Dr. William Yip Shue Lam
LLD

Dr. William Yip Shue Lam,LLD, has been an independent non-executive Director since December 2004. Dr. Yip is a member of the Audit Committee as well as the Chairman of the Nomination Committee and the Remuneration Committee of the Company. 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 (“Canada Land”) since 1972. Canada Land engaged in real estate development and tourist attraction business, listed in 1994 on the Australian Stock Exchange and was privatized in 2013. Dr. Yip remains as the chairman of the company. Dr. Yip was also the chairman of Cantravel Limited, Guangzhou since 1996 until the joint venture company ended in 2024. Dr. Yip has been active in public services and was appointed as an Honorary Standing Committee Member of The Chinese General Chamber of Commerce (2012 – 2022), the President of Concordia University Hong Kong Foundation Limited since 1999. He was the chairman of the Board of Governors (1984 – 2024) and is currently a member of the Board of Governors of Canadian University Association in Hong Kong. He also had been the President (1998 – 2000) and currently a member of the Board of Governors of The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, and the Fellow Member of The Hong Kong Institute of Directors. In addition, Dr. Yip has been elected a Guangzhou Municipal Honorable Citizen.