Yao Cho Fai Andrew

Yao Cho Fai was appointed as an Executive Director of the Company in December 1994. He became the Chairman of the Board in July 1999 and Chief Executive Officer in November 2015. He is also the chairman of the Nomination Committee, a member of the Remuneration Committee and a director of certain subsidiaries of the Company. Mr. Yao is an independent non-executive director of Kader Holdings Company Limited which is a company listed on the main board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (“Hong Kong Stock Exchange”). He was an independent non-executive director of Shanghai Dazhong Public Utilities (Group) Co., Ltd. which is a company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Mr. Yao serves as the Hong Kong Deputy to the 13th National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China, the chairman of Hongkong-Shanghai Economic Development Association, the vice-chairman of Shanghai Federation of Industry & Commerce, the board member of Fudan University and the chairman of the council of Lingnan University. He was awarded “Young Industrialist Award of Hong Kong” by Federation of Hong Kong Industries in 2004, Justice of Peace by Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (“HKSAR”) in 2008 and “Bronze Bauhinia Star” by HKSAR in 2016. Mr. Yao graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a bachelor’s degree in science and Harvard Graduate School of Business with a master’s degree in business administration.