KWAN Kai Cheong is an independent non-executive director of our company and a member of our audit committee and remuneration committee. He has served as a director since August 2004. Mr. Kwan holds a Bachelor of Accountancy (Honors) degree from the University of Singapore and is a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and a Fellow of Hong Kong Institute of Directors. Mr. Kwan is currently president of Morrison & Company Limited, which is a business consultancy firm. He worked for Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. for over 10 years during the period from 1982 to 1993. His last position with Merrill Lynch was president for its Asia Pacific region. He was also previously the joint managing director of Pacific Concord Holding Limited. Mr. Kwan is a non-executive director of China Properties Group Limited and China Medical Science Limited and an independent non-executive director of Hutchison Harbour Ring, Henderson Sunlight Asset Management Limited, SPG Land (Holdings) Limited, Win Hanverky Holdings Limited, Soundwill Holdings Limited, T S Telecom Technologies Limited and JF Household Furnishings Limited. Mr. Kwan completed the Stanford Executive Program in 1992. |