Dr. CHAN Philip Ching Ho

Dr. CHAN Philip Ching Ho is the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Nomination Committee, the Audit Committee, and the Investment Committee of the Company. Dr. Chan is a founder and a Director of Apt Electronics Company Limited which is principally engaged in trading and manufacturing of LED chips and module and LED light equipment. He is currently a member of the Committee on Innovation, Technology and Re-industrialisation.

Dr. Chan taught at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign for 3 years. Afterwards, he worked at a senior position for development and design of integrated circuits in Intel Corporation for over 10 years. After working at Intel Corporation, Dr. Chan joined the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (“HKUST”) in 1991 and served as a Professor and the Head of the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, the Director of Nanoelectronics Fabrication Facility at HKUST, the Dean of the School of Engineering of HKUST and a Chair Professor over the years. Since 2010, Dr. Chan acted as the Deputy President and Provost, a Chair Professor of Electronic & Information Engineering (EIE) Department of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (“HKPU”) and a council member of HKPU until his retirement from HKPU in March 2020.

He served as a Director of Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited and the Chairman of its technology committee, a Director of Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited, and a member of the Vocational Training Council.

Dr. Chan received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineer from the University of California, Davis, and his Master of Science in Electrical Engineering and Doctor in Electrical Engineering both from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.