WAN Siu Kau, Samuel, age 74, was appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director in September 2001. He is the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit Committee and the Nomination Committee of the Company. He holds a Master Degree of Business Administration from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration and Accounting from The University of Hong Kong. He started his executive search career in 1988 and was previously Managing Partner and Vice Chairman of Amrop Hever, a global executive search firm. Prior to this, he was the managing director of Norman Broadbent’s Hong Kong and China offices and was among the first generation of recruiters to establish a search practice in China. Earlier, he worked for Bank of America and Banque Nationale de Paris on both the human resources and business side. Mr. Wan is a non-executive director of Lion Rock Group Limited (Stock Code: 1127).