Dr Eddy Fong
Dr Eddy Fong received his education in his earlier years in Hong Kong and in the United Kingdom. He graduated from University of Kent with a Bachelor Degree in Social Science and subsequently qualified as a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales in 1973. Upon returning to Hong Kong in the seventies, Dr. Fong continued to pursue a career in public accounting. He was a senior audit partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers until his retirement in 2003.
Currently Dr. Fong is the Chairman of the Council of the Open University of Hong Kong. He was the Non-Executive Chairman of the Securities and Futures Commission from 2006-2012. His other current public service duties include serving as a Non-Executive Director of the Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited and a Member of Greater Pearl River Delta Business Council.
His other past public duties include acting as a director of Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority, director of Exchange Fund Investment Limited, member of the Hong Kong Housing Authority and Chairman of the Finance Committee and as Council Member of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.
Dr. Fong was appointed as a Justice of the Peace in 1996 and was awarded Gold Bauhinia Star in 2008 by the Government of the HKSAR. He was also awarded an Honorary Doctor of Civil Law by the University of Kent in July 1997 and an Honorary Fellowship by the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in 2010.
The Hon Anna Wu
The Hon Anna Wu is a Non-Official Member of the Executive Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. She is Chairman of the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority, a Director of the Financial Dispute Resolution Centre Limited, Council Member of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, and Chair of the Academic board for Postgraduate Certificate in Laws (PCLL) of the University of Hong Kong.
Ms Wu became a solicitor in a leading law firm after she received her Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Hong Kong in 1974 and her PCLL in 1975. Subsequently, she pursued a distinguished career with an outstanding record of public service. She was a Member of the Legislative Council and initiated the first private member’s bill to protect rights to equal opportunities. She chaired the Equal Opportunities Commission, the Consumer Council, and the Operations Review Committee of the Independent Commission Against Corruption. She was also a Non-Executive Director of the Securities and Futures Commission.
Ms Wu is a Justice of the Peace, and was awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star in 2000 and the Gold Bauhinia Star in 2011 in recognition of her outstanding public service and contributions to Hong Kong.