AFRC - Key Persons
Dr To is a chartered arbitrator, certified adjudicator and accredited mediator, chartered engineer, chartered information technology professional, barrister-at-law and a law professor (adjunct) who is on the panels of various leading global alternative dispute resolution bodies. He has arbitrated, adjudicated and mediated a variety of cases and is representing clients in cases within the dispute resolution field.
Dr To is currently a barrister at law at Gilt Chambers and the Programme Director of the LLM in Arbitration and Dispute Resolution at the City University of Hong Kong and was the Secretary-General of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (1998 to 2008).
Job Titles:
- Non - Executive Director
- Senior Partner of Davis Polk & Wardwell
Dr Lin is a Senior Partner of Davis Polk & Wardwell. His practice focuses on corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. He is also a Non-Executive Director of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC). Dr Lin holds an A.B. degree from Harvard University, J.D. degree from Harvard Law School and D.Phil. degree from Oxford University.
Job Titles:
- Member of Compensation and Nomination Committee
- Member of the Advisory Committee
- Ex - Officio
Dr Wong is the Chairman of Financial Reporting Council and a member of Operations Review Committee of Independent Commission Against Corruption.
Job Titles:
- Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Dr Wan is a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Hong Kong Institute of Directors. He has over 30 years of practising experience and was a partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers before retirement. He has since been invited to join the Board of Directors of a number of listed companies as Independent Non-executive Director. He also serves in stewardship positions in several NGOs and service organisations.
Job Titles:
- Denise ( Representative of the Secretary for Justice ) ( Ex - Officio )
Mr Fung is an Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of the Henderson Land Development Company Limited and a non-executive of the Hong Kong and China Gas Limited. He holds the Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Hong Kong and the Honorary Fellowship of Lingnan University. He was an executive director and the Head of Global Banking & Markets of Hang Seng Bank Limited. He is the Professor of Practice (Finance) in the School of Accounting and Finance of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, the Adjunct Professor of the Hang Seng University of Hong Kong.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Committee
- Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Managing Director of BDO Limited
Mr Chan is the Managing Director of BDO Limited. He is the Chairman of Hong Kong Association of Registered Public Interest Entity Auditors Limited since 2021. He was the President of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA) in 2014. He was also the chairman of the Financial Reporting Standards Committee of the HKICPA and the Asian Oceania Standards Setting Group for a number of years.
In addition, Mr Chan serves in a number of public positions. He is currently the Chairman of Consumer Council, and a Non-Executive Director of the Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited. He is also the Chairman of Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee of the HKICPA, and the Chairman of Publicity and Survey Committee of the Independent Police Complaints Council.
Mr Chan is a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (Practising), and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Job Titles:
- Chief Financial Officer of New World Development Co
Mr Lau is the Chief Financial Officer of New World Development Co. Ltd. leading Group's Finance, Accounting, Treasury, Tax, Investor Relations and M&A. He has 20+ years of experience in corporate management and investment banking and held various senior positions in global investment banks prior to his CFO career.
Mr Lau has served the public in various capacities including as a member of Greater Bay Area Working Group, Mainland Opportunities Committee of Financial Services Development Council, Finance Committee of Scout Association of HK, HKI Regional Scout Foundation Fund, Finance and Strategy Committee of HK Football Association. He is a certified member of American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Mr Yuen has over 30 years of experience in finance and accounting for various companies, including multinationals, with the last position as the Area Finance Director of Pepsi-cola International, and Hong Kong listed companies, with the last position as the CFO of Hsin Chong Construction Company Ltd.
Mr Yuen is a Certified Public Accountant. He has served on various committees of professional accountancy associations, charity organizations and statutory bodies. He obtained his M.Sc. degree from the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology and M.B.A. degree from the University of California, Berkeley.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Non - Executive Director
Mr Fung is a barrister in private practice. He is experienced in the fields of commercial law, trusts and probate, tax, property litigation, professional negligence, and company and insolvency law. He is also a Recorder of the High Court, the Chairman of the Banking Review Tribunal, the Chairman of the Process Review Panel in relation to the Regulation of Mandatory Provident Fund Intermediaries, and the Chairman of the Process Review Panel for the Insurance Authority. He was a member of the Law Reform Commission of Hong Kong from 2012 to 2018.
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- Group HR Advisor of Hutchison Port Holdings Limited
Mr Mok is the Group HR Advisor of Hutchison Port Holdings Limited. He worked with a wide range of corporations and companies, transforming HR practices and building leadership pipelines for business sustainability. A Past President of the Hong Kong Institute of Human Resources Management (HKIHRM), and a Past President of the Asia Pacific Federation of Human Resource Management (APFHRM), he facilitated the establishment of HR standards and practices in the APFHRM membership countries especially the developing countries.
Job Titles:
- Fellow
- Non - Executive Director
- Fellow of Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Mr Siu is a fellow member of Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Mr Siu graduated from the University of Sheffield UK in 1979. After that he joined KPMG Manchester, UK and returned to Hong Kong in 1986 and became a partner of KPMG Hong Kong in 1993. From 2000 to 2002, he was a senior partner of KPMG Shanghai Office. From 2002 to March 2010, he was a senior partner of KPMG Beijing Office, and a senior partner of Northern Region, KPMG China.
He is currently an Independent Non-Executive Director of a number of listed companies in Hong Kong and Singapore.
Job Titles:
- Chief Risk Officer of Everbright Limited
Mr Tsang is the Chief Risk Officer of Everbright Limited and a Non-Executive Director of Kinergy Corporation Ltd. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and was the President of the Hong Kong Society of Financial Analysts. He is an incumbent member of the Process Review Panel for the Securities and Futures Commission and was previously a member of the Securities and Futures Appeals Tribunal and the Securities and Futures Commission Advisory Committee.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Committee
Mr Low retired as an Associate Professor in Corporate Law at CUHK Business School after some three decades of service since 1992.
He is presently a Council member of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute and a member of the Standing Committee on Company Law Reform.
Mr Low previously served on the Listing Committee of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, the Securities & Futures Appeal Tribunal and the Process Review Panel of the Financial Reporting Council.
Mr Lui was the Executive Director (August 2006 - August 2019) of the Supervision of Markets Division of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC). During his service at the SFC, he was the Chairman of the Investor Compensation Fund Committee and the Securities Compensation Fund Committee, and a member of the Advisory Committee, Investment Committee, and SFC (HKEC Listing) Committee. He was also a member of the Statutory Risk Management Committee of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited. He had worked for various financial institutions in the US and Hong Kong in the areas of deposit taking and lending, asset management and investment banking.
Mr Law is the Deputy Assurance Leader of Ernst & Young Hong Kong and Macau. He has over 25 years of practical experience in assurance and business advisory services, including assisting clients to seek listings in Hong Kong. Mr Law is an incumbent member of the Competition Commission and the Process Review Panel for the Insurance Authority. He was the President of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants in 2019.
Job Titles:
- Member of Compensation and Nomination Committee
Mr Best was a partner of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and is a former President of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He has chaired the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants Financial Reporting Standards Committee and has also been a member of the IFRS Advisory Council.
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- Adjunct Professor of Law of the Hong Kong Shue Yan University
Mr Stephen Hung is a Past President of the Law Society of Hong Kong. He is currently the Chairman of the Law Society's Legal Education Committee and Criminal Law and Procedure Committee.
In his own capacity, Mr Hung serves on the Board of Review (Film Censorship), Law Reform Commission, Professional Services Advancement Support Scheme Vetting Committee, Duty Lawyer Service Council, Disciplinary Tribunal of the Financial Dispute Resolution Centre and the Standing Committee on Judicial Salaries and Conditions of Service.
Mr Hung is an Adjunct Professor of Law of the Hong Kong Shue Yan University and the Law School of Beijing Normal University. He is also a Visiting Professor of the Faculty of International Law of China University of Political Science and Law in Beijing, China and a part-time tutor in the Faculty of Law of University of Hong Kong.
Mr Lee has over 30 years of experience in accounting, auditing and financial management at KPMG in London and Hong Kong. He retired from KPMG in 2011 as Partner-in-Charge of the Risk Consulting practices of KPMG in respect of Hong Kong, mainland China and the Asia Pacific region, and is currently serving as a Governor and Past President of The Institute of Internal Auditors Hong Kong. He is also an Independent Non-Executive Director at two companies.
He is a Fellow Member of The Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, and is an Associate Member of The Institute of Directors and The Institute of Internal Auditors.
Mr Wong is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He joined RSM Hong Kong in 1988 and was made partner in 1991. He is currently the Managing Partner and the Head of Audit and Assurance Services of RSM Hong Kong. Mr Wong was also a member of the Global Quality Committee of RSM Global from January 2011 to July 2023 which oversees the audit quality of all RSM member firms over the world.
Being the founder of Webster Ng & Co., managing director of AC CPA Limited and Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman of Audit Committee of two listed companies in main board, Mr Ng served in accounting profession for over 28 years and is a fellow Certified Public Accountant (Practising) and Chartered Tax Adviser.
Mr Ng engages in various accountancy positions including TIHK, SCAA, ACCA and HKICPA, etc. On community sectors, he is currently a Non-Executive Director and Chairman of Audit Committee of eMPF Platform Company Limited and member of various Government committees such as ICAC, Social Worker Registration Board, Lotteries Fund Advisory Committee and Lump Sum Grant Steering Committee.
Mr Mak is a barrister-at-law and practises as an advocate and arbitrator in international and commercial disputes, and property law. He is an incumbent member of the Public Service Commission and the Insurance Appeals Tribunal panel. He has previously served on various Government boards and committees, including the Financial Reporting Review Panel as the Convenor cum Member and the Council of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants as a lay member.
Mr Mak was a partner of PwC Hong Kong. He is also a past Chairman of The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, Hong Kong. He has over 30 years of experience in providing assurance and advisory services in Hong Kong and Mainland China with capital market related activities.
Mr Yu is a partner of Lee & Yu Certified Public Accountants. He has more than 28 years of experience in engagements of a wide range of Hong Kong based companies, from small local entrepreneurial organisations to large international group and manufacturing companies, as well as companies listed on the Hong Kong and Overseas Stock Exchange. He is an incumbent member of the Yuen Long District Fight Crime Committee and has previously served on the Panel of Film Censorship Advisers and Public Affairs Forum as a member.
Ms Yeung joined the Emperor Capital Group in 1996 and has been working in the financial industry over 26 years with extensive experience, she is now the Managing Director of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Group, the Chairperson of the Executive Committee as well as a member of the Remuneration Committee and Nomination Committee of the Company. As the responsible officer for several subsidiaries of the Company, including Emperor Securities Limited, Emperor Futures Limited, Emperor Wealth Management Limited and Emperor Asset Management Limited, her duties include formulating company strategy, overseeing company business and management, and in particular on overall operations in the fields of marketing and business development.
Job Titles:
- Acting CEO of Bosera Asset Management ( International ) Co
Ms Lian is the Acting CEO of Bosera Asset Management (International) Co., Ltd. She also serves a number of public appointments in Hong Kong, including Member of Securities and Futures Commission Products Advisory Committee, the Chairperson of Chinese Asset Management Associate of Hong Kong, and the Honorary Executive Director of The Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association. Ms. Lian is also elected as Election Committee Member of Hong Kong SAR in 2021
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Governance Committee
Ms Shih, BSE, MA, MA, EdM, Solicitor, FCG (CS, CGP) FCS (CS, CGP) (PE) is Executive Director and Company Secretary of CK Hutchison Holdings Limited, a Fortune 500 company listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. She was previously the Head Group General Counsel of Hutchison Whampoa Limited (which merged with CK Hutchison in 2015) from 1993-2015 and its company secretary since 1997. She has over 35 years of experience in the legal, regulatory, corporate finance, compliance and corporate governance fields and is qualified to practice law in England and Wales, Hong Kong and Victoria, Australia.
Ms Shih is the Immediate Past International President and Member of the Executive Committee of The Chartered Governance Institute (CGI). She is Past President and current Chairman of the Nomination Committee of The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries and its CGI/HKICS Name Working Group.
Further, Ms Shih is the Chairman of the Governance Committee and a Member of the Independent Working Group for President and Vice-President Election of The Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA), a Member of the Council, the Human Resources Committee and the Finance Committee of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and a Trustee of Teacher's College, Columbia University, New York. In addition, she is a Council Member, Chairman of the Investment Committee and Vice-Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications, a Member of The Securities and Futures Appeals Tribunal, the Professional Services Advancement Support Scheme Vetting Committee and the Executive Committee and Council of Hong Kong Management Association.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Committee
Ms Wang is Director, Sustainable Investing & Portfolio Manager at Fidelity International. Based in Hong Kong, she heads the stewardship team covering the Greater China markets. She is also the assistant portfolio manager for the Sustainable Asia fund. Before joining FIL, 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. She 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.
Job Titles:
- Independent Non - Executive Director
Ms Hui has over 20 years of banking and finance experience. From 2013 to early 2022, Ms Hui was with Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) during which she served as Chief Operating Officer of its Listing Division until early 2020 when she initiated and established HKEX's green and sustainable finance department and HKEX's STAGE. Prior to HKEX, Ms Hui was with UBS in various roles including Global Chief Operating Officer of its Legal & Compliance Department.
Ms. Hui is currently an independent non-executive director of a company listed on HKEX. She is an adjunct professor in the Division of Environment and Sustainability at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, a member of the Sustainability Committee of The Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a member of both the Finance Management Committee and the Global Centre for ESG Education and Research Advisory Committee of the Hong Kong Management Association. She is also a qualified lawyer in Hong Kong and in England and Wales.
Ms Cheung is the head of audit of KPMG, Hong Kong office with more than 25 years of audit experience. She specializes in Property and Infrastructure, Technology, Media & Telecommunications and Public sectors. Ms Cheung has extensive experience in leading group audits and providing audit services to listed companies with operations in Hong Kong, Mainland China and overseas. The diversity of Ms Cheung's portfolio enables her to build up in- depth knowledge of the accounting regulations. Through the provision of audit services to a wide range of clients, Ms Cheung has developed a considerable knowledge in these industry sectors. Building on her experience, Ms Cheung provides value added services to clients. In addition to the provision of audit services, Ms Cheung also participates in IPOs, merger & acquisition, significant capital market transactions, financial due diligence, accounting advisory and special engagements which enables her to build up and develop her knowledge on the various national standards and relevant regulatory requirements. She was also a past president of the HKICPA.
Ms Cheung is the Managing Partner and the Head of Audit of KPMG Hong Kong. She has over 30 years of experience in auditing and advising companies listed on Hong Kong and overseas stock exchanges. She is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA). She was the President of the HKICPA in 2016. Ms Cheung is the Director of Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited, Hong Kong Genome Institute and the Insurance Authority. She currently serves as member of various public service committees, including the Standing Committee on Disciplined Services Salaries and Conditions of the Service and the Transport Advisory Committee.
Ms Li, CFA, MAoF, is a Partner and the Wealth Business Leader, Asia at Mercer. She oversees and is responsible for Mercer's Wealth (Investment and Retirement) Business in Asia. In her role, she leads and drives strategic growth to the business as well as its operations and implementations. Ms Li has vast experience working with institutional clients (sovereigns, pension, insurance, corporate and wealth management). Her experience also spans across a wide range of retirement and investment services (asset liability review and strategy, portfolio construction, manager review, selection and monitoring, investment governance and transformation, discretionary management, member communication and education and related tools' developments) and a diverse range of asset classes (public equities and fixed income, private equities, illiquid credit, real estate and infrastructure). Before joining Mercer, Ms Li was the Director of Investments, Greater China at Willis Towers Watson where she was a core member of the Asia leadership team.
Job Titles:
- Acting CEO
- Executive Director
- Head of Inspection
Ms Lai is the Head of Inspection of the AFRC, leading the Inspection Department in carrying out inspections with the objectives of monitoring and promoting audit quality. With decades of experience across Mainland China and Hong Kong, she focuses on auditing, talent development and transformation. Before joining the AFRC, she was a Partner of two leading international accounting firms for over 17 years. She has a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney and is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and CPA Australia.
Job Titles:
- Non - Executive Director
- Vice - Chairman
- Chairman of Compensation and Nomination Committee
Ms Kwok has been serving China Construction Bank (Asia) Corporation Limited for over 37 years and is now the Non-Executive Director of the bank. She is a member of the Council of City University of Hong Kong, Process Review Panel for Securities and Futures Commission, Risk Management Committee of the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, the EFAC Financial Infrastructure and Market Development Sub-committee, Air Transport Licensing Authority as well as the Standing Committee on Judicial Salaries and Condition of Service. Ms Kwok graduated with an Honorable Bachelor of Social Sciences Degree in Economics and Management from the University of Hong Kong in 1984, and graduated with honors from the Graduate School of Retail Bank Management of the Consumer Bankers Association in the United States in July 2001.
Job Titles:
- Non - Executive Director
- Vice - Chairman
Ms Lee is a Director and Chief Executive Officer of Hang Seng Investment Management Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hang Seng Bank. She is also a Director and Chief Executive Officer of Hang Seng Investment Services Limited, and a Director of Hang Seng Qianhai Fund Management Company Limited which is the first foreign-majority-owned joint venture fund management company established on the Mainland.
Ms Lee holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences degree from The University of Hong Kong, a Master of Science degree in Global Finance jointly awarded by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and New York University STERN Business School and is a Certified Financial Planner cm. With a strong commitment to serving the community, she is currently the Chairman of the Arbitration Panel under the Securities and Futures (Leveraged Foreign Exchange Trading) (Arbitration) Rules of Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission; a member of Legal Aid Services Council; a member of the Products Advisory Committee under Securities and Futures Commission and a member of China Committee of Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce. Ms Lee is also invited as a Member of Beta Gamma Sigma (HKUST Chapter) and a Member, Hong Kong Academy of Finance.