RYKADAN - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Independent Non - Executive Director
Mr. To was appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company in August 2009. Mr. To is also a member of the audit committee, nomination committee and the remuneration committee of the Company. He graduated from the University of London with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1983. He has been a practicing solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong since 1986. He is also qualified to practice law in England and Wales and Australia and is a China Appointed Attesting Officer. He is currently a partner of K.B. Chau & Co., a firm of solicitors in Hong Kong with his practice focusing on conveyancing, litigation and corporate finance. Mr. To is currently an independent non-executive director of Vision International Holdings Limited (stock code: 8107), the securities of which are listed on the GEM board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong.
Job Titles:
- Managing Director, Investment
Mr. Chan is the Responsible Officer and Managing Director of Rykadan Capital Management Limited (a Licensed Corporation of SFC) based in Hong Kong. Mr. Chan possesses over 30 years of experience in investment banking and asset management while covering Asia, United Kingdom and North America. Mr. Chan has managed product and industry groups for bulge-bracket, investment banks in Hong Kong and the United States focusing on technology and real estate M&A, acquisition financing, high-yield financing and loan syndication/acquisition. As a real estate private equity investor, Mr. Chan focused on equity and debt investments into commercial and residential projects in North America and the United Kingdom as well as distressed and special situation opportunities. Mr. Chan earned a B.A. in Economics with a minor in Finance from the University of Southern California. He is a member of the (ACAMS) Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists, (ACFE) Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and (EAA) Estate Agents Authority.
Job Titles:
- Company Secretary
- Financial Controller
Mr. Lui is the Financial Controller and the Company Secretary of Rykadan Capital Limited. Mr. Lui has joined us since 2014. He is responsible for overseeing the financial and accounting activities of the group. Mr. Lui has over 15 years of financial accounting and auditing experience. Prior to joining the Group, he had worked in an international audit firm. Mr. Lui holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Accounting and Finance from the Curtin University in 2004 and a Masters of Laws degree in International and Commercial Law from the University of Greenwich in 2009. He is also a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.
Job Titles:
- Independent Non - Executive Director
Mr. Ho was appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company in February 2010. He also serves as the chairman of the audit committee and the remuneration committee and a member of the nomination committee of the Company. Mr. Ho has over 30 years of experience in accounting and auditing. Mr. Ho is a practicing certified public accountant in Hong Kong and is currently a director of Yong Zheng CPA Limited, Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Ho is also a director of the Hong Kong Commerce and Industry Associations Limited and the Hong Kong Shatin Industries and Commerce Association Limited. Mr. Ho is currently an independent non-executive director of each of Town Health International Medical Group Limited (stock code: 3886) and PuraPharm Corporation Limited (stock code: 1498), the securities of which are listed on the main board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. Mr. Ho was also awarded the Medal of Honour on 1 July 2015 by the HKSAR.
Job Titles:
- Chief Financial Officer
- Executive Director
Mr. Lo is the Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of Rykadan Capital Limited. Mr. Lo has joined us since 2012. He is responsible for overseeing the financial planning accounting, banking activities and compliance matters of the Group, managing new business unit growth and expanding different business. He also holds other directorships in the Company's subsidiaries. Mr. Lo has over 15 years' financial accounting experience in the field of building materials, property development and hospitality. Prior to joining us, he has worked in an international audit firm and held senior finance and management positions with a private company. Mr. Lo graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in 2005. He also graduated from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2013 with a Masters of Corporate Finance. Mr. Lo is a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Job Titles:
- Independent Non - Executive Director
- Member of the Audit Committee
Ms. Khan was appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company in August 2023. Ms. Khan is also a member of the audit committee and the remuneration committee of the Company. She has over 20 years of experience in finance and accounting. She currently serves as the Chief Financial Officer in a well-known appliances, electrical and electronic manufacturing company, Aurabeat Technology Limited, and as a financial consultant of Aptorum Group Limited, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company listed on the NASDAQ (NASDAQ: APM). Ms. Khan was also the Chief Financial Officer and company secretary of Aptorum Group Limited from October 2017 to October 2022. Ms. Khan had worked in various international audit firms and held senior finance and management positions in various listed companies and private companies in different industries. Ms. Khan graduated from the University of Hong Kong in 2003 with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting and Finance. She is a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountant and was qualified as an Advanced China Certified Taxation Consultant in 2015.
Job Titles:
- Director of Investments and Head of Asset Management
- Director, Head of the Asset Management
Mr. Leung is the Director of Investments and Head of Asset Management. He is responsible for management of the group's investments including its sourcing, execution, and management. Mr. Leung has more than 17 years of experience in capital markets and asset management. Prior to joining Rykadan, he was a Vice President with Credit Suisse Japan in the Real Estate Finance & Securitization Group, first as the trader and financial engineer for the Commercial Mortgage Back Securities program and, later, as Asia head for the Wind Down Group. He began his career at Goldman Sachs in New York as an analyst and manager in Foreign Exchange Operations supporting the FX trading desk and later in Hong Kong, as an Executive Director in the Asia Special Situations Group which managed GS's Asia Distressed Debt Fund and also the Fixed Income Division's proprietary debt investments. He graduated from the University at Albany with a Bachelor of Science in Economics and a minor in Asian Studies.
Mr. Ng is a non-executive Director of the Company. Mr. Ng graduated from the University of Calgary with a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering in 1978. Mr. Ng is currently an executive director and the Chief Executive Officer of Sundart Holdings Limited (stock code: 1568), the securities of which are listed on the main board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong.
Chairman William Chan acquires Sundart, one of Hong Kong and Macau's largest fitting-out contractors
Mr. Chan is the Executive Director, the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Rykadan Capital Limited. Mr. Chan also serves as the Chairman of the nomination committee. Mr. Chan joined the Group in 2008. He is primarily responsible for overall strategies, planning, business development and implementation of the strategies of the Group. He also holds other directorships in the Company's subsidiaries. William graduated from the University of La Verne, California of the United States with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in 2000 and a Masters of Business Administration degree in 2002. He was a director of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals (2003/2004), a director of Yan Chai Hospital (35th Term Board of Directors (2002/2003)) and a committee member of the Central and Sai Ying Poon Area Committee of Home Affairs Department of the Hong Kong Government for two years ended 31 March 2006.