

Annual Report 2015
二零一五年年報
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Directors and Senior Management
董事及高級管理層
Directors (continued)
Independent Non-executive Directors (continued)
Mr. CHAU Tak Hay
, aged 73, was appointed a Director of the Company on 1
September 2009. He was the non-executive Chairman of the board of directors
of the Company from 1998 to 2002. Mr. CHAU graduated from The University
of Hong Kong in 1967. He served in the Hong Kong Government from 1967
to 2002. Between 1988 and 2002, Mr. CHAU served in a number of principal
official positions in the Government, including Secretary for Trade and Industry,
Secretary for Commerce and Industry, Secretary for Broadcasting, Culture
and Sport, and Secretary for Health and Welfare. Following his departure
from the Government, Mr. CHAU was an independent non-executive director
of the Hong Kong Main Board listed China Life Insurance Company Limited
from 2003 to 2009. He has been an independent non-executive director of
the Hong Kong Main Board listed SJM Holdings Limited since 2008; and
Wheelock & Company Limited since 2012. Mr. Chau was awarded the Gold
Bauhinia Star by the Hong Kong Government in 2002.
Mr. CHUNG Wai Kwok, Jimmy
, aged 66, was appointed a Director on 11
May 2007. He has over 21 years of experience in financial advisory, taxation
and management. He was a partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers and retired in
June 2005. In October 2005, he joined a professional consulting firm, Russell
Bedford Hong Kong Limited, as Director-Tax & Business Advisory. Mr. CHUNG
is a member of Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the
Taxation Institution of Hong Kong and the Association of Chartered Certified
Accountants (ACCA). He was the President of the Hong Kong branch of ACCA
for the year 2005/06. He is currently also an Independent Non-executive
Director and Chairman of the audit committee of Lee Kee Holdings Limited
(listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited) and China World Trade
Center Company Limited (listed on The Shanghai Stock Exchange).
董事(續)
獨立非執行董事(續)
周德熙先生
,七十三歲,於二零零九年九月一日獲委任為本
公司董事。周先生於一九九八年至二零零二年間為本公司董
事會的非執行主席。周先生於一九六七年畢業於香港大學,
於一九六七年至二零零二年間服務於香港政府,於一九八八
年至二零零二年間曾擔當多個香港政府主要官員職位,包括
工商局局長、文康廣播局局長及衛生福利局局長。在退任政
府職務後,周先生於二零零三年至二零零九年間擔任香港主
板上市公司中國人壽保險股份有限公司的獨立非執行董事,
自二零零八年起一直擔任香港主板上市公司澳門博彩控股有
限公司的獨立非執行董事,以及自二零一二年起擔任會德豐
有限公司的獨立非執行董事。周先生於二零零二年獲香港政
府頒授金紫荊星章。
鍾維國先生
,六十六歲,於二零零七年五月十一日獲委任為
董事。鍾先生在財務顧問、稅務及管理方面累積逾二十一年
經驗。鍾先生曾為羅兵咸永道會計師事務所的合夥人,並於
二零零五年六月退休。其後,鍾先生於二零零五年十月加入
專業顧問公司
Russell Bedford Hong Kong Limited
,擔任稅務
及業務顧問總監。鍾先生為香港會計師公會會員、香港稅務
學會會員及英國特許公認會計師公會會員,並於二零零五年
至二零零六年間,擔任英國特許公認會計師公會香港分會主
席。鍾先生現為利記控股有限公司(在香港聯合交易所有限
公司上市)及中國國際貿易中心股份有限公司(在上海證券交
易所上市)的獨立非執行董事及審核委員會主席。