Yuen Ho Yen

Biography

    Mr. Yen (Tony) Yuen Ho is Independent Non-Executive Director of United Photovoltaics Group Limited. Mr. Yen was appointed as an independent non-executive director of the Company on 6 April 2011. He is a member of both the audit committee and the remuneration committee, and the chairman of the nomination committee of the Company. Mr. Yen is a solicitor of Hong Kong and the United Kingdom. He is also a barrister and solicitor of Australia. Mr. Yen is a retired senior civil servant. From April 1994 to March 2007, he was the Law Draftsman of the Department of Justice, where he was responsible for the drafting of all the legislation of Hong Kong. He was also a member of the Government’s Law Reform Commission. Currently, he is an adjunct professor at the City University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Shue Yan University and the Beijing Normal University. Mr. Yen is an Honorary Court Member of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and an Honorary Fellow of the School of Education, Hong Kong University. He is the director of two secondary schools, the Vice President of the Neighbourhood Advice Action Council and a member of Heep Hong Society’s Executive Council. Mr. Yen is also an independent non-executive director of Jinchuan Group International Resources Company Limited, whose shares are listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange. Mr. Yen also served as an independent non-executive director of Link Holdings Limited from 20 June 2014 to 16 October 2014, whose shares are listed on the growth enterprise market of the Stock Exchange. He is an honorary adviser to the Pok Oi Hospital and the Provisional Hong Kong Academy of Nursing. He is an honorary legal adviser to the Shanghai Fraternity Association and to the Friends of Scouting, Scout Association of Hong Kong. He also serves as a member to the Hong Kong Law Society’s Greater China Legal Affairs Committee and as a director of the Hong Kong Institute for Public Administration.

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