Raymond Ch'ien Kuo-fung GBS

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

JP (, born 26 January 1952 in

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), also known as Raymond Ch'ien, is a

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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

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; 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 Hon ...

until 2015 and chairman of CDC Corporation. He was a director of

HSBC Holdings 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 tril ...

until 2007, when he became Chairman of

Hang Seng Bank Hang Seng Bank Limited () is a Hong Kong-based banking and financial services company with headquarters in Central, Hong Kong. It is one of Hong Kong's leading public companies in terms of market capitalisation and is part of the HSBC Group, ...

. 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 The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

in 1994 and awarded the

Gold Bauhinia Star The Gold Bauhinia Star (, GBS) is the highest Bauhinia Star rank in the honours system of Hong Kong, created in 1997 to replace the British honours system of the Order of the British Empire after the transfer of sovereignty to People's Republic of ...

Medal in 1999.

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*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 {{HK-bio-stub