Mr. LEUNG Wai Chuen was appointed as our independent non-executive Director on 21st August 2020. Mr. Leung is the chairman of the nomination committee and a member of the audit committee and remuneration committee of our Company. He is primarily responsible for the provision of independent advice to our Board. He has over 25 years of experience in auditing, accounting and financial management and company secretarial matters.
Mr. Leung has been the company secretary of Grand Ming Group Holdings Limited (stock code: 1271), a company the shares of which are listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange and principally engages in providing building construction services where he has been responsible for the overall company secretarial matters since 2013. From November 2017 to August 2019, Mr. Leung served as a non-executive director of MOS House Group Limited, a company the shares of which are listed on the Stock Exchange (stock code: 1653) with a principal business of retail and supply of overseas manufactured tiles in Hong Kong, during which he was responsible for supervising and providing strategic advice to the group. He worked as a chief financial officer at Tang Palace (China) Holdings Limited (stock code: 1181), a company the shares of which are listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange from 2009 to 2012, and served the same at Sinobest Technology Holdings Ltd (currently known as OKH Global Ltd., the shares of which are listed on the Main Board of the Singapore Exchange (stock code: S3N)) from 2005 to 2008 where he was primarily responsible for their overall financial and accounting management. Mr. Leung served at Neo-Neon Holdings Limited, the shares of which are listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange (stock code: 1868), as a financial controller from December 2008 to May 2009 and as a non-executive director from June 2009 to September 2010, responsible for supervising and providing strategic advice to the group. Mr. Leung also served as a financial controller at WLS Holdings Limited, the shares of which are listed on the GEM of the Stock Exchange (stock code: 8021) from 2001 to 2004, where he was responsible for overseeing their financial matters. From 2000 to 2001, he was an accountant at China Overseas Land & Investment Limited, the shares of which are listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange (stock code: 688) where he was primarily responsible for its financial reporting management. Prior to this, Mr. Leung then held senior finance or audit positions in several private companies from 1992 to 2000. From 1989 to 1992, Mr. Leung served as an accountant and subsequently an audit senior at Price Waterhouse (now known as PricewaterhouseCoopers), an international accounting firm, where he was primarily responsible for auditing.
Mr. Leung currently serves as a director in the following listed company:
Name of entity
E Lighting Group Holdings Limited, the shares of which are listed on the GEM of the Stock Exchange (stock code: 8222)
Period of service
From September 2014 to current
Mr. Leung has been a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants since December 1993, a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants of the United Kingdom since October 1998, an associate of the Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries (formerly known as the Hong Kong Institute of Company Secretaries) since November 2004 and The Chartered Governance Institute (formerly known as the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators) since November 2004 respectively.
Mr. Leung obtained his bachelor of social sciences degree from the University of Hong Kong in Hong Kong in December 1989. He received his master of business administration degree jointly awarded by the University of Wales and the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom in July 2001 through distance learning and his master of business (logistics management) degree from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (now known as RMIT University) in Australia in September 2007 through distance learning.