Our Board currently consists of 11 Directors, comprising 4 Executive Directors and 7 Independent Non-executive Directors.
Executive Directors
Mr. Vincent H. S. LO, GBM, GBS, JP, Chairman
Mr. Douglas H. H. SUNG, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Investment Officer
Ms. Stephanie B. Y. LO
Ms. Jessica Y. WANG, Chief Executive Officer
Independent Non-Executive Directors
Professor Gary C. BIDDLE
Dr. Roger L. McCARTHY
Mr. David J. SHAW
Mr. Anthony J. L. NIGHTINGALE
Mr. Shane S. TEDJARATI
Ms. Ya Ting WU
Mr. Albert Kong Ping NG
Senior Management
Ms. Jessica Y. WANG
Mr. Allan B. ZHANG
Mr. UY Kim Lun
Executive Directors
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Mr. Vincent H. S. Lo, aged 75, is the founder and Chairman of the Shui On Group which was established in 1971. The Group is principally engaged in property development, premium commercial properties' investment and management, construction businesses with interests in Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland. The Group's corporate culture and long term objectives are based on its commitment to quality, innovation and excellence. Mr. Lo also leads the key positions in the following subsidiaries of the Group:
Mr. Lo was awarded the Grand Bauhinia Medal (GBM) in 2017, the Gold Bauhinia Star (GBS) in 1998 and appointed Justice of the Peace in 1999 by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). He was named Businessman of the Year at the Hong Kong Business Awards in 2001, and won the Director of the Year Award from The Hong Kong Institute of Directors in 2002 and Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French government in 2004. Mr. Lo was honoured with "Ernst & Young China Entrepreneur Of The Year 2009" and also, as "Entrepreneur Of The Year 2009" in the China Real Estate Sector. Mr. Lo was made an Honorary Citizen of Shanghai in 1999 and Foshan in 2011. In 2012, the 4th World Chinese Economic Forum honoured Mr. Lo with the Lifetime Achievement Award for Leadership in Property Sector. In 2022, Mr. Lo was named "Life Trustee" by Urban Land Institute. In addition to his business capacity, Mr. Lo has been active in community services. He participated in the preparatory works of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and served as Chairman of Hong Kong Trade Development Council and The Airport Authority Hong Kong. He currently serves as Member of the Board of Directors of Boao Forum for Asia, Honorary President of Council for the Promotion & Development of Yangtze, Economic Adviser of the Chongqing Municipal Government, Honorary Life President of the Business and Professionals Federation of Hong Kong, the Honorary Court Chairman of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, among his other positions. |
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Mr. SUNG He Hau, Douglas, aged 56, is an Executive Director, Managing Director, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Investment Officer of the Company. He takes the lead on the Group's investment platforms and finance management. As Chief Investment Officer, Mr. Sung is responsible for developing and executing the Group's investment strategy, diversifying the funding sources and strengthening its investment capabilities and performance. He also assists the Board in the development of corporate strategies and the establishment of financial performance benchmarks. Mr. Sung has over 20 years of experience in the Asia real estate industry, ranging from research, capital market, direct investment and fund management. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Sung was the Managing Director and Head of Real Estate of Verdant Capital Group and the Managing Director and Portfolio Manager of JPMorgan Greater China Property Fund. Mr. Sung holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Southern California and a Master in Design Studies (Real Estate Emphasis) degree from the Harvard University. |
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Ms. Stephanie B. Y. LO, aged 40, is an Executive Director of the Company and the Vice Chairmanand and Executive Director of Shui On Xintiandi Limited (wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company). She is responsible for the development of Shui On Xintiandi's commercial strategy and project positioning. Ms. Lo oversees positioning and strategy for the Group's projects and leads the Human Resources department and the Corporate Administration Services department of the Company. Ms. Lo also takes the lead on corporate development, business and product innovation of the Group and also assists the Chairman of the Company in leading the future development of the Company. Ms. Lo joined the Group in August 2012 and has over 18 years of working experience in property development industry in the PRC, architecture and interior design as well as other art enterprises. Prior to joining the Group, Ms. Lo worked for various architecture and design firms in New York City, which include Studio Sofield - a firm well-known for its capabilities in retail design. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Architecture from Wellesley College in Massachusetts. She currently serves as a Member of The Fourteenth Shanghai Committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. She has been selected as a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum in 2020. Ms. Lo is the daughter of Mr. Vincent H. S. LO (the Chairman of the Company), a Director of Shui On Company Limited (the controlling shareholder of the Company) and was appointed as a Non-executive Director of SOCAM Development Limited with effect from 1 January 2019. |
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Ms. Jessica Y. WANG, aged 48, was the Managing Director - Project Development & Asset Management of Shui On Management Limited. Ms. Wang is responsible for various functions of project development and sales and marketing of the Group and also oversees the asset management function. Ms. Wang is also responsible for the business development of the Group, which includes land acquisitions and other new property investment activities. Ms. Wang joined the Group in August 1997 and has over 27 years of working experience in the property development industry in the PRC. Prior to joining the Group, Ms. Wang worked in sales and marketing at a real estate company in Shanghai. Ms. Wang holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the Shanghai University of Technology and an Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) degree from Fudan University in Shanghai. She also completed the Senior Executive Leadership Program at Harvard Business School. |
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Independent non-executive Directors
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Professor Gary C. BIDDLE, ged 69, has served as an Independent Non-executive Director of our Company since May 2006. Professor Biddle is Professor of Financial Accounting at University of Melbourne and Visiting Professor at Columbia University Business School, University of Hong Kong (HKU), and London Business School. Professor Biddle earned his MBA and PhD degrees at University of Chicago. He previously served as professor at University of Chicago, University of Washington, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), and as visiting professor at China Europe International Business School (China), Fudan University (China), University of Glasgow (UK), IMD (Switzerland), and Skolkovo Business School (Russia). In academic leadership, Professor Biddle served as Dean and Chair Professor at HKU, and as Academic Dean, Department Head, Council member, Court member, Senate member, and Chair Professor at HKUST. He co-created the EMBA-Global Asia program and taught the first class and decade of the Kellogg-HKUST EMBA program, both recently ranked #1 in the world by Financial Times and QS. Professionally, he is a member of the AICPA, Australian Institute of Company Directors, CPA Australia, and HKICPA. He also is Accounting Area Editor for Journal of International Business Studies, Book Editor for The Accounting Review, and an editorial board member of other premier academic journals. Professor Biddle has served as a member of the American Accounting Association Executive Board and as Vice-President and President-Elect Candidate, Accounting Hall of Fame Selection Committee, Financial Reporting Review Panel of the Financial Reporting Council of Hong Kong, HKICPA Council, Accreditation and Financial Reporting Standards Committees of HKICPA, Hong Kong Institute of Directors Training Committee, and as President and cofounding Council Member of the Hong Kong Academic Accounting Association. Professor Biddle conducts research on financial and management accounting (teaching both), value creation, economic forecasting, corporate governance and performance metrics, including EVA®. His research appears in leading academic journals and in the financial press including CNN, SCMP, The Economist, and The Wall Street Journal. He has over 8,100 Google Scholar citations and ranks among the top 0.28% in career research citations and top 0.10% in career research downloads among all social scientists (SSRN). Professor Biddle has won 30 teaching honours, including three "Professor of Year" awards from the world's top-ranked EMBA programs. He proudly serves as Independent Non-Executive Director and Audit Committee Chair of leading listed companies including Kingdee International Software Group Limited and New Hope Group Real Pet Food Company, and served as Remuneration Committee Chair of Chinachem Group. |
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Dr. Roger L. McCARTHY, aged 72, has served as an Independent Non-executive Director of our Company since May 2006. Dr. McCarthy is currently the principal of McCarthy Engineering. He was formerly CEO and Chairman of Exponent, Inc. (NASDAQ symbol "EXPO"). He was also Chairman of Exponent Science and Technology Consulting Co., Ltd. (Hangzhou) (毅 博 科 技 諮 詢 ( 杭 州 ) 有 限 公 司), a wholly owned subsidiary of Exponent, Inc., which he founded in 2005 to expand Exponent Inc.'s services to the PRC. Dr. McCarthy holds five academic degrees: an Arts Bachelor (A.B.) in Philosophy and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (B.S.E.M.E.) from the University of Michigan; and an S.M. degree in Mechanical Engineering, the professional degree of Mechanical Engineer (Mech.E.), and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering all from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ("MIT"). He graduated from the University of Michigan Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude, the Outstanding Undergraduate in Mechanical Engineering in 1972. He was a National Science Foundation fellow. In 1992, Dr. McCarthy was appointed by the first President Bush to the President's Commission on the National Medal of Science. Dr. McCarthy is one of approximately 165 US Mechanical Engineers elected to the National Academy of Engineering. He currently serves on MIT's Material Science and Engineering Visiting Committee and the External Advisory Board of the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Michigan, and is a Senior Fellow at the B. John Garrick Institute for the Risk Sciences at UCLA. Dr. McCarthy delivered the 2008 commencement address for the University of Michigan's College of Engineering. He is currently a member of the US National Academy of Engineering's Finance and Budget Committee. |
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Mr. David J. SHAW, aged 73, has served as an Independent Non-executive Director of our Company since May 2006. Mr. Shaw acted as the Group Adviser to the Board of HSBC Holdings plc from June 1998 until 30 September 2013 and retired from the HSBC Group in 2015. Mr. Shaw is a solicitor, admitted in England and Wales and in Hong Kong. He was a partner of Norton Rose from 1973 until 1998 and during that period spent approximately 20 years working in Hong Kong. Mr. Shaw obtained a law degree from Cambridge University. He is also an Independent Non-executive Director of Kowloon Development Company Limited. |
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Mr. Anthony John Liddell NIGHTINGALE, CMG, SBS, JP, aged 73, has been appointed as an Independent Nonexecutive Director of our Company since 1 January 2016.He was the Managing Director of Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited. He is currently a non-executive director of Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited and of other Jardine Group companies, including Jardine Strategic Holdings Limited, Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited, Dairy Farm International Holdings Limited, Hongkong Land Holdings Limited and Mandarin Oriental International Limited. He is also a non-executive Director of Prudential plc, Vitasoy International Holdings Limited and a commissioner of PT Astra International Tbk. Mr. Nightingale is a member of The HKSAR Chief Executive's Council of Advisers on Innovation and Strategic Development, chairperson of The Sailors Home and Missions to Seafarers and chairman of The Friends of Uppingham School Limited in Hong Kong. He is the former chairman of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce and was appointed as an ABAC Representative of Hong Kong, China from 2005 to 2017 and the Hong Kong representative to the APEC Vision Group from 2018 to 2019. Mr. Nightingale was an independent non-executive director of China Xintiandi Holding Company Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. |
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Mr. Shane Shahrooz TEDJARATI, aged 58, is President of Global High Growth Regions in Honeywell International Inc. ("Honeywell") (NYSE: HON) and has been an officer of the company since September 2004. Mr. Tedjarati is responsible for driving the business expansion of Honeywell in high growth regions of the world: Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East and Eastern Europe. Prior to joining Honeywell, Mr. Tedjarati spent 20 years in information technology and management consulting fields and was the regional managing director for Deloitte Consulting (Greater China) from July 1999 to August 2004, where he worked with Chinese state-owned enterprises and multinational corporations to help them formulate and execute strategies for sustainable growth in China and abroad. Mr. Tedjarati studied Mathematics and Computer Science at McGill University, Canada; Masters of Business Administration at University of Surrey, United Kingdom; and Executive Program in e-Commerce at the Wharton School of Management of the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Tedjarati is an accomplished aviator and holds the highest levels of FAA pilot certifications (Airline Transport License) and jet type ratings. Mr. Tedjarati is a Henry Crown Fellow of The Aspen Institute and also co-founder of its two flagship programs - the Middle East Leadership Initiative and the China Fellowship Program. He is a special advisor to Chongqing and Wuhan Mayors, member of the advisory board of Antai College of Economics and Management Shanghai Jiao Tong University and industry Co-Chair of China Leaders for Global Operations, a dual master's degree program by Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and Advisory Council Member of the University of Berkeley AMENA Centre for Entrepreneurship and Development. Mr. Tedjarati has lived in Greater China (Hong Kong and Shanghai) for more than 25 years and speaks six languages including Mandarin Chinese. |
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Ms. Ya Ting WU, aged 46, is the Chief Executive Officer of Fengmao Trade (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. ("Fengmao"), a joint venture between Richemont/Yoox Net-a-Porter Group and Alibaba Group. Ms. Wu joined Fengmao in July 2019 and Unilever Group in September 1998. Ms. Wu took on different roles across different countries while she was with Unilever Group; she was employed by Unilever China Co. Ltd. as the Vice President of Digital and E-Commerce for Unilever North Asia. She has more than 22 years of working experience in the consumer goods industry and luxury fashion industry with successful track record of business delivery across 6 countries of which more than 10 years within Mainland China. Ms. Wu served as an Advisory Board Member of Schneider Electric Taiwan Company Limited in 2015 and served to the Board of European Chamber of Commerce Taiwan and British Chambers of Commerce in Taipei in 2016. Ms. Wu holds a degree in Business Administration and Finance from Solvay Business School, Belgium and an MBA in Finance from European AMSEC. |
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Mr. Albert Kong Ping NG, aged 65, has been appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company since 11 October 2022. He was the chairman of Ernst & Young China, the managing partner of Ernst & Young in Greater China and a member of Ernst & Young's Global Executive Committee. He has over 30 years of professional experience in accounting in Hong Kong and Mainland China. Prior to joining Ernst & Young, Mr. Ng served as Managing Partner of Arthur Andersen in Greater China, Managing Partner, China Operation of PricewaterhouseCoopers and the managing director of Citigroup China Investment Banking. Mr. Ng is currently an Honorary Advisor of the Hong Kong Business Accountants Association and a member of the Advisory Board of the School of Accountancy and the MBA Programs of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Mr. Ng is a member of the Audit Committee of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen and a Council Member of the Education Foundation of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen. Mr. Ng is an Independent Non-executive Director of Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. (a company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (stock code: 601318) and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (stock code: 02318)), China International Capital Corporation Limited (a company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (stock code: 601995) and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (stock code: 03908)), an Independent Director of Alibaba Group Holding Limited (a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (stock code: BABA) and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (stock code: 09988)), and an Independent Non-executive director of Beijing Airdoc Technology Co., Ltd. (a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (stock code: 02251)). Mr. Ng is a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA), Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ), CPA Australia (CPAA) and Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). He obtained his Bachelor of Business Administration degree and his Master of Business Administration degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. |
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Senior Management
Ms. Jessica Y. WANG, aged 48, was the Managing Director - Project Development & Asset Management of Shui On Management Limited. Ms. Wang is responsible for various functions of project development and sales and marketing of the Group and also oversees the asset management function. Ms. Wang is also responsible for the business development of the Group, which includes land acquisitions and other new property investment activities. Ms. Wang joined the Group in August 1997 and has over 27 years of working experience in the property development industry in the PRC. Prior to joining the Group, Ms. Wang worked in sales and marketing at a real estate company in Shanghai.
Ms. Wang holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the Shanghai University of Technology and an Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) degree from Fudan University in Shanghai. She also completed the Senior Executive Leadership Program at Harvard Business School.
Mr. Allan B. ZHANG, aged 41, is an Executive Director of SOM. Mr. Zhang leads the product development and project development design, cost and construction management functions, as well as the Group's construction business. He also takes the lead on the office business unit of China Xintiandi, and is the head of the Taipingqiao project, the KIC Project and the Company's mixed-use development business in Nanjing.
Mr. Zhang has 16 years of experience in the PRC property development industry, bringing with him a wealth of property development and commercial asset management experience in multiple cities across mainland China. Mr. Zhang joined the Group in 2004. Prior to his present position, Mr. Zhang was the Chief Operating Officer of China Xintiandi Limited, where he was involved in several mixed-use city center community projects, such as Rui Hong Xin Cheng, Wuhan Tiandi, KIC and the Taipingqiao mixed-use development. Mr. Zhang is a deputy to the People's Congress of Shanghai Huangpu District. He holds a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in engineering from Tongji University. He is also a certified member of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
Mr. UY Kim Lun, aged 56, is the Director of Legal Affairs and Company Secretary of our Company. He joined our Company in 2005 and is responsible for the legal, company secretarial, compliance, risk management and business ethics issues of our Company. Mr. Uy holds a bachelor's degree, with honours, in Laws and a Postgraduate Certificate in Laws from The University of Hong Kong. He was admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong in 1991 and in England and Wales in 1994. He has over 28 years of post-qualification experience and has worked in the legal departments of several bluechip companies in Hong Kong before joining our Company.
updated 4th May, 2023
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