Clement Cheung Wan-ching, GBS, JP (, born 17 November 1961) has been the Chief Executive Officer of the Insurance Authority since August 2018. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the

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and Chair of its Audit and Risk Committee, as well as Chairman of the Asian Forum of Insurance Regulators. Cheung is a former

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and a former

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Background

Cheung joined

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in 1983 and served various roles within the government including member of Executive and Legislative Councils,

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, and Handover Ceremony Co-ordination Office. In 1998, he became the director of

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. By 2001, Cheung promoted to Deputy Secretary for Works, then Commissioner of Insurance in 2006. In 2009, he became Postmaster General of Hong Kong. Cheung was appointed as

in 2011. Before retiring from the administrative service, he was Secretary for the Civil Service.

References

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