Executive Directors
Benedict CHANG Yew Teck
Joseph Chua PHI
Non-Executive Directors
Dr. Victor FUNG Kwok King
Dr. William FUNG Kwok Lun
Jeremy Paul Egerton HOBBINS
LAU Butt Farn
Independent Non-Executive Directors
John Estmond STRICKLAND
Dr. FU Yu Ning
Professor LEE Hau Leung
Andrew TUNG Lieh Cheung
Executive Directors
Benedict CHANG Yew Teck, aged 56, is the Group Managing Director of the Company. He has been an Executive Director of the Company since October 2003. Mr. Chang holds directorships in various subsidiaries of the Company.
Prior to joining IDS, Mr. Chang spent 13 years in various senior executive positions with the HAVI Group LP, a US-based partnership. He was Group Managing Director of HAVI's Asia-Pacific operations which provided logistics, manufacturing, purchasing and supply chain management services to McDonald's in the Asia-Pacific. He was also Senior Vice-President and Partner of HAVI and sat on the Executive Board of the HAVI Group LP.
Mr. Chang is a graduate of the University of Surrey, United Kingdom, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Marine Engineering. As a Keppel scholar, Mr. Chang then spent his early career as Ship Repair Manager with Keppel Corporation Limited in Singapore. He was subsequently appointed Project Director of the Allied Food Group and then Director of Manufacturing at Allied Cocoa Industries, a subsidiary of the Cocoa Division of W.R. Grace.
Mr. Chang is currently Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Li & Fung Institute of Supply Chain Management and Logistics of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and is a member of the Advisory Board of the School of Information Systems, Singapore Management University. Mr. Chang is also a member of the advisory committee of the Logistics Development Council in Hong Kong advising the Government on matters relating to the logistic industry. In 1997, Mr. Chang founded Domino's Pizza in Malaysia and was also a past board member of Delifrance Asia Pte Limited.
Joseph Chua PHI, aged 47, is the President of IDS Group. He joined IDS Logistics (Hong Kong) Limited in 1999 and has been an Executive Director of the Company since August 2004. Mr. Phi holds directorships in various subsidiaries of the Company. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of the Philippines with a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering, and attained an MBA degree with top honours from the same university. Between 1984 and 1995, Mr. Phi worked with Colgate-Palmolive Company in a number of Asian locations covering the areas of purchasing, production planning, manufacturing, logistics and supply chain management. Between 1995 and 1999, he worked with HAVI Food Services as General Manager and later Managing Director of its Taiwan subsidiary. He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Gamma Mu international honour societies. Mr. Phi is the convener of the Li & Fung Group China Advisory Committee, which aims to coordinate the Group-wide China effort to produce the maximum impact and exposure for the Li & Fung Group. He is the Chairman of GS1 Hong Kong, an industry led organization promoting global standards and enabling technologies aimed at improving the core competences and competitiveness of the Hong Kong business community, and a Director of ECR Hong Kong, which aims to champion Supply Chain Management development in the consumer goods industry through the promotion of Efficient Consumer Response concept and adoption of related best practices. He is also a member of the Advisory Committee, Center for Marketing and Supply Chain Management at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). Mr Phi. is an Industrial Engineer.
Non-Executive Directors
Dr. Victor FUNG Kwok King, aged 64, brother of Dr. William FUNG Kwok Lun, has been a Non-executive Director of the Company since October 2003. Dr. Fung is Group Chairman of the Li & Fung group of companies including publicly listed Li & Fung Limited, Convenience Retail Asia Limited, Trinity Limited (which was listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited on 3 November 2009) and the Company. He is also a director of King Lun Holdings Limited, Li & Fung (1937) Limited and Li & Fung (Distribution) Limited, substantial shareholders of the Company. Dr. Fung holds Bachelor and Master Degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Doctorate in Business Economics from Harvard University. Dr. Fung is an independent non-executive director of BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Limited in Hong Kong, Baosteel Group Corporation in the People's Republic of China and CapitaLand Limited in Singapore. He retired as an independent non-executive director of Orient Overseas (International) Limited and a non-executive director of Hup Soon Global Corporation Limited, both in April 2009. In public service, Dr. Fung is Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and has become a Vice Chairman of China Centre for International Economic Exchanges since March 2009. He is a member of the Commission on Strategic Development of the Hong Kong Government. Dr. Fung is also Chairman of the Greater Pearl River Delta Business Council and the Hong Kong-Japan Business Co-operation Committee. From 1991 to 2000, Dr. Fung was Chairman of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, and from 1996 to 2003, he was the Hong Kong representative on the APEC Business Advisory Council. He was also Chairman of the Hong Kong Airport Authority from 1999 to 2008, and Chairman of The Council of The University of Hong Kong from 2001 to November 2009. In 2003, the Hong Kong Government awarded Dr. Fung the Gold Bauhinia Star for distinguished service to the community.
Dr. William FUNG Kwok Lun, SBS, OBE, JP, aged 61, brother of Dr. Victor FUNG Kwok King, has been a Non-executive Director of the Company since August 2004. Dr. Fung is Group Managing Director of Li & Fung Limited and a non-executive director of Convenience Retail Asia Limited and Trinity Limited (which was listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited on 3 November 2009). He is also a director of King Lun Holdings Limited, Li & Fung (1937) Limited and Li & Fung (Distribution) Limited (substantial shareholders of the Company). He has held key positions in major trade associations. He was past Chairman of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, the Hong Kong Exporters' Association and the Hong Kong Committee for the Pacific Economic Cooperation Committee. He has been awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government in 2008. He graduated from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering and holds a Master degree in Business Administration from the Harvard Graduate School of Business. He was conferred the degrees of Doctor of Business Administration, honoris causa, by the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology and by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Currently, Dr. Fung is a non-executive director of HSBC Holdings plc. He is an independent non-executive director of VTech Holdings Limited and Shui On Land Limited. He is also an independent non-executive director of Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited since February 2010 and an independent director of Singapore Airlines Limited since December 2009. He was an independent non-executive director of CLP Holdings Limited.
Jeremy Paul Egerton HOBBINS, aged 62, has been a Non-executive Director of the Company since October 2003. Mr. Hobbins is a director of various companies within the Li & Fung group of companies including Li & Fung (Distribution) Limited and Li & Fung (1937) Limited, both are substantial shareholders of the Company. He is also a non-executive director of Convenience Retail Asia Limited and a non-executive Deputy Chairman of Trinity Limited (which was listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited on 3 November 2009). Prior to joining the Li & Fung group of companies, he was the Chief Executive of Inchcape Marketing Services - Asia Pacific and was also the Chief Executive Officer of Inchcape Marketing Services Limited which was listed in Singapore, from 1997 to 1998. In addition, he served as a member of the Group Management Board of Inchcape plc and a director of Inchcape NRG, a business machines joint-venture with Ricoh. Previously, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Inchcape Buying Services from 1993 to 1996. Before joining the Inchcape group in 1993, he was the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Campbell Soup Company, UK and Ireland, and previously was President of the Dairy Division of Ault Foods, Canada. He has also held senior positions at Procter & Gamble, Hutchison Whampoa and Cadbury Schweppes where he started his career in brand management.
LAU Butt Farn, aged 62, has been a Non-executive Director of the Company since October 2003. Mr. Lau is a director of Li & Fung (Distribution) Limited and Li & Fung (1937) Limited, both are substantial shareholders of the Company. He graduated from the University of London and Open University of Hong Kong with Bachelor of Science degrees in Physics and Mathematics respectively and is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He joined the Li & Fung Group in 1981 as financial controller. Between 1985 and 1998, he was the Operations Director for Li & Fung (Retailing) Limited (the retailing arm of the Li & Fung group of companies) with operations in Circle K Convenience Stores (HK) Limited and Toys "R" Us - Lifung Limited. He was then the Chief Financial Officer of Li & Fung (Distribution) Limited until 2004. Mr. Lau is also responsible for the merger and acquisition and other corporate finance activities of Li & Fung Group.
Independent Non-Executive Directors
John Estmond STRICKLAND, GBS, JP, aged 70, has been an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company since October 2004. He spent most of his working career with HSBC. From 1996 to 1998 he was chairman of HongkongBank, which has responsibility for HSBC's operations in Asia Pacific. Presently he is chairman of Hong Kong Cyberport Management Co Ltd, Hong Kong Internet Registration Corporation Limited and Hong Kong Domain Name Registration Company Limited, a director of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, Esquel Holdings Inc and The Asia Society Hong Kong Centre Limited. He is a member of the Council of The University of Hong Kong, President of the Outward Bound Trust, and a member of the boards of a number of non-government organizations. He has honorary doctorates awarded by City University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Dr. FU Yu Ning, aged 53, has been an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company since November 2004. Dr. Fu graduated from Dalian Institute of Technology in the PRC with a Bachelor Degree in Port and Waterway Engineering. He also obtained a Doctorate Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Brunel University, United Kingdom and worked as a Post-Doctorate research fellow. Dr. Fu is the Chairman of China Merchants Holdings (International) Company Limited, Non-Executive Director of China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. and Independent Non-Executive Director of Sino Land Company Limited, all Hong Kong listed companies. And he is also the Non-Executive Independent Director of CapitaLand Limited, listed in Singapore.
Dr. Fu is also the Chairman of China International Marine Containers (Group) Limited and China Merchants Energy Shipping Co, Ltd., all listed in China. Dr. Fu is now Director and President of China Merchants Group Ltd., and also holds directorship in some public associations such as General Committee Member of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, Director of Hong Kong Port Development Council and Member of the Advisory Committee of the Securities and Futures Commission, Hong Kong SAR.
Professor LEE Hau Leung, aged 57, has been an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company since November 2004. He is the Thoma Professor of Operations, Information and Technology at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. His areas of specialization are in supply chain management, global logistics system design, inventory planning, and manufacturing strategy. He is the founding and current Director of the Stanford Global Supply Chain Management Forum, an industry-academic consortium to advance the theory and practice of global supply chain management. Prof. Lee was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2010, a Fellow of Manufacturing and Service Operations Management in 2001; a Fellow of INFORMS in 2005; and a Fellow of the Production and Operations Management Society in 2005. Prof. Lee has consulted extensively for companies in the public and private sector. He was a co-founder of Evant, DemandTec, SignalDemand and TrueDemand, all supply chain software companies. Prof. Lee obtained his Bachelor of Social Science degree in Economics and Statistics from the University of Hong Kong in 1974, his Master of Science degree in Operational Research from the London School of Economics in 1975, and his Master of Science and a Doctorate Degree in Operations Research from the University of Pennsylvania in 1981 and 1983 respectively. Prof. Lee is an independent external director of Pericom Semiconductor Corporation, a public company on NASDAQ in the US, and Esquel Holdings Inc, a privately held company in Hong Kong. He also serves on the advisory board of three venture capital and investment companies: Altos Ventures in the US, Focus Ventures in US and Asia, and Harbor Pacific Capital in US and Asia.
Andrew TUNG Lieh Cheung, aged 45, has been an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company since May 2008. He has been a director and a member of Executive Committee of Orient Overseas Container Line Limited ("OOCL") since March 2006 and has been appointed as the Chief Operating Officer of OOCL since January 2009. He is also a director of Cargosmart (Hong Kong) Limited. Prior to 2006, Mr. Tung was the Chief Operating Officer of Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Limited. He also worked for OOCL in various management capacities between 1993 and 1999. He is also Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce Committee on Maritime Transport. Mr. Tung holds a Bachelor degree from Princeton University and a Master of Business Administration from Stanford University in the USA.
updated 29th June, 2010
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