Board of Directors

Mr. Sam Nickolas David Hing Cheong

Executive Director and the Vice Chairman

Mr. Sam Nickolas David Hing Cheong, aged 39, was appointed as an Executive Director and the Vice Chairman of the Company in April 2021. He is also a member of the Company’s Remuneration Committee, Nomination Committee and Share Repurchase Committee. Mr. Sam holds a Bachelor of Laws with Honours and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Waikato, New Zealand. Mr. Sam is admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales, the British Virgin Islands, New Zealand, and also as an attorney in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Mr. Sam is presently a senior registered foreign lawyer at Hauzen LLP, a specialist corporate law firm. Mr. Sam is also a non-executive director of Oshidori International Holdings Limited (622.HK) (“Oshidori”), a company listed on the Stock Exchange which is a substantial shareholder of the Company. Mr. Sam was previously the chairman of Oshidori between 28 January 2019 to 5 June 2020; the acting chairman of Oshidori from 5 April 2017 to 28 January 2019; and the chief executive officer of Oshidori from 27 March 2012 to 6 April 2017. Mr. Sam was re-designated from an executive director and the chairman of Oshidori to a non-executive director on 5 June 2020.

Mr. Lau Tom Ko Yuen

Executive Director and Vice Chairman, China

Mr Lau Tom Ko Yuen, aged 69, is an executive Director and the Vice Chairman, China of the Company. He is also a director of various subsidiaries of the Company. Mr. Lau has over 40 years of international corporate development and management experience in infrastructure developments as well as construction and engineering services involving road, rail, port, power, telecommunications, mining and resources sectors in the Asia Pacific Region. He joined the Group as an Executive Director in 1993 and was appointed as the deputy Chairman in 1995. He was also appointed as the Managing Director of the Company in 2005 and had been redesignated from deputy Chairman to the Chairman since 26 September 2011. He had been redesignated from the Chairman and the Managing Director to the Chairman since 18 January 2021. In April 2020, Mr. Lau was redesignated to an Executive Director and the Vice Chairman, China of the Company. He is also the deputy chairman and a non-executive director of Prosperity Investment Holdings Limited (310.HK).

Mr. Marc Andreas Tschirner

Executive Director and Managing Director

Mr. Marc Andreas Tschirner, aged 49, was appointed as an Executive Director and the Managing Director of the Company in January 2021. He is also a member of the Company’s Remuneration Committee, Corporate Governance and Compliance Committee and Share Repurchase Committee. He graduated from University of Konstanz with a Master Degree in Law in 1998. Mr. Tschirner was admitted to the German Bar in 2002, all Higher German Regional Courts in 2007 and as a registered foreign lawyer in Hong Kong in 2018. He worked as a director at Roedl & Partner Limited from 2017 until 2019 and most recently as external chief representative. Mr. Tschirner is also a registered foreign lawyer at Lee Law Firm, Hong Kong since July 2020. Before he worked as a registered foreign lawyer at Shum & Co. Solicitors and Roedl & Partner. Previously, Mr. Tschirner also worked for Arthur Andersen in Zurich and Ernst & Young in Zurich with a primary focus in tax law. In addition, between 2004 and 2008, Mr. Tschirner held a position as vice president at Credit Suisse Group, Zurich. Between 2008 and 2015, Mr. Tschirner was an executive director at Bank Julius Baer, Zurich. Between 2016 and 2017, Mr. Tschirner was a director at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Hong Kong. During the period from 21 July 2020 to 8 January 2021, he was an executive director and group chief operating officer of Esprit Holdings Limited (330.HK).

Mr. Au Wai June

Executive Director

Mr. Au Wai June, aged 57, was appointed as an Executive Director of the Company in January 2021. He is also a member of the Company’s Nomination Committee, Corporate Governance and Compliance Committee and Share Repurchase Committee. He graduated from University of Windsor, Canada with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Mr. Au was the managing director of a telecommunication equipment manufacturing and trading company with more than 16 years of experience and extensive knowledge in product development, purchasing, production, business administration and merchandising of both the People’s Republic of China and overseas market. During the period from May 2019 to August 2020, Mr. Au was an executive director of Celebrate International Holdings Limited (8212.HK) which was delisted from the GEM Board of the Stock Exchange on 8 July 2020.

Mr. Kwong Kai Sing, Benny

Non-Executive Director and Non-Executive Chairman

Mr. Kwong Kai Sing, Benny, aged 62, joined the Group in February 2021 as the Non-executive Director and was also appointed as the Non-executive Chairman of the Company in April 2021. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Arts from Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada. Mr. Kwong held senior positions with major international banks in Hong Kong in respective lending departments and China department and has served as executive director of various listed companies in Hong Kong. Mr. Kwong has extensive experience and knowledge in banking and financial services industry. Mr. Kwong was an appointed member of the China People’s Political Consultative Conference of the Hubei Province and Zhaoqing City of the Guangdong Province. He is the Audit Committee member of Tung Wah College since 2013 and was the Hospital Governing Committee member of Tai Po Hospital from 2012 to 31 March 2021. He is currently an executive director of Tai United Holdings Limited (0718.HK), a company listed on the Stock Exchange since April 2018. He was an independent non-executive director of Planetree International Development Limited (0613.HK), a company listed on the Stock Exchange, from April 2019 to April 2020 and became a non- executive director from April 2020 to 17 February 2021. He was an executive director of GT Group Holdings Limited (0263.HK), a company listed on the Stock Exchange, from September 2017 to April 2018.

Mr. Ma Ka Ki

Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr. Ma Ka Ki, aged 40, was appointed as an independent non-executive director of the Company in February 2021. He is also the chairman of each of the Company’s Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee, Nomination Committee, Corporate Governance and Compliance Committee and Share Repurchase Committee. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Information System with merit from the University of New South Wales, Australia. Mr. Ma is a member of both the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales. He is also a member of both the Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries and the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (now known as The Chartered Governance Institute). He has over 10 years of experience in auditing and accounting sectors and has extensive experience in financial and corporate secretarial services. During the period from March 2018 to July 2020, Mr. Ma was an independent non-executive director of Celebrate International Holdings Limited (8212.HK) which was delisted from the GEM Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited on 8 July 2020. During the period from June 2016 to June 2018, Mr. Ma was an independent non-executive director of Oshidori International Holdings Limited (previously Enerchina Holdings Limited) (622.HK).

Mr. William Nicholas Giles

Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr. William Nicholas Giles, aged 58, was appointed as an independent non-executive director of the Company in February 2021. He is also a member of the Company’s Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee, Nomination Committee, Corporate Governance and Compliance Committee and Share Repurchase Committee. He holds a Bachelor of Laws degree (Hons) from The University of Sheffield. Mr. Giles was admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales in 1987 and in Hong Kong in 1990. Mr. Giles is a partner of Hart Giles, Solicitors & Notaries. Mr. Giles has over thirty years of extensive experience in practising law as a specialist in large-scale commercial litigation, insolvency work, restructuring and regulatory investigations. Mr. Giles has acted in numerous cases in the High Court and Court of Appeal concerning civil fraud, white-collar crime, financial services, employment, commercial contracts and shareholder disputes. Mr. Giles has also acted as liquidator of more than 70 companies. Mr. Giles is currently the independent non-executive director of Esprit Holdings Limited, (330.HK).

Mr. Leung Chung Ki

Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr Leung Chung Ki, aged 63, was appointed as an independent non-executive director of the Company in June 2018. He is also a member of the Company’s Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee, Nomination Committee and Corporate Governance and Compliance Committee. Mr Leung holds a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and a Master Degree in Business Administration from the De Paul University in the United States of America. Mr Leung has over 20 years of experience in banking industry. He is also an independent non-executive director of China Dili Group (1387.HK).

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