David Prince

British national, born 1951. David Prince has been a member (non-executive) of the Board of Directors since June 2004. He has served on various Committees and was Chair of the Audit Committee from April 2015 until April 2019 where he is still a member. From April 2017 to April 2023, he was a member of the Governance and Nomination Committee. His one-year term of office ends on the day of the next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.

David Prince is an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) and the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS).

He started his career in the oil and gas industry as part of a management trainee scheme at British Gas, later attending business school in the UK. Following accountancy roles at Philips Industries and TRW, he joined Cable & Wireless, holding accountancy, general management and group marketing positions in the UK and in Hong Kong. From 1994 to 2000, he worked for Hong Kong Telecom plc (HKT) as Group Finance Director, followed by an appointment as Deputy CEO. In 2000, David Prince became Group CFO of PCCW plc, Hong Kong. From 2002 to 2004, he worked for Cable & Wireless as Group Finance Director. Since 2004 he has acted as investment advisor to companies based in Asia, China and Australia. David Prince was a member of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Audit Committee of ARK Therapeutics, UK until March 2013.

Other mandates: He is a member of the Board of Directors of SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Ltd¹, Hong Kong and the Wilson Group Companies with operations in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Malaysia. He has been a non-executive director of the Board of Sunevision Holdings Ltd.¹, Cayman Islands since October 2016. Since 2020 he has been a non-executive Director of the Joint Venture Board of FESCO Adecco Shanghai, China.