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Directors and Senior Management
董事及高級管理人員
Directors (continued)
Independent Non-executive Directors (continued)
Mr. CHAU Tak Hay
, aged 74, 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 67, was appointed a Director on 11
May 2007. He has over 22 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 (now known as Russell Bedford Hong Kong), 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).
Mr. HO Lap Kee, Sunny
,
J.P.
, aged 56, was appointed a Director on 13 May
2005. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from The University of Hong Kong. Mr.
HO is the Executive Director of the Hong Kong Shippers’ Council. He has over
22 years’ experience in the Shipping and Logistics industry. As he now shapes
the thrust of the Shippers’ Council mandate as the voice of the Hong Kong
shippers, he has considerable experience in aspects of trade and transport
of goods. Prior to the Shippers’ Council, he was Deputy Managing Director of
Swire Shipping (Agencies) Limited and Taikoo Maritime Services Ltd, gaining
experience in liner shipping, warehousing and distribution, freight forwarding,
container haulage, mid-stream operations, China feeders, transport and
logistics services. Mr. HO is a member of the Logistics Development Council,
the Logistics Industry Training Advisory Committee, and the Town Planning
Board. He is also a member of the Transport & Shipping Committee of the
Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce and Logistics Services Advisory
Committee of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. He was appointed a
member of the Port Operations Committee and the Dangerous Goods Standing
Committee for several years and Chairman of the Hong Kong Liner Shipping
Association for 1993-1995. He is the current Chairman of Hong Kong Logistics
Management Staff Association, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics
& Transport in Hong Kong and its Immediate Past President, Advisor to the
China Council for the Promotion of International Trade of International Trade
Guangzhou Sub-Council, and the Shenzhen Ports & Harbour Association. Mr.
HO has been elected as a member of the Election Committee for the Chief
Executive in 2011 and 2016.
董事（續）
獨立非執行董事（續）
周德熙先生
，七十四歲，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，周先生於二零零三至二零零九年間擔任香港主版上
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版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
，六十七歲，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二十二
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
（現稱
Russell Bedford Hong Kong
），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）的獨立非
執行董事及審核委員會主席。
何立基先生
，
J.P.
，五十六歲，於二零零五年五月十三日獲
委任為董事。何先生持有香港大學學士學位。何先生為香港
付貨人委員會執行總幹事，擁有逾二十二年航運及物流行業
經驗。何先生擁有豐富的貿易及貨運經驗，以此推動香港付
貨人委員會成為代表香港付貨人的代言人。加入付貨人委員
會之前，何先生為太古船務（代理）有限公司及太古貨運有限
公司的副董事總經理，積累了定期班輪、倉儲配送、貨運代
理、拖運、中流作業、支線船、運輸及物流服務的經驗。何
先生現為物流發展局、物流業培訓諮詢委員會及城市規劃委
員會的成員，亦為香港總商會運輸及船務委員會和香港貿易
發展局物流服務諮詢委員會的成員。何先生曾擔任港口行動
事務委員會及危險品常務委員會委員多年，並於一九九三年
至一九九五年間出任香港定期班輪協會主席。何先生現為香
港物流管理人員協會理事長，香港運輸物流學會院士兼上屆
主席，中國國際貿易促進委員會廣州市分會顧問及深圳港口
協會顧問。何先生在二零一一年和二零一六年獲選為行政長
官選舉委員會委員。