Dr Chow Ming Kuen, Joseph OBE, JP
Chairman (Independent Non-Executive Director)

Dr Chow, aged 66, appointed as an independent non-executive director of the Company in September 2004 and took up the position of Chairman of the Company in July 2005. He is also the Chairman of the Company’s Remuneration Committee, Nomination Committee and Compliance Committee, a member of the Company’s Audit Committee and Share Repurchase Committee (alternate to Mr Chan Shu Kin), and an independent non-executive director of two subsidiaries of the Company. Dr Chow is a civil and structural engineer by profession. He is the Chairman of the Hong Kong Construction Workers Registration Authority, a member of Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference of Shanghai and a Hon. Senior Superintendent of the Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force. Dr Chow previously served as President of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, Chairman of Hong Kong Engineers’ Registration Board, Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital as well as the Hong Kong Country Club. He is currently Chairman of Joseph Chow & Partners Ltd., a firm of independent civil and structural consulting engineers. Dr Chow is also a non-executive director of Wheelock Properties Limited (00049.HK), and an independent non-executive director of Chevalier International Holdings Limited (00025.HK), Build King Holdings Limited (00240.HK) and Road King Infrastructure Limited (01098.HK).