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The FRC comprises the following members in accordance with the requirements of the Financial Reporting Council Ordinance, a majority of whom, including the Chairman, are lay members.

 
Chairman
Ms. Sophia Kao, S.B.S., J.P.
Ms. Kao possesses rich experience in human resources management, and was a lay member of the council of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants from December 2004 to November 2006. She was also the chairperson of the Women's Commission from Janyary2006 to Janyary 2012. She is now the deputy chairman of the Lingnan University Council and vice chairman of the English Schools Foundation.
 
Members
Dr. Moses Cheng, G.B.S., J.P. (appointed on nomination of the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited)
Mr. Cheng is the senior partner of PC Woo & Co. He is a director of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and has extensive experience in the Listing Committee of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.
 
Mr. Chew Fook Aun (appointed on nomination of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants)
Mr. Chew is an executive director and the group chief financial officer of Esprit Holdings Limited. He has over 26 years of experience in accounting, auditing and finance in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong. He was a vice president and a former council member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is a certified public accountant and a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Chew is a member of the advisory committee of the Securities and Futures Commission, the corruption prevention advisory committee of the Independent Commission Against Corruption and the standing committee on company law reform of the Hong Kong Companies Registry.
 
Mr. Martin Hadaway, J.P.
Mr. Hadaway was formerly the chief executive of Gammon Construction Limited and is presently the chief executive of Asia Clean Capital. He is a fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers and a member of the Chartered Institute of Building.
 
Mr. Edward Kwan
Mr. Kwan was formerly the chief executive officer of HSBC Broking Services (Asia) Limited. He is presently the chairman of the Advisory Committee on Human Resource Development in the Financial Services Sector of the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. He is also a member of the Securities and Futures Appeals Tribunal and the Hong Kong Scout Foundation Management Committee, a fellow member of the Hong Kong Securities Institute, and the honorary treasurer of the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups.
 
Hon. Mrs. Sophie Leung, G.B.S., J.P.
Mrs. Leung is a member of the Legislative Council representing the Textile and Garment constituency and the chairperson of The Young Entrepreneurs Development Council.
 
Mr. Albert Li
Mr. Li is a certified public accountant. He was formerly a partner of KPMG Hong Kong and his main responsibilities were technical advisory and audit. He had served as an Honorary Advisor of the Financial Reporting Council.
 
Mr. John Poon
Mr. Poon is a solicitor and a non-executive director of the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority. He was formerly the deputy chairman of Esprit Holdings Limited until July 2008. Mr. Poon served as a lay member of the council of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants from December 2005 to December 2011 during which he was also the chairman of Professional Qualifications Accountability Board (2009-2011) and the chairman of Governance Review Task Force in 2011. He was a member of the Standing Committee on Company Law Reform (2003-2009) and the Board of Review (Inland Revenue Ordinance) (2004-2010).
 
Mr. Michael Scales (appointed on nomination of Securities and Futures Commision)
Mr. Scales was the corporation secretary of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited until May 2010. He served as a member of the Standing Committee on Company Law Reform, SFC Share Registrars Disciplinary Committee and SFC Dual Filing Advisory Group. He is presently a director and honorary secretary of the Ebenezer School and Home for the Visually Impaired.
 
Ms. Ada Chung, J.P. (ex-officlo)
Ms. Chung, the Registrar of Companies, is a certified public accountant and a barrister-at-law. As a representative of the Financial Secretary, Ms. Chung is an ex-officio council member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. She is also a fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries and the Hong Kong Institute of Directors. Before her appointment as the Registrar in August 2007, she was a Deputy Law Officer of the Department of Justice.
 
Dr. P.M. Kam (ex-officio)
Dr. Kam is the Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Reporting Council. He is a certified public accountant and was the group financial controller of Jardine Matheson Limited. Dr. Kam is currently a member of the IFRS Advisory Council of the International Accounting Standards Board. He was the president of the then Hong Kong Society of Accountants (now renamed the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants) in 1999 and 2000.
 
 

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