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MEMBERS OF BOARD AND PROFILES
Executive Directors
Mr Ben LUI Sau-shun
Executive Director (Operations)
Mr Ben Lui is a professional engineer.
Prior to joining Urban Renewal Authority (URA), Mr Lui was Vice President (Projects & Facilities) and Chief Project Development Officer of Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation from 2011 to 2017. He was Project Director of Kerry Development (China) Limited and Group Director of Projects of Shangri-La International Hotel Management Limited from 2006 to 2011. He was appointed as Executive Director of the URA with effect from 1 January 2019.
Mr Lui holds a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and a master’s degree in Construction Project Management both from the University of Hong Kong. He is an Authorized Person (Engineer), Registered Structural Engineer and Registered Inspector under the Building Ordinance of Hong Kong.
Mr Eric POON Shun-wing Executive Director (Commercial)
Mr Eric Poon is a professional quantity surveyor. He joined the former Land Development Corporation in 1997 and has been working in the Urban Renewal Authority (URA) since its establishment in 2001. In 2017, he assumed the position of Director (Works and Contracts), and was appointed as Executive Director with effect from July 2020. He is currently a Director of the Hong Kong Green Building Council, and a member of the Committee on Building Information Modelling, Committee on Environment and Task Force on Construction Digitalisation of the Construction Industry Council.
Non-Executive Directors (Non-Official) Mr Evan AU YANG Chi-chun
Mr Evan Au Yang is the Chairman of the Board of Civic Exchange, a non-partisan public policy think tank based in Hong Kong focusing on environment and sustainability issues. Mr Au Yang also serves on the Board of Urban Renewal Authority, Sun Hung Kai & Co. Ltd. and Asia Financial Holdings Limited as independent non-executive director. He is an advisor and Steering Committee member of Business for Social Good for Our Hong Kong Foundation, member of the Advisory Committee on Corruption of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (“ICAC”) and Membership Committee member of Young Presidents’ Organization. In addition, Mr Au Yang serves on the Transport Policy Committee of the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport, the Development Fund Committee of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service, Advisory Council for Institute at Brown for Environment & Society of Brown University, as well as the Board of Advisors of Hong Kong 2050 is Now.
In his past full-time professional capacities, Mr Au Yang was the Managing Director and Head of International for Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG), where he ran and grew its business spanning Europe, Middle East, Africa & Asia-Pacific across 15 locations. Prior to joining GLG, Mr Au Yang was the Deputy Managing Director of the Kowloon Motor Bus Co. (1933) Ltd. (KMB) and a Board Director of Transport International Holdings Limited, the parent company of KMB. Prior to joining Transport International and KMB, Mr Au Yang was an Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company. Before management consultancy, Mr Au Yang was at Citigroup’s derivatives structuring and marketing unit. He obtained his undergraduate degree in Economics and Political Science from Brown University, and his MBA degree from the Kellogg School of Management.
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