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Our Board currently consists of 10 Directors, comprising 3 Executive Directors, 2 Non-executive Director and 5 Independent Non-executive Directors.
Executive Directors
Non-executive Director
Independent Non-executive Directors
Executive Directors
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Mr. Vincent H. S. Lo, aged 63, is the founder and Chairman of the Shui On Group which was established in 1971. It is a diversified group engaged in property development, construction and construction materials with interests in Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland. The Group's corporate culture and long term objectives are based on its commitment to quality, innovation and excellence.
Mr. Lo also leads the key positions in the following subsidiaries of the Group:
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Chairman of Shui On Land Limited (SOL), the Group's flagship property development company in the Chinese Mainland with a proven track record in developing large-scale, mixed-use city-core redevelopment projects. The company was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2006. |
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Chairman of SOCAM Development Limited (SOCAM), which is principally engaged in property, cement and construction, and has business operations in Hong Kong, Macau, and the Chinese Mainland. The company was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 1997. |
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Mr. Lo was awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star (GBS) in 1998 and appointed Justice of the Peace in 1999 by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). In 1999, he was made an Honorary Citizen of Shanghai. He was named Businessman of the Year at the Hong Kong Business Awards in 2001, and won the Director of the Year Award from The Hong Kong Institute of Directors in 2002 and Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French government in 2005. Mr. Lo was honoured with the "Ernst & Young China Entrepreneur Of The Year 2009" and also, as "Entrepreneur Of The Year 2009" in the China Real Estate Sector. Mr. Lo was made an Honorary Citizen of Shanghai in 1999 and Foshan in 2011.
In addition to his business capacity, Mr. Lo has been active in community services. He participated in the preparatory works of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. He currently serves as a Member of The Eleventh National Committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Hong Kong's representative to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Advisory Council, President of Yangtze Council, Economic Adviser of the Chongqing Municipal Government, Honorary Life President of Business and Professionals Federation of Hong Kong, among his other positions. |
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Mr. Freddy C. K. LEE, aged 50, is Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, and serves as an Executive Director of the Company. He joined the Shui On Group in 1986 and has over 17 years of working experience in construction management and a decade-long involvement in property development in the Chinese Mainland. Besides being responsible for the operations and management of the Company, Mr. Lee is also responsible for the implementation of the Company's Three-Year Plan. He holds a Master's degree in Construction Management from the City University of Hong Kong and a Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying from Reading University in the United Kingdom. He is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in the UK and Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors and an executive member of China Overseas Chinese Entrepreneurs Association. |
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Mr. Daniel Y. K. WAN, aged 53, is Managing Director & Chief Financial Officer, and serves as an Executive Director of the Company. He is responsible for all aspects relating to our finance & accounting, legal, company secretarial and information technology affairs. He is also responsible for the day-to-day management of the Company together with the other senior executives. Mr. Wan joined the Company in March 2009. He has extensive experience in the financial industry with over 20 years in senior management position. Prior to joining our Company, Mr. Wan was the General Manager and Group Chief Financial Officer of The Bank of East Asia, Ltd. ("BEA"). Mr. Wan was a member of the Accounting Standards Advisory Panel of the Hong Kong Society of Accountants, member of the Auditing Standards Committee of the Hong Kong Society of Accountants, member of the Board of Review (Inland Revenue), member of the Small and Medium Enterprises Committee, member of the Travel Industry Compensation Fund Management Board, Chairman of the Investment Committee of the Travel Industry Compensation Fund, part-time member of the Central Policy Unit. Mr. Wan holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and an MBA from The University of Wales. He is a fellow member of The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, fellow member of The Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
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Non-executive Director
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Mr. Frankie Y. L. WONG, aged 62, was the Chief Executive Officer of SOCAM from July 2004 to March 2010 and the Vice Chairman from 1997 to 2004. Mr. Wong joined the Shui On Group in 1981. He was a Director of the Company from May 2004 to May 2006 prior to the listing of the Company on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited in October 2006. He is also one of the Trustees of the Shui On Provident and Retirement Scheme. Prior to joining the Shui On Group, Mr. Wong had many years of banking experience with several major international banks in Hong Kong. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and a Master of Arts degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science and The University of Lancaster in the United Kingdom respectively. Mr. Wong is currently an Independent Non-executive Director of Solomon Systech (International) Limited, which is listed in Hong Kong, and a Non-executive Director of Walcom Group Limited, a company listed on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange plc. |
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Independent Non-executive Directors
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Sir John R. H. BOND, aged 70, has served as an Independent Non-executive Director of our Company since September 2006. He was previously the Group Chairman of HSBC Holdings plc and was with HSBC from 1961 until May 2006. Sir John was Chairman of Vodafone Group Plc until 26 July 2011. He is currently the Chairman of Xstrata Plc, a Non-executive Director of A. P. Moller Maersk and an Advisory Director of Northern Trust Corporation. He is also a member of the Mayor of Shanghai's International Business Leaders' Advisory Council, a participant in the China Development Forum and a member of the International Advisory Board to the Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management and a member of the Mitsubishi International Advisory Committee. |
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Dr. William K. L. FUNG, SBS, JP, aged 62, has served as an Independent Non-executive Director of our Company since May 2006. Dr. Fung is Executive Deputy Chairman of Li & Fung Limited and has held key positions in major trade associations. He is past Chairman of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong Exporters' Association and Pacific Economic Cooperation Committee. He has been awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government in 2008. Dr. Fung graduated from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering and also holds an MBA degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Business. He was conferred Honorary Doctorate degrees of Business Administration by Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Dr. Fung is an Independent Non-executive Director of VTech Holdings Limited and Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited and The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels (since 3 January 2011) and an independent Director of Singapore Airlines Limited. He retired as a Non-executive Director of HSBC Holdings plc on 28 May 2010. He is also a Non-executive Director of other listed Li & Fung group companies including Convenience Retail Asia Limited, Trinity Limited and Integrated Distribution Services Group Limited which has been privatized on 29 October 2010. |
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Professor Gary C. BIDDLE, aged 60, has served as an Independent Non-executive Director of our Company since May 2006. Professor Biddle is HKT Chair Professor of Accounting at The University of Hong Kong. He was previously Dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics and Associate Dean of the School of Business and Management at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (''HKUST''). Professor Gary Biddle was also a Court Member and Council Member of HKUST from 2003 to 2005 and his research appears in leading academic and professional journals. Professor Biddle obtained his MBA and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Chicago. Previously he served as Professor at the University of Chicago and at University of Washington. He has offered executive programs for Columbia Business School, London Business School, CEIBS, IMD and other premier business schools globally. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants, and he is past President and co-founding council member of the Hong Kong Academic Accounting Association. Professor Biddle publishes in the world's leading journals on topics including performance measurement, valuation and value creation and works with leading companies and business schools worldwide. Professor Biddle is also an Independent Non-executive Director of Kingdee International Software Group Company Limited. |
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Dr. Roger L. McCARTHY, aged 63, has served as Independent Non-executive Director of our Company since May 2006. Dr. McCarthy is currently the principal of McCarthy Engineering. He was formerly Chairman Emeritus of Exponent, Inc. (NASDAQ symbol "EXPO"). He was also Chairman of Exponent Science and Technology Consulting Co., Ltd. (Hangzhou)(毅博科技諮詢 (杭州)有限公司), a wholly owned subsidiary of Exponent, Inc., which he founded in 2005 to expand Exponent Inc.'s services to the PRC. Dr. McCarthy holds five academic degrees: an Arts Bachelor (A.B.) in Philosophy and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (B.S.E.M.E.) from the University of Michigan; and an S.M. degree in Mechanical Engineering, the professional degree of Mechanical Engineer (Mech.E.), and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering all from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ("MIT"). He graduated from the University of Michigan Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude, the Outstanding Undergraduate in Mechanical Engineering in 1972. He was a National Science Foundation fellow. In 1992, Dr. McCarthy was appointed by the first President Bush to the President's Commission on the National Medal of Science. Dr. McCarthy is one of approximately 160 Mechanical Engineers elected to the US National Academy of Engineering. He currently serves on the External Advisory Boards of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan and the Material Sciences Department at Stanford University, and he delivered the 2008 commencement address for the University of Michigan's College of Engineering. He is also the longest serving member of the Visiting Committee for the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). |
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Mr. David J. SHAW, aged 65, has served as an Independent Non-executive Director of our Company since May 2006. Mr. Shaw is employed by the HSBC Group as Adviser to the Board of HSBC Holdings plc, a London-based appointment which he took up in June 1998. Mr. Shaw is a solicitor, admitted in England and Wales and in Hong Kong. He was a partner of Norton Rose from 1973 until 1998 and during that period spent approximately 20 years working in Hong Kong. Mr. Shaw obtained a law degree from Cambridge University. He is a Non-executive Director of HSBC Private Banking Holdings (Suisse) SA, HSBC Bank Bermuda Limited and a director of HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) SA, which are companies within the HSBC Group. He is also an Independent Non-executive Director of Kowloon Development Company Limited. |
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