T. C. Chan is the Country Corporate Officer for Citibank Hong Kong and responsible for maintaining a corporate overview of Citigroup’s extensive franchise in Hong Kong. Mr. Chan joined Citibank Hong Kong in February 1980 and has since held management positions in Financial Control, Operations, Treasury and Corporate Banking in Japan and Hong Kong.

Mr. Chan is a Vice-President and Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Bankers and Honorary Chairman of the Hong Kong Chinese Bankers Club. He sits on the Board and Executive Committee of the Hong Kong Community Chest and is the Chairman of its Investment Sub-Committee and Co-Chairman of its Campaign Committee. He is a member of the Small & Medium Enterprises Committee and Convener of its Financing Roundtable. He also serves as a Council Member of the Employers’ Federation of Hong Kong, and a member of the Investment Sub-Committee of the Beat Drugs Fund, a member of the Corporate Advisory Council of Hong Kong Securities Institute, as well as the Advisory Committee on Human Resources Development in the Financial Services Sector of the Hong Kong Government. He is also a Board Member of the Canadian International School of Hong Kong.

Peter Woo was appointed Chairman of the Trade Development Council (TDC) by the Chief Executive on 1 October 2000. In this capacity, Mr Woo presides over a 19-member Council comprising representatives of Hong Kong's major business and economic associations and government officials. The Council plans and supervises the TDC's global operations, services and promotional activities through a network of more than 40 offices. In Hong Kong, the Council oversees the operation of one of the Special Administrative Region's (SAR) most important business landmarks, the Convention and Exhibition Centre.

In the private sector, Mr Woo is Chairman of Wheelock and Company Ltd and The Wharf (Holdings) Ltd and former Chairman of both the Hospital Authority and the Council of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He was awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star by the Hong Kong SAR Government in 1998.

Paul Chow was appointed chief executive of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) on 1 May 2003. In this capacity, Mr. Chow is also an ex-officio member of the board of HKEx.

Before he joined HKEx, Mr. Chow was the chief executive, Asia Pacific ex-Japan Region, of HSBC Asset Management (Hong Kong) Limited for 6 years from April 1997 to April 2003. From November 1991 to January 1997, Mr. Chow was the chief executive of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and before then, he was the chief executive of Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited for 2 years.

Mr. Chow holds various Government committee and community appointments, including being a member of the Information Infrastructure Advisory Committee of the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, a member of the Advisory Committee of the Securities and Futures Commission, a member of the Standing Committee on Company Law Reform, and a director of the Board of Cyberport Management Limited.

Mr. Chow holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, a Diploma in Management Studies and an MBA degree from the University of Hong Kong, and a Diploma in Finance (Distinction) from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Mr. Chow is a Fellow of the Hong Kong Computer Society and the Hong Kong Management Association.

Dr Rosanna Wong, DBE, JP, is the Executive Director of The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups, one of the largest non-profit youth work agencies in Hong Kong. She is also Chairman of the Education Commission of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Member of the High Level Panel of the United Nations on Youth Employment and the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).

Dr Wong serves as Non-Executive Director of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited and the Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited. She was a former Member of both the Executive and Legislative Councils, as well as the former Chairperson of the Hong Kong Housing Authority, the Commission on Youth, the Social Welfare Advisory Committee, among others.

Dr. Wong has been one of the recipients of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons Award in Hong Kong and being honored as Global Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum.

Dr. Wong holds a B.Soc.Sc. from the University of Hong Kong; an M.S.W. from the University of Toronto; an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics and Politics, University of London; and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis. She was awarded Honorary Doctorates from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1996, from the University of Toronto in 1999, from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2002 and from the University of Hong Kong in 2003. She was honored with the award of Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 1997.

Dr Eric Li is the Senior Partner of Li, Tang, Chen & Co., a well-established certified public accountants firm in Hong Kong. He was a member of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region from 1991 to 2004 and Chairman of its Public Accounts Committee since 1995.

He qualified as a chartered accountant in 1978 and became President of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA, formerly the Hong Kong Society of Accountants) in 1994. He was named the first ‘Accountant of the Year’ by the HKICPA in 1993 and received the first ‘International Accountant Award’ from the Association of International Accountants in 2002.

Dr. Li is currently a Board Member of the International Federation of Accountants and serves as Court Member, Trustee, Advisor and Adjunct Professor of several universities both locally and overseas. He is appointed to numerous Government Advisory Boards and Committees, and is concurrently an independent non-executive director of several publicly listed companies in Hong Kong, China and England. He holds an honorary Doctorate degree of Law, an honorary Doctorate degree in Social Sciences as well as other university honorary fellowships.

In recognition of his many public services, Dr. Li was awarded the Queen’s Badge of Honour in 1988; appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1991; named a ‘Global Leaders for Tomorrow’ by the World Economic Forum in 1993; awarded the honour of an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1996 and the Gold Bauhinia Star in 2003.

Mrs Betty Yuen, Managing Director of CLP Power Hong Kong Limited, is the first ethnic Chinese ever appointed to this position in the 100 years’ history of the Company and also the first woman chief executive in the company.

Prior to her appointment as Managing Director in 2002, Mrs Yuen was Director - Finance and Planning of the company with responsibilities for government relations and regulatory affairs, corporate strategy and planning, finance, accounting and legal matters.

A qualified Chartered Accountant by training, Mrs Yuen has gained extensive experience and knowledge in the energy sector in the region since 1986 when she joined ExxonMobil, CLP’s joint venture partner in power generation in Hong Kong.

Mrs Yuen, named as “Business Woman of the Year” in 2004 by Veuve Clicquot, is committed to leading CLP Power as a world-class electric utility providing a reliable supply of electricity at reasonable costs and in an environmentally friendly manner. The Company’s support to the community is multi-faceted ranging from environmental and energy efficiency programmes to leadership and talent development, philanthropic contributions and corporate sponsorships. Coupled with a pledge for performance excellence, Mrs Yuen strives to keep CLP not only a household name in Hong Kong, but one that makes meaningful difference in people’s lives and powers the continued growth and success of the community.

Mrs Yuen was educated in Hong Kong and received her business degrees from the University of Toronto, Canada before starting her career in public accounting with PriceWaterhouseCoopers in Toronto in 1979.