Our strategic Direction is governed by a board of directors drawn from leading multinational and local corporations. We also have the Executive Committee, Membership Committee and Finance Committee to focus on respective matters.


BEC BOARD

CHAIRMAN


Professor John Chai
Managing Director, Fook Tin Group Holdings Ltd

Professor John Chai is Managing Director of Fook Tin Group Holdings Ltd. and a Member of the Supervisory Board of its wholly owned subsidiaries - Terraillon SAS (France), Scaime SAS (France) and Arpege Master K SAS (France). He received the degrees of Master of Jurisprudence and Doctors of Law from Loyola University Chicago, Master of Science from Northwestern University. As a qualified medical health care professional, he has also been awarded fellowship to several professional organizations. He is presently a Professor Emeritus of Northwestern University.

Established in 1963, Fook Tin specializes in design, manufacturing, marketing and the global distribution of professional magnitude sensors, consumer, commercial, industrial and medical scales, health care and medical devices, and electronic appliances. Professor Chai has been instrumental in improving Fook Tin's financial, legal, research and corporate management. Under his direction, Fook Tin's integrated management system was qualified to the standards of ISO 9001, ISO 13485, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001 and Fook Tin is the first company in the world to be certified with IECQ QC 080000 HSPM (an International Electrotechnical Commission Quality Assessment Scheme for Electronic Components Industry) in 2006.


BOARD OF DIRECTORS


Mr Martin Putnam
Corporate Environmental Manager, Airport Authority Hong Kong

Mr Martin Putnam is responsible for developing and implementing corporate environmental strategy at Hong Kong International Airport. He coordinates environmental compliance and manages business environmental risk areas including air emissions and aircraft noise, water quality, marine ecology and new development environmental impact assessment.

He is tasked with championing environmental best practices across the airport business community with the key objectives being to minimize the airport’s environmental footprint and to maximize energy and resource use efficiencies.

He has a Bachelor Degree in Environmental Science and a Master Degree in Marine Resource Management. He sits on the Hong Kong Government’s Marine Mammal Conservation working group and is Regional Representative for Asia Pacific on the Airport Council International World Environment Standing Committee.


Mr Richard Kendall Lancaster
Group Director & Managing Director Hong Kong, CLP Group

Mr Richard Kendall Lancaster was appointed as Managing Director of CLP Power Hong Kong Ltd. in 2010. He has overall responsibility for the operations of the Hong Kong business, which includes a vertically integrated electricity utility serving over 5.7 million people in Kowloon and the New Territories of Hong Kong.

Mr Lancaster began his career with the Electricity Commission of New South Wales in Australia and has over 25 years experience in the power industry and in other industrial operations in Australia, U.K. and Hong Kong. He holds a bachelor degree in electrical engineering from the University of New South Wales. He joined CLP in 1992 and has served in various management positions in the operations, projects, commercial, and finance areas.

Mr Lancaster is also a Director of various subsidiary companies and affiliated companies of the CLP Group including CLP Engineering Ltd. (Chairman), CLP Enterprises Ltd., CLP Power Hong Kong Financing Ltd. and CLP Properties Ltd.

Dr Kelvin Wong
Executive Director & Deputy Managing Director, COSCO Pacific Limited

Dr Kevin Wong has more than 23 years of working experience in management, banking and securities industries. He held various senior positions in several listed companies in Hong Kong before he joined the COSCO in July 1996. He is responsible for the overall management, strategic planning, financial management and investor relations. Dr Wong obtained his Master of Business Administration degree from Andrews University in Michigan, the USA in 1992 and his Doctor of Business of Administration degree from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2007.

Currently, Dr Wong is Chairman of the Corporate Governance Committee and fellow member of The Hong Kong Institute of Directors, Chairman and council member of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra Limited, a member of the China Trade Advisory Committee of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, a member of the Auditing and Assurance Standards Committee of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a member of the OECD/World Bank Asian Corporate Governance Roundtable, a member of Main Board and GEM Listing Committee of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, a member of The Board of Review (Inland Revenue Ordinance). He is also an Independent Non-executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of China Metal International Holdings Inc, an Independent Non-executive Director of CIG Yangtze Ports PLC, and an Independent Non-executive Director of I.T Limited, all of these companies are listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.



Mr Chris Chan
Public Affairs Director, Corporate Communications, Asia Pacific Manufacturing & Engineering and Mega Projects, The Dow Chemical Company

Mr Chris Chan is Public Affairs (PA) Director for Corporate Communications, Asia Pacific Manufacturing & Engineering and Mega Projects, The Dow Chemical Company.

Mr Chan joined Dow in Hong Kong as PA Director for the Pacific Area in February 2000. He was named PA director for Greater China in July 2004, following the establishment of the Greater China region as a dedicated growth region within Dow. He assumed additional responsibilities for Asia Pacific in April 2006. As PA Director for Dow Asia Pacific and Greater China, he was responsible for Dow's public affairs strategies and activities in the region. Chan was named Global Business PA Director for Dow Epoxy & Specialty Chemicals in March 2008 and was appointed Business PA director for Performance Products & Systems, Asia Pacific Manufacturing & Engineering and Mega Projects in June 2009. He assumed his current position in February 2010.

Prior to joining Dow, he held public affairs leadership positions in a number of multinational corporations and local conglomerates including IBM China/Hong Kong, Ericsson China and CLP Power.

Mr Chan holds an honors diploma in Communications from the Hong Kong Baptist College and an MBA from the University of Hull, United Kingdom.


Ir Daniel M. Cheng MH, JP
Managing Director, Dunwell Enviro-Tech (Holdings) Limited

Mr Daniel Cheng is the Managing Director of Dunwell Enviro-Tech (Holdings) Ltd with areas of business ranging from the collection and recycling of spent oil, blending and marketing of lubricating oil products, design and installation of advanced vibrating membrane systems and other waste water management systems, to the provision of used oil analysis service.

It was due to Mr Cheng's commitment and success of the environmental business that he was selected as winner of The Young Industrialist Awards of HK 1995, Innovative Entrepreneur of 1996 and Hong Kong Ten Outstanding Industrial Engineers Award in 1999. With continuous effort in pursuing better quality and environmental protection, Dunwell received the IChemE Environment Award in London, UK, becoming the first Hong Kong Company winning the IChemE Award in 2006. In 2005, Dunwell received the Grand Award of the HK Award for the Industry: Machinery and Equipment Design and same year the Grand Award - the Diamond Award for the 1st SME Living Business Awards, organized by HSBC. In the past, Dunwell was awarded the 1997 HK Awards for Industry: HKPC Productivity Award. In 1998, Dunwell received the Best Managed SME Gold Award.

Mr Derek Smyth
Consultant - Gammon Construction Limited

Mr Derek Smyth was formerly an Executive Director with Gammon Construction Limited who, after working in the Middle East and Africa, came to Hong Kong 27 years ago.

Mr Smyth undertook a wide portfolio of responsibilities within Gammon covering project risk management, design, environment, safety and quality control issues for the company’s USD 1 billion Hong Kong, China and Southeast Asian regional business activities.

He retains his relationship with Gammon through ongoing consultancy work which he also undertakes across the construction industry.

Mr Smyth has considerable experience in Construction having held posts within the Hong Kong Construction Association, the Provisional Construction Industry Co-ordination Board, and various construction industry task forces and as Vice Director at the Beijing Tsinghua-Gammon Safety Research Centre. He continues his involvement as a Director of the Business Environment Council and British Chamber of Commerce, and is the Chairman of the British Chamber of Commerce Construction Industry Group.



Mr Simon Wong
General Manager - Engineering, Hongkong International Terminals Limited

Mr. Simon Wong is responsible for the Engineering matters of Hutchison Ports in Hong Kong and South China. He is an alumini of the University of Hong Kong and a Chartered Engineer, both in mechanical and electrical engineering. Within HIT, he is the Chairman of the Environmental Steering Committee and a member of the Safety Steering Committee.






Mr Alex Newbigging
Chief Executive, Jardine Engineering Corporation

Mr. Alex Newbigging is the Chief Executive of Jardine Engineering Corporation (JEC), an Electrical and Mechanical engineering group operating in Asia. Mr. Newbigging has been employed by the Jardine Matheson Group since 1995 in a variety of roles, spanning the fields of business process outsourcing, aviation services and retailing. During his career with the group Mr. Newbigging has been based in the Philippines, Australia, Malaysia and Hong Kong and has been involved in business activities in a number of other countries in the Asia-Pacific region. He holds an MA (Hons.) from the University of Edinburgh and is an alumnus of the Harvard Business School General Management Program.



Mr Edmond Ho
Managing Director, Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited

Mr Edmond Ho is the Managing Director of Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited. KMB, with a fleet of over 4,000 buses plying on some 400 routes, is one of the largest privately owned and operated bus companies in the world and the flagship of the TIH Group.

KMB recognises the potential environmental impact of its services and is committed to mitigating and minimising such impact through a wide range of environment-friendly measures and practices. The Company has consistently pioneered the introduction of the latest Euro standard buses into Hong Kong and has installed devices such as catalytic converters and Diesel Particulate Filters in older buses to improve their environmental performance. The entire KMB fleet is run on ultra-low sulphur diesel and is kept in top operating condition through a rigorous maintenance programme.

In other areas of its operations, KMB has also demonstrated its commitment to environmental care through ISO 14001 certification of its main depots and the adoption of "green office" standards and practices. It has won a number of environmental performance awards, including the Green Innovative Practice Gold Award and the Green Office Merit Award (Large Organisations) in the 2002 Hong Kong Eco-Business Awards, the award for "Innovation Towards a Better Environment" at the UITP Asia Pacific Congress in 2002 and the Business Environment Council's Environmental Performance Award in 2003.


Mr Lee Kwok Tung
General Manager - Engineering and Planning Department, Modern Terminals Limited

Mr K.T. Lee joined Modern Terminals Limited as Deputy Engineering Manager since 1994 and was promoted to General Manager of Engineering & Planning Department in 2006. He mainly oversees the planning, design, acquisition and maintenance of all facilities and equipment for container terminals in Hong Kong and China. In supporting the various environmental protection campaigns initiated by private organizations and government bodies, he formed the Environmental Committee in Modern Terminals in 2006 and became the first Chairman.

Under Mr Lee's leadership, he promotes the adoption of Hybrid-system Rubber-tyred Gantry Cranes to reduce air emissions in Modern Terminals' businesses in Hong Kong and China. In addition, he introduces numerous energy saving devises and measures, which reduce lighting and air conditioning energy consumption.


Mr T C Yee
General Manager - Corporate Development, Power Assets Holdings Ltd.

Mr Yee joined Hongkong Electric Group (now Power Assets Holdings Ltd) after graduation, working primarily on local and overseas power project management and construction. He took up a management role in investments outside Hong Kong for the Group between 2005 and 2008.

At present, he is leading 3 separate teams in Planning & Regulation, Environmental Affairs and Energy & Performance. His main responsibility covers regulatory business and initiatives, sustainable strategic developments, and power plant fuel management. He is a Registered Professional Engineer and a corporate member of The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers , The Institution of Engineering & Technology UK, and The Institution of Engineers Australia respectively.



Mr Daniel Ng
Director, Shell Hong Kong Limited

Mr Daniel Ng joined Shell in 1986 as Marketing Economics and Planning Analyst. After that, he spent most of his time in the retail business where he developed his expertise in marketing, advertising, sales promotions and retail operations. In 1999 Mr Ng was promoted to General Manger of Retail with responsibility for overall retail sales and operations in Hong Kong, and in 2004 he moved to Beijing to serve a similar role as General Manager of Retail for China. His most recent position was Country Programme Manager in Hong Kong, to which he was appointed in 2006.

Mr Ng was appointed as Director of Shell Hong Kong Limited in early 2008, overseeing retail businesses in Hong Kong and Macau as Retail – General Manager.

Mr Randy Yu
General Manager - Sino Land Company Limited

Mr Randy Yu is the General Manager of Sino Land Company Limited, steering initiatives in environmental protection, corporate citizenship, heritage conservation works and public relation.

Mr Yu is a Chartered Surveyor who possesses over 20 years of experience in construction and property development. He was also a lecturer at Reading University (UK), Greenwich University (UK) and the University of Hong Kong, teaching Construction Economics. In recent years, Mr. Yu has dedicated a significant proportion of his time in community works. He is also an appointed Member of Islands District Council, Environment Bureau’s Energy Advisory Committee, Home Affairs Bureau’s Youth Program Coordinating Committee and many more public advisory bodies. He was recently appointed Justice of the Peace by the Government on 1 July 2010.



Mr Tony Miller
Advisor - Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd

Mr Tony Miller is Chairman of Hong Kong Business Aviation Centre Ltd, and a Non-executive Director of Transport International Holdings Ltd and Roadshow Ltd.

A former senior civil servant, Mr. Miller retired from the Hong Kong Government in February 2007 as Permanent Representative of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China to the World Trade Organization in Geneva. Key positions held prior to that include Permanent Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury (2002-04), Director of Housing and Chief Executive of the Housing Authority (1996-2002), Director-General of Trade (1993-96), Director of Marine (1991-93), Information Coordinator (1989-91).



Ir Cary Chan
Head of Technical Services and Sustainability - Swire Properties Ltd

Ir Cary Chan is a professional engineer and is currently responsible for overseeing the sustainability policies and strategies for Swire Properties. Over the years, he has carried out a lot of researches and energy saving initiatives with substantial improvements in energy performance of buildings. Some of his work has won international awards, which includes Low Carbon operation, client of the year award by the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers in 2010. Mr Chan is also active in serving the professional and business communities with his expertise. He is currently a Director of HK Green Building Council and the BEAM Society. Ir Chan also chairs the Technical Review Committee of the BEAM Society who oversees the quality and the development of BEAM Plus.

Ir Chan is also a member of the Energy Advisory Committee and taskforce member in the establishing of the Mandatory Building Energy Code for Hong Kong.


Mr Victor Kwong
Chairman - Environmental Working Committee, The Hong Kong & China Gas Company Limited

Mr Victor Kwong is the Corporate Health, Safety & Environmental Manager of The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited. Victor has been in this position since 2006. He has more than 28 years of experience in the areas of occupational health, safety and environmental protection with the Company.





Mr Frankie Yick
Director, Wharf Limited

Mr. Yick Chi Ming, Frankie, has been a Director of Wharf Limited since February 2007. He is responsible for overseeing the investor relations, corporate communications and community affairs functions of the Wharf group. Mr. Yick is also the Managing Director of The “Star” Ferry Company, Limited responsible for the day-to-day operations of this icon of Hong Kong. Mr. Yick has also been appointed as Director of Modern Terminals Limited and Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals, Limited since August 2006.

Mr. Yick is a Chartered Engineer. He holds a Bachelor Degree in Industrial Engineering and a Master Degree in Industrial Management. Prior to joining Wharf as the Director & General Manager of its public transport arm in June 1994, Mr. Yick has gained a broad range of industrial and management experience in various senior management positions in sizeable U.S. multi-national manufacturing companies in Hong Kong.

Mr. Yick was a member of the Election Committee for the election of legislative council members in 2001 and the Chief Executive of HKSAR in 2002. He was re-elected again in 2006 to serve as a member of the Election Committee for the election of the Chief Executive of HKSAR in 2007.


Executive Committee:

Prof John Chai, Fook Tin Group Holdings
Mr Daniel Cheng, Dunwell Enviro-Tech
Mr Richard Kendall Lancaster, CLP Group
Mr Tony Miller, Sun Hung Kai Properties
Mr Chris Chan, The Dow Chemical Company (Chairman of Membership Committee)
Mr Derek Smyth, Gammon Construction (Chairman of Finance Committee)
Ms Agnes Li, BEC
Mr Ivan Chan, BEC

Finance Committee:

Mr Derek Smyth, Gammon Construction (Chairman)
Mr Daniel Ng, Shell Hong Kong
Ms Agnes Li, BEC
Mr Ivan Chan, BEC

Membership Committee:

Mr Chris Chan, The Dow Chemical Company (Chairman)
Mr Martin Putnam, Airport Authority Hong Kong (Vice Chairman)
Mr Steve Wong, Billion Group
Mr Derek Smyth, Gammon Construction
Mr T C Yee, Hongkong Electric
Mr Geoffrey Chan, Mayer Brown JSM
Ms Agnes Li, BEC
Ms Cindy Cheng, BEC


JCEB Task Force

Prof John Chai, Fook Tin Group Holdings
Mr Derek Smyth, Gammon Construction
Mr Alex Newbigging, Jardine Engineering Corporation
Ir Cary Chan, Swire Properties
Mr Victor Kwong, Towngas
Mr Paul Leech
Ms Agnes Li, BEC
Ms Cindy Cheng, BEC