Raymond Ch'ien Kuo-fung
GBS CBE JP (, born 26 January 1952 in
Tokyo,
Japan
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), also known as Raymond Ch'ien, is a
Hong Kong businessman and former politician. "Ch'ien Kuo-fung" literally translates to "money + fruit + abundance" in Chinese.
Career
He is director of
The Wharf Ltd. and
HSBC
HSBC Holdings plc is a British multinational universal bank and financial services holding company. It is the largest bank in Europe by total assets ahead of BNP Paribas, with US$2.953 trillion as of December 2021. In 2021, HSBC had $10.8 tri ...
; former non-executive chairman of
MTR Corporation Limited
MTR Corporation Limited is a majority government-owned public transport operator and property developer in Hong Kong which operates the Mass Transit Railway, the most popular public transport network in Hong Kong. It is listed on the Hong ...
until 2015 and chairman of CDC Corporation. He was a director of
HSBC Holdings until 2007, when he became Chairman of
Hang Seng Bank.
He chairs the Advisory Committee on Corruption of the
Independent Commission Against Corruption and the Chairman of the Hong Kong/European Union Business Cooperation Committee, and is a Hong Kong member of the APEC Business Advisory Council. He was also a member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong from 1992 to June 2002 under both British Administration and HKSAR. He was the chairman of St Stephen's College Council.
In January 2013, he was re-appointed MTR Corporation Chairman. He held this position until December 2015.
Honours
He was appointed the
Justice of the Peace
A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa ...
in 1993; named
Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1994 and awarded the
Gold Bauhinia Star Medal in 1999.
References
External link
*http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/investrelation/governance.php
1952 births
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Members of the Executive Council of Hong Kong
Hong Kong bankers
Hong Kong chief executives
Hang Seng Bank
HSBC people
Living people
MTR Corporation
The Wharf (Holdings)
Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star
Politicians from Tokyo
Members of the Selection Committee of Hong Kong
China Resources people
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