Dr David Sun, GBS, JP

Chairman, Accounting and Financial Reporting Council

Dr Sun is the Chairman of the Accounting and Financial Reporting Council. He held the position of Director of Audit at the Audit Commission of the Hong Kong SAR Government from 2012 to 2018. Before joining the Hong Kong Government, Dr Sun served as the Chairman and Managing Partner of Ernst & Young Greater China and the Far East and was a member of the Ernst & Young Global Executive Board from 2006 until his retirement in 2010. In 2003, he was the President of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Throughout his career, Dr Sun has held numerous significant roles, including Chairman of the Council at City University of Hong Kong, Chairman of the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Advisory Committee, and a member of the Exchange Fund Advisory Committee of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. He has also served as a Non-Executive Director for the Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation and the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority, Treasurer for both the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Hong Kong Metropolitan University, and a member of the Listing Committee of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. Additionally, he has contributed to the Process Review Panel for the Securities and Futures Commission and has been a member of the Hong Kong Housing Authority.

Dr Sun is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a conferred member of CPA Australia and an honorary fellow member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.

Ms Janey Lai

Chief Executive Officer, Accounting and Financial Reporting Council

Ms Janey Lai has served as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Executive Director of the Accounting and Financial Reporting Council (AFRC) since April 2024.

Ms Lai joined the AFRC in August 2022 as Head of Inspection and assumed the additional role of Acting CEO in October 2023.

With decades of experience in Chinese Mainland and Hong Kong, Ms Lai has a strong background in auditing, talent development, and business transformation. She also brings extensive expertise in regulatory frameworks and cross-border compliance.

Prior to joining the AFRC, Ms Lai was a Partner at two leading international accounting firms for over 17 years. She holds a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney and is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and CPA Australia.

The Honourable Paul Chan, GBM, GBS, MH, JP

Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong SAR

Mr Paul Chan is a Certified Public Accountant and a former President of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Before joining the Government, Mr Chan held various public service positions, including Member of the Legislative Council and Chairman of the Legal Aid Services Council. He served as Secretary for Development from July 2012 to January 2017 and has been the Financial Secretary since 2017.

Ms Guo Tingting

Vice Minister, Ministry of Finance, People's Republic of China

Ms Guo Tingting, PhD candidate, is a member of the PRC Ministry of Finance Party Leadership Group and the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Finance.

Prof Frederick Ma, GBS, JP

Chairman, Hong Kong Trade Development Council

Prof Frederick Ma Si-Hang has been Chairman of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council since June 2025.

Prof Ma has rich experience in the banking and financial sector. He has taken up major
positions at various local and overseas banks, financial institutions and companies, including Chase Manhattan Bank, Royal Bank of Canada Dominion Securities, Kumagai Gumi (HK) Limited, JP Morgan Chase and Pacific Century Cyberworks Limited.

In 2002, he joined the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government as Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury and assumed the post of Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development in 2007 until July 2008.

Prof Ma is Chairman of FWD Group Management Holdings Limited, Independent Non-Executive Director of Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited, COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co., Ltd. and Unicorn II Holdings Ltd. He is also a Member of the International Advisory Council of the China Investment Corporation. Prof Ma is a former Chairman of MTR Corporation Limited. He was a Member of Global Advisory Council of the Bank of America and International Advisory Council of Investcorp.

Panel Chair:

Dr Kelvin Wong, SBS, JP

Chairman, Securities and Futures Commission

Dr Kelvin Wong is the Chairman of the Securities and Futures Commission, the Chairman of the Corruption Prevention Advisory Committee of the Hong Kong Independent Commission Against Corruption and a member of its Advisory Committee on Corruption.

Dr Wong is also a Director of the Hong Kong Academy of Finance, a member of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s Exchange Fund Advisory Committee and Banking Advisory Committee and a member of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited’s Listing Nominating Committee.

Dr Wong holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Andrews University in Michigan, USA, and a Doctor of Business Administration degree from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Panellist:

Mr Mark Babington

Executive Director of Regulatory Standards, Financial Reporting Council

Mark is the Executive Director of Regulatory Standards at the FRC. He leads the division responsible for the FRC’s technical and public policy work covering audit, corporate reporting, corporate governance and stewardship, actuarial, and digital reporting and taxonomies. Prior to joining ExCo, Mark led the FRC’s UK Audit Policy programme, implementing measures to support greater competition in the UK audit market and work to support the reform of international standard setting for auditors, by global regulatory authorities.

Mark has previous experience as a Board Member and Audit and Risk Committee Chair. He is also a member of IESBA, which sets the global Code of Ethics for the accountancy profession, and chairs IESBA’s Sustainability Task Force. Before he joined the FRC, Mark had a 20-year career in audit and was a Director at the UK National Audit Office.

Panellist:

Mr Alex Ooi

Executive Director, Audit Oversight Board, Securities Commission Malaysia

Encik Alex Ooi Thiam Poh is currently the Executive Director of the Audit Oversight Board (AOB), Securities Commission Malaysia (SC). He is also a member of the Advisory Committee on Sustainability Reporting (ACSR).

He is currently involved in the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (AASB), the Ethics Standards Board (ESB) and the Education Board of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA). He serves as an Advisor to the Malaysian Accounting Standards Board (MASB) and also represents the SC as a member in the Audit Licensing Committee of the Ministry of Finance Malaysia. He was a former Council Member of MIA.

He is a member of International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators’ (IFIAR) Investor and Other Stakeholders Working Group (IOSWG) and Sustainability Assurance Task Force (SATF). He is also currently a member of the CPA Australia Ethics and Professional Standards Centre of Excellence.

Encik Alex Ooi is a Chartered Accountant of MIA, Fellow of CPA Australia, a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA). He holds a Bachelor of Economics (Accounting) degree from Monash University, Australia.

Panellist:

Mr Panos Prodromides

Chair, Committee of European Auditing Oversight Bodies

Panos Prodromides has been leading the Cyprus Public Audit Oversight Board (CyPAOB) since 1 December 2023, with the aim of supporting and enhancing public trust in the auditing profession through substantive, independent oversight and the promotion of adherence to high auditing standards. Panos is also the Chair of the Committee of European Auditing Oversight Bodies (CEAOB) for a four-year term since July 2024.

From 2015 to 2023, Panos served as an Audit Quality Reviewer for CyPAOB. From 2011 to 2015, he was the managing partner at the audit firm A. Panayiotou & P. Prodromides Ltd. He also served as the head of the audit department at Nexia Poyiadjis and as a senior audit manager at Deloitte Limited. Panos commenced his career in the audit department of Arthur Andersen in London.

He is currently a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus (ICPAC) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW). Panos holds a Master’s degree in Management from The London School of Economics and Political Science and a Bachelor’s degree in Economic and Social Studies from The University of Manchester. Panos has also represented CyPAOB at various sub-groups of CEAOB and is an active member of the Emerging Working Group of the International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators (IFIAR).

Panel Chair:

Ms Edith Shih

Executive Director and Company Secretary, CK Hutchison Holdings Limited

Edith Shih, Solicitor, is Executive Director and Company Secretary of CK Hutchison Holdings Limited. She has served the CK Hutchison Group for over 35 years, overseeing legal, regulatory, corporate finance and compliance matters. A leading corporate governance advocate, she holds master’s degrees from Columbia University’s Teachers College and is qualified in England and Wales, Hong Kong and Victoria, Australia. She is a fellow and former president of The Chartered Governance Institute International and Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute, and the Chairman of the Process Review Panel of the AFRC. She has received numerous legal awards, including Hong Kong In-House Lawyer of the Year in 2006 and 2016, and Asian Woman in Business Law Award and General Counsel of the Year Award in 2011.

Panellist:

Ms Gillian Meller

International President, The Chartered Governance Institute

Legal and Governance Director, MTR Corporation Limited

Gill Meller is MTR Corporation Limited’s Legal & Governance Director. She is responsible for leading the Company’s environmental, social and governance initiatives and for overseeing the Company’s legal, company secretarial, insurance, risk and assurance management and procurement and supply chain functions.

Gill is qualified to practise as a solicitor in Hong Kong and England and Wales. She graduated with a Master of Arts degree in Geography from Hertford College, the University of Oxford and obtained her postgraduate qualifications in law from The College of Law in the United Kingdom. She is the chair of the Legal Committee of The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Listing Committee of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. She is also a representative of the China/Hong Kong Division on and President of the Council of the international Chartered Governance Institute.

Panellist:

Mr Joe Ngai, JP

Senior Partner and Chairman, McKinsey Greater China

Joe Ngai is a senior partner at McKinsey & Company and chairman of its Greater China offices in Beijing, Chengdu, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Taipei. He has led large-scale transformations for Chinese and multinational organizations and advises many of the top corporate leaders in the region. A go-to source for international media such as CNBC, Bloomberg, and Fortune, he has been named one of Forbes China’s 100 Most Influential Chinese for four consecutive years (2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026); was selected as one of Bloomberg Businessweek’s Influencers of the Year (2025-2026); and appointed a Justice of the Peace by the Hong Kong Government. He is the author of numerous reports on China’s financial institutions and co-author of Life Insurance in Asia: Sustaining Growth in the Next Decade (Wiley, 2012) and The Next China Is Still China: An Insider's Playbook for Winning in the New Era (Scribner, 2026). He holds an AB, JD, and MBA from Harvard University.

Panellist:

Mr Andrew Weir, MBE, BBS, JP

Steward and Chairman of the Audit Committee, The Hong Kong Jockey Club

Mr Andrew Weir, MBE BBS JP is a Hong Kong-based non-executive director and governance professional. Mr Weir is Chairman of the HKEX Listing Review Committee and Vice-Chairman of the Financial Services Development Council, where he also chairs its Governance Committee. Mr Weir is a Steward and Chairman of Audit Committee of The Hong Kong Jockey Club. He serves on the boards and audit committees of leading financial and corporate organisations. A Council Member of ICAEW, Mr. Weir was formerly Regional Senior Partner of KPMG Hong Kong, Vice Chairman of KPMG China and Global Head of Asset Management. He has over 35 years of experience in governance, financial reporting, audit and capital markets.

Panel Chair:

Prof KC Chan, GBS, SBS, JP

Chairman, The Chamber of Hong Kong Listed Companies

Professor Chan is the Chairman of WeLab Bank and Senior Advisor of WeLab, a leading fintech company in Asia with one of the first virtual banks established in Hong Kong.

Professor Chan was appointed as Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region from July 2007 to June 2017. Prior to that, he was Dean of Business and Management in the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). He is currently Adjunct Professor at HKUST Business School.

Professor Chan received his bachelor's degree in economics from Wesleyan University and his M.B.A. and Ph.D. in finance from the University of Chicago. He specialised in assets pricing, evaluation of trading strategies and market efficiency and has published numerous articles on these topics.

Professor Chan is the Chairman of The Chamber of Hong Kong Listed Companies and member of Hang Seng Index Advisory Committee. In the past, he held a number of public service positions including Chairman of the Consumer Council, member of Competition Commission, Director of the Hong Kong Futures Exchange, member of Competition Commission, Non-Executive Director of The Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited, and Member of the Commission on Strategic Development, Commission on Poverty, the Exchange Fund Advisory Committee, and the Hong Kong Council for Academic Accreditation.

Panellist:

Mr Wes Bricker

Global Vice Chair, Global Chief Risk and Regulatory Officer, PwC

Wes Bricker is Global Vice Chair and Global Chief Risk and Regulatory Officer at PwC. His earlier PwC roles include Global Assurance Leader, where he led 127,000 partners and staff, US Assurance Leader and US Trust Solutions Co-Leader. Before that, he served as Chief Accountant of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. He also chaired the Monitoring Group, an international body of financial regulators. Forbes and Accounting Today have named him one of the profession's most influential leaders. Wes serves on the board of the National Association of Corporate Directors. He is a CPA and holds a BS in Accounting from Elizabethtown College and a JD from American University.

Panellist:

Mr Edward Lau

Executive Director, CFO, and Joint Company Secretary

New World Development

Edward Lau is Executive Director, CFO, and Joint Company Secretary of New World Development Company Limited, overseeing finance, accounting, treasury, tax, mergers & acquisitions, company secretarial and investor relations. He has 20+ years of experience in corporate management and investment banking. Mr. Lau actively contributes to public service through advisory roles across regulatory bodies (AFRC Advisory Committee, Listing Committee of HKEX), professional organisations and universities. He holds a BBA in Finance and a Master of Accounting from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, both with distinction, and is a U.S. CPA, FCPA (Aust.) and Fellow of HK Institute of Directors.

Panellist:

Mr Nicholas Talbot

Chief Executive, International Valuation Standards Council

Nicholas Talbot is the Chief Executive of the International Valuation Standards Council www.ivsc.org – which brings together experts to produce the global approach to assets valuation in conjunction with some of the world’s biggest investors, investment banks, businesses, regulatory leaders, Ministers and professional bodies. Nick has also held various other international director and non-executive roles and has an award and masters level business qualification from Oxford University.

Nick uses his skills as a well-known mountaineer and motivational speaker to raise money for charities and has featured in various documentaries, television, radio and news outlets across the world, and received a Point of Light Award from the UK Prime Minister.

Panellist:

Mr Steve Watson

Chair, Asian Corporate Governance Association

Partner, Capital Group

Steve Watson is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group and serves on the firm's Global Solutions Committee. He has 38 years of investment industry experience and has spent 36 years with Capital Group. Earlier in his career, he was an equity investment analyst covering Asian property and transportation companies, as well as European transportation and utilities businesses. Prior to joining Capital Group, he worked as a buy-side research analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. in New York. Steven holds an MBA in Finance, a master's degree in French Studies, and a bachelor's degree in French from New York University and the University of Massachusetts. He is based in Hong Kong.

Panellist:

Ms Sue Bennett

Vice Chairman and Global Audit & Assurance Leader, Deloitte

Sue Bennett is the Deloitte Global Audit & Assurance Business leader and a senior audit executive with more than 30 years of public practice experience across client service, operations, and leadership. Previously, she served as managing partner of Deloitte Canada's Audit & Assurance practice and as a member of Deloitte Canada's Executive.

Over the course of her career, Sue has led significant transformation across the Audit & Assurance practice, with a focus on quality, growth, and high-performing teams. She has extensive experience leading audits of multinational public companies, particularly in the mining sector, and is a trusted advisor to boards, audit committees, and senior executives.

Panellist:

Ms Gabriela Figueiredo Dias

Chair, International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants

Gabriela Figueiredo Dias is the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA) Chair and co-CEO of the International Foundation for Ethics and Audit (IFEA).

Gabriela previously served as Executive Chair of the Portuguese Securities Commission (CMVM), the financial markets and audit regulator, and a member of the Portuguese National Council of Financial Supervisors. She was also a member of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Board and of its Sustainability Task Force, member of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) Board of Supervisors and Management Board, Chair of the ESMA Investment Management Standing Committee and Vice Chair of OECD Corporate Governance Committee. She is a founding member of the Portuguese Corporate Governance Institute.

Gabriela was also President of the Board of Coimbra University. She was a lawyer and an academic for 18 years and has published extensively on capital markets, corporate governance and finance, pension funds, auditing, and sustainability. She holds bachelor's and master's degrees in law (Coimbra University) and a certificate in Leadership and Communications (Nova University - Lisbon).

Panellist:

Mr Len Jui

Global Head of Regulatory Affairs, Audit, KPMG International

Len is the Global Head of Audit Regulatory Affairs at KPMG International and KPMG Network Lead on the Global Public Policy Committee (GPPC).

Len was formerly the Deputy Chair of International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB), served on the Listing Committee of ChiNext Board at the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, and chaired CPA Australia External Reporting Center of Excellence.

Prior to Len's two separate tenures at KPMG, Len worked at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as an Associate Chief Accountant focusing on international audit and regulatory matters. Len is a CPA in Australia and US.

Panellist:

Mr Trond-Morten Lindberg

Global Chief Executive Officer, BDO International Ltd

Trond-Morten Lindberg is the Global CEO of BDO and is based in Oslo, Norway. He brings extensive international leadership experience and a strong track record of driving growth, innovation, collaboration and transformation across the organisation. Prior to becoming Global CEO, he served as BDO's Global Chief Strategy and Operations Officer from April 2023. From 2010 to 2017, he was Managing Partner and CEO of BDO Norway before joining BDO's Global Leadership Team as CEO, EMEA. Trond-Morten also led BDO International's Global Innovation programme and sponsored the Global Sustainability agenda, including BDO's commitment to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050.