Mr Paul Cheng
Mr Paul Cheng is a founding partner of China Key Consultants.
Formerly Chairman of Inchcape Pacific and N M Rothchild and Sons (Hong Kong), Mr Cheng is an independent non-executive director of Spirent plc in the UK and serves locally on the boards of a number of major companies.
An active community leader, Mr Cheng was past chairman of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce from 1992 to 1994 and the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong in 1987. He was a member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council as well as a member of the Preparatory Committee that planned for the establishment of the Hong Kong SAR.
Mr Cheng supports the development of higher education by serving on the Council of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and on the Court of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Mr Cheng is a Justice of Peace. He has been decorated "Chevalier de l'order de la Couronne" by the King of Belgium, and is an honorary citizen of Nanjing in Jiangsu Province in China.
Ms Paula DeLisle
Ms Paula DeLisle is the Managing Consultant for Watson Wyatt's Hong Kong and China operations, Vice President and a member of Watson Wyatt & Company's Board of Directors. A compensation expert by background, Ms DeLisle consults in all areas of reward strategy for all levels of employees for a wide range of clients, both local and multinational.
Ms DeLisle joined Watson Wyatt in 1982 and has 18 years of extensive consulting experience in this field. Prior to her current position, she was a reward strategy consultant with Watson Wyatt Hong Kong.
Ms DeLisle is Chairperson of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, a Certified Compensation Professional and Global Remuneration Professional of the American Compensation Association, a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Human Resources Management's Remuneration Committee, a representative for Hong Kong to the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council's Human Resources Development Task Force, and a member of the Chief Executive's Trade and Industry Advisory Committee. She is a Corporate Advisor to the HKUST Business School.
Mr Philip Chen
Mr Philip Chen is Director & Chief Operating Officer of Cathay Pacific Airways, a company that he first joined in 1977. Prior to his current appointment in July 1998, he had been Deputy Managing Director since April 1997.
At Cathay Pacific, in addition to serving in various capacities at its Hong Kong headquarters, Mr Chen was Regional General Manager Southeast Asia, based in Singapore, from 1992 to 1994. From 1994 to 1997 he was the Chief Executive of Dragonair.
In 1996, Mr Chen was awarded a Fellowship by the Royal Aeronautical Society of the UK.
Mr Chen is currently a Director of John Swire & Sons (Hong Kong) Limited and John Swire & Sons (China) Limited. He is also a Board Member of the Hong Kong Tourism Board and the Hong Kong Government Tourism Strategy Group.
Mr Chen is the Vice-Chairman of the Council of HKUST and a Corporate Advisor to the HKUST Business School. He is also a Justice of Peace.
Mr Tim Lui
Mr Tim Lui is a Senior Tax Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers in Hong Kong. He joined the London office in 1978 and was subsequently transferred to the Hong Kong office in late 1984.
At PricewaterhouseCoopers, he has served as the Partner In Charge of the Tax Division as well as on the Management Board and the Board of Partners. In his specialist area of taxation, he has been named as a Leading Tax Advisor in Hong Kong by the authoritative journal of International Tax Review.
Mr Lui is very active within the accountancy profession. He was elected as the President of The Hong Kong Society of Accountants in 1997. He is currently the Chairman of the HKSA Taxation Committee and is a regular commentator on tax issues in the media.
Mr Lui has many public service appointments; amongst them are Chairman of the Employees' Compensation Insurance Levies Management Board, Member of the Advisory Committee on New Broad-based Taxes and Treasurer of Hong Kong University of Science & Technology. He is also a Justice of Peace.