Chief Legal Officer & Company Secretary
Mr WONG leads the Legal, Governance, Risk and Compliance functions of Link. He joined Link in August 2019 and is a director of a number of subsidiaries of Link. Mr WONG has more than 30 years of legal and management experience focusing on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and corporate development. Prior to joining Link, he held various senior executive positions within HNA Group including the General Counsel of HNA Group (International) Company Limited, an executive director of Hong Kong International Construction Investment Management Group Co., Limited and a director of Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. Prior to that, he co-founded a solicitors’ firm in Hong Kong which eventually merged with the international law firm Nixon Peabody LLP to become Nixon Peabody CWL and served as the managing partner of the firm for 14 years. In addition to his legal career, Mr WONG has extensive entrepreneurial experience in the elderly healthcare and real estate sectors. He owned and operated a chain of private elderly homes in Hong Kong known as “Greenery Elderly Home” for 20 years until its divestment in 2014. He also has over 15 years of experience in developing village houses in the New Territories for his family business.
Mr WONG was appointed by the Government of the HKSAR as a member of the Elderly Commission from 2015 to 2021. He was formerly a vice-chairman of the Friends of Caritas of Hong Kong, a member of the Board of Governors of Chu Hai College of Higher Education and an advisor to Heung Yee Kuk of the New Territories. He is currently the Secretary General of Hong Kong REITS Association.
Mr WONG holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science of the University of London and a Master of Science degree in International Hospitality Management from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is a qualified solicitor in Hong Kong. He was awarded as “In-House Lawyer of the Year” at the Asian Legal Business (ALB) Hong Kong Awards 2023 where he also led his teams to win the “Hong Kong In-House Team of the Year” and “Compliance and Risk Management In-House Team of the Year” awards.