Ko Jan Ming

Prof. KO Jan Ming (“Prof. KO”) has been an INED of the Company since February 2021. He is mainly responsible for supervising and providing independent advice to the Board. He is currently a member of the Audit Committee, the Remuneration Committee and the Nomination Committee of the Company.

Prof. KO has over 50 years of experience in structural engineering and industrial collaboration. He was the former Vice President and former Chair Professor of Structural Engineering of the PolyU, and currently an Emeritus Professor at the PolyU and Senior Advisor of the Research Institute for Sustainable Urban Development. Prof. KO holds a bachelor degree in Civil Engineering and a doctorate degree in Structural Engineering from the University of Hong Kong (“HKU”). He is a Fellow of each of the HKIE, the Institution of Structural Engineers of the UK, the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences.

Prof. KO was presented The President's Award of HKIE in 2006 and was inducted into the Hall of Fame of HKIE in 2010. Prof. KO was presented The HKIE Gold Medal in 2011. In the same year, Prof. KO was also presented The Aftab Mufti Medal by the International Society for Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructures in recognition of his lifetime achievement in civil structural health monitoring. In November 2016, Prof. KO was conferred the Honorary Doctor of Engineering by PolyU in recognition of his distinguished accomplishments and contributions.

Prof. KO was an INED of Vantage during the period from 11 July 2000 to 22 October 2020.