About Chevalier

Board of Directors

Chevalier International Holdings Limited

Executive Directors
Mr KUOK Hoi Sang (Chairman and Managing Director)
Mr TAM Kwok Wing (Deputy Managing Director)
Mr HO Chung Leung
Mr MA Chi Wing
Miss Lily CHOW


Non-Executive Directors
Professor POON Chung Kwong*
Mr Irons SZE*
Mr SUN Leland Li Hsun*
Ms KWAN Angelina Agnes*
Mr CHOW Vee Tsung, Oscar

*Independent Non-Executive Director

Executive Directors
Mr KUOK Hoi Sang

Mr. KUOK Hoi Sang MH, Executive Director, Chairman and Managing Director, chairman of the Executive Committee and the Nomination Committee, a member of the Remuneration Committee, joined Chevalier Group in 1972. He is also a director of certain companies of the Group. Mr. Kuok has extensive experience in business development and is responsible for the strategic planning and management of the operations of lift and escalator, building construction, building supplies, aluminium windows and curtain walls, electrical and mechanical engineering, civil engineering, property investment and development as well as investment projects of Chevalier Group. Mr. Kuok is the President of The Hong Kong Real Property Federation, the Honorable Founding President of Registered Specialist Trade Contractors Federation, the President of The Lift and Escalator Contractors Association, the Chairman of the Hong Kong – China Branch of The International Association of Elevator Engineers, Vice President of The Hong Kong Federation of Electrical and Mechanical Contractors Limited and a Registered Lift and Escalator Engineer in Hong Kong.

Mr. Kuok has served on a number of the Boards and Committees of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, including the Lift and Escalator Safety Advisory Committee as well as the Written Examination Committee of the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department for registration of lift engineers and escalator engineers. Mr. Kuok was awarded the Medal of Honour by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 2016 for his dedicated public service, particularly for his contributions to the development of the electrical and mechanical services industry. He was also a member of the Guangzhou Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference from the 9th to 12th sessions and the Election Committee of the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

 



Mr TAM Kwok Wing

Mr. TAM Kwok Wing MH, Executive Director, Deputy Managing Director and a member of the Executive Committee, joined Chevalier Group in 1986. He is also a director of certain companies of the Group. Mr. Tam is responsible for the operations of cold storage and logistics; insurance services; property investment and development; property management; and travel agency businesses.
 
Mr. Tam holds a Bachelor Degree in Laws from Peking University of the People’s Republic of China; a Master of Arts Degree from City University of Hong Kong; and a Postgraduate Diploma in Corporate Administration from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Mr. Tam is a Fellow Member of each of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors; the Chartered Governance Institute in the United Kingdom; and The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute. Mr. Tam is also a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Housing in the United Kingdom.
 
At present, Mr. Tam is the Chairman of the Hong Kong Federation of Insurers and a Councillor of the General Insurance Council. He also sits as a member on the Property Management Services Authority. In addition, he is a Past President of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute, and a Past President and Council Member of the Hong Kong Association of Property Management Companies. He is also currently a member of the fifth-term Election Committee of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
 
Mr. Tam has been appointed as the Honorary Vice Consul of the Kingdom of Bahrain to Hong Kong. He also serves as the Secretary General of the Hong Kong Bahrain Business Association. He was also a Standing Committee Member of the 13th Changchun Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.



Mr HO Chung Leung

Mr. HO Chung Leung, Executive Director and a member of the Executive Committee, joined Chevalier Group in 1985. He is also a director of certain companies of the Group. He is responsible for the internal audit of the Group. Mr. Ho is a Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in the United Kingdom and a Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.



Mr MA Chi Wing

Mr. MA Chi Wing, Executive Director and a member of the Executive Committee, joined Chevalier Group in 1993. He is also a director of certain companies of the Group. He is responsible for the human resources and general administration of the Group. Mr. Ma has extensive experience in project management and is currently in charge of the healthcare investment, car dealership, hotel investment and trading businesses of the Group. Mr. Ma holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from The University of Warwick in the United Kingdom, a Bachelor’s degree in International Business Studies from City University of Hong Kong, a Corporate Finance Certificate from the University of California, Berkeley in the United States of America, and a Professional Certificate in China Construction from Tsinghua University, Mainland China.



Miss Lily CHOW

Miss Lily CHOW, Executive Director and a member of the Executive Committee, joined Chevalier Group in 1990. She is also a director of certain companies of the Group. She is responsible for strategic planning and business development of the Group. Miss Chow holds a Bachelor’s degree in Arts from the University of British Columbia in Canada. Miss Chow is a Honorary Chairman of Ladies’ Committee of The Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, an Affairs Consultant, Permanent Honorary President, Honorary President, and member of General Committee of All-China Women’s Federation Hong Kong Delegates Association, the Hong Kong non-voting member of the All China Women’s Federation and a member of Equal Opportunities Commission, Chairperson of Assessment Committee of the Equal Opportunities (Sexual Orientation) Funding Scheme and a Court Member of City University of Hong Kong. She is currently a member of the fifth-term Election Committee of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. She is also a member of the 13th Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. Miss Chow is the daughter of the late Dr. Chow Yei Ching, Chairman Emeritus of the Company, and a sister of Mr. Chow Vee Tsung, Oscar, Non-Executive Director of the Company.
 



Non-Executive Directors
Professor POON Chung Kwong*

Professor the Honourable POON Chung Kwong GBM, GBS, OBE, JP, PhD, DSc Independent Non-Executive Director and chairman of the Remuneration Committee, a member of each of the Audit Committee and Nomination Committee, joined the Company in 2012. Professor Poon obtained a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree from the University of Hong Kong, a Doctor of Philosophy degree and a Higher Doctor of Science degree from the University of London in the United Kingdom. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the California Institute of Technology and The University of Southern California in the United States of America and University of Toronto in Canada. He also holds a Honorary Degree of Doctor of Humanities from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2009. Professor Poon is currently the Chairman of Virya Foundation Limited (a registered non-profit charitable organisation). He is an Emeritus Professor and the President Emeritus of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and had devoted 40 years of his life to advancing university education in Hong Kong before he retired in January 2009 from his 18-year presidency at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Professor Poon was appointed a Non-official Justice of the Peace in 1989 and received the OBE award in 1991, the Gold Bauhinia Star award in 2002, and the “Leader of the Year Awards 2008 (Education)”. He was also awarded the Grand Bauhinia Medal by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 2023. In addition, Professor Poon was appointed as a member of the Legislative Council (1985-1991) and a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (1998-2013).
 
Professor Poon is an independent non-executive director and member of corporate governance committee of Henderson Land Development Company Limited, and an independent non-executive director, member of board audit and risk committee, remuneration committee and nomination committee of The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited. All of those companies are public companies listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.



Mr Irons SZE*

Mr. Irons SZE BBS, JP, Independent Non-Executive Director and a member of the Audit Committee, joined the Company in 2016. Mr. Sze graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Science from University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, the United States of America in 1985. Mr. Sze has extensive experience in investment and corporate management. Mr. Sze is an independent non-executive director, a member of each of the audit committee and remuneration committee of Continental Holdings Limited; an independent non-executive director, chairman of the remuneration committee and member of the audit committee of Best Mart 360 Holdings Limited; an independent non-executive director, and a member of each of the audit committee, remuneration committee and nomination committee of Redco Healthy Living Company Limited. He was appointed as an independent non-executive director, and a member of each of the audit committee, remuneration committee and nomination committee of Forward Fashion (International) Holdings Company Limited on 1 July 2022. He was also appointed as an independent non-executive director of Tongda Group Holdings Limited on 29 May 2023. He has resigned as an independent non-executive director, chairman of nomination committee, and member of each of the audit committee and remuneration committee of Jianzhong Construction Development Limited on 21 November 2023. He has also resigned as an independent non-executive director, chairman of nomination committee and member of audit committee of ST International Holdings Company Limited on 5 December 2023. All of the above mentioned companies are listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. Mr. Sze is also an executive director of a private company, Hang Tung Resources Holding Limited and holds directorship in various private companies.
 
Mr. Sze is a Standing Member of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference; a Standing Committee Member of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference; the Permanent Honorary Chairman of the HKCPPCC (Provincial) Association Limited; the Permanent Honorary President of The Chinese Manufacturers’ Association of Hong Kong; the Chairman of the Mainland Business Advisory Committee of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council; the Deputy Secretary General of the Hong Kong Coalition; a Council Member of the Hong Kong Repertory Theatre Limited; a member of Labour Advisory Board under Labour Department; a Court Member of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He was also elected as a member of Election Committee of the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 2016. Mr. Sze was appointed as a Justice of the Peace and awarded the Bronze Bauhinia Star by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 2011 and 2015 respectively.



Mr SUN Leland Li Hsun*

Mr. SUN Leland Li Hsun, Independent Non-Executive Director and a member of the Audit Committee, joined the Company in 2019. Mr. Sun obtained his Master’s degree of Business Administration from the UCLA Anderson School of Business, the United States of America in 1986. Mr. Sun is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Pan Asian Mortgage Company Limited, an innovative non-banking financial services company specialising in residential mortgage financing in Hong Kong since 2001. Mr. Sun serves on the Market Development Committee, FSDC (Financial Services Development Council) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region since 2021.
 
Mr. Sun was elected as a member of Election Committee of the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 2017. He was also appointed by the Financial Secretary of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as the first Chief Operating Officer of The Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited in 1997. Previously, he was a Senior Managing Director of Bear Stearns Asia Limited and an Executive Director of Goldman Sachs (Asia) LLC. Mr. Sun was also the President of The American Club Hong Kong and a member of the Executive Committee (Treasurer) and Board of Governors of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong.



Ms KWAN Angelina Agnes

Ms. KWAN Angelina Agnes, Independent Non-Executive Director and chairman of the Audit Committee, a member of each of the Remuneration Committee and the Nomination Committee, joined the Company in 2023. Ms. Kwan holds a Master of Laws from Harvard Law School in the United States of America, a Master of Business Administration from Pepperdine University in the United States of America, a Bachelor of Laws from a joint programme organised by University of Hong Kong, School of Professional and Continuing Education and Manchester Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom, and a Bachelor of Finance and Accounting from the University of Southern California in the United States of America. She is also a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand.

Ms. Kwan is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Stratford Finance Limited, a Senior Advisor of IMC Asia Pacific Limited, the Chair of the Women’s Foundation and a Member of the Education and Development Committee of Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute. She also serves on a number of Hong Kong Government appointed Boards and charities including as a Member of New Business Committee of the Financial Services Development Council, a Member of Betting Duty Appeal Board under Home and Youth Affairs Bureau of The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and a Board Director of the Ebenezer School for the Blind.

Ms. Kwan has held the Senior Advisor, Group Chief Operating Officer and Group Chief Risk Officer roles at the HashKey Group. She was also a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Lord Wilson Heritage Trust and the Women’s Commission. Ms. Kwan was the Head of Regulatory Compliance in Listing and Regulatory Affairs Division of the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and a Director of Supervision of Markets Division and a Director of the Enforcement Division of Securities and Futures Commission. She also previously held directorate positions with international digital asset exchanges, Cantor Fitzgerald, CLSA and was also a Member of Administrative Appeals Board and a Council Member for Carbon Neutrality and Sustainable Development of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.



Mr. CHOW Vee Tsung, Oscar

Mr. CHOW Vee Tsung, Oscar, Non-Executive Director, joined Chevalier Group in 2000. He is also a director of certain companies of the Group. He holds a Master’s degree in Engineering from The University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Mr. Chow is currently a General Committee Member of The Chinese Manufacturers’ Association of Hong Kong and a Court Honorary Member of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Mr. Chow is the Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of Bahrain in Hong Kong and currently the Chairman of Hong Kong Bahrain Business Association. He is also a member of the fifth-term Election Committee of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. He was also the Shanghai Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. Mr. Chow is the son of the late Dr. Chow Yei Ching, Chairman Emeritus of the Company, and a brother of Miss Lily Chow, Executive Director of the Company.


*Independent Non-Executive Director

 

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