Appointments to Hong Kong Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation
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Professor Matthew Lee Kwok-on, Vice-President (Development and External Relations) and Chair Professor of Information Systems and Electronic Commerce of the City University of Hong Kong, has been re-appointed as Chairman of the HKCPEC. Members of the Committee comprise three members from academia, five members from the business sector and two government officials.
"We are very pleased that Professor Lee has agreed to continue to serve as the Chairman. With his years of experience, we are confident that Professor Lee will continue to lead the HKCPEC in contributing constructively to regional economic co-operation," a Government spokesperson said.
The HKCPEC has 10 other members as follows:
Academic sector:
- Professor Chan Wai-sum
Professor, Department of Finance, the Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Professor Syaru Shirley Lin
Adjunct Associate Professor, Master of Social Science in Global Political Economy Programme, Faculty of Social Science, the Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Professor Emily Nason
Associate Dean (Undergraduate Student Affairs); Director of Global Business Program; and Associate Professor of Business Education, Department of Management, School of Business and Management, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Business sector:
- Mr Guy Chambers
Managing Director, James Finlay Limited (Swire Group)
- Dr Buston Chu
Executive Director, Service Cybernetics Consulting Limited
- Mr Geoffrey Kao
Executive Director, Wah Ming Hong Limited
- Mr Nicholas Kwan
Director of Research, Hong Kong Trade Development Council
- Mr Kevin Lam
Director; Chief Operating Officer, Hong Kong Corporate and Investment Banking; Head, Asia Pacific Business Development, Private Bank & Corporate and Investment Banking, Citigroup Global Markets Asia Limited
Government:
- Miss Winky So
Deputy Director-General of Trade and Industry
(Vice Chairman of the HKCPEC)
- Mr Benny Lui
Principal Economist
The HKCPEC was established in March 1990 to co-ordinate Hong Kong's participation in the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC). In line with the nature of the PECC, the composition of the HKCPEC is tripartite, comprising members from the academic, business and government sectors.
The PECC is a non-governmental organisation set up in 1980 to develop closer co-operation in trade and economic issues among economies in the region. For more information, please visit www.pecc.org/.
Ends/Wednesday, March 28, 2018
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