Carlson Tong

Mr Tong is a chartered accountant and has extensive experience in the financial services sector and the capital market in both the Mainland China and Hong Kong markets. He is an independent non-executive director of Standard Chartered PLC and a member of the Court of Standard Chartered Bank.

Mr Tong joined KPMG UK in 1979 and became an audit partner of the firm in Hong Kong in 1989. He was elected chairman of KPMG China and Hong Kong in 2007, before becoming the Asia Pacific chairman and a member of the global board and global executive team of KPMG in 2009. He spent over 30 years at KPMG and was actively involved in the work of the capital market, corporate governance and regulatory compliance, serving as a member of the Main Board and Growth Enterprise Market Listing Committee of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited from 2002 to 2006, before becoming the chair during 2006 to 2008. After retiring from KPMG in 2011, Mr Tong was appointed a non-executive director of the Securities and Futures Commission (“SFC”), and later acted as its chairman for the period from 2012 to October 2018. He oversaw a number of major policy initiatives during his term as the chairman of the SFC, including the introduction of the Hong Kong and Shanghai/Shenzhen Stock connect schemes and the mutual recognition of funds between the Mainland and Hong Kong.

Mr Tong, formerly, was a non-executive director of the Hong Kong International Airport Authority, chairman of Aviation Security Company Limited, a member of the Exchange Fund Advisory Committee of Hong Kong Monetary Authority, and a vice president and a council member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Mr Tong currently sits on various HKSAR Government and professional bodies. He is the chairman of the University Grants Committee, the chairman of the Independent Commission on Remuneration for Members of the Executive Council and the Legislature, and Officials under the Political Appointment System, a board member of each of the Hong Kong Academy of Finance and Hong Kong Laureate Forum Limited, a member of the Hong Kong Human Resources Planning Commission and an observer on behalf of the HKSAR Government for Cathay Pacific Airways Limited.

Mr Tong is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants respectively. He was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by Lingnan University and Hong Kong Education University in 2010 and 2015 respectively. Mr Tong was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 2006, and awarded the Silver and Gold Bauhinia Star medals in 2014 and 2019 respectively.