aged 42, was appointed as an Executive Director of the Company in October 2014. Ms. Ko was also appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company in March 2015 and was redesignated to a Co-chief Executive Officer of the Company in April 2016. Ms. Ko was redesignated from a Co-chief executive officer of the Company to the Vice Chairlady of the Company in January 2019. Ms. Ko is a member of the Remuneration Committee of the Company and a director of various subsidiaries of the Group. Ms. Ko holds a Bachelor's Degree in Economics and Mathematics from Mount Holyoke College, U.S.A., and a Master's Degree in Finance from the Imperial College, London. She has over 7 years of experience in banking and extensive experience in the securities and capital markets and was a director of global markets – structured credit and fund solutions of HSBC until August 2009. Before joining HSBC, Ms. Ko served at Morgan Stanley (Hong Kong) and JP Morgan Securities Limited (London).