Annual Report 2019

Directors and Senior Management 78 CHINA MERCHANTS PORT HOLDINGS COMPANY LIMITED Mr. Kut Ying Hay aged 64, is a retired solicitor and a retired notary public in Hong Kong and had been in practice in the name of Kut & Co. for more than 25 years. He obtained qualification as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales, the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia, and the Supreme Court of Singapore, and as an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Arbitrators and the Institute of Arbitrators, Australia. He was appointed by the Hong Kong Government as a member of the Board of Review for the period from 1995 to 1998. He has also been appointed by the Ministry of Justice of the PRC as a China Appointed Attesting Officer. Mr. Kut was formerly an Independent Non-executive Director of publicly- listed China Merchants China Direct Investments Limited from June 1993 to October 2011. He was appointed to the Board of Directors as Independent Non-executive Director on 6 June 1992. He is also the chairman of the nomination committee and a member of the audit committee and the remuneration committee of the Company. Mr. Lee Yip Wah Peter aged 77, is a retired solicitor. Following the delisting of shares of Sinotrans Shipping Limited on 16 January 2019, he ceased to act as Independent Non-Executive director of Sinotrans Shipping Limited on the same day. He is an Independent Non- executive Director of SHK Hong Kong Industries Limited, shares of which is listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. He was appointed to the Board of Directors as Independent Non-executive Director on 20 June 2001. Mr. Li Ka Fai David aged 64, was the deputy managing partner of Li, Tang, Chen & Co. CPA (Practising) till 31 December 2019 and thereafter, he is the senior auditor of SHINEWING (HK) CPA Limited. He is also a fellow of The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, UK. He is an Independent Non-executive Director and Chairman of audit committee, member of remuneration committee and member of nomination committee of China- Hongkong Photo Products Holdings Limited, an Independent Non-executive Director, Chairman of audit committee, member of remuneration committee and member of nomination committee of Cosmopolitan International Holdings Limited, an Independent Non-executive Director, Chairman of audit committee, member of remuneration committee and member of nomination committee of Goldlion Holdings Limited, an Independent Non-executive Director and Chairman of audit committee of Shanghai Industrial Urban Development Group Limited, an Independent Non-executive Director, member of audit committee and member of remuneration committee of AVIC International Holding (HK) Limited, and an Independent Non-executive Director and Chairman of audit committee of Wai Yuen Tong Medicine Holdings Limited, an Independent Non-executive Director and Chairman of audit committee, Chairman of remuneration committee and member of nomination committee of CR Construction Group Holdings Limited, shares of the above seven companies are listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. He was appointed to the Board of Directors as Independent Non-executive Director on 1 June 2007. He is also the chairman of the remuneration committee and a member of the audit committee and the nomination committee of the Company.