The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited announced that, with effect from 25th June 2024 Professor Anna Wong Wai-kwan has been appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director and a member of each of the Board Audit and Risk Committee, Remuneration Committee, Nomination Committee and Board Environmental, Social and Governance Committee of the Company; and Mr. Chan Ying-lung, who is currently the Chief Investment Officer of the Company, has been appointed as an Executive Director of the Company. Professor Anna Wong Wai-kwan, J.D., M.B.A., B.A., aged 65, is an Independent Non-executive Director of MTR Corporation Limited, a company listed on the Main Board of The Stock
Exchange of Hong Kong Limited ("Stock Exchange") (stock code: 0066.HK). She is a Professor of Practice in Finance at the Faculty of Business and Economics and the Program Director of the Bachelor of Finance (Asset Management and Private Banking) at The University of Hong Kong, where she teaches financial regulations, compliance and credit risk management. She is a non-executive director of the Insurance Authority, and a member of each of the Competition Commission, the Finance Committee of the Housing Authority, the Process Review Panel for the Accounting and Financial Reporting Council, the Human Capital Committee of the Financial Services Development Council and the Innovation and Technology Venture Fund Advisory Committee. Prof. Wong has extensive experience in banking and finance. She had worked in major financial institutions including Citigroup, HSBC, Credit Suisse, BNP Paribas and the Chase Manhattan Bank, covering work related to private banking, asset management, securities brokerage, corporate and commercial banking, credit and risk management, and was an Independent Non-executive Director of Bank of China International
Limited, the Head of Private Bank, Greater China at Credit Suisse and the CEO of HSBC Broking Services (Asia) Limited. Prof. Wong was previously a member of the Advisory Committee of the Securities and Futures Commission, a director of the Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute and Hong Kong Securities Association Limited, as well as a member of the Investment Committee of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Save as disclosed above, Prof. Wong did not hold any other directorships in the last three years in public companies the securities of which are listed on any securities market in Hong Kong or overseas. Prof. Wong is a Senior Fellow of Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute and a Fellow of St John's College, The University of Hong Kong. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from The University of Hong Kong, a Master of Business Administration degree from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and a Juris Doctor degree from The University of Hong Kong. Mr. Chan Ying-lung, MAppFin., BCom., aged 44, joined the Company as Chief Investment Officer in April 2021 and headed the Group Investment and Business Development Department.
Mr. Chan holds directorships in several subsidiaries of the Company. He has been with Henderson (China) Investment Company Limited ("Henderson (China)") as Investment Director/General Manager since November 2014. Henderson (China) is a subsidiary of Henderson Land Development Company Limited (a controlling shareholder of the Company and the shares of which are listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange (stock code:
0012.HK)). He is primarily responsible for reporting to its Group Chairman and reporting on all matters regardinsg (non-property) business strategy and development. Mr. Chan was an Independent Non-executive Director of China Harmony Auto Holding Limited, the shares of which are listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange (stock code: 3836.HK). He previously worked as an investment team head in private equity at China Merchants Securities (HK) Co., Limited, a vice president at CCB International Asset Management Limited and a research analyst at China Everbright Research Limited respectively. He has more than 20 years of professional experience in investments and research. Save as disclosed above, Mr. Chan did
not hold any other directorships in the last three years in public companies the securities of which are listed on any securities market in Hong Kong and overseas. Mr. Chan holds a Master degree in Applied Finance from Monash University in Australia as well as a Bachelor degree in Commerce from the University of Melbourne.