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Ivan Chu Kwok Leung ^[1](born September 1961), Chairman of the Board of Directors of HNA China Private Equity Fund Management Co., Ltd., and former Chief Executive Officer of Cathay Pacific Airways Limited. He is a member of the 13th Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. Ivan Chu is the second Chinese CEO of Cathay Pacific after David N. Ty.

Biography

Ivan Chu graduated from the University of Hong Kong in 1984 with a Bachelor of Social Sciences degree. He joined Cathay Pacific the same year as a management trainee. ^[2]He has been seconded to Hong Kong, Mainland China, Taiwan, Thailand, and Australia.

In 1991 he was posted to Australia, and in 1993 became General Manager for the Southwest Pacific region. In 1994 he returned to Hong Kong headquarters as Manager of International Affairs. He was promoted to General Manager of International Affairs in 1997. In August 2001 he became Regional General Manager for Southeast Asia, based in Bangkok, Thailand. In August 2004 he was appointed Regional General Manager for Taiwan and Korea, based in Taipei. From September 2008 he served as Director of Inflight Services.

On 31 March 2011, he succeeded Mark Sursock as Chief Operating Officer of Cathay Pacific, becoming the second Chinese in that role. On 14 March 2014, he took over from John Slosar as Chief Executive Officer of Cathay Pacific, again the second Chinese CEO. He also served as Chairman of Dragonair, and as a director of Swire Pacific Limited and Swire Pacific plc.

In 1992–94, while posted in Australia, Ivan Chu studied at the University of New South Wales and earned a Master of Commerce. He has also completed executive management programs at Stanford Graduate School of Business and INSEAD.

On 12 April 2017, Swire Pacific and Cathay Pacific announced that Ivan Chu would become Chairman of Swire (China) Limited and step down as Cathay CEO, becoming a non‑executive director of Cathay Pacific and Dragonair from 1 May 2017. He also became director of Swire Pacific Limited and Swire Pacific plc.^[3]

In January 2020 he retired from all Swire and Cathay board positions.^[4]

Personal life

Ivan Chu is married with one son. He maintains a daily fitness routine including swimming, hiking, and yoga. He enjoys hiking the Seven Star Mountain in Taipei. Before bed he reads Chinese classics such as the I Ching, the Doctrine of the Mean, and Sun Tzu’s Art of War; his favorite line is “As heaven maintains vigor through movement, a gentleman should constantly strive for self‑improvement.”

Public appointments

Chairman, Hong Kong Association of Airline Representatives
Member, Business Facilitation Advisory Committee
Member, Aviation Development Advisory Committee
Member, Hong Kong Logistics Development Council

Government appointments

Member, 13th Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference

Community roles

Member, Our Hong Kong Foundation
Member, Advisory Council, Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce
Member, UNICEF Hong Kong Committee
Director, The Community Chest of Hong Kong
Chairman, Board of Governors, Swire Allied Club Primary School

References

External links

Official website of the Shanghai CPPCC
Our Hong Kong Foundation
UNICEF Hong Kong Committee

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