ABOUT
Board of Directors



Mr. Marc TSCHIRNER, aged 51, was appointed as an Executive Director and the Managing Director of the Company in January 2021. He is also a member of the Company’s Remuneration Committee, Corporate Governance and Compliance Committee and Share Repurchase Committee. He graduated from University of Konstanz with a Master Degree in Law in 1998. Mr. TSCHIRNER was admitted to the German Bar in 2002, all Higher German Regional Courts in 2007 and as a registered foreign lawyer in Hong Kong in 2018. He worked as a director at Roedl & Partner Limited from 2017 until 2019 and as external chief representative from 2019 until 2020. Mr. TSCHIRNER is also a registered foreign lawyer at Lee Law Firm, Hong Kong since July 2020. Before he worked as a registered foreign lawyer at Shum & Co. Solicitors and Roedl & Partner. Previously, Mr. TSCHIRNER also worked for Arthur Andersen in Zurich and Ernst & Young in Zurich with a primary focus in tax law. In addition, between 2004 and 2008, Mr. TSCHIRNER held a position as vice president at Credit Suisse Group, Zurich. Between 2008 and 2015, Mr. TSCHIRNER was an executive director at Bank Julius Baer, Zurich. Between 2016 and 2017, Mr. TSCHIRNER was a director at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Hong Kong. During the period from 21 July 2020 to 8 January 2021, he was an executive director and group chief operating officer of Esprit Holdings Limited (330.HK).

Mr. SAM Hing Cheong, aged 41, was appointed as an Executive Director and the Vice Chairman of the Company in April 2021. He is also a member of the Company’s Remuneration Committee, Nomination Committee and Share Repurchase Committee. Mr. SAM holds a Bachelor of Laws with Honours and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Waikato, New Zealand. Mr. SAM is admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong, England and Wales, the British Virgin Islands, New Zealand and also as an attorney in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Mr. SAM is also a non-executive director of Oshidori International Holdings Limited (622.HK) (“Oshidori”), a company listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited which was a substantial shareholder of the Company during the period from March 2021 to December 2021. Mr. SAM was previously the chairman of Oshidori between 28 January 2019 to 5 June 2020; the acting chairman of Oshidori from 5 April 2017 to 28 January 2019; and the chief executive officer of Oshidori from 27 March 2012 to 6 April 2017. Mr. SAM was re-designated from an executive director and the chairman of Oshidori to a non-executive director on 5 June 2020.

Mr. William GILES, aged 60, was appointed as an independent non-executive director of the Company in February 2021. He is also a member of the Company’s Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee and Nomination Committee and the chairman of the Company’s Corporate Governance and Compliance Committee and Share Repurchase Committee. He holds a Bachelor of Laws degree (Hons) from The University of Sheffield. Mr. GILES was admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales in 1987 and in Hong Kong in 1990. Mr. GILES was a partner of Hart Giles, Solicitors & Notaries until 30 June 2022. He has joined Lee Law Firm as a senior consultant on 1 July 2022. Mr. GILES has over thirty years of extensive experience in practising law as a specialist in large-scale commercial litigation, insolvency work, restructuring and regulatory investigations. Mr. GILES has acted in numerous cases in the High Court and Court of Appeal concerning civil fraud, white-collar crime, financial services, employment, commercial contracts and shareholder disputes. Mr. GILES has also acted as liquidator of more than 70 companies. Mr. GILES has been an independent non-executive director of Esprit Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability whose shares are listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (stock code: 330), since December 2020.

Mr. YU Chung Leung, aged 52, was appointed as an independent non-executive director of the Company in August 2022. He is also a member of the Company’s Remuneration Committee, Nomination Committee and Corporate Governance and Compliance Committee and the chairman of the Company’s Audit Committee. He has over 29 years of experience in auditing and accounting. He holds a Master of Arts in international accounting from City University of Hong Kong. Mr. YU is a member and an authorised supervisor of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is a fellow member of The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, a chartered tax adviser of The Taxation Institute of Hong Kong and a practising certified public accountant in Hong Kong. He is also a member of the Process Review Panel for the Financial Reporting Council. Mr. Yu is a partner of Lee & Yu Certified Public Accountants. He was awarded the Chief Executive’s Commendation for Community Service in 2022. He has been an independent non-executive director of Narnia (Hong Kong) Group Company Limited (stock code: 8607), whose shares are listed on GEM of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Stock Exchange"), since January 2019 and 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 July 2022.

Mr. LAM John Cheung-wah, aged 68, 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.