CHU, Howard Ho Hwa

Non-Executive Director at VARITRONIX INTERNATIONAL LTD

aged 57, was appointed as an Independent Non-executive Directors of the Company in June 2016. He is a member of the Audit Committee, the Remuneration Committee and the Nomination Committee of the Company. Mr. Chu has near 20 years of business experience and near 15 years of experience in corporate governance. Mr. Chu is a partner of Go Capital Limited which is a private equity firm based in Hong Kong and Shanghai. Mr. Chu was appointed as an independent non-executive director of Guolian Securities Co., Ltd. which is listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange in June 2019. From 2012 and 28 February 2018, Mr. Chu was the chief executive officer of mReferral Corporation (HK) Limited which is a leading mortgage referral company and is a joint venture of Midland Holdings Limited and Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited. From March 2012 to June 2012, he was the chief financial officer of China Smart Electric Co. Ltd.. From July 2009 to October 2011, he was the chief financial officer of Trony Solar Holdings Company Limited which is a publicly listed company on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange. From September 2010 to May 2012, he was an independent non-executive Director of China Kingstone Mining Holdings Limited which is a publicly listed company on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange. He has previously worked for Shanghai Century Acquisition Corporation, a company listed on the American Stock Exchange, and United Energy Group Limited, a company listed on the Stock Exchange. He was a director at ABN AMRO Asia Corporate Finance Ltd. and was also a director at the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd.. From June 2012 to June 2015, he was an independent non-executive Director of Weichai Power Co. Ltd. which is a publicly listed company on the Main Board of Stock Exchange. He resigned as an independent non-executive director of Directel Holdings Limited which is listed on the Growth Enterprise Market of the Stock Exchange in June 2016. He obtained a master degree of business administration from the Columbia University and a bachelor degree of science from the University of Rochester in 1990 and 1986 respectively.