Mr. LAM John Cheung-wah, aged 69, was appointed as an independent non-executive director of the Company in August 2022. He is also a member of the Company’s Audit Committee and Corporate Governance and Compliance Committee and the chairman of the Company’s Remuneration Committee and Nomination Committee. He has substantial experience in the banking industry. From 1991 to 2005, he held various senior positions at Hongkong Bank of Canada (currently known as HSBC Bank Canada), HSBC California and Hang Seng Bank Limited. He subsequently worked at Dah Sing Bank, Limited from September 2005 to February 2012 with his last position as an executive director, head of retail banking. After that, Mr. LAM acted as the vice chairman and an executive director of Nan Fung Property Holdings Limited in China Property Division between February 2013 and December 2021, and he has served as their consultant since January 2022. Mr. LAM has been an independent non-executive director of Wing Lee Property Investments Limited (stock code: 864), whose shares are listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Stock Exchange”), since February 2013 and an independent non-executive director of C&D Newin Paper & Pulp Corporation Limited (formerly known as Samson Paper Holdings Limited) (stock code: 731), whose shares are listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange, since May 2022. He has also been an independent non-executive director of Oshidori International Holdings Limited (stock code: 622) (a company listed on the Stock Exchange which was a substantial shareholder of the Company during the period from 12 March 2021 to 30 December 2021) since August 2022. He was a non-executive director of Hong Kong Aerospace Technology Group Limited (stock code: 1725), whose shares are listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange, from October 2021 to July 2022. He graduated from Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (currently known as Toronto Metropolitan University) in Toronto, Canada in June 1988 where he received his bachelor of business management degree. He is a fellow of The Institute of Canadian Bankers and a fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. He was a member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference Guangzhou Committee.