Lunch meeting with British Consul General

摘要

The British Consul General, Caroline Wilson, hosted a delegation from the Institute on 22 April 2014 for lunch at her residence in Hong Kong. President Edith Shih FCIS FCS(PE) led the discussions centered on the role of family businesses in Hong Kong and touched upon the extent of family ownership, board structure, including the number of family members, diversity, age and length of tenure of board members in general. Also discussed were the importance of good governance and alignments that can exist between the minority and majority in properly run family businesses. Participating in the discussions were Davy Lee FCIS FCS(PE) from Lippo Ltd; Ivan Tam FCIS FCS from Chevalier International Holdings Ltd; Neil McNamara FCIS FCS from Jardine Matheson Ltd; Mclanie Ng AOS ACS from SOCAM Development Ltd; Paul Mok FCIS FCS from Orient Overseas (International) Ltd; and Richard Law FCIS FCS from Hopewell Holdings Ltd. Samantha Suen FCIS FCS, Chief Executive, and Mohan Datwani FCIS FCS, Director, Technical and Research joined in the discussions.