Ho Kwok Wai
Mr. Ho was re-designated from Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of the
Company to Non-Executive Chairman of the Board and Non-Executive Director on
23 January 2015. He is primarily responsible for spearheading the Group’s corporate
directions and strategies. Mr. Ho has more than 20 years of experience in the
investment banking industry with a focus on mergers and acquisitions and capital
raisings. He graduated from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University with a major in
Management Accountancy.
Mark FRANCIS Bedingham
Mr. Bedingham is our Executive Director, President and CEO and he was appointed
on 23 January 2015. He is responsible for the Group’s corporate plans, policies
and business development as well as the general management of the Group’s
operations. He began his career with Jardine Matheson and held positions with
various key divisions in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Japan before being appointed as
a Director of Jardine Pacific. He joined LVMH Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton S.A.
(“Moet Hennessy”), based in Hong Kong, in the mid-1990s as the Regional Managing
Director of Asia Pacific. Spearheading the development of Moet Hennessy’s business
in China, he succeeded in growing the Chinese market into Moet Hennessy’s largest
global market. During his tenure, he also led an expansion of new subsidiaries in
emerging markets across South East Asia, as well as Australia and New Zealand.
Under his management, the Asia Pacific region became the largest contributor to
Moet Hennessy’s global business activities. Mr. Bedingham has also served, for nearly
seven years, on the board of DFS, the world’s largest travel retailer, and he is also a
member of the Strategic Advisory Board of L Capital. During his time in Japan, he
was appointed as a member of the Japanese Prime Minister’s Administrative Reform
Council and he was also elected as Chairman of the European Business Council in
Japan. He graduated with a Master’s degree in Agricultural and Forest Sciences from
the School of Biological Sciences of Oxford University.
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