Annual Report 2019

ANNUAL REPORT 2019 27 PROFILE OF DIRECTORS AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT MR. DENNIS CHIU, B.A. (Executive Director) Mr. CHIU, aged 60, was appointed as an Executive Director of Far East Consortium Limited (the predecessor of the Company) in 1978. He has been actively involved in the business development in the Mainland China, Singapore and Malaysia. He is also a director of various Subsidiaries. Mr. CHIU is elected as the chairman of Federation of Hong Kong Business Worldwide of 45 Hong Kong Business Associations in 34 countries and regions with over 13,000 individual associates; and the chairman of Hong Kong Singapore Business Association (“HSBA”) in 2018. He was the president of HSBA from 2014 to 2018. In addition, he is a patron and Adviser of Ayer Rajah Single Member Constituency, West Coast Group Representation Constituency Singapore; and governor of Harrow International School Bangkok since 2004. He was also involved in other charitable organizations, including Yan Chai Hospital and Ju Ching Chu English College Limited, previously. Mr. CHIU was a director of AGORA Hospitality Group Co., Ltd., a company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, until March 2017. He is the brother of Tan Sri Dato’ David CHIU (Executive Director of the Company) and the uncle of Ms. Wing Kwan Winnie CHIU (Executive Director of the Company) MR. CRAIG GRENFELL WILLIAMS, B.ENG. (CIVIL) (Executive Director) Mr. WILLIAMS, aged 67, was appointed as an Executive Director of the Company in 2000. He is responsible for all property developments in Australia. He resides in Melbourne, Australia. He holds a degree of Bachelor of Civil Engineering from Melbourne University. Before joining the Australian operations of the Company, he was a director of all development companies of the Lend Lease Group, Australia’s largest property developer. Mr. WILLIAMS has extensive experience in all facets of property development and is the past president of the St. Kilda Road Campaign Inc. He is also a director of various Subsidiaries. MS. WING KWAN WINNIE CHIU, B.Sc. (Executive Director) Ms. CHIU, aged 39, was appointed as an Executive Director of the Company in June 2019. She obtained a degree of Bachelor of Science in Business Management in King’s College London, University of London in 2003. She became honorary fellowships of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and Vocational Training Council in 2017. She was appointed as Justice of the Peace of the HKSAR in July 2016. She has also served as a committee member in some government committees including Betting and Lotteries Commission since August 2017 and the Business Facilitation Advisory Committee since July 2018. She is a council member of The Better Hong Kong Foundation since 2012; a member of the committee of overseers of Wu Yee Sun College of the Chinese University of Hong Kong since August 2016; an advisor of Our Hong Kong Foundation since January 2018; a board member of the Community Chest since June 2018; a primary company representative of Dorsett at Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce since June 2018; an honorary vice president of GHM (Guangdong Hong Kong Macao) Hotel General Managers Society since February 2019; a board member of YPO Hong Kong Chapter, and a member of Hong Kong – Japan Business Co-operation Committee. Ms. CHIU is a director of Asian Youth Orchestra Limited since December 2011; the vice chairperson of THE FRIENDS of the Hong Kong Arts Centre since July 2015; a development committee member of Hong Kong Arts Festival Society Limited since April 2016; the chairman of Hong Kong Art School Council since September 2016; a member of Hong Kong Arts Development Council since January 2017; the joint president of the Society of the Academy for Performing Arts since 2018; a member of discipline advisory board of Vocational Training Council; a director of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Society Ltd.; a member of the Hong Kong Art School Council from November 2013 to October 2016, and a member of the Hong Kong Arts Centre from December 2013 to November 2016.