Professor Li has been an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company since 29 January 2000. He is also the Chairman of the Nomination Committee and a member of each of the Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee of the Board. Professor Li received his bachelor’s, master’s, engineer’s and doctoral degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1977, 1979, 1980 and 1981 respectively.
Professor Li was the head (until 28 February 2018) of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (“EEED”) at The University of Hong Kong (“HKU”), and is Chair Professor of Information Engineering and Cheng Yu-Tung Professor in Sustainable Development of the EEED at HKU. Prior to joining HKU, he was Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Southern California (“USC”) and director of the USC Communication Sciences Institute. Professor Li has chaired various committees of international professional organisations such as the Technical Committee on Computer Communications of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. He was awarded the Bronze Bauhinia Star by the Government of Hong Kong in 2002.