Margaret Cheng Wai-Ching

Ms Cheng has been the Human Resources Director and a Member of the Executive Directorate since 1 June 2016.

Ms Cheng is responsible for all of the Company's human resources and administration affairs.

Ms Cheng is a seasoned human resources practitioner with rich senior management experience. She took up different human resources roles in Citibank, N.A. between 1993 and 1997, and was with JP Morgan as Vice President, Human Resources between 1997 and 2001. From 2001 to 2013, Ms Cheng was with The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited ('HSBC') and was Head of Human Resources, Hong Kong and Global Business, Asia Pacific when she left HSBC. Before joining the Company, she was Group Head of Human Resources of the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited.

Ms Cheng is serving as the vice chairman of the Cross-Industry Training Advisory Committee for the Human Resource Management Sector under the Qualifications Framework of Education Bureau of the HKSAR Government, a member of The Standing Committee on Disciplined Services Salaries and Conditions of Service of the HKSAR Government and the chairman of its Police Sub-Committee, a member of the Labour Advisory Board Committee on Employment Services of Labour Department of the HKSAR Government and a member of the Panel of Arbitrators appointed under the Labour Relations Ordinance. She is also a member of the Hospital Authority, a council member of The Hong Kong Management Association and the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications, and an honorary advisor of the ERB Manpower Developer Award Scheme of the Employees Retraining Board.

Ms Cheng is currently the President and a Fellow Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Human Resource Management. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from The California State University, the United States of America and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.