Leong Kwok-kuen, Lincoln

Mr. Leong has been an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company since 18 January 2021. He is a chartered accountant and has extensive experience in the accountancy and investment banking industries. Mr. Leong is an independent non-executive director and a member of the audit and risk management committee of Link Asset Management Limited (manager of Link Real Estate Investment Trust) and an independent non-executive director of Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited. He has been appointed as a non-executive director and the chairman of the audit committee of Hongkong Land Holdings Limited with effect from 4 March 2022. Mr. Leong was previously an executive director and the chief executive officer of MTR Corporation Limited and a non-executive director of Jardine Strategic Holdings Limited and Mandarin Oriental International Limited.

Mr. Leong is a board member, an executive committee member and a vice-patron of The Community Chest of Hong Kong and a member of the Supervisory Board of The Hong Kong Housing Society. He was the chairman of the Quality Assurance Council of the University Grants Committee.

Mr. Leong qualified as a chartered accountant in England in 1985 and in British Columbia, Canada in 1987. He is a chartered fellow of The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in Hong Kong and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree (subsequently a Master of Arts degree) from the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.