Qian Guofeng
Raymond Chien Kuo Fung [1], is a Hong Kong executive in both private and public institutions. He served as the first Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of MTR Corporation.
Biography
Raymond Chien was born in Tokyo, Japan. His ancestral home is Suzhou, Jiangsu[2]. His father, Chien Ming Nin, was a former pilot in the Republic of China Air Force, an Anglican priest, and a former director of the Hong Kong Society for the Aid and Rehabilitation of Drug Abusers[1].
Chien graduated in 1963 from the Primary School Division of St. Stephen’s College (he was a classmate of Elmer Yuen)[3], and then continued at St. Stephen’s College.
He served as Managing Director of Lam Soon Hong Kong Group[1], Chairman of CDC Corporation (now bankrupt), former Non-Executive Chairman of the MTR Corporation (formerly Mass Transit Railway Corporation), board member of HSBC and Chairman of Hang Seng Bank. He also served on the boards of HSBC Holdings, The Wharf Holdings (until his resignation on January 1, 2016[4]), and Inchcape.
In 1978, Chien earned a PhD in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. He was appointed Justice of the Peace in 1993, received the Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1994, and was awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star in 1999.
In public service, Chien was Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Corruption of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), Chairman of the Hong Kong/EU Business Cooperation Committee, and Hong Kong member of the APEC Business Advisory Council. He was also Honorary President and former Chairman of the Federation of Hong Kong Industries, and former Chairman of the Hong Kong Industrial Technology Centre Corporation and the Hong Kong/Japan Business Cooperation Committee. Between 1992 and June 2002, Chien served as a member of both the former Executive Council and the Executive Council of the HKSAR.
In 1998, Chien became a board member of the former Mass Transit Railway Corporation (renamed MTR Corporation after privatization in 2000). In 2003, he succeeded Jack So as Chairman of the MTR Corporation. In August 2007, he succeeded Michael Lee as Chairman of Hang Seng Bank[5] and officially retired in 2021[6].
Controversy
During the Hong Kong high-speed rail budget overrun scandal, Chien refused to attend the Legislative Council's select committee hearings, which drew disappointment from the committee[7].
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%8C%A2%E6%9E%9C%E8%B1%90#cite_ref-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E4%BA%BA%E5%90%8D%E9%8C%84_1-0
- ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%8C%A2%E6%9E%9C%E8%B1%90#cite_ref-2
- ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%8C%A2%E6%9E%9C%E8%B1%90#cite_ref-3
- ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%8C%A2%E6%9E%9C%E8%B1%90#cite_ref-4
- ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%8C%A2%E6%9E%9C%E8%B1%90#cite_ref-5
- ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%8C%A2%E6%9E%9C%E8%B1%90#cite_ref-6
- ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%8C%A2%E6%9E%9C%E8%B1%90#cite_ref-7
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