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Board of Directors
Galaxy Entertainment Group Limited's Board of Directors leads the way with a team of accomplished executives with extensive knowledge in such areas as hotel and property development; large scale construction projects; engineering and town planning; strategic planning; and legal and financial management. This professional executive combines unparalleled leadership inspiring excellence throughout the entire corporation.
Executive Directors
Dr. Lui Che Woo, GBS, MBE, JP, LLD, DSSc, DBA
Dr Lui is the founder of the Group. He has been a director of the Company since August 1991 and is the Chairman of the Company. Dr. Lui is also an executive director and the Chairman of K. Wah International Holdings Limited. He has over 50 years’ experience in quarrying, construction materials and property development. He was the Founding Chairman of the Institute of Quarrying in the UK (Hong Kong Branch) and Chairman of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals. Dr. Lui is also the Founding Chairman of The Federation of Hong Kong Hotel Owners, the President of Tsim Sha Tsui East Property Developers Association, the Founding President of Hong Kong — Guangdong Economic Development Association and an Honorary President of Hong Kong — Shanghai Economic Development Association. Further, Dr. Lui was a Committee Member of the 9th Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, a member of the Selection Committee for the First Government of the HKSAR and a member of the Election Committee of the HKSAR. Dr. Lui was awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star of the Government of the HKSAR in July 2005. Dr. Lui has been again elected as a member of the Election Committee of the HKSAR in December 2006. Dr. Lui was honoured as the Business Person of the Year in DHL/SCMP Hong Kong Business Awards 2007 and the Lifetime Achievement Award by American Academy of Hospitality Sciences of 2007 respectively. Dr. Lui is the father of Mr. Francis Lui Yiu Tung and Ms. Paddy Tang Lui Wai Yu.
Mr. Francis Lui Yiu Tung
Mr. Lui joined the Group in 1979. He has been an executive director of the Company since June 1987 and is the Deputy Chairman of the Company. Mr. Lui is also an executive director of K. Wah International Holdings Limited. He holds a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering and a master of science degree in structural engineering from the University of California at Berkeley, USA. He is a Committee Member of the 11th Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. Mr. Lui is a son of Dr. Lui Che Woo and a younger brother of Ms. Paddy Tang Lui Wai Yu.
Mr. Joseph Chee Ying Keung
Mr. Chee joined the Group in 1982. He has been an executive director of the Company since April 2004 and is the Managing Director of the Construction Materials Division of the Company. Mr. Chee holds an International Master degree in Business Administration from the University of South Australia and a Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Western Ontario in Canada. He is a fellow member of The Institute of Quarrying in the UK and has over 26 years of broad experience in the construction materials industry including operations and management, technical and quality assurance, environmental protection, commercial and strategic planning. He is currently the Chairman of Hong Kong Contract Quarry Association and the member of Standing Committee on Concrete Technology organized by Civil Engineering and Development Department, HKSAR. He was a member of the Working Group on Construction Waste of the Provisional Construction Industry Co-ordination Board from 2004 to 2006. He was also the Chairman of The Institute of Quarrying in the UK (Hong Kong Branch) from 1998 to 2000.
Ms. Paddy Tang Lui Wai Yu, JP
Ms. Tang joined the Group in 1980 and has been an executive director of the Company since August 1991. She is also an executive director of K. Wah International Holdings Limited. She holds a bachelor of commerce degree from the McGill University, Canada and is a member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Ms. Tang was a member of the Election Committee of the HKSAR. She is also a member of various public and social service organizations, including the Board of Ocean Park Corporation, the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, the Statistic Advisory Board and the Standing Committee on Company Law Reform. Ms. Tang has been again elected as a member of the Hotel Sub-sector of Election Committee for the Third Term Chief Executive of the HKSAR in December 2006. Ms. Tang is the daughter of Dr. Lui Che Woo and the elder sister of Mr. Francis Lui Yiu Tung.
Non-executive Directors
Dr. Moses Cheng Mo Chi, GBS, OBE, JP
Dr. Cheng has been a non-executive director of the Company since August 1996. Dr. Cheng is the senior partner of P.C. Woo & Co., a Hong Kong firm of solicitors, and is the Founder Chairman of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors of which he is now the Honorary President and Chairman Emeritus. Dr. Cheng is a non-official member of the Commission on Strategic Development. He had served as a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
Mr. Anthony Thomas Christopher Carter
Mr. Carter joined the Group in 2003 and has been a non-executive director of the Company since April 2007. Mr. Carter holds a L.L.B. (Hons) from the University of Leeds in England. He is a solicitor in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong and Australia and a Notary Public in Hong Kong. He has extensive experience in strategic planning and business management as well as in corporate finance and development. Prior to his retirement from the Company in March 2007, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Galaxy Casino, S.A.
Dr. Martin Clarke
Dr. Clarke has been a non-executive director of the Company since November 2007. He became a Partner at Permira (which is a substantial shareholder of the Company) in 2004. He is a member of Permira’s Executive Committee and Head of the Consumer Sector. He has worked on a number of transactions including Gala Coral Group, New Look, Principal Hayley Group, Telepizza and Galaxy Entertainment. Dr. Clarke has over 25 years of experience of private equity. Prior to joining, he was one of the founder directors of PPM Capital, the private equity arm of Prudential plc. and was involved in over 20 deals with a particular emphasis on the consumer space. His early career was spent at CIN Industrial Investments, the precursor of Cinven. He holds an MA and PhD in History from Cambridge University, England.
Mr. Guido Paolo Gamucci
Mr. Gamucci has been a non-executive director of the Company since November 2007. He is Chairman of Permira’s Asia Pacific operations, having previously managed its Milan office. He is a Partner in Permira which is a substantial shareholder of the Company. He has worked on numerous transactions including DinoSol Supermercados, EEMS, Ferretti Group and Seat PG. Prior to joining Permira in 1997, he spent six years with UBS Capital in Italy as Founding Partner and Managing Director. Previously Mr. Gamucci worked at Citicorp in Italy, as Deputy Head of Investment Banking and Country Treasurer for Italy. He has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Rome, Italy, and an MBA from INSEAD, France.
Independent Non-executive Directors
Mr. James Ross Ancell
Mr. Ancell has been an independent non-executive director of the Company since April 2004. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Management Studies from University of Waikato in New Zealand. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of New Zealand and has over 30 years of broad experience in building materials and construction sectors, waste management and recycling business gained from multinational corporations. He is currently the Chairman of Churngold Construction Holdings Limited in the UK, a leading specialist groundworks subcontractor carrying out groundworks and road surfacing, with a separate remediation business, cleaning up sites contaminated by previous industrial activity. He is also a non-executive director of MJ Gleeson Group PLC, a housebuilder and regeneration company listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Dr. William Yip Shue Lam, LLD
Dr. Yip has been an independent non-executive director of the Company since December 2004. Dr. Yip holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the Concordia University, Canada. He is the founder and the Chairman of Canada Land Limited, a company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange and engaged in real estate development and tourist attraction business. He is also the Chairman of Cantravel Limited, Guangzhou. Dr. Yip has been active in public services and is presently a Standing Committee Member of The Chinese General Chamber of Commerce and the President of Concordia Hong Kong Foundation Limited. He also serves on the Board of Governors of The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong. In addition, Dr. Yip has been elected a Guangzhou Municipal Honorable Citizen.
Dr. Patrick Wong Lung Tak, JP
Dr. Wong is a Certified Public Accountant (Practising) in Hong Kong and the Managing Practising Director of Wong Lam Leung & Kwok CPA Limited. He has over 30 years experience in the accountancy profession. Dr. Wong was accorded Doctor of Philosophy in Business in 2000, was awarded a Badge of Honour by the Queen of England in 1993 and was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1998. He has been appointed Adjunct Professor, School of Accounting and Finance of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University since 2002. Dr. Wong participates in many types of community services and is holding posts in various organisations and committees in government and voluntary agencies.
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