Annual Report 2020

China Merchants China Direct Investments Limited Annual Report 2020 44 DIRECTORS’ REPORT (CONTINUED) BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS OF DIRECTORS AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED) Ms. KAN Ka Yee, Elizabeth, aged 63, was appointed as an Executive Director of the Company on 24 April 2020. She was the Alternate Director to Mr. CHU Lap Lik, Victor from May 1999 to April 2020. She is Managing Director of First Eastern Investment Group with which she is a founding member since its establishment in 1988. She serves on boards of various companies which include Camper & Nicholsons Marina Investments Limited, Sustainable Development Capital (Asia) Limited and Grand Harbour Marina PLC, a company listed on the Malta Stock Exchange. Ms. KAN was Deputy Managing Director and a Director of the Investment Manager from 1993 to 2006. She was re- appointed as a Director of the Investment Manager in October 2017. Ms. KAN is licensed with the Securities and Futures Commission in Hong Kong. She is a Certified Public Accountant (U.S.A.) and a Fellow Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Ms. KAN is also a Member of the Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute and a Fellow Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors. She began her professional career with the Hong Kong office of Arthur Andersen & Co. in the area of audit and business advisory services. Ms. KAN obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and Accounting and Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA. Mr. CHU Lap Lik, Victor (alternate to Ms. KAN Ka Yee, Elizabeth), aged 63, was appointed as Alternate Director of the Company on 24 April 2020. He was an Executive Director of the Company from June 1993 to April 2020 and currently holds directorship in the Investment Manager. He is also Chairman of First Eastern Investment Group which is a pioneer of private equity investments in the PRC. Mr. CHU is currently Chairman of the Hong Kong-Europe Business Council as well as Chairman of the Hong Kong-United States Business Council. He has formerly served on the Central Policy Unit of the Hong Kong Government, the Council of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the Takeovers and Mergers Panel and the Advisory Committee of the Securities and Futures Commission. Outside of Hong Kong, Mr. CHU was a Foundation Board Member (Trustee) of the World Economic Forum in Geneva from 2003 to 2015 and currently co-chairs the Forum’s International Business Council. He is a Director of Grand Harbour Marina PLC, a company listed on the Malta Stock Exchange, and Airbus SE, a company listed on the major European stock exchanges. Mr. CHU took his law degree at University College London where he is now Chairman of the University’s governing council.