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Margaret Leung Ko May-yee, SBS, JP (; born 1952 in Hong Kong) is a non-official member of the
Executive Council of Hong Kong The Executive Council of Hong Kong (ExCo) is the cabinet of the Government of Hong Kong, acting as a formal body of advisers to the Chief Executive of Hong Kong that serves as a core policy-making organ assisting the Chief Executive. It is ...
. She was previously the deputy chairman and managing director of Chong Hing Bank Limited and vice-chairman and chief executive officer of
Hang Seng Bank Limited 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, ...
. And before that she was the group general manager and Global Co-head of
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of
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.


Biography

*1952: Born in Hong Kong *1978: Graduated from the
University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong (HKU) (Chinese: 香港大學) is a public research university in Hong Kong. Founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese, it is the oldest tertiary institution in Hong Kong. HKU was also the fi ...
in Economics, Accounting and
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*1981: Joined HSBC *2005: Appointed to Group general manager and Global Co-head of Commercial banking of HSBC *2009: Appointed to vice-chairman and chief executive officer of Hang Seng Bank, replacing
Raymond Or Raymond Or Ching-fai (), SBS, JP (born 1949 in Xiamen, Fujian, China) is the Vice-Chairman of G-Resources Group ( and the Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of China Strategic Group (), and the chairman of Esprit Holdings. He was the ...
*2014: Appointed to
Deputy chairman The chairperson, also chairman, chairwoman or chair, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly. The person holding the office, who is typically elected or appointed by members of the grou ...
and managing director of Chong Hing Bank Limited. *2022: Appointed as the non-official member of the
Executive Council of Hong Kong The Executive Council of Hong Kong (ExCo) is the cabinet of the Government of Hong Kong, acting as a formal body of advisers to the Chief Executive of Hong Kong that serves as a core policy-making organ assisting the Chief Executive. It is ...
Leung declared herself as a member of the
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on 17 August 2022, adding it after her initial declaration of interests.


See also

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Women in business The phrase women in business considers the historical exclusion of women in leadership roles, particularly in the field of commerce, business and entrepreneurship. Today, the phrase advocates for increased participation of women in the business, ...


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Leung, Margaret 1952 births Living people Alumni of the University of Hong Kong Hong Kong bankers Hong Kong chief executives Hang Seng Bank HSBC people Hong Kong financial businesspeople Recipients of the Silver Bauhinia Star Members of the Executive Council of Hong Kong