Wong Kwai Lam

Mr. Wong Kwai Lam has been appointed as an independent non-executive Director and a member of the remuneration committee since August 2011 as well as a member of the nomination committee (appointed in March 2012) of the Company. Mr. Wong obtained a degree of Bachelor of Arts from The Chinese University of Hong Kong ("CUHK") in 1972 and a Ph. D from Leicester University, England in 1977. He has over 30 years of experience in the commercial and investment banking industry. He worked with Merrill Lynch (Asia Pacific) Limited ("Merrill Lynch") from May 1993 to August 2009 where he served as a managing director in the Asia investment banking division since January 1995. Mr. Wong was appointed as a senior client advisor to Merrill Lynch in September 2009 and served in that position for one year.

In his 17 years of experience in various senior positions with Merrill Lynch, Mr. Wong's responsibilities included, among others, managing the overall business of its Asia investment banking division from March 2003 to May 2005. 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 the chairman of IncitAdv Consultants Limited. Mr. Wong has been appointed as a member of the investment sub-committee and a vice chairman of the Board of Trustees of New Asia College of CUHK. He was appointed as a member of the Advisory Board of Continuing and Professional Studies of CUHK with effect from August 2017. Mr. Wong is an independent non-executive director and a member of the audit committee and designated (finance) committee of ARA Asset Management (Prosperity) Limited as the manager of Prosperity Real Estate Investment Trust (a publicly-listed company on the Main Board of the HK Stock Exchange). In April 2013, Mr. Wong was also appointed as an independent non-executive director of Langham Hospitality Investments and Langham Hospitality Investments Limited ("LHIL") (a publicly-listed company on the Main Board of the HK Stock Exchange) and LHIL Manager Limited ("LHIL Manager") which is the trustee-manager of Langham Hospitality Investments. Mr. Wong is the chairman of the audit committees of LHIL and LHIL Manager, and a member of the remuneration committee and nomination committee of LHIL. In December 2015, Mr. Wong has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of both Hutchison Port Holdings Trust ("HPH Trust") (a company listed in Singapore) and Hutchison Port Holdings Management Pte. Limited (as the trustee-manager of HPH Trust). In May 2020, he has been appointed as an independent non-executive director and a member of the audit committee and the remuneration committee of CK Hutchison Holdings Limited (a publicly-listed company on the Main Board of the HK Stock Exchange); and he served as a member of its nomination committee from May to November 2020.

In addition, Mr. Wong was appointed as a member of the Hospital Governing Committee of The Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong in April 2013 and has also been appointed as a director of CUHK Medical Centre Limited effective in February 2016. He has been appointed as the Chairman of the Chamber of Hong Kong Listed Companies with effect from 4 June 2019. Mr. Wong has also been appointed as the chairman and director of Hong Kong Grand Opera Company Limited in August 2019. He was formerly a member of the Advisory Committee to the Securities and Futures Commission in Hong Kong, a member of the Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) Committee of the Securities and Futures Commission in Hong Kong and a member of the China Committee to the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. Mr. Wong has ceased as an independent non-executive director and chairman of the remuneration and appraisal committee and a member of the audit committee of China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. (a public listed company on the Main Board of the HK Stock Exchange and The Shanghai Stock Exchange) on 30 November 2018. He has ceased as a director and the chairman of Opera Hong Kong Limited on 14 March 2019. Save as disclosed herein, he has no previous directorships in other publicly-listed companies in the last 3 years.