The Board

The Honourable Jack So Chak-kwong GBM GBS JP (Chairman)

Aged 78. Appointed Chairman of the Board in June 2015 and reappointed in June of 2018, 2021 and 2023. Former Chairman of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. Member of the Chief Executive's Council of Advisers on Economic Advancement and Sustainability. Independent Non-executive Director of AIA Group Limited and China Resources Power Holdings Company Limited. He was Chairman and Chief Executive of the MTR Corporation Limited from 1995 to 2003. He was Deputy Chairman and Group Managing Director of PCCW from 2003 to 2007, Independent Director of HSBC from 2000 to 2007, Non-executive Director of Cathay Pacific Airways Limited from 2002 to 2015, International Business Adviser to the Mayor of Beijing from 2007 to 2015 and Member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference from 2008 to 2018.

Mr Fred Lam Tin-fuk GBS JP (Chief Executive Officer*)

• 3RS & Works Committee
• Business Development Committee
• Human Resources & Remuneration Committee
• Board of Aviation Security Company Limited

Aged 64. Appointed Chief Executive Officer in October 2014. Director of the Aviation Security Company Limited Board. Member of the Asia-Pacific Regional Board of Airports Council International (ACI) and the ACI World Governing Board. Member of the Aviation Development and Three-runway System Advisory Committee and the Hong Kong Logistics Development Council. Former Executive Director of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. In 2007, Mr Lam was named "Director of the Year" by the Hong Kong Institute of Directors in the category of statutory and non-profit-distributing organisations. In 2011, he was given the Peace through Commerce Medal from the United States Government in recognition of his leadership role in boosting US exports to, and through, Hong Kong. In 2019, he was elected a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport and received the Executive Award in the DHL/ SCMP Hong Kong Business Awards.

Ms Sabrina Chao Sih-ming BBS JP

• Audit Committee & Finance Committee
• Business Development Committee

Aged 48. Appointed to the Board in June 2021. Ms Chao is the Chairman of Wah Kwong Shipping Holdings Limited and Charterhouse School (Asia) Limited and the President of BIMCO and the Founder & Chairman of SeaKapital Limited. Ms Chao graduated from Imperial College London with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics with Management. She is a leader in global maritime industry. Former Chairman of Asian Shipowners' Association and the Hong Kong Shipowners Association. Former Member of the Hong Kong Maritime and Port Board under Transport and Housing Bureau of the HKSAR Government. Chairman of External Advisory Group of Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies in The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Member of the Vocational Training Council. Member of the Council and ex-officio member of the Court in Hong Kong Lingnan University.

Mr Philip Chen Nan-lok GBS JP

• 3RS & Works Committee
• Business Development Committee

Aged 67. Appointed to the Board in June 2022. Mr Chen had been Chief Executive Officer of Hang Lung Group Limited and Hang Lung Properties Limited, Chairman of John Swire & Sons (China) Limited, Chief Executive of Cathay Pacific Airways Limited, Chief Executive of Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Limited, Executive Director of Swire Pacific Limited, John Swire & Sons (Hong Kong) Limited and Chairman of The Hong Kong Jockey Club. He was Non-Executive Director and currently Independent Non-Executive Director of Hang Lung Properties Limited. Member of the Hong Kong-Japan Business Co-operation Committee, Advisor of Our Hong Kong Foundation, Director of both the China Overseas Friendship Association and the Shanghai Chinese Overseas Friendship Association. He is Professor of Practice in Management and Strategy and a Member of the International Advisory Council of the Faculty of Business and Economics, as well as a Member of the Advisory Committee of Shun Hing College, of The University of Hong Kong.

The Honourable Rock Chen Chung-nin NPC Deputy SBS JP

• Audit Committee & Finance Committee
• Human Resources & Remuneration Committee

Aged 56. Appointed to the Board in June 2020 and reappointed in June 2023. Member of the Legislative Council representing the Election Committee Constituency. Mr Chen is Chairman of Pacific Falcon Investment Group Limited. He has over 30 years of experience in the financial industry and was licensed as a Responsible Officer by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission for over 15 years. He is the Chairman of the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications, a Council Member of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, an Independent Non-executive Director of BEA China and an Independent Non-executive Director of Chu Kong Shipping Enterprises (Group) Co., Ltd. A Deputy to the 14th National People's Congress of the People’s Republic of China, a Member of the 12th and 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He was Chairman of the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority from 2012 to 2018 and Chairman of the Hong Kong Award for Young People from 2010 to 2016. Mr Chen holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from The Wharton School, The University of Pennsylvania, and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University.

Ms Irene Chow Man-ling

• Audit Committee & Finance Committee
• Business Development Committee

Aged 53. Appointed to the Board in June 2020 and reappointed in June 2023. Ms Chow is a Chartered Financial Analyst. She had served on The Hong Kong Polytechnic University's Council for six years, mostly involved in its Investment Committee. Member of the Independent Commission Against Corruption's Advisory Committee on Corruption and the Standing Commission on Civil Service Salaries and Conditions of Service. Committee Member of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong. Director of DSL Investments Limited, Chow Mun Sum Tong Foundation and The Legal Education Fund.

The Honourable Christopher Hui Ching-yu GBS JP (Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury*)

• Audit Committee & Finance Committee

Aged 46. Became a Board Member in April 2020 upon his appointment as Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury. Former Executive Director of the Financial Services Development Council. Chairman of the Managing Board of Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation. Non-executive Director of MTR Corporation Limited and the Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited. Member of the boards of the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority, the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority and the Financial Services Development Council. Director of Hong Kong International Theme Parks Limited and Hong Kong Investment Corporation Limited. 

The Honourable Lam Sai-hung GBS JP (Secretary for Transport and Logistics*)

• 3RS & Works Committee
• Business Development Committee
• Human Resources & Remuneration Committee

Aged 61. Mr Lam became a Board Member in July 2022 upon his appointment as Secretary for Transport and Logistics.  Mr Lam joined the Government as a civil engineering graduate in 1983 and became an assistant engineer in 1986. During his service in the Government, Mr Lam worked in different works departments and bureau, participating in various public works projects including bridges, roads, railways and site formation. He was appointed the Director of Civil Engineering and Development in August 2016, overseeing the planning and implementation of new development areas and major infrastructures. Between October 2018 and October 2021, he was the Permanent Secretary for Development (Works) overseeing public works policy and infrastructural development. Mr Lam received his Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the University of Hong Kong in 1983. He is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers and the Institution of Civil Engineers. 

Mr Laurence Li Lu-jen SC JP

• 3RS & Works Committee
• Audit Committee & Finance Committee

Aged 51. Appointed to the Board in June 2022. Mr Li is Chairman of the Financial Services Development Council (FSDC), which is an advisory body to the Hong Kong Government on matters relating to the development of Hong Kong as an international financial centre. The FSDC engages the industry in formulating proposals to promote the further development of the financial services industry of Hong Kong and to map out the strategic direction for the development. Mr Li is a Practising Barrister, focusing on banking, commercial, company and securities law. Prior to being called to the Hong Kong Bar, he served in several positions within the Securities and Futures Commission in Hong Kong and, before that, worked in a law firm in New York. Mr Li is a Judge in the Qatar International Court and Dispute Resolution Centre. He is also a Fellow of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, an Honorary Fellow of the Asian Institute of International Financial Law at the University of Hong Kong, and a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Financial Regulation and Economic Development at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Captain Victor Liu Chi-yung JP (Director-General of Civil Aviation*)

• 3RS & Works Committee
• Business Development Committee
• Board of Aviation Security Company Limited

Aged 57. Became a Board Member and Director of the Aviation Security Company Limited Board in April 2020 upon his appointment as Director-General of Civil Aviation. A licensed professional pilot and a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers. He is currently the Chairman of the International Civil Aviation Organisation's Asia-Pacific Regional Aviation Safety Group and was previously the Vice President (Asia) of the International Federation of Airworthiness.

Ir Dr the Honourable Lo Wai-kwok GBS MH JP

• 3RS & Works Committee
• Human Resources & Remuneration Committee
• Board of Aviation Security Company Limited

Aged 70. Appointed to the Board in June 2019 and reappointed in June 2022. Chairman of the Aviation Security Company Limited Board. Member of the Legislative Council representing the Engineering Functional Constituency. Chairman of the Legislative Council's Public Works Subcommittee and the Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong. Founding Chairman of the Hong Kong Green Strategy Alliance. Member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Ir Edwin Tong Ka-hung SBS

• 3RS & Works Committee
• Board of Aviation Security Company Limited

Aged 63. Appointed to the Board in June 2021. Member of the Construction Industry Council. Ir Tong is a civil engineer with over 37 years of experience in the planning, design, management and delivery of major infrastructure projects involving highways, tunnels, reclamation, land development, port facilities, wastewater treatment and flood prevention. He is also proficient in formulating and taking forward the Government's policies in increasing land supply, heritage conservation and project management. Having worked in Highways Department, Transport Department, Drainage Services Department, Civil Engineering and Development Department and Development Bureau, he was appointed Director of Drainage Services in 2015 and retired in 2019. Ir Tong is a Member of Institution of Civil Engineers, Fellow of Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, Honorary Fellow of both International Institute of Utility Specialists and Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management.

Mr Adrian Wong Koon-man BBS MH JP

• Audit Committee and Finance Committee
• Human Resources & Remuneration Committee
• Board of Aviation Security Company Limited

Aged 58. Appointed to the Board in June 2018 and reappointed in June 2021. He is a Director of Aviation Security Company Limited, VL Asset Management Limited and Abercan Limited, Chairman of the Corruption Prevention Advisory Committee and Member of the Advisory Committee on Corruption of the Independent Commission Against Corruption. Member of the Travel Industry Authority, the Unsolicited Electronic Messages (Enforcement Notices) Appeal Board and the Standing Commission on Civil Service Salaries and Conditions of Service. Independent Non-executive Director of MTR Corporation Limited. He was a Member of the Listing Committee of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited from May 2006 to April 2012, a Member of the Communications Authority from April 2012 to March 2018 and a Member of the Air Transport Licensing Authority from August 2012 to July 2018.

Dr William Wong Ming-fung SC JP

• Business Development Committee
• Human Resources & Remuneration Committee

Aged 51. Appointed to the Board in October 2020 and reappointed in June 2023. Senior Counsel of Des Voeux Chambers. Dr Wong's practice covers a wide spectrum of contentious commercial litigation. He has a special focus and substantial experience in the areas of company, insolvency and securities law. Recorder of the High Court of Hong Kong. Chairman of the Committee on Overseas Lawyers Examination of the Hong Kong Bar Council. Vice Chairman of the Board of Review of the Inland Revenue. Advisor to Middle Temple Society in Hong Kong. Dr Wong graduated from the Business Faculty of the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1994 as the Rhodes Scholar of the year. In 1996, he obtained his Degree in Jurisprudence from Wadham College, Oxford. In 2004, he obtained his LL.M. Degree from Peking University. In 2012, he was awarded a Doctoral Degree from Peking University with a dissertation on corporate insolvency laws.

Mr Stephen Yiu Kin-wah JP

Aged 62. Appointed to the Board in June 2023. Mr Yiu is currently the Chairman of the Insurance Authority, a director of Hong Kong Academy of Finance, an Independent Non-Excutive Director of China Mobile Limited (HK) and ANTA Sports Products Limited. He is Council member and the Treasurer of the University of Science and Technology, and a member of the Exchange Fund Advisory Committee of Hong Kong Monetary Authority and Indepent Commission Against Corruption Complaints Committee. He was formerly an Independent Non-Executive Director of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited. Mr Yiu was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of KPMG China and Hong Kong, a member of the Executive Committee and the Board of KPMG International and KPMG Asia Pacific. Mr Yiu also served as a member of the Audit Profession Reform Advisory Committee and the Mainland Affairs Committee of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr Yiu is a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He received a professional diploma in accountancy from The Hong Kong Polytechnic (now known as The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) in 1983, and holds a master's degree in business administration from the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom.