Mr. Tung Chee Chen

Biography

Aged 61, is an Independent Non-executive Director of both the Company and BOCHK. He is also a member of the Audit Committee and the Nomination and Remuneration Committee of both the Company and BOCHK. Mr. Tung is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Orient Overseas (International) Limited. He was the Chairman of the Hong Kong Shipowners’ Association from 1993 to 1995 and the Chairman of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce from 1999 to 2001. Mr. Tung is an Independent Non-executive Director of a number of companies, including Zhejiang Expressway Company Limited, PetroChina Company Limited, Wing Hang Bank Limited, Chekiang First Bank Limited, Global China Group and Cathay Pacific Airways Limited. He is a member of the Hong Kong Port Development Council. Mr. Tung is also Chairman of the Hong Kong-America Centre, the Institute for Shipboard Education Foundation, the Chairman of the Court and a member of the Council of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Pittsburgh and the Board of Visitors of the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. Mr. Tung was educated at the University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in science in 1964. He later obtained a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1966.

Research Interest

Accounting Economics Banking Commerce business and management