HKJC



APPENDIX 1

Mr Silas Yang Siu Shun, JP

Steward of The Hong Kong Jockey Club

Mr Silas Yang has been a Jockey Club Member since 1986 and became a Voting Member in 2003. He is a keen racing enthusiast, and is currently a co-owner of Rich Tapestry and Fun Tapestry. Last year the former won the Santa Anita Sprint Championship, becoming not only the first Hong Kong horse to win in the United States, but also the first to win an International Grade 1 race there.

He recently retired from a distinguished career in accounting, his last positions being Asia Pacific Chairman and Executive Chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) China and Hong Kong. He was also one of the five members of the Global Network Leadership Team of PwC before retirement.

He is active in public service and is a Vice Patron of the Community Chest; Member of the Exchange Fund Advisory Committee of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority; Member of the Council of the Open University of Hong Kong; Board Member and Audit Committee Chairman of the Hang Seng Management College. He is also a Justice of the Peace (JP).

Mr Yang currently serves as a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference; Accounting Standard Specialist Consultant to China’s Ministry of Finance Accounting Regulatory Department; International Senior Economic Consultant to the Shaanxi Provincial People’s Government; as well as Honorary Financial Advisor to the Shantou University Council.

Mr Yang graduated from the London School of Economics in 1978 and later qualified as a Chartered Accountant. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and the British Royal Statistical Society.

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