Mr. Poon is a member of advising committee of Asia Pacific Institute for Strategy and a board advisor of Clean Air Network.
Mr. Poon was formerly an independent non-executive director of AAC Technologies Holdings Inc.; a non-executive director, the group managing director and deputy chief executive officer of Tai Chong Cheang Group; and managing director and deputy chief executive of Hang Seng Bank Limited. He also held senior management posts at HSBC Group and a number of internationally renowned financial institutions.
Mr. Poon was the former chairman of the Hang Seng Index Advisory Committee, Hang Seng Indexes Company Limited, a former member of the Board of Inland Revenue of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Environment and Conservation Fund Investment Committee, and a former committee member of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong.
Mr. Poon holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Western Australia. He is a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, and the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Poon is also a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors. Mr. Poon was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company in January 2010. He is aged 70.