Mr. Bong Shu Ying Francis, OBE, JP, was born in February 1942. He is currently an Independent Non-executive Director of Cosmopolitan International Holdings Limited, shares of which are listed on the HKSE. Mr. Bong holds a Bachelor’s Degree of Sciences in Engineering from the University of Hong Kong and was the Chairman of the Hong Kong University Engineering Advisory Committee. He is a former President of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, a former President of Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences and a Fellow of the Institution of Structural Engineers (UK). Mr. Bong is an Honorary Fellow of the University of Hong Kong and he was appointed as a Justice of Peace in 1992 by the Government of Hong Kong and he received an OBE award in 1997 for his outstanding contribution to the development of the engineering profession in Hong Kong. Mr. Bong was a former Director of AECOM Technology Corporation, a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

He is currently an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company. He is also a member of the Audit Committee, Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee.