Annual Report 2021

China Merchants China Direct Investments Limited Annual Report 2021 45 DIRECTORS’ REPORT (CONTINUED) BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS OF DIRECTORS AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED) Ms. KAN Ka Yee, Elizabeth, aged 64, has been an Executive Director of the Company since April 2020. She was the Alternate Director to Mr. CHU Lap Lik, Victor from May 1999 to April 2020. Ms. KAN was Deputy Managing Director and a Director of the Investment Manager from 1993 to 2006. She has been re-appointed as a Director of the Investment Manager since October 2017. Ms. KAN 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 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. 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. KE Shifeng, aged 56, has been a Non-executive Director of the Company since December 2009. He has 25 years investment experience. Between 1997 and 2011, Mr. KE was the senior portfolio manager for Martin Currie Investment Management Limited providing research and investment management services to its clients investing in the Greater China (including Taiwan) markets. Mr. KE and his team ran a range of China strategies, including the China Fund Inc. (CHN US, a NYSE listed company), Martin Currie China Hedge Fund, Taiwan Opportunities Fund and Martin Currie China A Share Fund with total assets under management reaching US$5.5 billion at the end of 2011. In November 2011, Mr. KE as a founding partner co-founded Open Door Group providing investment management services to foreign institutional clients investing in the Greater China area. In May 2017, Mr. KE with three senior investment analysts co-founded Hangzhou Heartland Investment Management Limited, an onshore investment management platform providing Renminbi investment management services to domestic high-net-worth clients and institutional investors investing in the Greater China area. Mr. KE holds a law degree from Renmin University of China and an MBA degree from The University of Edinburgh, UK.