Cheng Chi-Kong

Cheng Chi-Kong was appointed as an executive Director in June 2007, and has been appointed as the chairman of the Company and re-designated as a non-executive Director in May 2021. He is also a member of the remuneration committee of the Board. Dr. Adrian Cheng joined the Group in 2007 and is responsible for overseeing the corporate affairs of the Group. He is an Executive Vice-chairman and Chief Executive Officer of New World Development Company Limited (“NWD”), which is a substantial shareholder of the Company, an executive director of NWS Holdings Limited and Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Limited and a non-executive director of each of Giordano International Limited and New Century Healthcare Holding Co. Limited, all being listed public companies in Hong Kong. Dr. Adrian Cheng is a director and executive chairman of New World China Land Limited and the chairman of New World Group Charity Foundation Limited. He is also a director of Chow Tai Fook (Holding) Limited and Chow Tai Fook Enterprises Limited, both of which are substantial shareholders of the Company. He was a non-executive director of i-CABLE Communications Limited up to his resignation on 2 July 2019.

Dr. Adrian Cheng is a member of the Tianjin Municipal Committee of The Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference of the People’s Republic of China, the chairman of China Young Leaders Foundation, and the honorary chairman of K11 Art Foundation. He was the vice-chairman of the 11th and 12th committees of the All-China Youth Federation. He was acknowledged by Fortune as one of the “40 Under 40” global business stars and a “Young Global Leader” by the World Economic Forum in 2012. Dr. Adrian Cheng is a Justice of Peace appointed by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 2016 and was made an officer in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government in 2017. Dr. Adrian Cheng holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree (Cum Laude) from Harvard University and was conferred the Honorary Doctorate of Humanities by the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2014. He worked in a major international bank prior to joining NWD in 2006 and has substantial experience in corporate finance. Dr. Adrian Cheng is the son of Dr. Henry Cheng.