King Yeo-Chi, Ambrose

Professor King has been an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company since 1 January 2007. He is also the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of each of the Audit Committee and Nomination Committee of the Board. Professor King received his BA from National Taiwan University (1957), MA from National Cheng Chi University (1959), and PhD from the University of Pittsburgh (1970).

Professor King is the Emeritus Professor of Sociology at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has been the head of New Asia College (1977-1985), Chair Professor of Sociology (1983-2004), Pro-Vice-Chancellor (1989-2002) and Vice-Chancellor (2002-2004) at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. In addition, Professor King has been the Visiting Fellow at the Centre of International Studies, MIT (1976) and Visiting Professor at University of Heidelberg (1985) and University of Wisconsin (1986). He was elected as Academician, Academia Sinica, Taipei (1994).

Professor King has held many advisory positions to the Hong Kong Government such as Independent Commission Against Corruption, The Law Reform Commission, Central Policy Unit and University Grants Committee – Research Grants Council. He is a member of the board of directors of Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange. Professor King was appointed the Non-Official Justice of Peace in 1994. He was awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star of Hong Kong and the Doctor of Literature, honoris causa of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 1998 and the Doctor of Laws, honoris causa of The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2005.