LEE Seng Huang
Group Executive Chairman
Lee Seng Huang, was appointed Group's Executive Chairman of the Company on 1 January 2007. He was educated at the University of Sydney in Australia and has wide ranging financial services and real estate investment experience in the Asian region. He has previously served, in various capacities, on the Board of Directors of the Company, as well as Lippo Limited, Lippo China Resources Limited in Hong Kong, Auric Pacific Group Limited in Singapore as well as the Export and Industry Bank, Inc. in the Philippines. He is currently the executive chairman of Mulpha International Berhad (a Malaysian listed conglomerate with operations in Southeast Asia, Australia and Mainland China) as well as Mulpha Australia Limited, and non-executive chairman of FKP Property Group, a leading property developer listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. He is also a non-executive director of Ambrian Capital PLC, a company listed on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange and non-executive director of Mudajaya Group Berhad, a company listed on the Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad. Mr. Lee is a trustee of Lee and Lee Trust, a discretionary trust owning a controlling interest in the issued share capital of Allied Group Limited ("AGL"), the ultimate holding company of the Company through its interest in Allied Properties (H.K.) Limited ("APL"). Both AGL and APL are companies listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Stock Exchange").
William LEUNG Wing-Cheung, J.P.
Executive Director
Group Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Chief Executive Officer of Sun Hung Kai Financial Limited
William Leung Wing-Cheung, BBS, JP, was appointed an Executive Director of the Company on 26 March 2012. He was appointed as Group Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Company and also Chief Executive Officer of Sun Hung Kai Financial Limited on 1 January 2012. Mr. Leung has over 30 years of experience in the banking and financial services industry. He joined Hang Seng Bank Limited ("HS Bank") in 1994 as Assistant General Manager and Head of Credit Card Centre until his resignation in August 2011 with HS Bank as Executive Director and Head of Personal Banking. Prior to joining HS Bank, he had worked with American Express International Inc., Standard Chartered Bank in Hong Kong, Visa International and MasterCard International in Sydney. Mr. Leung is also involved with a number of Government and industry committees and non-profit organisations in Hong Kong, including being Vice-Chairman of the Estate Agents Authority and the Employees Retraining Board, Treasurer of Council of the Hong Kong Baptist University and Concerted Efforts Resource Centre, Chairman of Council of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and the Hong Kong Creative Arts Centre Limited, and a member of the Consultation Panel of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority and the Digital 21 Strategy Advisory Committee. Mr. Leung was educated at the Hong Kong Baptist University and obtained a Diploma of Arts in English Language and Literature in 1978. He was appointed Justice of the Peace in July 2005 and honoured with a Bronze Bauhinia Star by the HKSAR Government in July 2009.
Joseph TONG Tang
Executive Director
Chief Executive Officer, Capital Markets & Institutional Brokerage, Sun Hung Kai Financial Limited
Joseph Tong Tang was appointed the Chief Executive Officer, Capital Markets & Institutional Brokerage of the Company on 10 February 2012. Prior to this appointment, he was Chief Executive Officer, Wealth Management, Brokerage & Capital Markets for more than five years. He joined the Company as Executive Director on 4 December 2003 and was the Group Chief Operating Officer from 1 December 2004 to 31 December 2006. With over 27 years of experience in the financial services industry, he previously held senior positions with a number of international banks and financial institutions, including ABN AMRO Bank, CCIC Finance Limited, Bain & Co. Securities Limited and Bali International Finance Limited. Mr. Tong has a Bachelor's Degree in Social Sciences from the University of Hong Kong and a Master's Degree in Business Administration from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and is a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.
Peter Anthony CURRY
Executive Director
Group Chief Financial Officer
Peter Anthony Curry, was appointed Executive Director of the Company on 1 January 2011. He joined the Company as the Group Chief Financial Officer in November 2010. With over 36 years of business experience, he worked as Tax Partner in Peat Marwick Mitchell (now known as "KPMG") and thereafter in different listed and unlisted companies in Australia as executive director or managing director specialising in natural resources, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions. He has extensive experience in public and private capital raising, initial public offering related services and corporate and financial advisory services. Graduated from the University of New South Wales with a Bachelor Degree of Commerce and later a Bachelor Degree of Laws, Mr. Curry is a chartered accountant and a barrister (non-practising) in Australia.
GOH Joo Chuan
Non-Executive Director
Goh Joo Chuan, was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the Company on 19 November 2009. Mr. Goh graduated from the University of Chicago where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts with Honors and Master of Arts in International Finance. Mr. Goh joined the Dubai Group as its Chief Investment Officer in November 2008 and is now head of Treasury for Dubai Holdings. According to the information available to the Company, Dubai Ventures L.L.C and Dubai Ventures Group Limited, both subsidiaries of the Dubai Group, together own approximately 7.84% of the issued share capital of the Company. Mr. Goh has over 27 years of experience in several major areas of the banking industry, including management of financial institutions, consumer banking, Islamic banking, treasury management, risk management, e-commerce, structuring, sales, distribution and trading, change management, and private equity work. He was key to managing Citibank's Asian exposure during the Asian Crisis. Prior to joining the Dubai Group, Mr. Goh was the Director of Treasury for Guangdong Development Bank, China. Mr. Goh has served with several leading regional and international institutions including the Saudi American Bank and Samba Group in Riyadh, Citibank, Chase Manhattan Bank and The Monetary Authority of Singapore. Mr. Goh is currently on the board of Oman National Investment Corporation Holding, a company listed on the Muscat SM Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange. He is also a director of Dubai Ventures Group Sdn. Bhd., Sino Emirates Chemicals Ltd and Tael One Partners Ltd.
MING Cheng
Non-Executive Director
Ming Cheng, was appointed a Non-Executive Director of the Company on 27 July 2009. Mr. Ming holds a Master's Degree in Science with honours from the South of China Normal University in Guangzhou. Mr. Ming is currently a director of Goldlex Limted. Effective April 2009, he was appointed managing director of Primus Financial Holdings Limited with overall management responsibility for all financial functions of this asset management company. From February 2004 to 2009, Mr. Ming was the chief financial officer of Paragon International Inc., which runs 20 hotels located through the U.S. and a real estate investment portfolio. Prior to that, Mr. Ming served in a number of commercial enterprises including Aster Gem & Jewelry, ONDA Technologies Inc. and Guangzhou Foreign Capital Enterprises Material Import & Export Company.
Roy KUAN
Non-Executive Director
Roy Kuan, was appointed an alternate to Mr. Ho Chi Kit on 13th July, 2010 and is re-designated as a Non-Executive Director of the Company with effect from 1 January 2011. Mr. Kuan holds a BA from Georgetown University and an MBA from the Wharton School University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Kuan is a Managing Partner and Head of Asia of CVC Asia Pacific Ltd ("CVC AP") As at 26 March 2012, Asia Financial Services Company Limited holds 341,600,000 shares of the Company and the Warrants. Mr. Kuan has worked at CVC AP and its predecessor firms since 1996. Over that period, he has completed or signed 27 investments in Greater China, Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia. He served on the board of directors in 17 of these companies. Mr. Kuan was a director of Zhuhai Zhongfu from 8 November 2007 to 20 October 2008. Since 1 April 2010, Mr. Kuan had served as a Commissioner of PT Matahari Department Stores Tbk in Indonesia.
HO Chi Kit
Alternate Director to Roy KUAN
Ho Chi Kit, was appointed a Non-Executive Director of the Company on 13th July 2010 and re-designated as an alternate Director to Mr. Roy Kuan with effect from 1 January 2011. Mr. Ho holds a B.S. (Honours) in Computer Science from the University of Manitoba and an M.B.A. from the University of British Columbia. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst. Mr. Ho is a Partner of CVC AP. As at 26 March 2012, Asia Financial Services Company Limited holds 341,600,000 shares of the Company and the Warrants. Mr. Ho has been with CVC AP since
1999 and is currently responsible for CVC Capital Partners' investment activities in Hong Kong and Mainland China. Prior to CVC AP, Mr. Ho was an investment director of Citicorp Everbright China Fund where he actively led the fund's investments in China. Prior to that, he was the associate investment director of Citicorp Capital Asia Limited and assisted in building a regional investment portfolio for Citicorp in Asia. He was previously a non-executive director of Hung Hing Printing Group Limited until August 2011. Mr. Ho is currently the vice chairman of Zhuhai Zhongfu. He is also a director of two of the Group's subsidiaries.
LEUNG Pak To
Non-Executive Director
Leung Pak To, was appointed a Non-Executive Director of the Company on 13 July 2010. Mr. Leung holds an MBA and an undergraduate degree from the University of Toronto in Canada. Mr. Leung is currently a Managing Partner and the Chairman (Greater China) of CVC Asia Pacific Ltd, the adviser to the investment funds which ultimately own Asia Financial Services Company Limited ("AFSCL"). AFSCL currently holds (i) the Mandatory Convertible Notes and (ii) the Warrants. Mr. Leung has over 30 years of experience in investment banking, in particular, the field of corporate finance involving capital raising, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring and reorganisation, investments and other general finance advisory activities in Hong Kong and Mainland China. At present, Mr. Leung is the Chairman of Luminary Capital Limited, a non-executive director and the Chairman of Imagi International Holdings Limited and an independent non-executive director of Shanghai Industrial Holdings Limited, both are listed on the Stock Exchange. Mr. Leung was previously a non-executive director of Zhuhai Zhongfu Enterprise Co., Ltd., a company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange and the Chairman of Citigroup Global Markets in Asia. Prior to Citigroup, he was Chief Executive and Vice Chairman of BNP Paribas Peregrine Ltd.
David Craig BARTLETT
Independent Non-Executive Director
David Craig Bartlett, was appointed an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company on 26 November 1999. Mr. Bartlett graduated with honours in law from Exeter University in the U.K. in 1988 and subsequently qualified as a solicitor in England & Wales, The Republic of Ireland and HKSAR. A former partner of the international law firm Clyde & Co., he regularly acted for and advised the Company and its subsidiaries before leaving private practice for a career in the industry. Now based primarily in Europe, he is also an independent non-executive director of both AGL and APL, holding company of the Company.
Alan Stephen JONES
Independent Non-Executive Director
Alan Stephen Jones, was appointed an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company on 3 January 2006. Mr. Jones, a chartered accountant, has extensive experience in management, administration, accounting, property development, carpark management, finance and trading, and has been involved in successful mergers and acquisitions of a number of public companies in Australia and internationally. He is also an independent non-executive director of each of AGL and APL, the holding companies of the Company, and the shares of which are listed on the Stock Exchange. Mr. Jones is also a non-executive director of Mount Gibson and a non-executive chairman of Air Change International Limited (formerly known as IFC Capital Limited), both are listed on the ASX, as well as a non-executive director of Mulpha Australia Limited. He was previously an independent non-executive director of APAC Resources Limited.
Carlisle Caldow PROCTER
Independent Non-Executive Director
Carlisle Caldow Procter, was appointed an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company on 30 September 2004. Mr. Procter graduated from the University of Sydney, Australia with a Bachelor's Degree and a Master's Degree in Economics. He is a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FFin.). Based in Australia, Mr. Procter worked at the Reserve Bank of Australia for over 30 years, holding various senior management positions. Since leaving the Bank, he has worked as a consultant to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and has also undertaken private consulting work in the Philippines, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea in the areas of bank supervision, anti-money laundering and corporate governance respectively. Mr. Procter is currently a non-executive director of Bank South Pacific Limited, a company listed on the Port Moresby Stock Exchange, a non-executive director of Tanami Gold NL, a company listed on the ASX, and an independent non-executive director of Allied Overseas Limited, a company listed on the Stock Exchange.
Peter WONG Man Kong, J.P.
Independent Non-Executive Director
Peter Wong Man Kong, JP, was appointed an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company on 30 May 2001. Mr. Wong graduated from the University of California at Berkeley, U.S.A. with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering (Naval Architecture). He is the chairman of M.K. Corporation Limited and North West Development Limited. He is also a non-executive director of Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Company Limited and New Times Group Holdings Limited, an independent non-executive director of China Travel International Investment Hong Kong Limited, Far East Consortium International Limited, Glorious Sun Enterprises Limited, Chinney Investments, Limited and Sino Hotels (Holdings) Limited, all being companies listed on the Stock Exchange. Mr. Wong is a Deputy of the 11th National People's Congress of the P.R.C.
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