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Chairman
Mr. Kenneth Ting Woo-shou, SBS, JP,
aged 69, was appointed as the Chairman of the Company and resigned as the Managing Director of the Company in July 2010. He has been the Managing Director of the Company since its incorporation in 1989. He has been a director of Kader Industrial Company Limited since 1971 and was appointed as the Chairman in 1993. He is also an Independent Non-executive Director of Wheelock and Company Limited.
Mr. Ting currently serves as the President of HK Wuxi Trade Association Limited, the Honorary President of Federation of Hong Kong Industries, The Chinese Manufacturers’ Association of Hong Kong and The Toys Manufacturers’ Association of Hong Kong Limited, and the Honorary Life President of the Hong Kong Plastics Manufacturers’ Association Limited.
He also serves as a member of a number of other trade organisations and public committees such as The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Court and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Court. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Faculty of Business and Economics of The University of Hong Kong. He also serves as member of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.
Mr. Ting is a director of H.C. Ting’s Holdings Limited which is a substantial shareholder of the Company. He is the father of Mr. Ivan Ting Tien-li, the Managing Director of the Company, husband of Mrs. Nancy Ting Wang Wan-sun, the Executive Director of the Company, and uncle of Mr. Bernie Ting Wai-cheung, the Non-executive Director of the Company.
Managing Director
Mr. Ivan Ting Tien-li,
aged 37, was appointed as the Managing Director of the Company in July 2010. He was appointed as an Executive Director of the Company in April 2006. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in International Politics and Economics. He has been an Executive Director of Kader Industrial Company Limited since 1998. Apart from this, he also serves as director of certain other subsidiaries of the Company. Mr. Ting currently serves as the Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong Exporters’ Association. He is the son of Mr. Kenneth Ting Woo-shou, the Chairman of the Company and Mrs. Nancy Ting Wang Wan-sun, the Executive Director of the Company, and the cousin of Mr. Bernie Ting Wai-cheung, the Non-executive Director of the Company.
Executive Director
Mrs. Nancy Ting Wang Wan-sun,
aged 64, was appointed as a Non-executive Director of the Company in January 2008, and was redesignated as an Executive Director of the Company in February 2009. She has been an Executive Director of Kader Industrial Company Limited since 2001. Mrs. Ting has not held any directorship in other listed public companies in the last three years. She is the wife of Mr. Kenneth Ting Woo-shou, the Chairman of the Company, mother of Mr. Ivan Ting Tien-li, the Managing Director of the Company, and auntie of Mr. Bernie Ting Wai-cheung, the Non-executive Director of the Company.
Non-executive Directors
Dr. Moses Cheng Mo-chi, GBS, OBE, JP, aged 62, was appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company in March 1999, and was redesignated as a Non-executive Director of the Company in September 2004.
Dr. Cheng is the senior partner of Messrs. P.C. Woo & Co. Dr. Cheng was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. He is the founder chairman of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors of which he is now the Honorary President and Chairman Emeritus. Dr. Cheng currently holds directorships in City Telecom (H.K.) Limited, China Mobile Limited, China Resources Enterprise, Limited, Towngas China Company Limited, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, K. Wah International Holdings Limited, Liu Chong Hing Investment Limited, Guangdong Investment Limited and Tian An China Investments Company Limited, all being public listed companies in Hong Kong. He is also an Independent Non-executive Director of ARA Asset Management Limited, a company whose shares are listed on Singapore Exchange Limited. His other directorships in public listed companies in the last three years include Galaxy Entertainment Group Limited, China COSCO Holdings Company Limited and ARA Asset Management (Singapore) Limited (a public listed company in Singapore). Save as disclosed above, Dr. Cheng did not hold any directorship, whether in Hong Kong or overseas, in any other public listed companies in the previous three years.
Mr. Bernie Ting Wai-cheung,
aged 46, was appointed as a Non-executive Director of the Company in July 2010. He was appointed as a director of Kader Industrial Company Limited since July 2010. He is the Director & General Manager of Qualidux Industrial Company Limited. He studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Toronto, Canada. He obtained his MBA at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the USA. He briefly worked in a manufacturing company in Canada. He is now working at Qualidux Industrial Company Limited as the Director & General Manager. Mr. Ting has not held any directorship in other listed public companies in the last three years.
Mr. Ting is the Chairman of Hong Kong Toys Council under the auspices of the Federations of Hong Kong Industries. He became the Vice President of International Council of Toys Industries (ICTI) in 2009. He participates in The Toys Manufacturers’ Association of Hong Kong and Toys Advisory Council of Hong Kong Trade Development Council. As part of his public duties in Hong Kong, he is the Vice Chairman of The Hong Kong Standards and Testing Centre Ltd. & Hong Kong Q-Mark Council. He has become the Council Member of Vocational Training Council
since 2008. He contributes his spare time to community service through Rotary Club of Hong Kong South.
He is the nephew of Mr. Kenneth Ting Woo-shou, the Chairman of the Company and Mrs. Nancy Ting Wang Wan-sun, the Executive Director of the Company, and the cousin of Mr. Ivan Ting Tien-li, the Managing Director of the Company.
Independent Non-executive Directors
Mr. Liu Chee-ming, aged 61, has been an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company since June 1998. Mr. Liu is the Managing Director of Platinum Holdings Company Limited (“Platinum”). Prior to setting up Platinum, Mr. Liu was a member of the Executive Committee of Jardine Fleming Holdings Limited where he had worked for 19 years. He was the head of Investment Banking Department between 1992 and 1995.
Mr. Liu was appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director of Haitong Securities Company Limited in November 2011, a company listed in Shanghai. He is an Independent Non-executive Director of StarHub Limited, a Singapore listed company. He is also a Non-executive Director of CIMC Raffles Offshore (Singapore) Ltd listed on the Oslo OTC Exchange. He is currently a Governor of the Singapore International School and the Director of The Singapore International School Foundation Ltd. He is a member of the Takeovers Appeal Committee and was appointed as a Deputy Chairman of the Takeovers and Mergers Panel of the Securities and Futures Commission in Hong Kong.
Mr. Floyd Chan Tsoi-yin, aged 68, has been an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company since 30 September 2004. Mr. Chan is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He had been a partner of BDO Seidman in the United States for many years. He was the Asia Pacific Regional Coordinator of BDO International and a member of BDO McCabe Lo Limited’s executive committee in Hong Kong. He has significant experience in assisting clients in exploring business opportunities in the Asia Pacific region, particularly the Southeast Asian developing countries and The People’s Republic of China. He is also closely involved with assisting clients in developing business in North America and Europe.
Mr. Andrew Yao Cho-fai, JP, aged 46, has been an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company since 30 September 2004. Mr. Yao, graduated from the University of California, Berkeley and Harvard Graduate School of Business, is the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Van Shung Chong Holdings Ltd. He retired as a Non-executive Director of North Asia Strategic Holdings Limited which is a company listed in GEM Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited with effect from 15 September 2011.
Mr. Yao is a Standing Committee Member of the Shanghai China People’s Political Consultative Conference, Standing Committee Member of All-China Youth Federation, Vice Chairman of Shanghai Youth Federation, Former Chairman of Hong Kong United Youth Association and Board Member of Fudan University in Shanghai, Former Court Member of The University of Hong Kong and Member of the Barristers Disciplinary Tribunal Panel. He was awarded the “Young Industrialist Award of Hong Kong” in 2004. He was awarded Justice of Peace by the HKSAR in 2008.
Mr. Desmond Chum Kwan-yue, aged 39, has been an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company since 10 March 2009. Mr. Chum is also an Independent Non-executive Director of Bingo Group Holdings Limited. Mr. Chum is a portfolio manager at Claren Road Asset Management, a US based credit hedge fund. Prior to working at Claren Road Asset Management, Mr. Chum was a Managing Director of Citigroup where he spent 12 years and helped to build its fixed income franchise in Asia. He oversaw a team of investment professionals and ran the Global Special Situations Group’s investment activities in the Greater China Region. He has extensive experience in sourcing, evaluating and executing private lending, private equity and real estate investments in the Greater China Region. Mr. Chum graduated from Oxford University.
Mr. Ronald Montalto, aged 63, has been an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company since 22 April 2009. Mr. Montalto graduated from East Carolina University in 1971. He was also awarded Juris Doctor from Emory University School of Law in 1974. Mr. Montalto was practicing Attorney in Atlanta between 1975 and 1982. Currently, he is Member of State Bar of California (Inactive). After his retirement, Mr. Montalto consulted for Mattel Inc. senior management in developing a plan to relocate all Mattel’s European manufacturing operations and back office support to Asia during 2005. He was a Senior Vice President of various Operations at Mattel where he worked for 21 years (15 of which were in Hong Kong) and established Mattel’s Asian sourcing unit and was responsible for managing and integrating Mattel Brands’ procurement and manufacturing Operations. He was a Director of Business Development of Mattel Far East Operations (Hong Kong) between 1983 and 1987. Since retirement, Mr. Montalto has consulted periodically on sales advisory programs for Teradata, a division of NCR (National Cash Register Corporation). He also conducted an Asian business/supply chain study for Enesco, an industry leading international giftware company headquartered in Chicago and Dansk Investment Group, a California company with manufacturing operations in Shanghai. Mr. Montalto has not held any directorship in other listed public companies in the last three years.
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