Wong Kwai Lam

Wong Kwai Lam, BA, PhD, aged 71, has been an Independent Non-executive Director and a member of the Audit Committee and the Remuneration Committee of the Company since 14 May 2020. He was a member of the Nomination Committee of the Company from 14 May 2020 to 25 November 2020. Mr Wong is an Independent Non-executive Director of HPHM as trustee-manager of HPH Trust, ARA Asset Management (Prosperity) Limited as manager of Prosperity Real Estate Investment Trust, K. Wah International Holdings Limited, LHIL Manager Limited as trustee-manager of Langham Hospitality Investments and Langham Hospitality Investments Limited. He has over 30 years of experience in the commercial and investment banking industry. He worked with Merrill Lynch (Asia Pacific) Ltd. (“Merrill Lynch”) from May 1993 to August 2009 where he served as a Managing Director in the Asia Investment Banking Division since January 1995. He was appointed as a Senior Client Advisor to Merrill Lynch in September 2009 and served in that position for one year. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, Mr Wong had been a Director in the Investment Banking Division of CS First Boston (Hong Kong) Limited and a Director and the Head of Primary Market in Standard Chartered Asia Limited. Mr Wong is currently Chairman of IncitAdv Consultants Limited and The Chamber of Hong Kong Listed Companies, Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees and a member of the Investment Sub-committee of the Board of Trustees of New Asia College of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Member of the Hospital Governing Committee of the Prince of Wales Hospital, Director of CUHK Medical Centre Limited and Chairman and a Director of Hong Kong Grand Opera Company Limited. He is a former member of the Advisory Committee and of the REIT Committee of the Securities and Futures Commission in Hong Kong. Mr Wong holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and a PhD degree.