Mr Gao Yingxin

Biography

Aged 54, is a Non-executive Director, member of each of the Risk Committee and the Strategy and Budget Committee of the Company and BOCHK. Prior to his re-designation as a Non-executive Director in March 2015, he was Deputy Chief Executive (Corporate Banking) of the Company and BOCHK from February 2005 to March 2015 and Executive Director of the Company and BOCHK from May 2007 to March 2015. Mr GAO has been serving as the Executive Director of BOC since 8 December 2016 and the Executive Vice President since 6 May 2015, Chairman of the board of directors of China Cultural Industrial Investment Fund Co., Ltd. in May 2015, Chairman of BOCI and Chairman of Bank of China (Luxembourg) S.A. in August 2015, and Chairman of Bank of China (UK) Limited in October 2015. He was the Chairman of NCB, Vice Chairman of NCB (China) and Director of Bank of China Group Insurance Company Limited and resigned all the positions in March 2015. Before joining BOCHK, he was President and Chief Operating Officer of BOCI. Mr GAO joined BOC Group in 1986 where he began working on financing projects for various industries at BOC’s Head Office in Beijing. In 1999, he became General Manager of Corporate Banking at BOC Head Office where he was responsible for managing and building BOC Group’s customer relationships with and global financing for multinational corporations and premium domestic clients in the Mainland of China. He was also in charge of BOC’s major financing projects. From 1995 to 1996, he worked for the Finance Department of Northern Telecom (Nortel) Head Office in Canada. Mr GAO graduated from the East China University of Science and Technology with a Master’s Degree in Engineering in 1986.

Research Interest

Accounting Economics Banking Commerce business and management