Ms. Ho Chiu King, Pansy Catilina (“Ms. Pansy Ho”) joined the Group as an executive director in 1995, and was appointed the managing director in 1999 and the group executive chairman in 2017 to oversee the Group’s overall strategic development and management. She is also the chairman of the executive committee and the nomination committee, a member of the remuneration committee of the Company; and a director of a number of subsidiaries of the Company.
In China, Ms. Pansy Ho is a standing committee member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, a vice chairman of All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, a standing committee member of the All-China Women’s Federation, a standing committee member of Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, the executive president of All-China Federation of Tourism Chambers of Commerce, a vice president of China Foundation for Cultural Heritage Conservation, a member of the Committee of Experts for the Construction of World Class Tourist Attractions and Tourist Resorts under the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China and a vice president of China Women’s Chamber of Commerce under All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce. In Hong Kong, she is a director of Friends of Hong Kong Association Limited, the chairperson of Hong Kong Federation of Women, a governor of Our Hong Kong Foundation Limited, an executive vice president of the Federation of Hong Kong Beijing Organisations and a general committee member of The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce. In Macau, she is a member of the Board of Trustees of Cultural Development Fund of the Macau SAR Government, a vice president of the board of directors of Macao Chamber of Commerce and the president of the General Association of Macau Beijing Organisations. Internationally, she is also an executive committee member of World Travel & Tourism Council and was appointed as a tourism ambassador by the United Nations World Tourism Organization in October 2018.
Ms. Pansy Ho was appointed as a Justice of the Peace and was awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on 1 July 2015 and 1 October 2020 respectively. She was bestowed the Medal of Merit – Tourism by the Government of Macau SAR in September 2019.
Ms. Pansy Ho holds a Bachelor’s degree in marketing and international business management from Santa Clara University in the United States. She received an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Business Administration from the Johnson and Wales University in May 2007. She was appointed as Honorary Professor of School of Political Communication by the School of Political Communication of Central China Normal University in November 2013. She received an honorary fellowship from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in June 2014 and an honorary university fellowship from the University of Hong Kong in September 2015.
Ms. Pansy Ho is a sister of Ms. Daisy Ho and Ms. Maisy Ho, who are an executive director and deputy managing director and an executive director of the Company respectively.
* Shun Tak Shipping Company, Limited, Renita Investments Limited, Oakmount Holdings Limited, Beeston Profits Limited, Classic Time Developments Limited and Megaprosper Investments Limited are companies which have an interest in the shares or underlying shares of the Company within the meaning of Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance.
(Extracted from 2023 Annual Report dated 26 March 2024)