お知らせ • Nov 10
Morris Home Holdings Limited Announces Board Changes
Morris Home Holdings Limited announced that the following the close of the Offers and with effect from 9 November 2022: Mr. Shen Zhidong resigned as an executive Director; Mr. Wu Yueming resigned as an executive Director; Ms. Wu Weixia resigned as an independent non-executive Director and ceased to be the chairman of the audit committee of the Company (the "Audit Committee") and a member of the remuneration committee of the Company and the nomination committee of the Company, respectively; Mr. Tan Tianhong resigned as an independent non-executive Director and ceased to be the chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit committee and the Nomination Committee, respectively; and Ms. Zhao Hongyan resigned as an independent non-executive Director and ceased to be the chairman of the Nomination Committee and a member of the Audit committee and the Remuneration Committee, respectively. The Board announced that following the close of the Offers and with effect from 9 November 2022, (i) Ms. Wu Xiangfei has been appointed as a non-executive Director; and (ii) Professor Lee Chack Fan has been appointed as an independent non-executive Director and a member of each of the Audit Committee, the Nomination Committee and the Remuneration Committee. Ms. Wu Xiangfei, aged 45, has vast experience in the furniture business. Ms. Wu Xiangfei has been the vice chairman of the board of directors of Morris Group Company Limited since 2018, during which she has accumulated experience and gained knowledge in manufacturing and sales of sofas, sofa covers and other furniture products. Professor Lee Chack Fan, G.B.S., S.B.S., J.P., aged 77, taught at the University of Western Ontario and the University of Toronto, before starting a long career with Ontario Hydro in Canada more than 20 years, where he worked on a variety of projects that included water resources management, hydropower and nuclear power. He joined the University of Hong Kong in 1994 as a professor of the Department of Civil Engineering, and successively as chair professor of geotechnical engineering, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Vice-President)and Director of the School of Professional and Continuing Education (HKU SPACE). He has also served as a specialist consultant or an advisor to many international bodies such as the United Nations Development Plan, World Bank and Asian Development Bank on numerous energy and infrastructure projects in many parts of the world. Professor Lee Chack Fan is an internationally renowned expert in geotechnical engineering. He served as a consultant and technical adviser to numerous energy and infrastructure projects in China and overseas, including the construction of the Three Gorges Dam of the Yangtze River. Professor Lee Chack Fan's eminent achievement in civil engineering has been highly recognised. He was awarded the K. Y. Lo Medal in 2001 by the Engineering Institute of Canada, was elected a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Science in 2001, and an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2003. Professor Lee Chack Fan is also the Chairman of the Board of the Hong Kong Institute for Promotion of Chinese Culture; the Jao Tsung-I Academy Management Board; Director of the Jao Tsung-I Petite Ecole, University of Hong Kong; member of the Commission on Strategic Development; etc. He previously served as the Chairman of the Council of the Lord Wilson Heritage Trust; the Harbourfront Enhancement Committee and the Veterinary Surgeons Board and was a member of the Board of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority and the Culture and Heritage Commission. Professor Lee Chack Fan is currently a non-executive director of Zhaobangji Properties Holdings Limited and an independent non-executive director of Hui Xian Real Estate Investment Trust. He also served in the following companies the shares of which are or were listed of the Stock Exchange, as an independent non-executive director of South Shore Holdings Limited from 2005 to 2021, AID Life Science Holdings Limited from 2015 to 2017 and Shimao International Holdings Limited from 2004 to its withdrawal of listing in 2007. Professor Lee Chack Fan graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering in 1968, and a Master's degree in 1970. He received his Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Western Ontario in 1972, in the field of geotechnical engineering. The Board announces that following the close of the Offers and with effect from 9 November 2022, Dr. Kwan Pun Fong Vincent has been appointed as the chairman of the Audit Committee, the Nomination Committee and the Remuneration Committee. Dr. Kwan Pun Fong Vincent, aged 71, in an independent non-executive Director. He served as the vice president of the Hong Kong Shipping Department of Citibank, the vice president of the Asia Pacific Elevator Department of United Technologies Company, the managing director of Hintful Capital Group, professor of Beijing Normal University Hong Kong Baptist University United International College, executive dean of the HKU Zhejiang Institute of Research and Innovation. He is currently a member of the Executive Committee of Hong Kong Economic Association, the chief advisor of the think tank of Qingshanhu Scitech City in Hangzhou, Zhejiang (), the president of Zhuhai Chuangke Yinlian Business Consulting Co., Ltd, the vice chairman of Shanghai Qiaoyue IoT Technology Co., Limited, a Director of Hong Kong Economic Trading International Association and the chairman of the Education and Training Committee. Dr. Kwan Pun Fong Vincent is an independent director of China Zheshang Bank Co. Ltd., a company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. He was the chief financial officer of Yew Chung Education Foundation in Hong Kong from 2001 to 2013. From 2010 to 2015, he served as an independent non-executive director of Link-Asia International MedTech Group Limited. Dr. Kwan Pun Fong Vincent was an independent director of Jiangling Motors Corporation Limited, a company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange from 2008 to 2012 and a non-executive director of Finet Group Limited. Dr. Kwan Pun Fong Vincent is a Certified Practicing Accountant of CPA Australia. Dr. Kwan Pun Fong Vincent obtained a Doctoral Degree in Business Administration from the University of Western Sydney in Australia in May 2004, a Master's Degree in Commerce from the University of Hitotsubashi in Japan in March 1981, and a Bachelor's Degree in Social Sciences from The University of Hong Kong in November 1973.