Mr Ernest Lee FCG HKFCG(PE)

President, The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute

Technical Partner, Deloitte China

Ernest Lee FCG(CS, CGP) HKFCG(CS, CGP)(PE) is a Technical Partner of Deloitte China. Mr Lee is the Engagement Quality Control Review Partner or Technical Partner for some of the largest audit engagements of the Firm. With extensive experience in the accounting profession, he provides valuable technical advice on matters related to accounting, audit and governance for companies in various industries in Hong Kong, Mainland China and the Asia-Pacific area. He is a CPA (Practising) and a fellow member of the ICAEW and ACCA.

Mr Lee actively contributes to setting financial reporting standards locally and internationally. He is the Immediate Past Chairman (2019-2021) and completed the maximum term of chairmanship of the Financial Reporting Standards Committee of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA). The Committee is responsible for setting financial reporting standards in Hong Kong and during his tenure, he represented the HKICPA on many international and regional meetings on standard setting. He has been a member of various HKICPA’s Advisory Panels on financial reporting matters, including the Companies Ordinance (Financial Reporting) Advisory Panel, for a number of years. For more than 10 years, he served on the Review Panel for the HKICPA’s Best Corporate Governance Disclosure Awards and provided technical support to the HKICPA’s Professional Standards Monitoring Panel. He also provided technical support to the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) on its Risk-Based Financial Statements Review Programme. He is currently a member of the Financial Reporting Review Panel of the FRC.

Mr Lee was admitted as an Associate of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute (HKCGI or Institute) and The Chartered Governance Institute in 1997 and elected a Fellow in 2013. He was first elected as a Council member of HKCGI in 2015. Before elected as President, he was a Vice-President of HKCGI and the Chairman of the Institute's Audit Committee. He has also served on various committees and sub-committees of HKCGI since 2008 including acting as the Institute's Treasurer,the Vice-Chairman of the Education Committee and the Vice-Chairman of the Membership Committee. He is currently a member of the Institute's Mainland China Affairs Committee, and represents the Institute on the Services Advisory Committee of the Official Receiver's Office.

As an advocate of education, Mr Lee is an advisor to the Master of Accounting programme of Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.

Mr Nicolas Aguzin

Chief Executive Officer

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited

Nicolas Aguzin joined HKEX as Chief Executive Officer on 24 May 2021 from J.P. Morgan, where he was most recently Chief Executive Officer of J.P. Morgan’s International Private Bank. Mr Aguzin has been based in Hong Kong since 2012.

From 2013 to 2020, Mr Aguzin was CEO, J.P. Morgan, Asia Pacific where he was responsible for all the firm’s business across 17 markets. Mr Aguzin presided over some of the firm’s major expansion efforts during the period, including establishing itself in China as one of the few international financial institutions with a full range of services and capabilities; including a fully-owned locally incorporated commercial bank, a majority-owned securities company, an asset management company and a futures and options company. Concurrent with his Asia CEO role, Mr Aguzin also ran J.P. Morgan’s Investment Banking division in Asia. During his tenure the bank rose to become one of the leading investment banks in the Asia Pacific region.

Mr Aguzin joined J.P. Morgan in 1990 in Buenos Aires as a financial analyst. Between 1990 and 2005, he held a variety of roles in New York and Buenos Aires, and in 2005 he was appointed as CEO, Latin America. In 2008 and 2009, in addition to his responsibilities as CEO, Latin America and Head of Latin America Investment Banking, he served as Senior Country Officer for Brazil.

Mr Aguzin holds a bachelor degree in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in the US and is fluent in Spanish, Portuguese and English.

Ms Teresa Ko JP BBS FCG HKFCG

Senior Partner, Hong Kong and China Chairman, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Co-Vice Chair, IFRS Foundation

Teresa Ko JP BBS FCG HKFCG is Freshfields' China Chairman and Senior Partner, Hong Kong.

Described as ‘an icon in the industry’, Ms Ko is an eminent legal adviser and a market leader in corporate, capital markets and governance work in Hong Kong.

Ms Ko currently serves as Co-Vice Chair of the IFRS Foundation. She chairs its Due Process Oversight Committee and is a member of its Nomination Committee. She has been involved in the establishment of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) as a member of the Steering Committee.

As the first female to chair the Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s Listing Committee in 2009-2012, Ms Ko continues to serve as one of four Co-Chairmen of the Listing Review Committee. She was a Non-Executive Director of the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong from 2012-2018 and is currently a Deputy Chairman of its Takeovers and Mergers Panel.

Over more than 30 years of experience, Ms Ko has represented numerous unique or “first of its kind” Hong Kong listings of Chinese and international companies, including advising on eight out of the ten largest IPOs ever in Hong Kong. She also has an impressive record on public and private M&A transactions and advises on joint ventures and restructuring matters.

Recently, Ms Ko was featured in the HERoesWomen Role Model Lists 2021 for the fourth consecutive year and in Forbes’ ‘Asia's Power Businesswomen’ list 2021.

Mr David Simmonds FCG HKFCG

Vice-President and Chairman, Membership Committee, The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute

Chief Strategy, Sustainability and Governance Officer, CLP Holdings Ltd

David Simmonds FCG HKFCG is the Chief Strategy, Sustainability and Governance Officer for CLP Holdings Ltd. He is responsible for CLP Group strategic planning and the strategy agenda as well as driving the Group’s sustainability agenda and ensuring that it is embedded into the business.

Mr Simmonds is also responsible for managing the investments and ventures that help support CLP’s growth strategy, the Group’s investments in South East Asia and Taiwan and the Group’s property development activities.

In addition, Mr Simmonds is the Group General Counsel & Company Secretary of CLP Holdings, responsible for the provision of legal, corporate secretarial and insurance services across the Group.

Mr Simmonds is a Vice-President of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute (HKCGI) and is a Fellow of both The Chartered Governance Institute and HKCGI. He is also a Board Director of the Australian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and Macau and a member of The Asia Society.

Mr Simmonds holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Melbourne.

Ms Megan Tang

Senior Director, Corporate Finance Division

Securities and Futures Commission Hong Kong

Megan Tang is a Senior Director of the Corporate Finance Division (CFD) and heads the Division’s Post-IPO Team which oversees listed corporate regulation and the Exchange’s performance of its listing function.

Prior to joining the SFC in 2014, Ms Tang was a partner of the international law firm, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP. Whilst in private practice, she was recognised as a leading lawyer in Hong Kong for equity and debt capital markets by Chambers Asia and a leading practitioner for China corporate and equity work in The IFLR 1000 Guide to the World’s Leading Law Firms.

Ms Eddie Ng

Partner, Business Reporting and Sustainability,

KPMG China

Eddie Ng joined KPMG since 2001 and is currently a Partner in Business Reporting and Sustainability practice. Ms Ng is a technical leader of reporting and assurance of non-financial information and has hands-on experience in supporting professionals and clients of KPMG China in interpreting ESG-related requirements and ESG assurance matters.

Ms Ng possesses expertise and local implementation experience across a range of sustainability advisory services to support companies in preparing their ESG reports in compliance with the HKEX ESG Reporting Guide and TCFD recommendations. She has led and participated in various ESG advisory and assurance engagements, e.g. stakeholder engagement, material assessment, ESG strategy formulation, ESG rating enhancement and ESG investment management.

Ms Ng is a member of HKICPA ESG assurance task force and developed guidance on ESG report assurance for the audit profession. She is also a reviewer of HKICPA’s ESG and Corporate Governance Awards since 2018.

Ms Ng has a master degree in environmental management. She studied climate-related financial disclosures in her dissertation and researched on the drivers and challenges in implementing the TCFD recommendations in Hong Kong.

Mr Ben McQuhae

Founder, Ben McQuhae & Co;
Co-founder Hong Kong Green Finance Association

Ben McQuhae is a Founder of Ben McQuhae & Co (www.bmcquhae.com), a Hong Kong-based corporate and commercial law firm for sustainability and innovation that has been described as the only true ESG law firm on the planet and Winner of the INSEAD Business as a Force for Good Award 2021. The firm only accepts mandates that are aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Mr McQuhae is an industry leading corporate and commercial lawyer, a recognized leader in sustainable finance and green fintech, and a pioneer in carbon markets and decarbonization. Qualified as a solicitor in England & Wales (1999) and Hong Kong (2003).

Mr McQuhae is a Founder of Venturis (www.venturis.eco) an ESG strategy advisory firm. Ben McQuhae & Co and Venturis provide a unique offering that combines legal solutions and sustainability solutions to help drive global sustainability efforts.

Leadership Positions

• Co-Founder, Executive Committee Member and Special Advisor to the Chairman, Hong Kong Green Finance Association (www.hkgreenfinance.org)
• Hong Kong representative, United Nations network of international Financial Centres for Sustainability (www.fc4s.org)
• Lead, APFF/SFDN Carbon Markets Workstream to develop policy recommendations for APEC finance ministers
• Member, Hong Kong Financial Services Development Council (FSDC) Working Group on Carbon Market Opportunities
• Advisory Panel Member and contributor, BIS Innovation Hub & Hong Kong Monetary Authority “Project Genesis”, A vision for technology-driven green finance
• Advisory Panel Member, BIS Innovation Hub & Hong Kong Monetary Authority “Project Genesis 2”, mitigation outcome securities
• Project Coordinator, The Greater Bay Area Green Finance Alliance
• Founder, Angel Attorneys
• Board member, The Alliance for Sustainable Schools
• Founder and Co-chair, Hong Kong Green Finance Task Force (2017-2018)

Ms Gillian Meller FCG HKFCG(PE)

Immediate Past President, The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute

Legal and Governance Director, MTR Corporation Ltd

Ms Gillian Meller FCG HKFCG(PE) is MTR Corporation Ltd’s Legal and Governance Director. Ms Meller is responsible for overseeing the Company’s legal, company secretarial, insurance and risk management functions and a central procurement and supply chain function. She is also responsible for leading the Company’s assurance function with the aim of providing a strengthened second line of defence across key risk areas of the Company and for leading MTR’s overall ESG strategy.

Ms Meller graduated from Hertford College, University of Oxford and obtained her postgraduate qualifications in law from The College of Law in the United Kingdom. She is qualified to practise as a solicitor in Hong Kong and England and Wales.

Ms Meller is a Vice Chairman of the Legal Committee of The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Standing Committee on Company Law Reform and Immediate Past President and Ex-officio Council Member of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute. She is also a member of the Listing Committee of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Ltd.

Mr Adam Stuckert

Group Chief Digital Officer

Tricor Group

Adam Stuckert joined Tricor Group as Group Chief Digital Officer in November 2020. In his role, Mr Stuckert is responsible for defining and executing Tricor Group’s digital transformation strategy to drive commercial growth and establish Tricor’s position as a leader in digital services and customer centricity.

A leading authority on digital transformation, Mr Stuckert has delivered digital strategy and technology programs across a broad range of industries – including retail, travel and transportation, financial services and logistics – with budgets ranging from 1 million USD to 50 million USD.

Mr Stuckert most recently served as an Advisory Partner at KPMG, where he led Technology Strategy and Emerging Technology teams in Hong Kong. He has also worked for Accenture and IBM, serving large multinationals and Asian conglomerates alike.

Recognised in local media, Mr Stuckert is a frequent keynote speaker on topics related to technology and digital strategy and has also sponsored programs to develop female technology talent and nurture local engineering students.

Mr Stuckert graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering and a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy.

Mr Kok Tin Gan

Partner

PwC Hong Kong

Mr Kok Tin Gan is a Partner in PwC’s Cyber Security & Privacy practice with over 17 years of experience. Mr Gan is also the founder of PwC’s Darklab, Hackaday and Hackbot. He is currently the Vice Chairman of ITSMf HK Chapter and the member of security committee of Fintech Association of HK.

Mr Gan's key areas of expertise and experience include Cyber security strategy, framework, IT security framework (ISO27001, NIST, Multi Level Protection), application security (OWASP, OWASP Mobile) and data security (e.g., PCI DSS), secure development life cycle, DevSecOps, Cloud security, IT risk, security / technology architecture and white hat hacking.

Mr Gan has co-authored a number of cyber security and technology risk related guidelines for the Regulators in the Asia Pacific Region.

Mr Gan has led ~300 small to large size of security assessment / transformation engagements and has worked across different continents including, Asia, America, Europe and Africa.

Mr Gan is a TED talk speaker and he also founded a dot.com company during his early days of his career.

Ms Ada Chung Lai-ling

Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong

Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong

Ms Ada Chung was appointed as the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data of Hong Kong with effect from September 2020.

Ms Chung was qualified as a barrister-at-law and a Certified Public Accountant. She has solid legal expertise and abundant administrative experience.

Before her appointment as the Privacy Commissioner, Ms Chung was the Registrar of Companies and had held various posts in the Department of Justice, including the Deputy Law Officer (Civil Law). In her role as the Registrar of Companies, she contributed significantly to the rewrite of the Companies Ordinance in Hong Kong and she spearheaded the implementation of the new Companies Ordinance in Hong Kong.

Dr Jag Kundi

Adjunct Professor, EMBA Program

City University of Hong Kong

Dr Jag Kundi is a scholar-practitioner active in the FinTech space.

Dr Kundi is an honorary faculty member at the Uni. of Aberdeen, Adjunct Professor at CityU of HK, Associate Director for the Exec. PhD in Management & Governance at the Uni of Twente, NL, & holds several other teaching & lecturing appointments at top-tier Universities & Professional Accounting & Financial Institutes globally.

Dr Kundi last position was as the CEO of Silverleap Technology Ltd., a pioneer in next generation digital payment solutions. Previously he was the CFO for a global market leader in the baby products industry managing a budget in excess of US $440million.

Dr Kundi is also a Board Advisor, Mentor & Investor to high-growth businesses & start-ups covering digital currencies, tokenization & international contactless payment solutions. He has also published industry-relevant articles that examine the role of Fintech in business & finance as well as co-authoring a book: “Technology for Leaders”

Mr Mohan Datwani FCG HKFCG(PE)

Deputy Chief Executive

The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute

Mohan Datwani FCG HKFCG(PE) holds a Bachelor and Master of Laws from the University of Hong Kong. Mr Datwani also has a Master of Business Administration (with Distinction) from the University of Iowa. He has been qualified as a practising solicitor for over 30 years.

Mr Datwani founded a prominent Hong Kong law firm, which merged into an international law firm, where he became a partner. He eventually joined a client's listed company to help with mine development in Mongolia with a related roadway to China. He also helped with investor relations and marketing the business case to institutional investors.

By applying his legal and business skill sets, Mr Datwani now promotes good governance as Deputy Chief Executive of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute with some 10,000 members and students. He has also served on many public boards. In recognition of his work on the board of the Equal Opportunities Commission, he received a Directors of the Year award in 2018 from the Hong Kong Institute of Directors.

Mr Nicholas Allen

Chairman and Independent Non-Executive Director

Link Asset Management Ltd

Mr Nicholas Allen, aged 67, has been an Independent Non-Executive Director of Link Asset Management Ltd since February 2016 and the Chairman of the Board since April 2016. Mr Allen is also the chairman of the Finance and Investment Committee and the Nomination Committee.

Mr Allen is currently an independent non-executive director of CLP Holdings Ltd and Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd (both are listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange). He is also an independent non-executive director of Mordril Properties Ltd (a private property company based in Hong Kong). He was an independent non-executive director of Hysan Development Company Ltd, Lenovo Group Ltd (both are listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange) and VinaLand Ltd (which was listed on the AIM of the London Stock Exchange). He was also an independent non-executive director of Stevin Rock LLC and RAK Rock LLC (both are private quarry companies located in the United Arab Emirates).

Mr Allen has extensive experience in accounting and auditing as well as securities and regulatory matters. He retired as a partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers in 2007.

Mr Allen served on the Securities and Futures Appeals Panel, the Takeovers and Mergers Panel, the Takeovers Appeal Committee, the Share Registrars’ Disciplinary Committee of the SFC and as member of various committees of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He was an honorary advisor to the Financial Reporting Council of Hong Kong. He was also a member of Vision 2047 Foundation.

Ms Bonnie Y Chan

Head of Listing

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited

Bonnie Chan is Head of Listing at the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited.

Ms Chan has over 25 years of experience in legal and financial services. She started her career in private legal practice, worked in a number of investment banks and was a partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell before assuming her current role.

Ms Chan was Head of IPO of the Listing Division at the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited between 2007 and 2010.

Ms Chan has served on various public service bodies, including the Financial Services Development Council, the Inland Revenue Board, the Standing Committee of Company Law Reform and the Disciplinary Panel of the HKICPA.

Ms Chan graduated from the University of Hong Kong in 1991 and Harvard Law School in 1993. She is admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong and an attorney at law in New York State.

Ms Edith Shih FCG(CS, CGP) HKFCG(CS, CGP)(PE)

Past International President, The Chartered Governance Institute

Past President, The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute

Executive Director and Company Secretary, CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd

Ms Edith Shih FCG(CS, CGP) HKFCG(CS, CGP)(PE) is Executive Director and Company Secretary of CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd, 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 of the Group.

Ms Shih is a Past International President and member of the Council of The Chartered Governance Institute (CGI), and a Past President and Honorary Adviser of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute (HKCGI), currently also its Nomination Committee Chairman.

Ms Shih holds Bachelor and Master’s degrees from the University of the Philippines and Master’s degrees from Columbia University, New York. She is qualified to practice law in England and Wales, Hong Kong, and Victoria, Australia. She is in addition a Fellow of CGI and HKCGI with both Chartered Secretary and Chartered Governance Professional designations, holding a Practitioner's Endorsement issued by HKCGI.

In addition to her work commitments, Ms Shih is the Chairman of the Process Review Panel of The Financial Reporting Council, Finance Committee Chairman and member of the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications, 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.

Mr Nicholas Chilton

Head of Board Advisory, South Pacific Region

Nasdaq

Nicholas Chilton is the Head of Board Advisory, South Pacific Region, at Nasdaq, where he delivers board assessments and boardroom training for Nasdaq Governance Solutions.

Prior to joining Nasdaq, Mr Chilton served in various adviser roles at both the Commonwealth and NSW State Government levels, most recently as Senior Adviser to the NSW Deputy Premier, delivering high-level political and policy advice to current and former Ministers. He has worked in the communications, infrastructure, regional development, social services and police portfolios, including leading the delivery of many of NSW’s largest transport infrastructure projects. He has led policy reforms across various issues, including social housing, road safety and regional telecommunications, and has a keen awareness and interest in public policy issues that are shaping corporate responsibility and social expectations in commerce.

Mr Chilton is a graduate of the University of Sydney with a Masters in International Security, focusing on cybersecurity and Asian geopolitical affairs, with a particular interest in global cyberthreat developments affecting critical infrastructure. His research has focussed on the implications for both public and private sector of national and global political shifts in cyber threat perception, specifically recognising the evolving exposure to foreign-owned entities in supply chains and shifting national security requirements.

Mr Neil Waters

Senior Partner

Egon Zehnder

Neil Waters leads the Hong Kong office and the firm’s board and CEO succession practice in Hong Kong. Mr Waters has spent more than 20 years advising global clients on a range of challenging matters related to CEO and board succession. His clients include governments, community organisations, and private sector companies in numerous industries. He has also played a senior role in professional development of the firm’s consultants globally.

Prior to joining Egon Zehnder, Mr Waters was a Consultant and Engagement Manager with McKinsey & Company. Earlier in his career, he was a Systems Engineer and Marketing Representative with IBM Australia.

Mr Waters has an electrical and electronic engineering degree from the University of Adelaide in South Australia and an MBA from Cornell University in the U.S. When not working, he enjoys European handball, chess, reading, sharpening his Latin, and curling. He has also served on the board of the Melbourne International Festival of the Arts, the leading arts festival in Australia.

Ms Shalini Mahtani MBE

Founder & CEO, The Zubin Foundation

Ms Shalini Mahtani is one of Hong Kong’s most authoritative and respected voices on social issues, particularly diversity and inclusion and the plight of Hong Kong’s ethnic minorities. Ms Mahtani has been a pioneer in civil society working in areas previously untouched in Hong Kong.

Ms Mahtani is the founder of The Zubin Foundation, a charity that works to improve the lives of Hong Kong’s marginalised ethnic minorities by providing opportunities and reducing suffering. They are mostly Hong Kong’s poorest Indians, Pakistanis and Nepalis. The Zubin Foundation is among the city’s most accomplished and recognised on issues related to ethnic minorities. The Zubin Foundation works with women and girls in crisis and has the only helpline for them called “Call Mira”, it has the only mental health centre for ethnic minority children and adults in Hong Kong, works with families with special needs children in public schools and offers yearly scholarships for the financially needy to enter tertiary education. Simply put, she works with those that lack visibility and opportunity in Hong Kong who are mostly of South Asian and South East Asian descent. The Zubin Foundation is named after Zubin Mahtani Gidumal, Ms Mahtani’s first child who died tragically in 2009.

Ms Mahtani has served on the board of a few advisory and statutory bodies of the HKSAR Government and that which is closest to her heart is the Commission on Children where she is also the Convener of the Children with Specific Needs working group. She serves as an advisor or board member on a number of local NGOs.

Ms Mahtani is also founder and the first Chief Executive Officer of Community Business, the first organisation in Asia that works with global companies on inclusive workplaces.

Ms Mahtani has been the recipient of many accolades, including by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader an MBE from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for her services in corporate social responsibility in Hong Kong and by HKSAR Government and Hong Kong Humanity Award for her contribution to issues related to ethnic minorities in Hong Kong, among others.

Previously, Ms Mahtani worked as an accountant and a banker. She is from Hong Kong. She is a graduate of The London School of Economics with a degree in accounting and finance. Her executive education is from the Harvard School of Public Policy, Yale and the Lee Kwan Yew School of Public Policy. Ms Mahtani is married and has three children.

Ms Benita Yu FCG HKFCG

Partner

Slaughter and May

Benita Yu FCG HKFCG is a leading corporate lawyer and described by clients as having “a reputation that is second to none”. Ms Yu has substantial experience acting for Hong Kong listed clients on a wide range of corporate matters, including corporate governance, compliance and risk management. She has also represented numerous major corporate clients, PRC state-owned enterprises, international issuers and leading investment banks with landmark, high profile securities, M&A and corporate finance and debt financing transactions.

Ms Yu is a Fellow, and Chairman of the Company Law Interest Group of the Technical Consultation Panel, of the Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute. She is also Deputy Chairman of the Takeovers and Mergers Panel and a member of the Takeovers Appeal Committee of the SFC, and a member of the Listing Review Committee of HKEX. She was a member of the Standing Committee on Company Law Reform of the HKSAR Government.

Ms Yu is consistently recognised as a leading lawyer and her recent accolades include Women Leaders in Hong Kong by IFLR 1000 Asia Pacific since 2018; a Leading Professional for M&A and Governance in Who's Who Legal 2022; named in the Legal 500 Asia Hall of Fame for ECM in Hong Kong and as a Band 1 lawyer in Corporate/M&A by Chambers Greater China; and Asia’s Top15 M&A Lawyers by Asia Legal Business. She read law at Oxford University.

Ms Yu will take on the role of Senior Partner and head of Slaughter and May Hong Kong as of 1 October 2022.

Mr Joseph H L Chan JP

Under Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury

The HKSAR Government

Joseph Chan JP was appointed the Under Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury on 16 August 2017.

Mr Chan has many years of senior executive experience in the banking industry. He was a Managing Director in the Global Markets Division of Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank, and was a Managing Director in Financial Markets of Standard Chartered Bank.

Prior to joining the Government, Mr Chan held multiple roles in a number of public and professional bodies, including Vice President of the Hong Kong Society of Financial Analysts, Director of Hong Kong Securities & Investment Institute, Advisor of the Chinese Gold & Silver Exchange Society, as well as a General Committee member of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce. Mr Chan was also a member of the Central & Western District Council.

Mr Chan holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics (Hon) and Psychology from the University of Michigan, USA. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Mr Amar Gill

Managing Director, Head of APAC Investment Stewardship

BlackRock

Amar Gill is Managing Director and Head of Investment Stewardship in APAC for BlackRock, joining the company in 2018. Mr Gill worked for 22+ years with a leading regional securities company, CLSA, an industry leader for independent equities research. He was Head of Asia Research; prior to that he was regional head of thematic research and had also been research head for Hong Kong and Malaysia. He had a stint in investment banking at CLSA-CITICS before leaving the group in September 2018.

Mr Gill has been a pioneer in corporate governance research, writing nine regional reports over 2001 to 2014 for CLSA working in collaboration with the Asian Corporate Governance Association (ACGA). Representing CLSA, He has been a council member of ACGA over 2005-09.

After graduating with First Class Honours in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, Mr Gill did a Masters course in Philosophy majoring in Ethics also at Oxford University, England. He worked earlier in foreign exchange with Chemical Bank in Singapore (subsequently acquired by Chase Manhattan) before starting his career in equities research. He is presently also on the Asia advisory group of Climate Action 100+ as well as the Young Investors Society.

Dr David Wong Yau Kar GBS JP

Chairman

Council of the Education University of Hong Kong

Dr David Wong GBS JP is the Chairman of Council of The Education University of Hong Kong. Dr Wong received a Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Chicago in 1987. He has worked in various industries including corporate finance, manufacturing, and policy research. He currently serves as a non-executive director at a number of listed and non-listed companies.

Dr Wong actively participates in various community services. He is presently Hong Kong Deputy of The National People’s Congress, Chairman of the Panel of Advisors of the Land Sharing Pilot Scheme and Chairman of the Board of Governors of HKCT Institute of Higher Education. He previously served as Chairman of Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (2015-2021) and President of the Chinese Manufacturers’ Association of Hong Kong (2010-2011).

Dr Wong was conferred an Honorary Fellowship by Lingnan University in 2012, the Vocational Training Council in 2013, Hong Kong Baptist University in 2018 and Open University of Hong Kong in 2020, respectively.

Dr Wong was appointed a Justice of Peace (JP) in 2010 and was awarded a Bronze Bauhinia Star (BBS) and a Gold Bauhinia Star (GBS) in 2012 and 2017 respectively.

Mr Laurence Li SC JP

Chairman

Financial Services Development Council

Laurence Li SC is the Chairman of the Financial Services Development Council (FSDC). The FSDC is an advisory body to the HKSAR Government on all matters relating to the development of Hong Kong as an international financial centre. It 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’s profession is a practicing barrister. He focuses 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 of the International Court and Regulatory Tribunal in Doha, Qatar. 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.

Professor Frederick Ma Si-Hang GBS JP

Chairman, FWD Group Holdings Ltd

Professor Frederick Ma Si-Hang GBS JP was born and educated in Hong Kong. Professor Ma graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree from the University of Hong Kong in 1973 majoring in economics and history. Since graduation, he had taken up different major positions of various local and overseas banks, financial institutions and major companies, including Chase Manhattan Bank, Royal Bank of Canada Dominion Securities, JP Morgan Chase, Kumagai Gumi (HK) Ltd and Pacific Century Cyberworks Ltd. He has rich experience in banking and financial sector. In 2002, he joined the Hong Kong Government as the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury and assumed the post of Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development in 2007.He resigned from the Government in July 2008 due to medical reasons. In October 2008, he was appointed as an Honorary Professor of the School of Economics and Finance at the University of Hong Kong.

Professor Ma was appointed as a Member of the International Advisory Council of China Investment Corporation in July, 2009. In December 2011, he was appointed as a Permanent Honourable President of Hong Kong Special Schools Council. In January 2013, he was appointed as a member of Global Advisory Council of the Bank of America. In August 2013, he was appointed as an Honorary Professor of the Faculty of Business Administration at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. In October 2014, he was conferred the Honorary Doctor of Social Sciences by Lingnan University. In January 2016, he was appointed as the Chairman of MTR Corporation Ltd. In October 2016, he was conferred the Honorary Doctor of Social Sciences by City University of Hong Kong. In April 2017, he was appointed as the Council Chairman of The Education University of Hong Kong. In March 2018, he was appointed as a member of the Chief Executive’s Council of Advisers on Innovation and Strategic Development. In July 2019, he was appointed as a member of International Advisory Council of Investcorp. Currently, he is the Chairman of FWD Group Holdings Ltd, an Independent Non-Executive Director of COSCO Shipping Holdings Co., Ltd., Guangshen Railway Company Ltd, HH&L Acquisition Co., and Unicorn II Holdings Ltd.

Professor Mervyn King SC

Chairman Emeritus

The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC)

Professor Mervyn King SC is a Senior Counsel and former Judge of the Supreme Court of South Africa. Professor King is Professor Extraordinaire at the University of South Africa on Corporate Citizenship, Honorary Professor at the Universities of Pretoria and Cape Town and a Visiting Professor at Rhodes.

Professor King is currently a professor at the Wits Business School at the University of the Witwatersrand.

Professor King has an honorary Doctorate of Laws from the Universities of the Witwatersrand in South Africa and Leeds in the UK, an honorary Doctorate from Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia and a honorary Doctorate in Commerce from Stellenbosch University in South Africa, is Chair Emeritus of the King Committee on Corporate Governance in South Africa, which produced King I, II, III and IV, and Chair of the Good Law Foundation.

Professor King is Chair Emeritus of the Value Reporting Foundation, Chair Emeritus of the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) in London and of the Global Reporting Initiative in Amsterdam and a member of the Private Sector Advisory Group to the World Bank on Corporate Governance. He chaired the United Nations Committee of Eminent persons on Governance and Oversight and was President of the Advertising Standards Authority for 15 years and a member of the ICC Court of Arbitration in Paris for seven years.

Professor King is chair of the African Integrated Reporting Council and chair of the Integrated Reporting Committee of South Africa.

Professor King has received Lifetime Achievement Awards for promoting quality corporate governance globally from the ICGN, the Asian Centre for Corporate Governance, the Indian IOD and the Regenesys Business School. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Commerce, honorary fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales; of the Institute of Internal Auditors of the UK; of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants; of the Certified Public Accountants of Australia; of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations of the UK, of the Chartered Secretaries and Administrators and a Chartered Director of South Africa.

Professor King is the Patron of The Good Governance Academy, currently housed in the Wits Business School in Parktown Ridge, which holds colloquia on critical governance issues and distributes a memorandum to over two million members of local and international institutions.

Professor King has been a chair, director and chief executive of several companies listed on the London, Luxembourg and Johannesburg Stock Exchanges. He has consulted, advised and spoken on legal, business, advertising, sustainability and corporate governance issues in over 60 countries and has received many awards from international bodies around the world including the World Federation of Stock Exchanges and the International Federation of Accountants.

Professor King is the author of six books on governance, sustainability and reporting, the latest being “The Healthy Company.”

Professor King sits as an arbitrator and mediator internationally.

Mr Peter Greenwood MA FCG HKFCG

Peter Greenwood MA FCG HKFCG holds a Master of Arts degree in law from the University of Cambridge and a diploma in German law and legal system from the University of Tuebingen and the Justice Ministry of North Rhine-Westphalia. In 2006, Mr Greenwood completed full-time study for a Master of Arts degree in War Studies from King's College, London University. He is a solicitor in England and Wales and in Hong Kong, as well as being qualified as an avocat in France.

Mr Greenwood was admitted as a Fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute (formerly known as The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA)) and The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute (HKCGI) (formerly known as The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries (HKICS)) in 2001. Until recently he was a representative of HKCGI on the International Council of The Chartered Governance Institute and remains Chairman of its Thought Leadership Committee. He has served on different committees and panels of HKCGI. From 1997 to 2005, Mr Greenwood was a member of the Company Secretaries Panel of HKCGI. He served on the Technical Committee as a consultant in 2001 and as a member in 2002 and 2003, and on the Appeal Tribunal as a member from 2005 to 2007 and as the Chairman from 2008 to 2013. Mr Greenwood was the Chairman of the Advisory Board from 2012 to 2014. Also, he has been serving on the Technical Consultation Panel as a member since 2006. He has been the Chairman of HKCGI’s biennial Corporate Governance Conference for many years.

Mr Greenwood served on the HKSAR Government’s Standing Commission on Company Law Reform and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s Listing Committee. He is the Co-Chairman and lead international resource on the corporate governance training programmes of the Standing Committee of Public Enterprises in India.

From 2007 to 2013, Mr Greenwood was the Group Executive Director – Strategy of CLP Holdings, one of the largest investor-owned companies in the Asian power sector, reporting to the Chief Executive Officer. His principal focus was to work on matters of a strategic nature impacting the overall direction of the CLP Group. He was also responsible for the oversight of CLP Group's corporate secretarial and legal affairs. Prior to stepping down in 2005, Mr Greenwood was an Executive Director (since 2001), the Company Secretary and Corporate Counsel (since 1996) of CLP Holdings. He retired in May 2013.

Before joining the CLP Group in 1995, Mr Greenwood was a Senior Commercial Lawyer with the Provisional Airport Authority, Hong Kong, and prior to that was in private practice as a solicitor with leading corporate law firms in London, Hamburg, Hong Kong and Paris.