Board of Directors

CHAN Hing Tat

Aged 42, is Chairman and executive director of the Company and a director of certain subsidiaries of the Group. He joined the Group in 2004 and is mainly responsible for the Group’s business development. He graduated from the Boston University, USA with a bachelor degree in psychology. Before joining the Group, he was engaged in his own IT business. He is the son of Madam Foo, executive director of the Company and the brother of Ms. Chan, executive director of the Company.

FOO Kam Chu Grace

Aged 79, is the founder of the Group and executive director of the Company and a director of certain subsidiaries of the Group. Madam Foo has extensive experience in the property market. She has been engaged in the property business in Hong Kong since early 1970s, particularly specialised in the acquisition of old buildings for redevelopment into commercial or residential buildings.

Madam Foo is the mother of Ms. Chan Wai Ling, executive directors of the Company and Mr. Chan Hing Tat, Chairman and executive directors of the Company. Madam Foo is currently responsible for the overall steering of the Group’s management, the Group’s overall corporate development direction and provides strategic advice and planning to the Group.

CHAN Wai Ling

Aged 52, is an executive director of the Company and a director of certain subsidiaries of the Group. She is in charge of the Hong Kong property department and is responsible for the property development and leasing of Hong Kong properties of the Group. She graduated from the University of Toronto, Canada with a bachelor degree in commerce and also obtained a Master of Business Administration Degree from University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom.

Before joining the Group in September 1998, she had worked in an international property consultant firm and had operated her own property investment business. She is the daughter of Madam Foo, executive director of the Company and the sister of Mr. Chan, Chairman and executive director of the Company.”

TSE Wai Hang

Aged 57, was appointed as an executive director and company secretary of the Company on 1 September 2019 and 25 January 2019 respectively. He is the head of Legal Department of the Company and in charge of the legal and company secretarial department of the Group. He holds directorship in certain subsidiaries of the Group.

Mr. Tse graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a bachelor’s degree in laws. He is a qualified solicitor in Hong Kong. He has over 30 years working experience in the legal field.

CHAN Kai Nang

Aged 77, was appointed as an independent non-executive director of the Company on 11 March 2009, received a Postgraduate Diploma in Management Studies from The University of Hong Kong and Bachelor of Laws from the University of London. Mr. Chan is an associate member of The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in the United Kingdom and The Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a fellow member of The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in the United Kingdom. He is also a Chartered Global Management Accountant. Mr. Chan worked for more than 40 years as senior executive in major multinational and local corporations.

Mr. Chan was the executive director of Galaxy Entertainment Group Limited (formerly known as K. Wah Construction Materials Limited (“K. Wah Construction”)) (0027.HK) from January 2003 to May 2008 and managing director of K. Wah Construction from April 2003 to May 2008. He served as an adviser of K. Wah Construction from May 2008 until his retirement in June 2014. The shares of the above-named company are listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Stock Exchange”). Mr. Chan served as independent non-executive director of Prosperity International Holdings (H.K.) Limited (0803.HK) between 17 August 2010 to 26 September 2019 and FDB Holdings Limited (1826.HK) from 16 September 2015 to 12 January 2018. The shares of both companies are listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange. He was also served as independent non-executive director of Burwill Holdings Limited from 14 September 2020 to 11 August 2021. The shares of the above-named company were delisted from the Stock Exchange on 13 August 2021. He formerly was an independent non-executive director of Asian Capital Holdings Limited (now known as Kingwisoft Technology Group Company Limited) (8295.HK) and Steed Oriental (Holdings) Company Limited (8277.HK), the shares of both companies are listed on the GEM of the Stock Exchange.

Mr. Chan was an independent non-executive director of PanAsialum Holdings Company Limited (2078.HK) from 24 February 2017 until 24 January 2018, and has been re-appointed from 1 January 2020 as independent non-executive director. The shares of the above-named company are listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange.

PAO Ping Wing MSC., J.P.

Aged 75, was appointed as an independent non-executive director of the Company on 6 November 2009, received a Master of Science degree in Human Settlements Planning and Development from the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok, Thailand.

Mr. Pao was elected as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons of Hong Kong in 1982 and one of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World in 1983. He was also an ex-Urban Councillor. In the past years, he has been actively serving on government policy committees and statutory bodies, especially those of town planning, urban renewal, public housing, culture and arts and environment matters. Mr. Pao is an Honorary Fellow of The Hong Kong Institute of Housing.

He is also an independent non-executive director of several other companies listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange including Capital Environment Holdings Limited (3989.HK), Maoye International Holdings Limited (0848.HK) and Sing Lee Software (Group) Limited (8076. HK), a company listed on the GEM of the Stock Exchange. He formerly was an independent non-executive director of Zhuzhou CRRC Times Electric Co., Ltd. (formerly known as Zhuzhou CSR Times Electric Co., Ltd.) which the shares are listed on both the Main Board of the Stock Exchange and the Science and Technology Innovation Board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (3898. HK, 688187. SSE).

He formerly was also an independent non-executive director of Oriental Enterprise Holdings Limited (formerly known as Oriental Press Group Limited) which the shares are listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange (18. HK).

Young Chun Man, Kenneth

Aged 59, received a Master’s degree in Corporate Finance from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Bachelor of Arts in economics from University of Essex, United Kingdom. Mr. Young is a fellow member of The Institute of Chartered Accountant in England and Wales and a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He has over 30 years of professional experience in audit and accounting fields. He was a partner at HLB Hodgson Impey Cheng from September 1994 to March 2011. Mr. Young is also the founder and was a director of AITIA (HK) CPA LIMITED, a member of TGS Global since January 2015, and resigned as a director with effect from April 2022.

Mr. Young is an independent non-executive director of Jacodson Pharma Corporation Limited (2633.HK) and was an independent non-executive director of China Tonghai International Financial Limited (952.HK) from September 2012 to February 2017. The shares of both companies are listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. Mr. Young is a member of the audit committee and a council member of SAHK.