Monday, 24 September 2018

HKTBC Annual General Meeting 2018

About 30 members attended the Council's Annual General Meeting. The Council played its part in keeping members informed about the changing political and economic situation in the Kingdom and the affects of global events on Hong Kong and the Mainland. We also continued to develop ties with other organizations. Mr. Bernard Charnwut Chan, Dr. Harry Lee, Mr. Clayton T. Hebbard and Mr. Knattapisit Krutkrongchai were re-elected as Directors for the ensuing year. Simultaneously, Ernst & Young was re-appointed the Council's Honorary Auditors. The current Board of Directors consists of 11 directors: 1) Mr. Bernard Chan, GBS, JP, President of Asia Financial Group 2) Mr. William Chao, Managing Director of Wing Wah Limited 3) Mr. Tom V. Chatjaval, Founder and Chairman & CEO of TVC Management Ltd 4) Mr. Kenneth Gaw, President & Managing Principal of Gaw Capital 5) Mr. Horst Geicke, Chairman and Co-Founder of Pacific Alliance Group, VinaCapital Group 6) M. Clayton T. Hebbard, Consultant of Grant Thornton 7) Dr. Harry Lee, SBS, JP, Managing Director of TAL Apparel Limited 8) Mr. Willy Lin, SBS, JP, Managing Director of Milo's Knitwear (International) Ltd 9) Mr. Raphael Tong, Managing Director of Shanghai Mister Softee Food Products Co Limited 10) Mr. Benjamin Lam, Executive Director & Deputy CEO of Pacific Century Premium Development Ltd 11) Mr. Knattapisit Krutkrongchai, Chief Marketing Officer of AIA International Limited We were honored to have a special guest joining us as our keynote speaker at the luncheon right after our Annual General Meeting, Mr. Jim Lai. Jim Lai is Vice President of Tencent, and heads Tencent Financial Technology ?V which provides mobile payment and other services to users of WeChat Pay and QQ Wallet. This lunch offered Hong Kong-Thailand Business Council members a chance to hear his insight on digital platforms and next-generation financial technology. This was an area that has moved China towards being a cashless society, and it was poised to expand significantly in the rest of the world. It would have major potential impacts on nearly every business sector. Last year, Tencent was awarded "Best Innovation Centre by Non-Financial Institution in China" at The Asian Banker Leadership Achievement Awards. And Mr Lai received "The Asian Banker Innovation Leadership Achievement for China Award". Mr Lai joined Tencent in 2009 as manager of the QQ Membership Product Department. He was promoted first to General Manager of Tenpay in 2012, and then to head of the Tencent Financial Technology Department in 2015. Prior to joining Tencent, he held investment manager positions with Apax Partners PE in the UK and Lehman Brother??s Investment Bank in the US, and served as assistant vice president at Credit Suisse First Boston Investment Bank. He holds both an MS bachelor??s degree and a master??s degree in economics from MIT, as well as an MBA degree from Harvard Business School.

HKTBC Annual General Meeting 2018