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Raymond Chien

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Raymond Ch'ien Kuo-fung
GBS,CBE,JP
Chairman of the Hang Seng Bank
Assumed office
6 August 2007
Preceded byMichael Roger Pearson Smith
Chairman of the MTR Corporation
In office
21 July 2003 – 31 December 2015
Preceded byJack So
Succeeded byFrederick Ma
Unofficial Member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong
In office
1992 – 1 July 2002
Personal details
Born (1952-01-26) 26 January 1952 (age 72)
Tokyo, Japan
SpouseWhang Hwee-Leng
Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania

Raymond Ch'ien Kuo-fung GBS CBE JP (Chinese: 錢果豐, born 26 January 1952), also known as Raymond Ch'ien, is a Hong Kong businessman and former politician. "Ch'ien Kuo-fung" literally translates to "money + fruit + abundance" in Chinese.

Career

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He is director of The Wharf Ltd. and HSBC; former non-executive chairman of MTR Corporation Limited until 2015 and chairman of CDC Corporation. He was a director of HSBC Holdings until 2007, when he became Chairman of Hang Seng Bank. [citation needed]

He chairs the Advisory Committee on Corruption of the Independent Commission Against Corruption and the Chairman of the Hong Kong/European Union Business Cooperation Committee, and is a Hong Kong member of the APEC Business Advisory Council. He was also a member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong from 1992 to June 2002 under both British Administration and HKSAR. He was the chairman of St Stephen's College Council.[1]

In January 2013, he was re-appointed MTR Corporation Chairman. He held this position until December 2015.[2]

Honours

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He was appointed the Justice of the Peace in 1993; named Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1994 and awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star Medal in 1999. [citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Admin. "Statement from Dr Raymond Ch'ien, Chairman of the College Council and School Management Committee » St. Stephen's College Alumni Association". sscaa.org.
  2. ^ Staff reporter. "MTR re-appoints Raymond Ch'ien as Chairman". Hong Kong Business.
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Business positions
Preceded by Chairman of the Hang Seng Bank
2007–present
Incumbent
Preceded by Chairman of the MTR Corporation Limited
2003–2015
Succeeded by
Order of precedence
Preceded by
Benjamin Liu
Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star
Hong Kong order of precedence
Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star
Succeeded by
Katherine Fok
Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star