Anthony Francis Neoh
Age 68: an independent non-executive director of the Company with effect from 19 December 2014. Mr Neoh is a member of the nomination committee. Mr Neoh currently serves as a member of the International Advisory Council of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (“CSRC”). He previously served as Chief Advisor to the CSRC, a member of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Basic Law Committee under the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, Chairman of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, a member of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Council and its Listing Committee, and chaired its Disciplinary Committee and Debt Securities Group, and Deputy Judge of the Hong Kong High Court. From 1996 to 1998, he was Chairman of the Technical Committee of the International Organization of Securities Commissions. He was appointed as Queen’s Counsel (now retitled as Senior Counsel) in Hong Kong in 1990. Mr Neoh graduated from the University of London with a degree in Law in 1976. He is a barrister of England and Wales and admitted to the State Bar of California. In 2003, he was conferred the Degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, by the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He was elected Honorary Fellow of the Hong Kong Securities Institute and Academician of the International Euro-Asian Academy of Sciences in 2009. In 2013, he was awarded the Degree of Doctor of Social Science, honoris causa, by the Open University of Hong Kong. Mr Neoh is an independent non-executive director of China Life Insurance Company Limited. He has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited with effect from 28 April 2015. He was a non-executive director of Global Digital Creations Holdings Limited. He also served as an independent non-executive director of Link Asset Management Limited (formerly The Link Management Limited), manager of Link Real Estate Investment Trust (formerly The Link Real Estate Investment Trust), China Shenhua Energy Company Limited and Bank of China Limited.