Marvin Cheung Kin-tung, GBS OBE JP (, 20 November 1947 – 13 September 2014) was 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 ...

. He also held the position of Chairman of the

Airport Authority Hong Kong The Airport Authority Hong Kong (AA or AAHK) is the statutory body (governed by the Airport Authority Ordinance (Cap. 483)) of the government of Hong Kong that is responsible for the operations of the Hong Kong International Airport. History ...

and was a Council Member of the

Open University of Hong Kong Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) is a university in Ho Man Tin, Hong Kong. Established as the Open Learning Institute of Hong Kong by the Hong Kong government in 1989, HKMU now consists of five schools, namely the School of Arts and S ...

. Cheung was born and educated in Hong Kong and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in the United Kingdom gaining honours in all parts of his professional examinations. In 2008 he was appointed by the Chief Executive to succeed

Victor Fung Victor Fung Kwok-king (; sometimes Victor K. Fung; born 1945, Hong Kong) is the Group Chairman of Li & Fung group of companies. Together with his brother William, he owns a controlling stake of 32% in the business, which was founded by his gra ...

as Chairman of the Airport Authority. In 2009 he became the non-executive director of

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. At the time of his death, he was also a non-executive Director 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, ...

HKR International HKR International Limited (, abbreviated as HKRI) is a conglomerate headquartered in Hong Kong. The company was founded by Cha Chi-ming, a textile industrialist from Shanghai and one of the pioneers of Hong Kong's industrial boom in the 1950-70s ...

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX; , also 香港交易所 or 港交所 ) operates a range of equity, commodity, fixed income and currency markets through its wholly owned subsidiaries The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (SEHK ...

and

Sun Hung Kai Properties Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited (SHKP; ) is a listed corporation and the largest property developer in Hong Kong as of 2019. The company is controlled by the Kwok family trust, largely the Kwok brothers. The Kwok family trust was set up by Kw ...

. Additionally, he represented Hong Kong on the Trustees Reviews Committee of the International Accounting Standards Board. Cheung was a member of the Legislative Council, the Urban Council and District Boards. He also served as chairman of the Hong Kong Society of Accountants, Chairman of the Estate Agents Authority and Vice Chairman of the Mandatory Provident Fund Advisory Board, as well as Member of the Board of Inland Revenue, the Standing Committee on Company Law Reform, the Town Planning Board, the Consumer Council, the Council for the Performing Arts and other public service positions. Cheung was conferred the

Silver Bauhinia Star The Silver Bauhinia Star (, SBS) is the second Bauhinia Star rank in the honours system of Hong Kong, awarded to people who have taken a leading part in public affairs or voluntary work over a long period. The award was created in 1997 to repla ...

by the HKSAR in 2000 and later was elevated to

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 ...

in 2008. He was also awarded an OBE by the Hong Kong government in 1994. He was awarded a Doctor of Business Administration, honoris causa, by Hong Kong Baptist University in 2003.

Accountancy

By trade he was a Certified Public Accountant. He retired in 2003 as the chairman and CEO of KPMG Hong Kong and China. He held fellowships in both the

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, as well as the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Education

He attended

St Paul's Co-Educational College St. Paul's Co-educational College (), (often abbreviated as St. Paul's, St. Paul's Co-ed., Co-ed. or SPCC) is an Anglicanism, Anglican secondary school located at 33 MacDonnell Road, Mid-Levels, Hong Kong. Founded in 1915, it was a girls-only ...

in Hong Kong. He was awarded the honorary doctorate of Business Administration by

Hong Kong Baptist University Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) is a publicly funded tertiary liberal arts education, liberal arts institution with a Christian ethics, Christian education heritage. It was established as Hong Kong Baptist College with the support of Ame ...

in 2003.

Affiliations

*Member of the Barristers Disciplinary Tribunal *Member of the Greater Pearl River Delta Business Council *Member of Operations Review Committee of ICAC *Member of the Witness Protection Review Board *Hon. Treasurer and Council Member of St. Paul's Co-Educational College *Hon. Treasurer and Council Member of St. Stephen's Girls' College *Board member of the Hong Kong International Film Society Ltd.

External links

Profile
Asia-Pacific Corporate Governance Conference, hkbu.edu.hk; accessed 14 September 2014.

Hong Kong Executive/Marvin Cheung biodata], ceo.gov.hk; accessed 14 September 2014.

Business and Professionals Federation of Hong Kong website; accessed 14 September 2014.

Tribute to Cheung from the Open University], ouhk.edu.hk; accessed 14 September 2014. {{DEFAULTSORT:Cheungkintung, Marvin 1947 births 2014 deaths Alumni of Hong Kong Baptist University Deaths from cancer in Hong Kong Chinese accountants Deaths from leukemia Hong Kong businesspeople Hong Kong civil servants Recipients of the Silver Bauhinia Star Officers of the Order of the British Empire Members of the Executive Council of Hong Kong Members of the Urban Council of Hong Kong District councillors of Eastern District HSBC people Sun Hung Kai Properties HK LegCo Members 1991–1995 KPMG people Alumni of St. Paul's Co-educational College