Mr. Pang, aged 49, graduated from Columbia University, New York in 1995 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics, Political Science and Mathematics, and obtained a Juris Doctorate from the New York University School of Law in 1998 and an Executive Master of Business Administration degree from Kellogg-HKUST in 2010. Mr. Pang has served as a standing committee member of Hebei Province of The Chinese Peopleās Political Consultative Conference since January 2018, has been appointed as a vice president of Belt & Road General Chamber of Commerce in April 2018 and a member of council of the Vocational Training Council since July 2019, and has served as the chairman of Executive Board of the Hong Kong Real Property Federation since September 2019.
Mr. Pang joined the Group in 2003 and was appointed as the assistant to the late Chairman, Dr. Pang Kam Chun. Mr. Pang was appointed as the Chairman of the Company and the Executive Director in April 2010 and re-designated as the Co-Chairman of the Company and the Non-executive Director in January 2015. He has been further re-designated as the Chairman of the Company and the Executive Director since March 2017. Mr. Pang is also the Chairman of the Nomination Committee and Executive Committee and a member of the Management Committee. He is also currently the Chairman of the property development executive board of the Group, responsible for the management of the overall property development and assets leasing business of the Group. He also holds directorships in certain subsidiaries of the Company. Mr. Pang is the elder brother of Ir Dr. Pang Yat Bond, Derrick, the Executive Director and the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and Mrs. Lee Pang Yat Sum, Rita, a senior management of the Company, and the son of Madam Li Wai Hang, Christina, the Executive Director. Mr. Pang is a director of GT Winners Limited (āGT Winnersā), the controlling shareholder of the Company (as defined in the Listing Rules). Mr. Pang and Madam Li Wai Hang, Christina each owns 45% equity interest in GT Winners.