Independent Non-Executive Director
Ms Melissa WU Mao Chin, aged 58, has been an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Manager since April 2023. She is also the chair of the Audit and Risk Management Committee and a member of the Nomination Committee of the Manager.
Ms WU is a Chartered Accountant and was a Partner at KPMG. She retired from KPMG in 2020, following a career there spanning over 30 years. She has extensive experience in providing audit services to multinational and listed companies in Hong Kong and Mainland China, in particular those in the real estate, consumer and transportation sectors. In addition, she held a number of management roles at KPMG including the Head of People, Head of Audit and Head of Consumer and Industrial Markets.
Ms WU has also held a number of public service positions notably, serving on several committees instituted by Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) governmental bodies, including HKSAR Law Reform Commission, HKSAR Standing Committee on Judicial Salaries and Conditions of Service, HKSAR Advisory Committee on Post-service Employment of Civil Servants, HKSAR Standing Committee on Disciplined Services Salaries and Conditions of Service and the Estate Agents Authority.
Ms WU is a fellow of both The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales and the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) degree from the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. She is an independent non-executive director and a member of the Board Audit and Risk Management Committee and the Board Nomination Committee of Guoco Group Limited (which is listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange). She is also an independent non-executive director of HSBC Qianhai Securities Limited.