Margaret Cheng Wai-ching

Biography

 Margaret Cheng Wai-ching, 52, has been the Human Resources Director and a Member of the Executive Directorate since 1 June 2016. She is responsible for all of the Company's human resources and administration affairs.  Ms Cheng is a seasoned human resources practitioner with rich senior management experience. She took up different human resources roles in Citibank, N.A. between 1993 and 1997, and was with JP Morgan as Vice President, Human Resources between 1997 and 2001. From 2001 to 2013, Ms Cheng was with The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited ('HSBC') and was Head of Human Resources, Hong Kong and Global Business, Asia Pacific when she left HSBC. Before joining the Company, she was Group Head of Human Resources of the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited. Ms Cheng is currently a vice president of the Executive Council and a fellow member, of the Hong Kong Institute of Human Resource Management, and a council member of The Hong Kong Management Association.  She is also serving as the vice chairman of the Cross-Industry Training Advisory Committee for the Human Resource Management sector under the Qualifications Framework and a member of the Standing Committee on Language Education and Research, Education Bureau, and a member of the Manpower Development Committee of the Labour and Welfare Bureau and The Standing Committee on Disciplined Services Salaries and Conditions of Service of the HKSAR Government. Ms Cheng holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from The California State University, the United States of America.  She is also a director of two members of the Company's group.  

Research Interest

 Civil Engineering