credit Card (International) Limited, Personal Banking Risk and Integrated Management Department as well as BOC Life Insurance. Mrs Kung joined BOCHK as Head of Channel Management in August 2007. She was appointed as Head of Personal Banking in April 2011, and was promoted to her current role in March 2015. Prior to joining BOCHK, Mrs Kung had held various senior positions in Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited. With 30 years of experience in the industry, Mrs Kung possesses extensive knowledge in personal banking and a strong background in financial services. Mrs Kung graduated from the University of Southern California in the United States of America where she obtained her Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting. In addition to business pursuits, Mrs Kung plays an active role in the business community and public service in Hong Kong.

Ms Catharine Wong

Head of Share Registry & Issuer Services

Tricor Services Ltd

Catharine Wong heads Share Registry and Issuer Services.

Prior to joining Tricor, Ms Wong was the Head of Depository and Nominee Services in Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), responsible for overseeing the daily operation and business development of all the depository, initial public offering (IPO) and corporate action processes in HKEX. Highlights include implementation of the China Stock Connect, re-engineering key processes in the Central Clearing and Settlement System and leading the discussion on the Uncertificated Securities Market (USM) operation model.

Ms Wong has over 20 years of experience and has held various operations, client relations and business management positions in major international banks. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce from The University of New South Wales, Australia, a Master's degree in Applied Finance from Macquarie University in Sydney and is a Certified Practising Accountant (CPA).

Ms Wong is currently the Executive Committee Member of the Federation of Share Registrars Limited (FSR) and a member of USM Working Group led by the Joint Working Group, including Securities and Futures Commission, HKEX and FSR.

Dr the Hon Moses Cheng Mo-chi GBM GBS JP

Chairman

Insurance Authority

Dr Moses Cheng is currently practising as a Consultant of a law firm in Hong Kong, after having served as its Senior Partner for over 20 years. His areas of practice straddle capital markets, corporate governance, regulatory and compliance. He has been actively contributing to the community, and is currently a member of the Financial Leaders Forum and a director of the Hong Kong Academy of Finance of which he is a Fellow. He has also served in various important positions, including the Chairman of the Education Commission, the government appointed Director on the Board of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, and the founding Vice-Chairman of the Estate Agents Authority.

Mr Thomas Atkinson

Executive Director, Enforcement

Securities and Futures Commission

Thomas Atkinson is an Executive Director with responsibility for the Enforcement Division. That Division is responsible for the surveillance of the securities and futures markets to identify unacceptable conduct as well as for investigating statutory offences and breaches of the legislation enforced by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), and disciplining licensed persons and initiating prosecutions where appropriate.

Prior to joining the SFC, Mr Atkinson was Director of Enforcement at the Ontario Securities Commission, Canada. Before that he was President and CEO of Market Regulation Services Inc, previously a national regulator of equity trading in Canada, and from 1996 to 2001 he held progressively senior positions with the Toronto Stock Exchange, including Vice President of Regulation Services. Mr Atkinson began his career as an Assistant Crown Attorney at the Ontario Court of Justice.

Mr Mark Johnson

Partner

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Mark Johnson is a partner in Debevoise & Plimpton LLP's (Debevoise) Hong Kong office and a member of the International Dispute Resolution Group. His practice focuses on white collar/regulatory defense matters, cybersecurity matters and commercial litigation in Hong Kong and across Asia.

Mr Johnson joined Debevoise in March 2015. Prior to joining the firm, Mr Johnson was a partner at a leading international firm in Hong Kong, where he oversaw the opening of the firm's disputes practices in Singapore, Jakarta, Bangkok, Beijing, Seoul, Shanghai and Tokyo.

For more than 25 years in the region, Mr Johnson has built a successful practice advising on shareholders' and directors' disputes, internal and regulatory investigations, commercial litigation and inquiries from a range of regulatory bodies, both in Asia and elsewhere. These include matters involving the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and the Independent Commission Against Corruption. Much of his work is in the financial services and private wealth sectors.

Mr Johnson has become one of Asia's most respected and experienced litigators. Chambers Asia-Pacific (2020) ranks him as a Band 1 lawyer in China for financial services: contentious regulatory matters and as a leading lawyer for litigation. Clients praise his skill, saying that he is a ‘very experienced’ litigator who has 'built a decent reputation in the investigations and regulatory space', and that he is 'a terrific lawyer' who is 'doing an outstanding job on high-stakes and complex matters'. According to previous editions of the guide, 'complex regulatory matters in difficult jurisdictions are his sweet spot', and he has 'very strong judgement, creativity and excellent insight'. The Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2020) lists Mr Johnson as a leading individual for litigation, as well as for his anti-corruption and compliance practice. He is ranked for dispute resolution and also recommended for his corporate investigations/anti-corruption practice in Chambers Global (2020), where he is described as a 'very experienced' litigator who has 'built a decent reputation in the investigations and regulatory space'. Previous editions of the guide note that he is 'very, very knowledgeable', while The Legal 500 Asia Pacific labels him an 'Asia disputes doyen'. IFLR1000 (2020) recommends Mr Johnson for Financial Services Regulatory work, Benchmark Litigation (Asia-Pacific) (2019) names him a Dispute Resolution Star and he is named by Expert Guides in its 'Best of the Best' list for Litigation and White Collar Crime.

Mr Johnson's recent publications include 'Singapore’s Chief Justice Clarifies Sentencing Guidelines For Private Sector Bribery', Global Investigations Review (May, 2015).

Mr Johnson holds a law degree from Bristol University. He is admitted to practice as a solicitor in Hong Kong and England & Wales.

Ms Flora Wang

Director, Sustainability Investing

Fidelity International

Flora Wang is Director, Sustainable Investing for Fidelity International.

Based in Hong Kong, she leads Fidelity International’s engagement efforts with investee companies in Greater China on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues. She also works closely with Fidelity’s portfolio managers and analysts to conduct ESG analysis on these companies to enhance decision making.

Ms Wang joined from BlackRock where she was the head of Investment Stewardship for the Greater China markets. Prior to joining BlackRock, she held the role of Head of China and Taiwan Research at Institutional Shareholder Services.

Ms Wang holds a Master of Science in Finance from the Lee Kong Chain School of Business at Singapore Management University and a Bachelor of Art in Economics from Tsinghua University. She is also a CFA charter holder.

Mr Lee Wan Lik

Managing Director

Azeus Systems Ltd

Lee Wan Lik is the founder of Azeus Systems Holdings, a CMMI Level 5 global IT solutions provider listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange mainboard. Currently, Mr Lee focuses on Azeus Convene, a smart meeting solution, which has grown expansively in the last 5 years to have clients in over 100 countries.

Prior to founding Azeus, Mr Lee researched and developed an object-oriented database at the Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation. He also worked at a Silicon Valley start-up and then had brief stint at Oracle.

Mr Lee holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering as well as a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). For his thesis in MIT, he studied about and worked on neural networks, which is the basis for deep learning in AI. Born and raised in Malaysia, he is grateful for the financial aid he received from MIT, and was recognised with the Harold E. Lobdell ’17 Distinguished Service for his contributions to the MIT alumni community.

Currently, Mr Lee splits his time between Hong Kong and London. He is a Fellow of the British Computer Society and the Institution of Engineering and Technology.

Mr Neil McNamara FCIS FCS

Corporate Secretary, Livi Bank Ltd

Past President, The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries

Neil M McNamara FCIS FCS is currently the Corporate Secretary of Livi Bank Limited, one of Hong Kong’s new digital banks with its licence awarded by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority in 2019. Livi has three shareholders, Bank of China (Hong Kong), JD Digits and Jardine Matheson Group, which bring a unique combination of financial strength, digital expertise and marketing scope. Livi aims to provide a rewarding, delightful and digital-first banking experience for the people of Hong Kong that caters to their everyday needs.

Mr McNamara was formerly Group Corporate Secretary, Director – Group Corporate Affairs of the Jardine Matheson Group, having first joined in 1989. He was the Company Secretary with responsibility for the Stock Exchange compliance and regulatory requirements of five listed companies – Jardine Matheson, Jardine Strategic, Hongkong Land, Dairy Farm International and Mandarin Oriental. The primary jurisdictional areas being the United Kingdom, Singapore and Bermuda.

As Director of Group Corporate Affairs, Mr McNamara oversaw Jardine Matheson’s corporate communications strategy and functions. He was also chairman of the IT Governance Committee responsible for Jardine Matheson’s head office IT. He was instrumental in the setting up of MINDSET, the Group’s in-house mental health charity, and the development of The Jardine Foundation, which provides scholarships to the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge.

Before joining Jardines, Mr McNamara worked in London in various corporate secretarial positions, including seven years with Anglo-American/De Beers group.

Qualified as a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, Mr McNamara was an office bearer in The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries for eleven years. He is also Past President, founding Chairman and member of the Company Secretaries Panel in Hong Kong, and is currently a member of the Audit Committee, the Disciplinary Tribunal, the Nomination Committee and the Special Entry Scheme Interview Panel.

Mr McNamara is currently a Governor of The Keswick Foundation and a part-time lecturer at The Open University of Hong Kong.

The Honourable Bernard Charnwut Chan GBS JP

Convenor, Non-Official Members of the HKSAR Executive Council

President, Asia Financial Holdings Ltd and Asia Insurance Company Ltd

Chairperson, Hong Kong Council of Social Service

Bernard Charnwut Chan is a deputy to the National People’s Congress of China, a non-official member of Hong Kong’s Executive Council (2004-2009 and from 2012) and (from 2017) the Convenor of the Non-Official Members of the Executive Council. Mr Chan is also a former member of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council (1998-2008).

A graduate of Pomona College in California, Mr Chan is the President of Asia Financial Holdings and Chairman of Asia Insurance. He is Chairman of the Hong Kong – Thailand Business Council and an advisor to Bangkok Bank (China) Co. Limited. He sits on the boards of several local and overseas companies in financial services and is a director of Bumrungrad Hospital Public Company in Thailand.

Among his public service activities, Mr Chan is Chairman of the Hong Kong Palace Museum Limited, Chairman of the Committee on Reduction of Salt and Sugar in Food, Chairman of Tai Kwun Culture & Arts Co. Limited, Chairperson of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Hong Kong Chronicles Institute and Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of Our Hong Kong Foundation. Past positions include Council Chair of Lingnan University, Chairman of the Council for Sustainable Development, Chairman of the Antiquities Advisory Board, Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Revitalisation of Historic Buildings and Chairman of the two Standing Committees on Disciplined Services and Judicial Salaries and Conditions of Service. He was also a Trustee of Pomona College.

Mr Chan was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 2002, and a Commander (3rd Class) of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand in 2004. In 2006, he was awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star by the HKSAR Government. He has been conferred honorary degrees from Lingnan University, City University of Hong Kong, the Open University of Hong Kong and Savannah College of Art and Design.

He is married and has two children.