CRESLEIGH PROPERTY MANAGEMENT (SHANGHAI) LIMITED - Key Persons
Dr Charles Cheung Wai Bun, JP, aged 86, has been a non-executive Director of the Company since October 2015. Dr Cheung is a member of each of the Audit Committee and Corporate Governance Committee of the Company. Dr Cheung holds an honorary doctor's degree from John Dewey University, U.S.A., a master degree in business administration and a bachelor of science degree in accounts and finance from New York University, U.S.A.. He was awarded the Directors of the Year Awards 2002 of Listed Company Non-Executive Director by The Hong Kong Institute of Directors. In December 2010, Dr Cheung received three awards, namely (1) Outstanding Management Award of The Chartered Management Association; (2) Outstanding Director Award of The Chartered Association of Directors; and (3) Outstanding CEO Award of The Asia Pacific CEO Association. Dr. Cheung is a council member of The Hong Kong Institute of Directors. He is also a member of the Hospital Governing Committee of Kowloon Hospital and Hong Kong Eye Hospital, and a member of the Kowloon Regional Advisory Committee of the Hospital Authority in Hong Kong. Dr Cheung was formerly a visiting professor of the School of Business of Nanjing University, PRC. He was formerly the group chief executive and executive deputy chairman of Mission Hills Group, Hong Kong, and a former director and advisor of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals. He has held senior management positions in various companies of different industries and possessed extensive banking, financial and commercial experiences. Dr Cheung is an independent non-executive director of Jiayuan International Group Limited, Modern Dental Group Limited, Pioneer Global Group Limited and Universal Technologies Holdings Limited, all are listed on the main board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Stock Exchange"). He is an independent non-executive director of Yin He Holdings Limited, a company listed on GEM of the Stock Exchange. Dr Cheung is also a director and the vice chairman of executive committee of the Metropolitan Bank (China) Ltd.. He was formerly an independent non-executive director of China Taifeng Beddings Holdings Limited (listing status: delisted in February 2019) from April 2017 to July 2018; China Financial International Investments Limited from March 2001 to September 2018; and Fullsun International Holdings Group Co., Limited from December 2017 to December 2020, all are listed on the main board of the Stock Exchange.
Dr Moses Cheng Mo Chi, GBM, GBS, OBE, JP, aged 73, has been a non-executive Director of the Company since August 2009. He has been appointed as a member of the audit committee of the Company with effect from 31 July 2015. Dr Cheng is a practising solicitor and a consultant of P.C. Woo & Co., a Hong Kong firm of solicitors, after serving as its senior partner from 1994 to 2015. He was also the founding chairman of The Hong Kong Institute of Directors of which he is now the Honorary President and Chairman Emeritus. Dr Cheng was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong and the chairmen of the Insurance Authority, the Main Board Listing Committee and the Growth Enterprise Market Listing Committee of the HK Stock Exchange and a remuneration committee member of The Financial Reporting Council in Hong Kong. Dr Cheng is currently an independent non-executive director in China Mobile Limited, China Resources Beer (Holdings) Company Limited, Guangdong Investment Limited, Liu Chong Hing Investment Limited, The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited and Towngas Smart Energy Company Limited (formerly known as Towngas China Company Limited), all being public listed companies on the Main Board of the HK Stock Exchange. He is also a non-executive director in Tian An China Investments Company Limited (a public listed company on the Main Board of the HK Stock Exchange). Dr Cheng had retired as a non-executive director of Kader Holdings Company Limited (a public listed company on the Main Board of the HK Stock Exchange) with effect from 1 May 2019. He had ceased as an independent non-executive director of OTC Clearing Hong Kong Limited (a subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited) with effect from 1 July 2019. Save as disclosed herein, he has no previous directorships in other public listed companies in the last 3 years. Dr Cheng was awarded the Grand Bauhinia Medal by the Government of the HKSAR in July 2016.
Job Titles:
- Independent Non - Executive Director
Dr William Yip Shue Lam, LLD, aged 85, has been an independent non-executive Director of the Company since December 2004. Dr Yip is a member of the Audit Committee as well as the Chairman of the Nomination Committee and the Remuneration Committee of the Company. Dr Yip holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the Concordia University, Canada. He is the founder and the chairman of Canada Land Limited ("Canada Land") since 1972. Canada Land engaged in real estate development and tourist attraction business, listed in 1994 on the Australian Stock Exchange and was privatized in May 2013. Dr Yip remains as the chairman of the company. Dr Yip is also an independent non-executive director of K. Wah International Holdings Limited. Dr Yip was also the chairman of Cantravel Limited, Guangzhou since 1996, became a director in October 2013 and elected the chairman in December 2019 again. Dr Yip has been active in public services and has been appointed as an Honorary Standing Committee Member of The Chinese General Chamber of Commerce (November 2012 - October 2022) and the President of Concordia University Hong Kong Foundation Limited and chairman of Board of Governors, Canadian University Association in Hong Kong. He had been the President (1998 - 2000) and currently the member of the Board of Governors of The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, and the Fellow Member of The Hong Kong Institute of Directors. In addition, Dr Yip has been elected a Guangzhou Municipal Honorable Citizen.
Mr Alexander Lui Yiu Wah, aged 60, joined K. Wah group in 1984 and is presently the Managing Director of Hong Kong Properties of the Group. He has been an executive Director of the Company since April 2010. Mr Lui is also a director of a number of affiliated companies of the Group. Save as disclosed herein, he has no previous directorships in other public listed companies in the last 3 years. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Southern California, USA. Mr Lui was a committee member of Guangzhou Committee of the 11th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and has been again elected as a committee member of Guangzhou Committee of the 12th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in 2011. He was a committee member of Guangdong Provincial Committee of the 11th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference on 14 January 2013 and has been again elected as a committee member of Guangdong Provincial Committee of the 12th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in January 2018. Mr Lui was elected as a committee member of Jiangmen City Xinhui District Committee of the 13th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in 2006 and has been again elected as a committee member of Jiangmen City Xinhui District Committee of the 14th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in 2012. Mr Lui was elected as the managing vice-chairman and director of the 5th Board of Directors of Guangzhou Municipal Committee Hong Kong Members Association in January 2013. Mr Lui was re-appointed as the managing vice-chairman of the 6th Board of Directors of Guangzhou Overseas Friendship-Liaison Association on 26 March 2013. Mr Lui has been appointed as the deputy chairman (vice president) of the Guangdong Federation of Industry and Commerce in PRC for the years from 2012 to 2017. Mr Lui has been appointed as a member of Hong Kong CPPCC (Provincial) Members Association Limited on 17 April 2013. In August 2014, Mr Lui was appointed as a director of the 3rd Board of Directors of the Association of The Hong Kong Members of Guangdong's Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Committees. He was appointed as the executive vice-chairman of Hong Kong Guang Fo Zhao Fraternity Association (2014 - 2017). In December 2015, Mr Lui was appointed as the managing director of the 7th Board of Directors of Guangdong Overseas Friendship Association. In December 2016, Mr Lui was appointed as the managing vice-chairman of the 1st Board of Directors of Hong Kong Guangdong Youth Association. In October 2019, Mr Lui has been re-appointed as the managing vice-chairman of the 2nd Board of Directors of Hong Kong Guangdong Youth Association. He is the honorary vice president of Hong Kong Guangdong Community Organisations and was appointed as the vice president on 1 July 2017. In October 2017, he was appointed as the honorary advisor of Guangdong - Hong Kong - Macau Greater Bay Area Youth Association. In December 2017, he was awarded the honorable president of the 1st Council of Pengjiang Overseas Youth Association. In March 2018, he was appointed as the managing vice-chairman and a managing director of the 2nd Executive Committee of Hong Kong Federation of Guangzhou Associations and the honorary advisor of China (Guangdong) Pilot Free Trade Zone - Hengqin New Area of Zhuhai. He was also appointed as the honorary president of GMC Hong Kong Members Association on 15 November 2018. He has been appointed as the honorary chairman of the 3rd Members Association of Xinhui District Daze Town on 19 December 2019. He is the First Vice-President of The Hong Kong Real Property Federation. He has been a member of the board of directors of The Real Estate Developers Association of Hong Kong since 1999. Mr Lui has been appointed as a director of Business & Professionals Federation of Hong Kong since 27 September 2002 and was re-elected as a member of the executive committee in September 2015. He was a member of The Appeal Panel on Housing, Hong Kong during the period from 1 July 2002 to 31 March 2008. He was a member of Estate Agents Authority (EAA) from 2008 to October 2014. Mr Lui is the son of Dr Lui Che-woo, the younger brother of Mr Francis Lui Yiu Tung and Mrs Paddy Tang Lui Wai Yu.
Job Titles:
- Independent Non - Executive Director
Mr. Cheung Kin Sang, aged 64, has been appointed as an independent non-executive Director of the Company since 1 April 2023. Mr. Cheung holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences Degree in Economics from The University of Hong Kong. He has over 30 years of corporate and commercial banking experience with diversified industry, product and institutional exposure. Mr. Cheung worked with DBS Bank Ltd, Hong Kong Branch / DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited ("Bank") from July 2009 to December 2022 where he served as the managing director and the head of institutional banking group in Hong Kong from June 2011 until his retirement in December 2022. He was also the alternate chief executive of DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited from December 2012 to December 2022. Mr. Cheung had been working for over 13 years in the Bank, during which, he was responsible for growing the Bank's franchise in the corporate and commercial banking businesses in Hong Kong. Prior to joining the Bank, he was the regional general manager of North East Asia and the general manager of Hong Kong Branch of OCBC Bank. Prior to such appointments, Mr. Cheung held senior positions in corporate commercial banking and risk management with major international banks including Citibank, ABN-AMRO and Rabobank. Currently, Mr. Cheung is a member of The Hong Kong Academy of Finance, a member of Industry Training Advisory Committee of the Hong Kong Qualifications Framework for the banking industry, a member of the Board of Governors of World Green Organisation and a member of the Advisory Committee on Accounting and Finance of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He was a member of the Advisory Board and the Investment Committee to Hong Kong Export Credit Insurance Corporation from January 2011 to December 2016. Save as disclosed herein, he has no previous directorships in other public listed companies in the last 3 years.
Job Titles:
- Executive Director
- Vice Chairman
Mr Francis Lui Yiu Tung, aged 67, joined K. Wah group in 1979. He has been an executive Director of the Company since June 1989. Mr Lui is also the deputy chairman and a member of each of the executive board, nomination committee and remuneration committee as well as the chairman of corporate governance committee of Galaxy Entertainment Group Limited. Save as disclosed herein, he has no previous directorships in other public listed companies in the last 3 years. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering and a Master of Science degree in structural engineering from the University of California at Berkeley, USA. Mr Lui is a member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a member of the Chief Executive Election Committee of the HKSAR and a member of the Chief Executive Election Committee, Tourism Development Committee and Cultural Consultative Committee of Macau SAR. He is also a Vice-Chair of the Council of the Macao Institute for Tourism Studies, a director of the 71st Term of Macao Chamber of Commerce, an Honorary Chairman of the 21st Term of Kiang Wu Hospital Charitable Association, a member of the 10th Standing Committee of the All- China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, an executive director of the Chamber of tourism of the All- China Federation of Industry and Commerce, a Forever Honorary Chairman of the Association of Macau Travel Industry Professionals and Counsellor of Our Hong Kong Foundation. Mr Lui was awarded the Medal of Merit - Tourism by Macau SAR in 2012 and Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards 2014 - Entrepreneur of the Year by Enterprise Asia in 2014. In 2021, Mr Lui received the insignia of Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters from the French Government and was named the most influential person in the Asian Gaming Power 50 list for the third consecutive year. Furthermore, Mr Lui is the Honorary Citizen of each of Guangzhou City, Shenzhen City and Jiangmen City. Mr Lui is the son of Dr Lui Che-woo, the younger brother of Mrs Paddy Tang Lui Wai Yu and the elder brother of Mr Alexander Lui Yiu Wah.
Job Titles:
- Independent Non - Executive Director
Mr James Ross Ancell, aged 69, has been an independent non-executive Director of the Company since April 2004. M.Ancell is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Corporate Governance Committee of the Company. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Management Studies from University of Waikato in New Zealand. He is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and has over 35 years of broad experience in building materials and construction sectors, waste management and recycling business gained from multinational corporations. He is currently the Chairman of Churngold Construction Holdings Limited in the UK, a leading specialist groundworks subcontractor carrying out groundworks and road surfacing, with a separate remediation business, cleaning up sites contaminated by previous industrial activity. Mr Ancell was a non-executive director of MJ Gleeson PLC, a housebuilder and regeneration company listed on the London Stock Exchange, from December 2014 to June 2020.
Mr Joseph Chee Ying Keung, aged 65, joined the Group in 1982. He has been an executive Director of the Company since April 2004 and is the Managing Director of the Construction Materials Division as well as a member of the Executive Board of the Company. Mr Chee holds a Master degree in Business Administration from the University of South Australia and a Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Western Ontario in Canada. He is a fellow member of The Institute of Quarrying in the UK and has over 35 years of broad experience in the construction materials industry including operations and management, technical and quality assurance, environmental protection, commercial and strategic planning. Mr Chee was the member of the 11th Yunnan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He was elected as a member of the Standing Committee of the 12th Yunnan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in January 2018. In April 2018 he was appointed as the Council Member of Hong Kong CPPCC (Provincial) Members Association. In August 2018 he was elected as Executive Vice Chairman of Association of Hong Kong and Macau Members of CPPCC in Yunnan Province. He is currently an advisor of the board and served as a board member (from 2010 to 2017) of Pneumoconiosis Compensation Fund Board. In addition, he is the Vice President of Macau Ready-Mix Concrete Commerce Association, the Honorary President of Hong Kong (Asia) Youth Association and Yunnan Provincial Federation of Industry and Commerce of Macau. Mr Chee has been the Chairman of Hong Kong Contract Quarry Association since 2011 where he also served as the Chairman from 2002 to 2008. He served as a member of the Working Group on Construction Waste of the Provisional Construction Industry Co-ordination Board from 2004 to 2006. He was also the Chairman of The Institute of Quarrying in the UK (Hong Kong Branch) and Hong Kong Construction Materials Association from 1998 to 2000 and from 2017 to 2019 respectively.
Job Titles:
- Independent Non - Executive Director
Mr Michael Victor Mecca, aged 74, joined the Group in 2009 as President and Chief Operating Officer and was the President of the Company since September 2015. After serving nine years' tenure, he retired in April 2018. He has been a nonexecutive Director of the Company since May 2018. Mr Mecca holds a Bachelor degree in Foreign Affairs from the University of Oklahoma in the USA. As well as the Company, he has held senior executive roles with a number of globally-recognized gaming and hospitality brands in Las Vegas and Melbourne. Mr Mecca is a member of the board of directors of Société Anonyme des Bains de Mer et du Cercle des Étrangers à Monaco ("SBM"), a company whose shares are publicly traded on Euronext Paris and in which the Company holds an indirect interest of approximately 5%. Mr Mecca has been licensed by the Gaming Commissions in both Nevada and Michigan in the United States, Victoria in Australia and Macau. Mr Mecca is also Honorary President of The Macau Gaming Management Association ("MGMA"), Advisory Board Member of Macau UniversityInstitute for the Study of Commercial Gaming ("ISCG"), Member of G2E Asia Executive Non-Gaming Advisory Board, Honorary Advisor of International Film Festival & Awards Macao ("IFFAM") and Honorary President of Macau Responsible Gaming Association.
Job Titles:
- Independent Non - Executive Director
Mr Nip Yun Wing, aged 69, has been appointed as an independent non-executive Director of the Company since July 2019. He has been appointed as a member of the audit committee of the Company with effect from 1 March 2020. Mr. Nip holds a Master of Business Administration degree from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and is a fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Nip has extensive experience in corporate finance, investment and management. He was an executive director and chief financial officer of China Overseas Land & Investment Limited (Stock Code: 00688) from 17 August 2009 and retired on 3 April 2018. Mr. Nip ceased as an independent non-executive director, the chairman and a member of the audit committee and a member of the nomination committee of Shenzhen International Holdings Limited (Stock Code: 00152) with effect from 12 June 2020. Both companies are public listed companies on the Main Board of the HK Stock Exchange. Save as disclosed herein, he has no previous directorships in other public listed companies in the last 3 years.
Job Titles:
- Independent Non - Executive Director
Mr Wong Kwai Lam, aged 73, has been appointed as an independent non-executive Director and a member of the remuneration committee since August 2011 as well as a member of the nomination committee (appointed in March 2012) of the Company. Mr Wong obtained a degree of Bachelor of Arts from The Chinese University of Hong Kong ("CUHK") in 1972 and a Ph. D from Leicester University, England in 1977. He has over 30 years of experience in the commercial and investment banking industry. He worked with Merrill Lynch (Asia Pacific) Limited ("Merrill Lynch") from May 1993 to August 2009 where he served as a managing director in the Asia investment banking division since January 1995. Mr Wong was appointed as a senior client advisor to Merrill Lynch in September 2009 and served in that position for one year. In his 17 years of experience in various senior positions with Merrill Lynch, Mr Wong's responsibilities included, among others, managing the overall business of its Asia investment banking division from March 2003 to May 2005. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, Mr Wong had been a director in the investment banking division of CS First Boston (Hong Kong) Limited and a director and the head of primary market in Standard Chartered Asia Limited. Mr Wong is currently the chairman of IncitAdv Consultants Limited. Mr Wong has been appointed as a member of the investment sub-committee and a vice chairman of the Board of Trustees of New Asia College of CUHK. He was appointed as a member of the Advisory Board of Continuing and Professional Studies of CUHK with effect from August 2017. Mr Wong is an independent non-executive director and a member of the audit committee and designated (finance) committee of ARA Asset Management (Prosperity) Limited as the manager of Prosperity Real Estate Investment Trust (a publicly-listed company on the Main Board of the HK Stock Exchange). In April 2013, Mr Wong was also appointed as an independent non-executive director of Langham Hospitality Investments and Langham Hospitality Investments Limited ("LHIL") (a publicly-listed company on the Main Board of the HK Stock Exchange) and LHIL Manager Limited ("LHIL Manager") which is the trustee-manager of Langham Hospitality Investments. Mr Wong is the chairman of the audit committees of LHIL and LHIL Manager, and a member of the remuneration committee and nomination committee of LHIL. In December 2015, Mr Wong has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of both Hutchison Port Holdings Trust ("HPH Trust") (a company listed in Singapore) and Hutchison Port Holdings Management Pte. Limited (as the trustee-manager of HPH Trust). In May 2020, he has been appointed as an independent non-executive director and a member of the audit committee and the remuneration committee of CK Hutchison Holdings Limited (a publicly-listed company on the Main Board of the HK Stock Exchange); and he served as a member of its nomination committee from May to November 2020. In addition, Mr Wong has been appointed as a director of CUHK Medical Centre Limited effective in February 2016. Mr Wong has also been appointed as the chairman and director of Hong Kong Grand Opera Company Limited in August 2019. Mr Wong was appointed as the Chairman of the Chamber of Hong Kong Listed Companies from 4 June 2019 to 29 June 2021 and has been appointed as its advisor in September 2021. He was formerly a member of the Advisory Committee to the Securities and Futures Commission in Hong Kong, a member of the Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) Committee of the Securities and Futures Commission in Hong Kong and a member of the China Committee to the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. Mr Wong has ceased as an independent non-executive director and chairman of the remuneration and appraisal committee and a member of the audit committee of China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. (a public listed company on the Main Board of the HK Stock Exchange and The Shanghai Stock Exchange) on 30 November 2018. He has ceased as a director and the chairman of Opera Hong Kong Limited on 14 March 2019. He has ceased as a member of the Hospital Governing Committee of The Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong on 31 March 2021. Save as disclosed herein, he has no previous directorships in other publicly-listed companies in the last 3 years.
Job Titles:
- Executive Director
- Managing Director
Mrs Paddy Tang Lui Wai Yu, BBS, JP, aged 69, joined K. Wah group in 1980 and has been an executive Director of the Company since June 1989. She is also an executive director of Galaxy Entertainment Group Limited. Save as disclosed herein, she has no previous directorships in other public listed companies in the last 3 years. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from McGill University, Canada and is a member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Ms Lui has been elected as a member of the Shanghai Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in December 2012. She was appointed as a member of board of trustees of Shanghai Jiao Tong University on 30 October 2014. Ms Lui was formerly a member of the Standing Committee on Company Law Reform, the Tourism Strategy Group, the Statistic Advisory Board, the Hong Kong Arts Development Council and the Board of Ocean Park Corporation and a non-executive director of the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority. Ms Lui has been elected as a member of the Election Committee of the HKSAR since 1998. Ms Lui is the daughter of Dr Lui Che-woo and the elder sister of Mr Francis Lui Yiu Tung and Mr Alexander Lui Yiu Wah.