Simon To

Biography

 Mr To has been a Director since 2000 and an Executive Director and Chairman since 2006. He is also Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Technical Committee of the Company. He is managing director of Hutchison Whampoa (China) Limited (“Hutchison China”) and has been with Hutchison China for over thirty-five years, building its business from a small trading company to a multi-billion dollar investment group. He has negotiated major transactions with multinationals such as Procter & Gamble (“P&G”), Lockheed, Pirelli, Beiersdorf, United Airlines and British Airways.

Research Interest

 Mr To’s career in China spans more than thirty-five years and he is well known to many of the top Government leaders in China. Mr To is the original founder of Hutchison Whampoa Limited’s (currently a subsidiary of CK Hutchison Holdings Limited (“CK Hutchison”)) TCM business and has been instrumental in the acquisitions made to date. He received a First Class Honors Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College, London and an MBA from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business (graduated top 5% of his class).