공시 • Jan 10
Digital Domain Holdings Limited Announces Executive Changes, Effective January 13, 2025
The board of directors of Digital Domain Holdings Limited announced that Mr. Seah Ang has resigned as an executive Director of the Company, such resignation to take effect from 13 January 2025. On the effective date of his resignation, Mr. Seah will cease to be the chairman of the Board, a member and the chairman of the executive committee, a member of the nomination committee, a member of the remuneration committee of the Company, an authorised representative of the Company under Rule 3.05 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and the authorised representative of the Company for the acceptance of service of any process or notice required to be served on the Company in Hong Kong under the Companies Ordinance, respectively. Mr. Seah has confirmed that he has no disagreement with the Board and there is no matter relating to his resignation which needs to be brought to the attention of shareholders of the Company and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. The Board announced that it has resolved to appoint, with effect from 13 January 2025, Mr. Hooi Hing Lee ("Mr. Hooi"), a non-executive Director and the chief strategic advisor of the Company, as the acting chairman of the Board; and Mr. Wong Cheung Lok, the chief financial officer of the Company, as an executive Director. Mr. Hooi will take up leadership of the Board as acting chairman while he remains to be a non- executive Director, the chief strategic advisor of the Company as well as a director of a subsidiary of the Company. Mr. Wong, aged 53, joined the Group in April 2008 as its chief financial officer. In addition to that role, he is the president of Greater China Region, overseeing the development of the Group's virtual human operations, VFX business, artificial intelligence research and development projects in the Region and trading operations in the Americas and the Region. He has also overseen the Group's trading and property investment businesses in the early years of his service with the Group. Mr. Wong is currently a member of the executive committee of the Company and an alternate to the current Authorised Representatives (i.e Mr. Seah and Ms. Fok Lai Yan ("Ms. Fok")). He is also a director of an associated company and an officer of certain subsidiaries of the Company. Prior to joining the Group, Mr. Wong has had extensive experience in accounting, taxation, management and financial planning roles in organizations headquartered in Canada, Hong Kong and Mainland China that operated in different industries, including companies operating in the financial /investment, trading, manufacturing, wholesale and distribution of fresh and live foodstuffs, office furniture and Mainland Chinese property industry respectively, some of which were members of Hong Kong listed groups at the time and a not-for-profit organisation. Mr. Wong holds a Master's Degree in Business Administration from the University of South Australia and a Bachelor's Degree of Arts with Honors in International Business Studies (major in China Trade) from the City University of Hong Kong. He is a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA), the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada) and a fellow member of the Chartered Governance Institute (CGI, formerly known as the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA)). He holds a Certified Public Accountant license of Washington State of the USA and a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) designation that awarded by AICPA and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) of the United Kingdom. Mr. Wong is a member and Chartered Tax Advisor (CTA) of the Taxation Institute of Hong Kong (TIHK). He is also a member and a holder of Certified In Management (C.I.M.) of Canadian Institute of Management. In place of Mr. Seah, Mr. Wong has been appointed as the chairman of the Executive Committee, a member of the Nomination Committee, a member of the Remuneration Committee and the Authorised Representative, and ceased to be the alternate to Authorised Representatives, respectively with effect from 13 January 2025. Ms. Chan Shui Kuen, the financial controller of the Company, has been appointed as an alternate to both Authorised Representatives while Ms. Fok, the company secretary and another Authorised Representative of the Company, has been appointed as the Process Agent, all with effect from 13 January 2025.