Chairman
Dr Cheng Kar Shun, Henry
GBS
Dr Cheng (63) was appointed as Executive Director in March 2000 and became the Chairman in March 2001. He is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Company. Dr Cheng is the Managing Director of New World Development Company Limited, a substantial shareholder of the Company, the Chairman and Managing Director of New World China Land Limited and the Chairman of New World Department Store China Limited and International Entertainment Corporation as well as an independent non-executive director of HKR International Limited and a non-executive director of Lifestyle International Holdings Limited, all being listed public companies in Hong Kong. He had been the Chairman of New World Mobile Holdings Limited and Taifook Securities Group Limited (both being listed public companies in Hong Kong) during the last three years. In addition, Dr Cheng is also the Managing Director of New World Hotels (Holdings) Limited and a director of several substantial shareholders of the Company, namely Cheng Yu Tung Family (Holdings) Limited, Centennial Success Limited, Chow Tai Fook Enterprises Limited and Mombasa Limited. Dr Cheng is the Chairman of the Advisory Council for The Better Hong Kong Foundation and a Standing Committee Member of the Eleventh Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference of The People's Republic of China. In 2001, he was awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star by the Government of the HKSAR. Dr Cheng is the father of Mr Cheng Chi Ming, Brian, the brother-in-law of Mr Doo Wai Hoi, William and the uncle of Mr William Junior Guilherme Doo.
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Deputy
Chairman
Mr Doo Wai Hoi, William
JP
Mr Doo (65) was appointed as Executive Director in March 2000 and became the Deputy Chairman in January 2003. He was re-designated to non-executive director with effect from 8 October 2009. Mr Doo's corporate positions include: Vice Chairman of New World China Land Limited; Executive Director of Lifestyle International Holdings Limited and was appointed as an independent non-executive director of The Bank of East Asia, Limited on 10 January 2008, all being listed public companies in Hong Kong. Moreover, he had been the Vice Chairman of New World Mobile Holdings Limited and the Deputy Chairman of Taifook Securities Group Limited (both being listed public companies in Hong Kong) during the last three years. He is also a director of New World Hotels (Holdings) Limited and Fung Seng Diamond Company Limited. Mr Doo is a member of the Standing Committee of the Eleventh Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Shanghai and the Convener of the Shanghai Committee in Hong Kong and Macau. He has served as a Governor of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong since 1995. Mr Doo has been appointed as the Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of Morocco in Hong Kong in June 2005. In January 2008, he was awarded the Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur by the Republic of France. Mr Doo is the father of Mr William Junior Guilherme Doo, the brother-in-law of Dr Cheng Kar Shun, Henry and the uncle of Mr Cheng Chi Ming, Brian.
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Executive
Director
Mr Tsang Yam Pui
GBS, OBE, QPM, CPM
Mr Tsang (63) was appointed as Executive Director in June 2004 and is also a member of the Executive Committee and the Chairman of the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee of the Company. He was appointed as the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee of the Company on 15 October 2009. Mr Tsang is currently the Vice Chairman of New World First Bus Services Limited, New World First Bus Services (China) Limited, Citybus Limited, New World First Ferry Services Limited and New World First Ferry Services (Macau) Limited. He is also the Vice Chairman of China United International Rail Containers Co., Limited in Mainland China and a director of Mapletree Investments Pte Ltd in Singapore. Mr Tsang also serves as a member on the Audit Committee of the University of Hong Kong and a member of the Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital's Clinical Governance Committee. Prior to joining the Company, Mr Tsang had served with the Hong Kong Police Force for 38 years and retired from the Force as its Commissioner in December 2003. He has extensive experience in corporate leadership and public administration. Mr Tsang was awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star, the OBE, the Queen's Police Medal, the Colonial Police Medal for Meritorious Service, the Commissioner's Commendation, and the HKSAR Police Long Service Medal.
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Executive
Director
Mr Lam Wai Hon, Patrick
Mr Lam (47) was appointed as Executive Director in January 2003 and is also a member of each of the Executive Committee, the Remuneration Committee and the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee of the Company. He is also a non-executive director of Wai Kee Holdings Limited, a listed public company in Hong Kong, as well as the Assistant General Manager of New World Development Company Limited, a substantial shareholder of the Company. He is mainly responsible for overseeing the services business of the Group and managing the financial and human resources aspects of the Company. His area of responsibilities in New World Group includes property investment and development as well as service business. Mr Lam is also a director of Guangdong Baolihua New Energy Stock Co., Ltd., a listed company in the PRC. Moreover, he had been a non-executive director of Build King Holdings Limited and Taifook Securities Group Limited (both being listed public companies in Hong Kong) during the last three years. Mr Lam is a Chartered Accountant by training; a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, and the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario, Canada.
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Executive
Director
Mr Cheung Chin Cheung
Mr Cheung (53) was appointed as Executive Director in October 2003 and is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Company. He had been an executive director of the Company during the period from May 1998 to January 2003. Mr Cheung is also a director of NWS Infrastructure Management Limited, Sino-French Holdings (Hong Kong) Limited, Far East Landfill Technologies Limited and a number of companies in Mainland China. He is the Vice Chairman of Companhia de Electricidade de Macau - CEM, S.A. and the Managing Director of The Macao Water Supply Company Limited. He is mainly responsible for managing the infrastructure business of the Group. Mr Cheung had been a member of the Infrastructure Development Advisory Committee and the China Trade Advisory Committee of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. He has more than 18 years of experience in business development, investment and management in the infrastructure business in Mainland China. Mr Cheung is a member of the Hebei Province Committee of the Tenth Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference of The People's Republic of China.
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Executive
Director
Mr William Junior
Guilherme Doo
Mr Doo (36) was appointed as Director in December 2005 and is also a member of each of the Executive Committee and the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee of the Company. Mr Doo is a solicitor admitted in the HKSAR and is currently a non-practising solicitor in England and Wales. Before joining the Company, he had legal practice experience in one of the largest global law firms specializing in finance and corporate transactions. Since joining the Company in March 2003, Mr Doo has been acting as members of various management committees of the Group. His area of responsibilities includes managing ports investment and operations, and overseeing transport, logistics and water business. He is currently a member of the Beijing Committee of the Eleventh Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference of The People's Republic of China. Mr Doo is the son of Mr Doo Wai Hoi, William, the nephew of Dr Cheng Kar Shun, Henry and the cousin of Mr Cheng Chi Ming, Brian.
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Executive
Director
Mr Cheng Chi Ming, Brian
Mr Cheng (27) was appointed as Executive Director on 1 July 2009 and is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Company. He has been with the Company since January 2008 and is mainly responsible for overseeing the infrastructure business and the merger and acquisition affairs of the Group. Mr Cheng is a non-executive director of Taifook Securities Group Limited, a listed public company in Hong Kong. He is also a director of Sino-French Holdings (Hong Kong) Limited, Sino-French Energy Development Company Limited, The Macao Water Supply Company Limited and a director of a number of companies in Mainland China. Before joining the Company, Mr Cheng had been working as a research analyst in the Infrastructure and Conglomerates sector for CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets. Mr Cheng holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Babson College in Massachusetts, U.S.A. Mr Cheng is the son of Dr Cheng Kar Shun, Henry, the nephew of Mr Doo Wai Hoi, William and the cousin of Mr William Junior Guilherme Doo.
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Non-executive
Director
Mr Wilfried Ernst
Kaffenberger
Mr Kaffenberger (65) was appointed Non-executive Director in January 2003. He is an independent financial advisor. In June 2008, he completed his role as Chief Executive Officer of the AIG Asian Infrastructure Fund II ("the Fund"), a US$1.67 billion direct equity investment fund he organized in 1997. Prior to organizing the Fund, he was the Vice President, Operations, of the International Finance Corporation ("IFC"), a World Bank affiliate. His career at IFC covered 25 years. Mr Kaffenberger is, since August 2009, a director of AEI, a Houston, USA, based energy infrastructure company operating in Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe and Asia. Mr Kaffenberger is, with effect from September 2009, a director of the BAA Airports Limited, which owns and operates airports throughout the United Kingdom. Moreover, he had been a director of Hanaro Telecom, a listed company in Korea, during the last three years.
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Alternate
Director to Mr Wilfried Ernst Kaffenberger
Mr Yeung Kun Wah, David
Mr Yeung (59) was appointed as Alternate Director to Mr Wilfried Ernst Kaffenberger in January 2003. Mr Yeung is the President and Chief Executive Officer of AIG Capital Partners Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of AIG Investment Group ("AIGI"). He is concurrently the Managing Director and Head of AIGI's emerging markets infrastructure group. He represents AIG on AIG-sponsored emerging market infrastructure funds with total committed capital of US$4.7 billion and sits on the various Investment Committees of other AIG sponsored regional direct investment funds and on the board of various companies in AIG's investment portfolio. Mr Yeung is a U.S. Certified Public Accountant and a Canadian Chartered Accountant.
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Non-executive
Director
Mr To Hin Tsun, Gerald
Mr To (60) was appointed as Independent Non-executive Director in May 1998 and was re-designated to Non-executive Director in August 2002. Mr To has been a practising solicitor in Hong Kong since 1975. He is also qualified as a solicitor in the United Kingdom, as well as an advocate and solicitor in Singapore. He is currently the senior partner of Messrs T. S. Tong & Co., Solicitors and Notaries. Mr To is also a non-executive director of Mongolia Energy Corporation Limited, a company whose shares are listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. Mr To is also an executive director of International Entertainment Corporation, a company whose shares are listed on the Growth Enterprise Market of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. Moreover, he had been a director of New World Mobile Holdings Limited and a non-executive director of Taifook Securities Group Limited (both being listed public companies in Hong Kong) during the last three years.
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Non-executive
Director
Mr Dominic Lai
Mr Lai (62) was appointed as Independent Non-executive Director in August 2002 and was re-designated to Non-executive Director in September 2004. He is also a member of each of the Audit Committee and the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee of the Company. Mr Lai is a practising solicitor in Hong Kong and is also admitted in England and Wales, the Republic of Singapore, the States of New South Wales and Victoria, Australia. Mr Lai is a senior partner of the Hong Kong law firm, Iu, Lai & Li and has been in practice for more than 35 years. He is also a non-executive director of Midas International Holdings Limited, Oriental Press Group Limited and Winfoong International Limited, all being listed public companies in Hong Kong.
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Independent Non-executive
Director
Mr Kwong Che Keung,
Gordon
Mr Kwong (60) was appointed as Independent Non-executive Director in October 2002 and is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee of the Company. He is also an independent non-executive director of a number of Hong Kong listed public companies including Agile Property Holdings Limited, Beijing Capital International Airport Company Limited, CITIC 1616 Holdings Limited, COSCO International Holdings Limited, China Chengtong Development Group Limited, China Oilfield Services Limited, China Power International Development Limited, Frasers Property (China) Limited, Global Digital Creations Holdings Limited, Henderson Investment Limited, Henderson Land Development Company Limited, OP Financial Investments Limited, Quam Limited and Tianjin Development Holdings Limited. Moreover, he had been an independent non-executive director of New World Mobile Holdings Limited and Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Limited, both being listed public companies in Hong Kong, during the last three years. Mr Kwong graduated from The University of Hong Kong in 1972, qualifying as a chartered accountant in England in 1977 and was a Partner of Price Waterhouse from 1984 to 1998. He had served as a part-time panel member of the Hong Kong Government's Central Policy Unit from 1993 to 1995 and was an independent member of the Council of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited from 1992 to 1997, during which, he had acted as convener of both the Compliance Committee and the Listing Committee.
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Independent
Non-executive Director
Mr Cheng Wai
Chee, Christopher GBS, OBE, JP
Mr Cheng (61) was appointed as Independent Non-Executive Director in January 2003 and is a member of each of the Audit Committee and the Remuneration Committee of the Company. Mr Cheng is the Chairman of USI Holdings Limited and Winsor Properties Holdings Limited. He is an independent non-executive director of New World China Land Limited, PICC Property and Casualty Company Limited, Kingboard Chemical Holdings Limited, all being listed public companies in Hong Kong, and an independent director of DBS Group Holdings Limited, a public listed company in Singapore. He is also a non-executive director of Eagle Asset Management (CP) Limited (as manager of Champion Real Estate Investment Trust). Mr Cheng has a keen interest in the public services. He is currently the Chairman of the Standing Committee on Judicial Salaries and Conditions of Service, a member of the Exchange Fund Advisory Committee, an independent non-executive director of the Securities and Futures Commission, and a steward of the Hong Kong Jockey Club. He also serves as a member of the honorary court of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Council of the University of Hong Kong, the board of Overseers at Columbia Business School, the board of Temasek Foundation CLG Limited, and a charter member on the President's Council on International Activities of the Yale University. Mr Cheng is the former Chairman of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, and council member of the Board of Hong Kong Trade Development Council. Mr Cheng holds a BBA from the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA, and an MBA from Columbia University, New York.
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Independent
Non-executive Director
The Honourable Shek Lai
Him, Abraham SBS, JP
Mr Shek (64) was appointed as Independent Non-executive Director in September 2004 and is a member of each of the Audit Committee and the Remuneration Committee of the Company. Mr Shek graduated from the University of Sydney with Bachelor of Arts. He is a member of the Legislative Council for the HKSAR representing real estate and construction functional constituency since 2000. Currently, Mr Shek is a member of the Council of The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology and member of the Court of The University of Hong Kong. Mr Shek is a director of The Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited and an independent non-executive director of MTR Corporation Limited, Midas International Holdings Limited, Paliburg Holdings Limited, Lifestyle International Holdings Limited, Chuang's Consortium International Limited, Chuang's China Investments Limited, ITC Corporation Limited, Titan Petrochemicals Group Limited, Country Garden Holdings Company Limited, Hsin Chong Construction Group Limited, Hop Hing Group Holdings Limited and SJM Holdings Limited, all of which are companies whose shares are listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. He is also an independent non-executive director of Eagle Asset Management (CP) Limited (the manager of Champion Real Estate Investment Trust) and Regal Portfolio Management Limited (the manager of Regal Real Estate Investment Trust), both of the trusts are listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. Moreover, he had been a director of See Corporation Limited (a listed public company in Hong Kong) during the last three years. Mr Shek was awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star by the Government of the HKSAR in 2007.
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