Raymond Chien Explained

Raymond Ch'ien Kuo-fung
Honorific Suffix:GBS,CBE,JP
Birth Date:26 January 1952
Birth Place:Tokyo, Japan
Alma Mater:University of Pennsylvania
Office:Chairman of the Hang Seng Bank
Term Start:6 August 2007
Predecessor:Michael Roger Pearson Smith
Office1:Chairman of the MTR Corporation
Term Start1:21 July 2003
Term End1:31 December 2015
Predecessor1:Jack So
Successor1:Frederick Ma
Spouse:Whang Hwee-Leng
Office2:Unofficial Member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong
Term Start2:1992
Term End2:1 July 2002

Raymond Ch'ien Kuo-fung GBS CBE JP (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

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.

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

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.

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Notes and References

  1. News: 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. News: Staff reporter . MTR re-appoints Raymond Ch'ien as Chairman . Hong Kong Business.