Mr. Alexander Au Siu Kee was appointed as an independent non-executive director on 17 January 2005 and re-designated as a nonexecutive director of the Company on 7 November 2005. Mr. Au is a well-known banker in Hong Kong and has more than 32 years’ experience in local and international banking business, having been the Chief Executive of Hang Seng Bank Limited (from October 1993 to March 1998) and of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited in Singapore (from September 1998 to April 2002). He is currently an independent non-executive director of The Wharf (Holdings) Limited and a non-executive director of Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Company Limited, both of which are listed companies. He will be appointed as an independent non-executive director of Henderson Investment Limited, a list company, with effect from 1 July 2015. He is the chairman and non-executive director of Henderson Sunlight Asset Management Limited, the manager of the publicly-listed Sunlight Real Estate Investment Trust. Mr Au previously served as an independent non-executive director of Henderson Land Deveopment Company Limited until his retirement on 2 June 2015 and Wheelock and Company Limited until 22 October 2012, both of which are listed companies. An accountant by training, Mr. Au is a Chartered Accountant as well as a Fellow of The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.