Kai Cheong Kwan

Biography

    Mr. Kwan Kai Cheong is Independent Non-Executive Director of United Photovoltaics Group Limited. Mr. Kwan is the chairman of both the audit committee and the remuneration committee, a member of both the nomination committee and the risk control committee of the Company. Mr. Kwan is the president of Morrison & Company Limited, a business consultancy firm. He was previously the president and chief operating officer for the Asia Pacific region of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.. Mr. Kwan has since 1 February 2007 become a non-executive director of China Properties Group Limited, a company listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (“the Stock Exchange”). He is an independent non-executive director for several listed companies in Hong Kong, namely HK Electric Investments Limited, Win Hanverky Holdings Limited, Greenland Hong Kong Holdings Limited (formerly known as: SPG Land (Holdings) Limited), Henderson Sunlight Asset Management Limited as the Manager of Sunlight Real Estate Investment Trust and Dynagreen Environmental Protection Group Co., Limited, all of which are listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange. He was previously an independent non-executive director of Galaxy Resources Limited, a company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, with effect from 13 October 2010 and had resigned on 30 June 2014. Mr. Kwan was an independent non-executive director of China Oceanwide Holdings Limited (formerly known as: Hutchison Harbour Ring Limited), a company listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange, from 27 September 2004 to 19 December 2014. Mr. Kwan graduated from the University of Singapore in 1973 with a degree in Accountancy. Mr. Kwan qualified as a Chartered Accountant in Australia in 1979 and has been a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants since 1982. He completed the Stanford Executive Program in 1992.

Research Interest

 Green Chemistry, Sustainability, renewable resources, biomass, biofuel, Green Engineering, green industrial applications, green investments, green process, green energy, biomaterials, nanotechnology, waste management, water treatment, bioreactors, bioprocessing, green economy