Ms. Chiu Lai Kuen Susanna, aged 65, graduated from the University of Sheffield with First-Class Honours in Economics, and obtained an EMBA degree in business administration from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. She is a Hong Kong certified public accountant, a Chinese certified public accountant, a qualified Chartered Accountant from England and a Certified Information System Auditor. She is also a current member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) of Shanghai, an expert on government accounting standards at the Ministry of Finance, a director of China Overseas Friendship Association, an executive member of the Guangdong Women’s Federation and former Council Treasurer of the Education University of Hong Kong. She currently serves as an executive director and the chief financial officer of Bonjour Holdings Limited (stock code: 653), and an independent non-executive director of China Oilfield Services Limited (stock code: 2883) and China Science and Education Industry Group Limited (formerly known as China Vocational Education Holdings Limited) (stock code: 1756). She is also an independent non-executive director of Nanyang Commercial Bank Limited.
Ms. Chiu was an independent non-executive director of Songz Automobile Air Conditioning Co. Ltd.(上海加冷松芝汽車空調股份有限公司), which is listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (stock code: 002454) from April 2020 to September 2023. She was an independent non-executive director of HuiJing Holdings Company Limited currently its shares are listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange (stock code: 9968) from 11 December 2019 to 6 July 2023. She was also an independent non-executive director of Kato (Hong Kong) Holdings Limited currently its shares are listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange (stock code: 2189) from 20 May 2019 to 8 August 2022. From 2006 to 2019, Ms. Chiu successively served as Senior Vice President, Eastern China Chief Representative and Consultant under the Fung Group, a company listed in Hong Kong. She also served as the Chief Operating Officer of DVN (Holdings) Limited (currently known as Frontier Services Group Limited, stock code: 0500), and senior project manager (Greater China) of Caltex Hong Kong Ltd.
Ms. Chiu served as the president of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (China Hong Kong Chapter) from 2001 to 2006. She served as the president of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants in 2013, the first woman to do so in 40 years. Ms. Chiu is a dedicated public servant and has served on various committees of the Hong Kong Government for many years, including the Women’s Commission, the Advisory Committee on Art Developments, the Equal Opportunities Commission, the Antiquities and Monuments Commission (古物古迹委員會), the Advisory Committee on Revitalization of Historic Buildings and the Energy Advisory Committee.
Ms. Chiu was awarded the Justice of Peace by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (the “Hong Kong Government”) in 2017 and the Justice of Peace NT in 2018. Ms. Chiu was also awarded the Medal of Honor by the Hong Kong Government in 2013. Ms. Chiu was also awarded the Medal of Honor by the Hong Kong Government in 2013. Further, Ms. Chiu was awarded the “Outstanding Women Business Leader Award” by the Hong Kong Commercial Daily in 2017, the “Outstanding Women Professionals Award” by the Hong Kong Women Professionals & Entrepreneurs Association in 2014 and the “Professor Robert Boucher Distinguished Alumni Award” by the University of Sheffield in 2014. Ms. Chiu was also awarded the “GBA Outstanding Women Entrepreneur Awards” in 2021.