Benjamin Tang Kwok-bun
Independent Non-executive Director
Civil Engineering
MTR Corporation Limited
Hong Kong
Biography
Benjamin Tang Kwok-bun, 65, has joined the Board as an Independent Non-executive Director since October 2014. He joined the Hong Kong Civil Service in 1974. From the late 1990s to early 2000s, Mr Tang served as the Government Printer and the Commissioner of Insurance. He was appointed by the Central Government of the People’s Republic of China as the Director of Audit of the HKSAR in December 2003. Mr Tang retired from this post in July 2012 and was awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star medal by the Chief Executive of the HKSAR. He was appointed a Commissioner of the Commission of Inquiry Into the Collision of Vessels Near Lamma Island in 2012 and the Commission’s report was presented to the Chief Executive in April 2013. Mr Tang is a member of the Operations Review Committee of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, a member of the Communications Authority, and a member of Croucher Foundation’s and The University of Hong Kong’s Audit Committee. He is an independent non-executive director of Principal Insurance Company (Hong Kong) Limited and BE Reinsurance Limited. Mr Tang graduated from The University of Hong Kong in Economics and Sociology. He also studied at the University of Oxford, London Business School and Toronto International Leadership Centre for Financial Sector Supervision.
Research Interest
Civil Engineering
