The members of the board of directors ("Board") of Kerry Properties Limited are set out below:
Executive Directors
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Mr WONG Siu Kong, Chairman
Aged 68, is the Chairman of the Company, the chairman of the Company’s Nomination Committee and a member of the Company’s Remuneration Committee, Finance Committee and Executive Committee. He has been an Executive Director of the Company since 1996 and the Chairman of the Board of the Company since 2013. Mr Wong was a Joint Managing Director of the Company from 1999 to 2003, the Deputy Chairman of the Board and the Managing Director of the Company from 2003 to 2008, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company from 2008 to 2013 and the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company from September 2015 to January 2018 and from December 2018 to May 2019. Mr Wong is also a director of Kerry Holdings Limited (the controlling shareholder of the Company) and a director of China World Trade Center Co., Ltd. (a listed company in Shanghai). Mr Wong graduated from the South China Normal University in the PRC.
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Mr KUOK Khoon Hua, Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Aged 41, is the Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. He is also a member of the Company’s Remuneration Committee, Nomination Committee and Executive Committee. Prior to his appointment as the Vice Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer, Mr Kuok was a Non-executive Director of the Company from June 2015 to May 2019. Mr Kuok is the chairman of Kerry Holdings Limited (“KHL”) and a director of Kerry Group Limited (“KGL”) and Kuok (Singapore) Limited. Both KHL and KGL are the controlling shareholders of the Company. He is the chairman and an executive director of Kerry Logistics Network Limited (a listed company in Hong Kong), a non-independent non-executive director of Wilmar International Limited (a listed company in Singapore) and an independent director of Sea Limited (a listed company in New York). Mr Kuok holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Harvard University. He is the brother-in-law of Mr Bryan Pallop Gaw, an Executive Director of the Company.
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Mr Bryan Pallop GAW
Aged 43, has been an Executive Director of the Company since 2012 and is a member of the Company’s Executive Committee. Mr Gaw has previous experience in private equity, management consulting, strategic planning and business development. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Princeton University and a Master of Business Administration from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. Mr Gaw is the brother-in-law of Mr Kuok Khoon Hua, the Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
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Mr WONG Chi Kong, Louis
Aged 58, has been an Executive Director of the Company since 2018. He is the Senior Vice President of the CEO office of the Company and a member of each of the Company’s Finance Committee and Executive Committee. He was the Chief Financial Officer of the Company from May 2007 to August 2020. He was trained and qualified as Chartered Accountant with KPMG Peat Marwick, London, England. He had about 10 years of experience in auditing in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong before joining Kerry Group in 1994. Prior to taking up the position of the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, he was involved in the Coca-Cola beverage business in which Kerry Group was a franchised bottler of Coca-Cola products in China. He is a director of Shang Properties, Inc. (a listed company in the Philippines). He is a graduate of University of Cambridge, England.
Independent Non-Executive Directors
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Ms WONG Yu Pok, Marina, JP
Aged 71, has been an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company since 2008. She is now the chairman of the Audit and Corporate Governance Committee and the Remuneration Committee of the Company and also a member of the Nomination Committee of the Company. She had been with PricewaterhouseCoopers for over 30 years specializing in the PRC tax and business advisory services, and has extensive experience in advising both Hong Kong and foreign investors in the structuring of their businesses and investments in the PRC. Ms Wong joined Tricor Services Limited as a director from 2004 to 2006 after her retirement as a partner from PricewaterhouseCoopers in 2004. Ms Wong is now an independent non-executive director of Kerry Logistics Network Limited, Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Company Limited, Luk Fook Holdings (International) Limited and SJM Holdings Limited (all of which are listed companies in Hong Kong). She was formerly an independent director of China World Trade Center Co., Ltd. (a listed company in Shanghai). She is a Fellow Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.
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Mr CHANG Tso Tung, Stephen
Aged 71, has been an independent Non-executive Director of the Company since 2012. He is now a member of the Audit and Corporate Governance Committee, the Remuneration Committee and the Nomination Committee of the Company. He has been practising as a certified public accountant in Hong Kong for around 30 years and has extensive experience in accounting, auditing and financial management. He was the deputy chairman of Ernst & Young Hong Kong and China until his retirement in 2004. He is a member of the Investment Committee of Shanghai Fudan University Education Development Foundation and Shanghai Fudan University Overseas Education Development Foundation. Mr Chang is an independent non-executive director of Hua Hong Semiconductor Limited (a listed company in Hong Kong) and China Life Insurance Company Limited (a listed company in Hong Kong and Shanghai). He was formerly an independent non-executive director of China Cinda Asset Management Co., Ltd. (a listed company in Hong Kong). Mr Chang holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of London.
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Mr HUI Chun Yue, David
Aged 48, has been an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company since May 2020. He is now a member of the Audit and Corporate Governance Committee, the Remuneration Committee and the Nomination Committee of the Company. Mr Hui is a Partner in the Hong Kong office of Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. (a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ stock market) and is the Regional Managing Partner of the Industrial Practice for Asia Pacific and the Middle East and leads the Chief Executive Officer and Board Practice in Hong Kong. He has over 20 years of experience in executive search and consulting globally and across the Asia Pacific region in the industrial and financial services sectors. Earlier in his career, Mr Hui was a banking and finance lawyer at Allen & Overy and Baker McKenzie. He is qualified to practice as a solicitor in England, Wales and Hong Kong. Mr Hui holds a Bachelor of Law with joint honors in Law and Chinese Studies from the University of Leeds, a Master of Law from the University of London and a Master of Business Administration from Kellogg-HKUST Executive MBA program in Hong Kong.
There are five Board committees. The membership information of these committees on which each Board member serves are set out below:
Audit and Corporate Governance Committee
- Ms WONG Yu Pok, Marina, JP, Chairman
- Mr CHANG Tso Tung, Stephen
- Mr HUI Chun Yue, David
Remuneration Committee
- Ms WONG Yu Pok, Marina, JP, Chairman
- Mr WONG Siu Kong
- Mr KUOK Khoon Hua
- Mr CHANG Tso Tung, Stephen
- Mr HUI Chun Yue, David
Nomination Committee
- Mr WONG Siu Kong, Chairman
- Mr KUOK Khoon Hua
- Ms WONG Yu Pok, Marina, JP
- Mr CHANG Tso Tung, Stephen
- Mr HUI Chun Yue, David
Finance Committee
- Mr WONG Siu Kong
- Mr WONG Chi Kong, Louis
Executive Committee
- Mr WONG Siu Kong
- Mr KUOK Khoon Hua
- Mr Bryan Pallop GAW
- Mr WONG Chi Kong, Louis
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