Edith Shih FCG(CS, CGP) HKFCG(CS, CGP)(PE), Solicitor, is Executive Director and Company Secretary of CK Hutchison Holdings Limited, a Fortune 500 company with operations in over 50 countries. Ms Shih has been with the CK Hutchison Group for over 30 years, overseeing legal, regulatory, corporate finance and compliance matters.
Ms Shih is the recipient of a number of awards in the legal field, including the first Hong Kong In-House Lawyer of the Year Award in 2006, the first Asian Woman in Business Law Award of the Legal Media Group in 2011, General Counsel of the Year Award of International Law Offices in 2014 and the Hong Kong In-House Lawyer Award of the Year in 2016.
Ms Shih holds Master’s degrees from Teacher’s College, Columbia University, and is qualified to practise law in England and Wales, Hong Kong and Victoria, Australia. She is also a fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute and the Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute. She was Past International President (2018 - 2020) and current Council Member of The Chartered Governance Institute and Past President (2011 – 2014) and Honorary Advisor of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute.
In addition to her work commitment, she is the Chairman of the Process Review Panel of The Hong Kong Accounting and Financial Reporting Council, and Member of the Executive Committee and Council of Hong Kong Management Association. Further, she is a Trustee of Teachers College, Columbia University, Council Member of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Governor of the Board of the English Schools Foundation.