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Chairman and Managing Director
Mr. Kenneth Ting Woo-shou, SBS, JP, aged 80, was re-appointed as the Managing Director of the Company in July 2012. He was appointed as the Chairman of the Company and resigned as the Managing Director of the Company in July 2010. He has been the Managing Director of the Company since its incorporation in 1989. He has been a director of Kader Industrial Company Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, since 1971 and was appointed as the Chairman in 1993. He was appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director of Cheuk Nang (Holdings) Limited in November 2012. He resigned as an Independent Non-executive Director of Wheelock and Company Limited (“Wheelock”) on 27 July 2020. The listing of Wheelock on the Stock Exchange was withdrawn on the same day.
Mr. Ting currently serves as the Honorary President of HK Wuxi Trade Association Limited, The Federation of HK Jiangsu Community Organisation, Federation of Hong Kong Industries, The Chinese Manufacturers’ Association of Hong Kong and The Toys Manufacturers’ Association of Hong Kong Limited, and the Honorary Life President of the Hong Kong Plastics Manufacturers’ Association Limited.
He also serves as a member of a number of other trade organisations and public committees such as The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce. He is Life Honorary Court Member of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Mr. Ting is a director of H.C. Ting’s Holdings Limited (a substantial shareholder of the Company), which is owned as to 80% by Border Shipping Limited, a company in which Mr. Ting and Forest Crimson Limited (a substantial shareholder of the Company) have controlling interests. He is the father of Mr. Ivan Ting Tien-li, Executive Director of the Company, husband of Mrs. Nancy Ting Wang Wan-sun, Executive Director of the Company, and uncle of Mr. Bernie Ting Wai-cheung, Non-executive Director of the Company.
Executive Director
Mrs. Nancy Ting Wang Wan-sun, aged 75, was appointed as a Non-executive Director of the Company in January 2008, and re-designated as an Executive Director of the Company in February 2009. She has been an Executive Director of Kader Industrial Company Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, since 2001. Mrs. Ting has not held any directorship in other listed public companies in the last three years. She was appointed as Trustee of the Hong Kong Children’s Hospital Charitable Foundation for a three-year term from 5 November 2019 to 4 November 2022. She is the wife of Mr. Kenneth Ting Woo-shou, Chairman and Managing Director of the Company, the mother of Mr. Ivan Ting Tien-li, Executive Director of the Company, and the auntie of Mr. Bernie Ting Wai-cheung, Non-executive Director of the Company.
Mr. Ivan Ting Tien-li, aged 47, was appointed as an Executive Director of the Company in April 2006. He was appointed as the Managing Director of the Company in July 2010, and stepped down from that position when he was re-designated as a Non-executive Director of the Company in July 2012. He was re-designated as an Executive Director of the Company in April 2018. Mr. Ting holds a Bachelor’s Degree in International Politics and Economics. He is one of the authorized representatives of the Company. He has been an Executive Director of Kader Industrial Company Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, since 1998. Apart from this, he also serves as director of certain other subsidiaries of the Company. Mr. Ting was appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director of Harbour Center Development Limited in December 2018.
Mr. Ting was Chairman of the Hong Kong Chapter of Entrepreneurs’ Organization from 2006 to 2007 and its Global Board from 2016 to 2017. He was on the Hong Kong Toys Advisory Committee of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council from 2003 to 2007 and from 2010 to 2014.
Mr. Ting currently serves as the Chairman of Hong Kong Toys Council, an Honorary Chairman and a General Committee Member of the Hong Kong Exporters’ Association and a Governing Board Member of the International Council of Toy Industries (ICTI) Ethical Toy Program. He is also a member of Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and permanent Chairman of Federation of Hong Kong Jiangsu Youth. He is the son of Mr. Kenneth Ting Woo-shou, Chairman and Managing Director of the Company and Mrs. Nancy Ting Wang Wan-sun, Executive Director of the Company, and the cousin of Mr. Bernie Ting Wai-cheung, Non-executive Director of the Company.
Mr. Lao Wai Keung, aged 58, was appointed as an Executive Director of the Company in July 2021. He joined the Group as the Financial Controller in 2011 and is currently the Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary of the Company. He is primarily responsible for overall financial, accounting and company secretarial matters of the Group. Mr. Lao also holds various positions in a number of subsidiaries of the Company.
Prior to joining the Group, Mr. Lao had more than 20 years of experience in auditing and finance from an international audit firm and various Hong Kong listed companies.
Mr. Lao graduated from the University of London with a bachelor’s degree in Economics. He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a certified public accountant (practising) of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Lao has not held any directorship in other listed public companies in the last three years.
Non-executive Directors
Mr. Bernie Ting Wai-cheung, aged 57, was appointed as a Non-executive Director of the Company in July 2010. He was appointed as a director of Kader Industrial Company Limited since July 2010. He studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Toronto, Canada. He obtained his MBA at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the USA. He briefly worked in a manufacturing company in Canada. He is now working at Qualidux Industrial Company Limited as the Director and General Manager. Mr. Ting has not held any directorship in other listed public companies in the last three years.
Mr. Ting is the Honorary President of Hong Kong Toys Council under the auspices of the Federations of Hong Kong Industries. He became the Vice President of International Council of Toys Industries (ICTI) in 2009 to 2015 and has become the President of Asian Committee of Toy Industries since May 2018. As part of his public duties in Hong Kong, he was the Chairman of Hong Kong Q-Mark Council from 2011 to 2021. He is the Vice Chairman of The Hong Kong Standards and Testing Centre Limited. He is the Director of Hong Kong Certification Centre Limited. He is the Vice Chairperson of “CreateSmart Initiative” Vetting Committee. Mr. Ting is the Vice President of The Hong Kong Plastics Manufacturers Association Limited. He has been appointed by the Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as member of Standing Committee on Company Law Reform since 1 February 2019. He has been appointed by the Secretary for Innovation and Technology as a member of the Accreditation Advisory Board since November 2020. On 1 January 2021, the Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development has appointed Mr. Ting as a member of the Hong Kong Export Credit Insurance Corporation Advisory Board. He contributes his spare time to community service through Rotary Club of Hong Kong South.
He is the nephew of Mr. Kenneth Ting Woo-shou, Chairman and Managing Director of the Company and Mrs. Nancy Ting Wang Wan-sun, Executive Director of the Company, and the cousin of Mr. Ivan Ting Tien-li, Executive Director of the Company. Mr. Ting is a substantial shareholder of Forest Crimson Limited which is a substantial shareholder of the Company.
Independent Non-executive Directors
Mr. Floyd Chan Tsoi-yin, aged 79, was appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company in September 2004. Mr. Chan is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He had been a partner of BDO Seidman in the United States for many years. He was the Asia Pacific Regional Coordinator of BDO International and a member of BDO McCabe Lo Limited’s executive committee in Hong Kong. He has significant experience in assisting clients in exploring business opportunities in the Asia Pacific region, particularly the Southeast Asian developing countries and The People’s Republic of China. He is also closely involved with assisting clients in developing business in North America and Europe. Mr. Chan has not held any directorship in other listed public companies in the last three years.
Mr. Andrew Yao Cho-fai, BBS, JP, aged 57, was appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company in September 2004. Mr. Yao is the Chairman of Hong Kong Shanghai Alliance Holdings Limited (listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (“Hong Kong Stock Exchange”)) and an Independent Non-executive Director of China Railway Signal & Communication Corporation Limited (listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange). Mr. Yao is an external director of China COSCO Shipping Corporation Limited, a holding company of certain companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Shanghai Stock Exchange, Shenzhen Stock Exchange, Singapore Exchange and Athens Stock Exchange. He was an Independent Non-executive Director of Shanghai Dazhong Public Utilities (Group) Co., Ltd. (listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange).
Mr. Yao is the Hong Kong Deputy of the 12th, 13th and 14th National People’s Congress of People’s Republic of China, Vice Chairman of Shanghai Chinese Overseas Friendship Association, Chairman of Federation of Hong Kong-Shanghai Associations (formerly Hongkong-Shanghai Economic Development Association), Vice Chairman of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong, Honorary Founding Chairman of Shanghai Hong Kong Association, Chairman of the Council of Lingnan University and Board Member of Fudan University in Shanghai.
Mr. Yao was awarded “Young Industrialist Awards of Hong Kong” by Federation of Hong Kong Industries in 2004, Justice of Peace in 2008 and Bronze Bauhinia Star in 2016 by the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Mr. Yao graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a bachelor’s degree in science and Harvard Graduate School of Business with a master’s degree in business administration.
Mr. Desmond Chum Kwan-yue, aged 50, was appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company in March 2009. Mr. Chum was a portfolio manager at Claren Road Asset Management from 2008 to 2017, a company that provides financial services, and was responsible for building and managing a portfolio of regional corporate and sovereign bonds. Prior to working at Claren Road Asset Management, Mr. Chum was a Managing Director of Citigroup where he spent 12 years and helped to build its fixed income franchise in Asia. He oversaw a team of investment professionals and ran the Global Special Situations Group’s investment activities in the Greater China Region. He has extensive experience in sourcing, evaluating and executing private lending, private equity and real estate investments in the Greater China Region. He resigned as an Independent Non-executive Director of Classified Group (Holdings) Limited in June 2018. Mr. Chum graduated from Oxford University.
Ms. Sabrina Chao Sih-ming, BBS, JP, aged 48, was appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company in July 2019. Ms. Chao is the Chairman of Wah Kwong Shipping Holdings Limited. She graduated from the Imperial College London in 1996 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics with Management. She began her career in finance working for Jardine Fleming during 1997 to 1999, and for PricewaterhouseCoopers during 1999 to 2001. Ms. Chao has been the Director and Managing Director of Wah Kwong Shipping Holdings Limited since July 2002. She was the Executive Director and Chairman of Wah Kwong Maritime Transport Holdings Limited between September 2007 and August 2019.
Ms. Chao was the past Chairman of Asian Shipowners’ Association during 2016 to 2017 and the Hong Kong Shipowners Association during 2015 to 2017. She also served as a member of the Hong Kong Maritime and Port Board under the Transport and Housing Bureau of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region during 2016 to 2017. In May 2021, Ms. Chao was elected as President of the Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO) for a 2-year term. She is presently the Chairman of External Advisory Group of the Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies in Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the Chairman of Maritime Services Training Board under Vocational Training Council. She was named as Honorary President by the Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association since 2009 and Commodore by the Connecticut Maritime Association in 2018.
Ms. Chao has been appointed as the member of the Council of Lingnan University since 2018. In addition to above, she is Honorary Consul of Norwegian Honorary Consulate in Hong Kong; a member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Jiangsu Province of the People’s Republic of China; Young Global Leaders awarded by the World Economic Forum; a member of Young Presidents’ Organization; Executive Vice Chairman of Federation of Jiangsu Community Organization; and Executive Vice Chairman of Wuxi Chamber of Commerce and Advisor of Wusih Residents (H.K.) Association. Ms. Chao is a Justice of Peace appointed by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region since 2020 and was awarded the Bronze Bauhinia Star in 2022.
Mr. Daryl Liu Zhen-rong, aged 39, has 14 years’ experience in financial markets. He is currently a director of Platinum Holdings Company Limited, a mid-sized investment banking boutique headquartered in Hong Kong with offices in Shanghai and Singapore. He is also a Responsible Officer for Access Investment Management (H.K.) Limited, a type 4 and type 9 licensed entity managing funds for institutions, corporate bodies, family offices and high net worth individuals. Prior to that, he was with the Investment Company of the People’s Republic of China based in Singapore. Mr. Liu started his career in IBM as an analyst. Mr. Liu graduated with a Bachelor of Business Management with a Double Major in Finance and Law from Singapore Management University. |
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