Independent Non-Executive Director

Ms. Ng Yi Kum (伍綺琴), aged 65, is an independent non-executive director of the Company. She is also the chairman of the audit committee and a member of each of the nomination committee and remuneration committee of the Company. Ms. Ng is a qualified accountant and holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. She is an associate of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, an associate of The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (currently known as The Chartered Governance Institute), a fellow of the ACCA, a fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Ms. Ng has been an elected member of Quality Tourism Services Association Governing Council (Retailer Category) since February 2019. She is currently an executive director, the deputy chairman, the chief strategy officer and chief financial officer and the company secretary of Tse Sui Luen Jewellery (International) Limited, a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Ms. Ng was employed by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in a number of senior positions, including served as senior vice president of the Listing Division. She joined Hang Lung Properties Limited, a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, in 2003 and from September 2005 to November 2007, she served as its executive director. Ms. Ng then served as the chief financial officer of Country Garden Holdings Company Limited from January 2008 to April 2014, a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. She is currently also an independent non-executive director of four other companies listed on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange namely Tianjin Development Holdings Limited, CMGE Technology Group Limited, Powerlong Commercial Management Holdings Limited and KWG Living Group Holdings Limited. Ms. Ng served as an independent non-executive director of CT Vision S.L. (International) Holdings Limited, a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, until she retired on 30 June 2022. Ms. Ng also served as an independent nonexecutive director of Hong Kong Resources Holdings Company Limited, a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, until she resigned on 31 July 2015. She also served as an independent non-executive director of CMGE Group, a company listed by way of American Depositary Shares on the Nasdaq Global Market in the United States, until she resigned on 10 August 2015. Ms. Ng also served as an independent director of DS Healthcare Group, Inc. until she resigned on 16 May 2017, a company listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market in the United States until it was delisted on 23 December 2016. She served as an independent non-executive director of China Power Clean Energy Development Company Limited, a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and the shares of which were delisted from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on 21 August 2019, until she resigned in October 2019. Ms. Ng has also contributed her time to various public service appointments, including being a co-opted member of the audit committee of the Hospital Authority from December 2002 to November 2013. Ms. Ng joined the Group in 2019.