Kwan Po Chuen

Mr. Kwan Po Chuen, Vincent, is an independent non-executive Director, a member of each of audit committee and nomination committee of the Company. He was appointed as an independent non-executive Director on 15 November 2011. He graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a bachelor’s degree in social sciences in 1983, from the University of London with a bachelor’s degree in laws in 1987, from the University of Hong Kong with a master’s degree in laws in 1992, from the University of London with a master’s degree of science in financial management in 1998 and from the University of South Australia with a master’s degree in advanced business practice in 2006.

He has more than 30 years of experience in the legal and accounting profession with extensive experience in real estate, corporate finance and compliance matters. From 1983 to 1987, he worked as an accounting officer and later auditor of the Treasury and Audit Departments of the Hong Kong government and from 1988 to 1993, he worked as trainee solicitor and associate of Deacons. From 1993 to 1996, he was an executive director of Chuang’s Consortium International Limited (stock code: 367), a company listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange. From 1997 to 2012, he was the general manager (legal and secretarial) of Sino Land Company Limited (stock code: 83), a company listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange. From 2012 to 2015, he was the consultant of the then Messrs. Gallant Y T Ho & Co (now known as Gallant). He is currently a consultant of Messrs. LCP Lawyers.

He is a solicitor qualified in Hong Kong since September 1990. He is also qualified to practise laws in England and Australia since 1991. He is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He also served as a member of the board of review (Inland Revenue Ordinance) from 2003 to 2011 and as a member of the then insider dealing tribunal from 2005 to 2009 and as a member of the advisory group on company formation, registration, re-registration and company meeting and administration provisions of the rewrite of Companies Ordinance from 2006 to 2009 and has recently served as a member of the market misconduct tribunal. He is also a member of the revenue law committee of the Law Society of Hong Kong. In 2014, he was appointed as the Chairman of the Financial and Regulatory Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Hong Kong Listed Companies (now retired but remains as a member). He has also written many articles that were published in Momentum, the official magazine of the Chamber of Hong Kong Listed Companies. He is also a regular speaker on corporate finance and compliance matters. Mr. Kwan is also a council member of the Hong Kong Independent Nonexecutive Director Association.