Dr. Lau Kin Shing, Charles, is a non-executive Director of the Company. He was appointed as a Director on 1 June 2017. He was re-designated from an executive Director to a non-executive Director on 1 August 2021. He holds a Doctorate degree in Business Administration from the Newcastle University of Australia, a Master's degree in Information System Management from the National University of Ireland, and a Bachelor's degree in Accounting from the Curtin University of Technology, Australia. He is a Chartered Accountant (New Zealand), Certified Internal Auditor (US), and also a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a fellow member of CPA Australia. He possesses about 30-year executive experiences in corporate control, financial management, risk management and internal control gained from international listed companies. Before joining the Group in 2015, he held key corporate executive position in various conglomerates, including: vice president of China Resources Beer (Holdings) Company Limited (Stock Code: 291, formerly known as China Resources Enterprise, Limited), deputy head of internal audit for Hutchison Whampoa Limited, and chief financial officer and company secretary of Miramar Hotel and Investment Company, Limited (Stock Code: 71). He was also the chief financial officer of the Group, company secretary and authorized representative of the Company before he resigned from the above positions with effect
from 29 September 2020.
Dr. Lau has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of KOS International Holdings Limited (stock code: 8042), a company whose shares are listed on GEM of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Stock Exchange”), with effect from 1 February 2021 and an independent director of Lingyi Itech (Guangdong) Company Limited* (廣東領益智造股份有限公司) (stock code: 002600), a company whose shares are listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, with effect from 6 July 2021.