Mr. Au, aged 76, has been the Chairman and Non-Executive Director of the Manager since 2010. Mr. Au was an executive director and the Chief Financial Officer of Henderson Land Development Company Limited ("HLD") from December 2005 to June 2011. In July 2011, he stepped down from the position of Chief Financial Officer and was re-designated as a non-executive director of HLD. He was further re-designated in December 2012 as an independent non-executive director of HLD until his retirement in June 2015. In December 2018, Mr. Au rejoined HLD as an independent non-executive director. Currently, Mr. Au is also an independent non-executive director of Henderson Investment Limited, Miramar Hotel and Investment Company, Limited and Wharf Real Estate Investment Company Limited, and a non-executive director of Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Company Limited, the shares of all of which are listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.
A banker by profession, Mr. Au was the Chief Executive Officer of Hang Seng Bank Limited from October 1993 to March 1998 and of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited in Singapore from September 1998 to April 2002. Mr. Au previously served as an independent non-executive director of The Wharf (Holdings) Limited and was formerly a non-executive director of a number of leading companies including The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, MTR Corporation Limited and Hang Lung Group Limited. An accountant by training, Mr. Au is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Mr. Wu, aged 59, has been the Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director and a responsible officer of the Manager since 2006. He has over 30 years of experience encompassing the fields of property investment, corporate finance, asset management and investment research.
From 1997 to 2005, Mr. Wu was an executive director of a listed company engaged in property development and investment. Prior to this appointment, he worked in the banking industry and held senior research and asset management positions with several international financial institutions in Hong Kong.
Mr. Wu holds a Master of Science degree in Engineering-Economic Systems (since renamed Management Science and Engineering) from Stanford University in the United States and a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and Statistics (High Distinction) from the University of Toronto in Canada. He is a fellow of The Hong Kong Institute of Directors.
Mr. Kwok, aged 70, has been a Non-Executive Director of the Manager since 2006. He has also been an executive director of Henderson Land Development Company Limited ("HLD"), a company listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, since December 1993.
Mr. Kwok holds a Bachelor of Science (Engineering) (Civil Engineering Group) Honours degree from the University of London, a Master of Science degree in Administrative Sciences from Cass Business School, City, University of London as well as a Post-graduate Diploma in Surveying (Real Estate Development) from The University of Hong Kong. He is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors as well as an Associate of The Chartered Institute of Bankers of the United Kingdom. He had previously been a Part-time Lecturer for the MBA programme of The University of Hong Kong and presently serves as an Adjunct Professor of the Department of Real Estate and Construction, Faculty of Architecture of The University of Hong Kong.
Mr. Kwok has over 30 years of experience in the finance and business management areas which include responsibilities in the corporate investment, finance and treasury as well as project management activities of the HLD group of companies since 1987, including group re-organization, privatization proposals and corporate acquisitions.
Mr. Kwan, aged 73, has been an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Manager since 2006. He previously worked for Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. and was the president for its Asia Pacific region. He is presently the Managing Director of Morrison & Company Limited, a business consultancy firm. He is also the chairman of the board of G.T. Land Holdings Limited, a commercial property company in the People’s Republic of China.
Mr. Kwan is an independent non-executive director of Win Hanverky Holdings Limited, Greenland Hong Kong Holdings Limited and CK Life Sciences Int’l., (Holdings) Inc., HK Electric Investments Manager Limited in its capacity as the trustee-manager of HK Electric Investments and HK Electric Investments Limited, all of which are companies/trust listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Stock Exchange”). Mr. Kwan was a non-executive director of China Properties Group Limited (which was delisted from the Stock Exchange); and an independent non-executive director of Beijing Energy International Holding Co., Ltd. (a company listed on the Stock Exchange).
Mr. Kwan holds a Bachelor of Accountancy (Honours) degree from the University of Singapore (since renamed National University of Singapore). He is also a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and The Hong Kong Institute of Directors. He completed the Stanford Executive Program in 1992.
Dr. Tse, aged 66, has been an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Manager since 2006. He is currently a Principal Lecturer and Programme Director, Faculty of Business and Economics of The University of Hong Kong.
Dr. Tse has published widely on the subject of real estate finance and economics, financial regulations and capital markets and investments. He is a director of HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education and a member of the CFP Examination Committee. Dr. Tse is also an Ex Officio member of the Executive Committee of the New Territories Heung Yee Kuk and a Justice of the Peace.
Dr. Tse was an independent non-executive director of GTI Holdings Limited (which was delisted from The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Stock Exchange”)). He was also an independent non-executive director of China Bozza Development Holdings Limited and Wing Lee Property Investments Limited, both of which are listed companies on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange.
Dr. Tse holds a Ph.D. in Finance from Michigan State University in the United States. He is an associate of the Society of Actuaries and a member of The Hong Kong Institute of Directors.
Mr. Kwok, aged 60, has been an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Manager since 2016. Mr. Kwok holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Cambridge. He had been working in the banking industry since 1989 and has over 30 years of experience in corporate finance and investment and commercial banking in Hong Kong and in Asia. Prior to his retirement from the banking business in October 2015, he had held senior positions in a number of international financial institutions, including Credit Suisse and Standard Chartered Bank.
Mr. Kwok is an independent non-executive director of Yixin Group Limited and SF REIT Asset Management Limited, the manager of SF Real Estate Investment Trust, which are company/real estate investment trust listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited respectively. He is a fellow of The Hong Kong Institute of Directors.
Ms. Zee, aged 56, has almost 20 years of experience in investment banking and corporate finance, and held various senior positions including Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Haitong International Capital Limited from 2013 to 2019.
Ms. Zee is an independent non-executive director of China South City Holdings Limited, a company listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.
Ms. Zee currently holds various positions in public service, including a member of Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Advisory Committee, University Grants Committee, Innovation and Technology Venture Fund Advisory Committee and the Chinese Medicine Council of Hong Kong. She was previously a member of as well as chairperson of the investment committee of the Hong Kong Deposit Protection Board and a member each of Cyberport Advisory Panel, Police Children’s Education Trust Investment Advisory Board and Police Education and Welfare Trust Investment Advisory Board.
Ms. Zee holds a Bachelor of Science, Business Administration degree from University of California, Berkeley, and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.