Chau Wing Man

Biography

Mr. Chau, aged 46, has long experience in external audit, internal audit, corporate risk control, financial controllership, treasury and taxation. He is a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and is a senior member of the Institute of Systematic Innovation Hong Kong. He graduated from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University with Bachelor degree of Accountancy. After graduation, he worked for KPMG, followed by Multi-National Corporate and listed companies including Siemens Group as finance manager, Shui On Land Limited, a company listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange (stock code: 272) as internal audit manager, Dah Chong Hong Holding Limited, a company listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange (stock code: 1828) as internal audit and analysis manager and John Lobb Asia Pacific Group (an European listed company) as Finance Controller. 

Research Interest

Pearl Petroleum is one of the largest private investors in the Kurdistan region in the oil and gas sector. It indirectly provides electricity supply to over four million people in Iraq.[6] In addition to increasing gas supply for domestic market and industry use, Pearl Petroleum also exports to foreign markets.The first stage of the commissioning of the Khor Mor field begun by recommissioning existing gas wells, building gas separation and treatment facilities, and the construction of 180 kilometres (112 mi)s of pipeline.[6] The first gas supply to the Erbil plant commenced in October 2008. The second stage, completed in 2011, involved the installation of a two-train liquid petroleum gas (LPG) plant with current gas production capacity of 330 MMscf/day.In a report titled Dana Gas and Crescent Petroleum Gas Project in Kurdistan Region of Iraq : Socio Economic Benefits Report authored by global accounting firm PwC, the savings to Kurdistan Regional government by migrating from diesel to cheaper gas is quantified at USD 15.9 billion since inception.[7] The report further mentions that the project has achieved an average savings of USD 300 million per annum in Greenhouse gas reduction.