Mr. Lee Wa Lun Warren (“Mr. Lee”), was appointed as an independent non-executive Director of our Company on 10 December 2019. He is mainly responsible for providing independent advice to our Group. He is also the chairman of the Nomination Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee and the Audit Committee.
Mr. Lee was one of the founding directors of Yu Ming Investment Management Limited (“Yu Ming”) in July 1996 and has worked in Yu Ming ever since, responsible for overseeing business development, maintaining client relationship, monitoring industry developments and supervising corporate finance advisory and asset management teams on the provision of services to clients. Mr. Lee is an executive director of Da Yu Financial Holdings Limited, the holding company of Yu Ming, which has been listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange (stock code: 1073) since July 2019. Mr. Lee was an executive director and the chairman of the board of SHK Hong Kong Industries Limited which was listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange (stock code: 666) in December 1990 but was delisted on 23 April 2021 subsequent to its successful privatization. Mr. Lee first joined SHK Hong Kong Industries Limited as a manager in July 1992 and became an executive director in September 2004. He was appointed as the chairman of the board and ceased to act as the managing director of SHK Hong Kong Industries Limited in March 2009. From November 2007 to March 2015, Mr. Lee was a non-executive chairman of Rotol Singapore Ltd which was listed on the main board of the Singapore Exchange Limited until August 2011. He acted as an executive director of Viva China Holdings Limited, a company listed on the GEM of the Stock Exchange (stock code: 8032), from June 2010 to June 2013. From February 2013 to April 2013, he was a non-executive director of China Kingstone Mining Holdings Limited, a company listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange (stock code: 1380). From December 2006 to May 2007, he was the chief executive officer of Nam Tai Electronics, Inc. (currently known as Nam Tai Property Inc.), an electronics manufacturing services provider listed on the New York Stock Exchange (stock code: NTP). From March 2004 to February 2006, he was an independent non-executive director of Nam Tai Electronic & Electrical Products Limited, and from February 2006 to April 2007, he was re-designated as a non-executive director. At the time of his directorship, Nam Tai Electronic & Electrical Products Limited was listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange (stock code: 2633). From January 2007 to April 2007, he was also a non-executive director of J.I.C. Technology Company Limited (currently known as China Renewable Energy Investment Limited), which is listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange (stock code: 987). Mr. Lee was appointed as independent non-executive director of TIH Limited, a company listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (stock code: T55) since May 2024.
Mr. Lee graduated from The University of East Anglia in England in 1986 with a bachelor of science and obtained a distinction in master of science from The City University Business School in London in 1988.
Mr. Lee is a responsible officer licensed to conduct type 1 (dealing in securities), type 4 (advising on securities), type 6 (advising on corporate finance) and type 9 (asset management) regulated activities under the SFO.
