Eddy Fong Ching

Biography

 Dr Eddy Fong Ching, 70, has joined the Board as an Independent Non-executive Director since January 2015.  He is currently the chairman of the Process Review Panel in relation to the Regulation of Mandatory Provident Fund Intermediaries, and an independent non-executive director of Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited and Standard Chartered Bank (China) Limited.  Dr Fong was the non-executive chairman of the Securities and Futures Commission from 2006 to 2012 and the past chairman of the Council of The Open University of Hong Kong.  His other past public duties included director of The Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited, the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority and the Exchange Fund Investment Limited, a member of The Hong Kong Housing Authority and the Greater Pearl River Delta Business Council, and a council member of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.  Dr Fong was also a senior audit partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers specializing in capital markets work in Hong Kong and the Mainland until his retirement in 2003.  He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.  Dr Fong holds a Bachelor degree in Social Science from and was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Civil Law by University of Kent in United Kingdom.  He was appointed as a Justice of the Peace in 1996 and was awarded Gold Bauhinia Star medal in 2008.  Dr Fong is also a director of a member of the Company's group.  

Research Interest

 Civil Engineering