Hong Kong, China - September 14, 2015, Hong Kong, China - Hsin Chong Construction Group announced that Joseph Kin Hung Choi has been appointed as the chief executive officer designate.
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Mr. Choi is expected to take the full role of Chief Executive Officer with effect from November 1, 2015. He has also been appointed as members of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees, and the agent for the service of process in Hong Kong.
Mr. Choi was appointed as an Executive Director with effect from March 22, 2013. He is also a member of the Executive Committee and a director of a number of subsidiaries of the Company.
Mr. Choi joined the Group in August 2009 as the assistant managing director and was subsequently promoted to managing director of the construction business in July 2012.
He oversees the overall construction business of the Group. He has more than 44 years of multi-dimensional and multi-functional experience across contracting and client organisations in Hong Kong, Chinese Mainland, Taiwan, Macau and overseas.
Before joining the Group, Mr. Choi was the general manager of the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation and MTR Corporation Limited responsible for the design and construction of various new railway lines.
Mr. Choi graduated from the University of Aston in Birmingham, United Kingdom with a degree of Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. He is a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) and was elected as the senior vice president of HKIE in June 2015. He was also appointed as the chairman of Administration Board, and as an ex-officio member of Planning Committee of HKIE in July 2015.
Mr. Choi was appointed as a director of The Joint Professional Centre Limited to represent HKIE in April 2014. He is also a Fellow of The Hong Kong Institution of Highways and Transportation; a Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, UK; a Chartered Engineer, UK; and a Registered Professional Engineer, Hong Kong.
Mr. Choi is a director of Engineering Forum Limited and a member of Engineers Registration Board. He is also a member of Departmental Advisory Committee for the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; a council member of Hong Kong Contractor Association; and a council member of The Hong Kong Institution of Highways and Transportation.
Chun Pong Lui has been appointed as an Executive Director, a member of the Executive Committee and the Chief Financial Officer.
Mr. Lui joined the Group in 2010 as Group Financial Controller. He was promoted to Finance Director of Hsin Chong Construction Company Limited in 2014 and further to Acting Chief Financial Officer of the Group in July 2015. He is also a director of certain subsidiaries of the Company.
Before joining the Group, Mr. Lui held senior positions of a number of Hong Kong companies listed on the main board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.
Mr. Lui obtained a Bachelor degree of Arts from the University of Hong Kong, a Master degree of Laws in the Chinese University of Hong Kong, a Master degree of Accountancy from Charles Sturt University in Australia and an Executive Master of Business Administration from the City University of Hong Kong. ■