CHEUNG LOK WONG

Wong Cheung Lok joined the Group in April 2008 as its chief financial officer and was appointed as executive director and the chief executive officer of the Company on 13 January 2025.  He was also appointed as a member and the chairman of the executive committee, a member of the nomination committee, a member of the remuneration committee and the 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. In addition to that role, he is the president of Greater China Region (the “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.  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 organisations 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.