Yuanhui Huang

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Wong Yuen Fai (^[1]^[2]; born 14 February 1956) is the former Deputy General Manager, Executive Director and Acting CEO of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia). He is a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Bankers and a member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers and the Chartered Governance Institute in the UK. In the 2000s he served as Chairman of Friends of the Earth (Hong Kong). After retirement he has been appointed to various public committees. Since 2020 he has focused on the work of the Advisory Council on the Environment, having stepped down as Chairman of the Task Force on Land Supply and of the Housing Authority’s Subsidised Housing Committee.

Early life

Wong was born in Hong Kong into a family of four brothers and one sister. His father worked as a printer before later becoming a building caretaker. The family lived in a wooden tenement area on Tin Hau Temple Road until it was cleared when he was ten, then moved to Chai Wan Estate Block 15 and later to Yau Wan Estate. As an adult he saved to buy a Home Ownership Scheme flat. In Primary 6 he worked a summer job at Wah Ha Estate making school exercise books to earn pocket money. He graduated from Fortress Hill Government Primary School in 1968 and from Shau Kei Wan Government Secondary School (Form 5) in 1973. He was consistently among the top three in his class and took part in school drama productions, briefly considering careers in policing or film.

Career

After secondary school Wong worked behind the scenes on the TV programme Enjoy Yourself Tonight, then joined Maersk as a clerk in 1974. He later became a seafarers’ payroll clerk, then shifted to banking on a recommendation letter and chose the English given name “Stanley” to help overseas colleagues pronounce his name. He joined Standard Chartered Bank in 1974 as a clerk, became Assistant Manager in 1978, Treasury dealer in 1981, Head of Foreign Exchange dealing in 1987, Treasury Manager in 1989, and Hong Kong Treasurer in 1990. In 1996 he was appointed Treasurer for Mainland China, Macau and Japan, and from 2001–03 served as President of Standard Chartered Bank China. In 2004 he moved to ICBC (Asia) as Deputy General Manager, and in August 2004 was appointed Executive Director and Acting CEO. He was made a Justice of the Peace in 2007 and retired early in 2011.

In 2013 he was awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star for his outstanding community service and contributions to the Town Planning Board and the Housing Authority.

He has a passion for nature and has farmed in Fanling since 1996. He earned an MSc in Applied Finance from Macquarie University, an Advanced Diploma in Chinese Archaeology from CUHK School of Professional and Continuing Education, and an MA in Comparative and Public History from CUHK.

Public service

2001–03: Director, Standard Chartered Bank
2008–10: Board Member, Hong Kong Dance Company
2010–15: Chairman, Hong Kong Dance Company
2012–16: Member, Energy Advisory Committee
2012–14: Member, Museum Advisory Panel (Hong Kong Science Museum)
2012–16: Vice‑Chairman, Town Planning Board
2013–19: Non‑executive Director, Urban Renewal Authority
2014–16: Chairman, Advisory Panel (Hong Kong Museum of History)
2016–18: Member, Advisory Committee on Re‑employment of Ex‑Civil Servants
2017–22: Chairman, Advisory Council on the Environment
2017–19: Chairman, Task Force on Land Supply
2005–11, 2012–20: Member, Hong Kong Housing Authority (Chairman, Subsidised Housing Committee)

Media appearances

Guest

2013–16, 2018–19, 2022: Speak Out Clearly (Television Broadcasts Limited)
2016–18: Millennium Generation (Radio Television Hong Kong)
2018: Straight Talk (TVB)
2018: Home Watch (TVB)
2018: Housing Expert (TVB)

References

External links

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