Mr. Chan Hiu Fung Nicholas, was born in December 1973, BBS, MH, JP, is currently an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company. He is also the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of each of the Audit Committee and the Nomination Committee. He was appointed as a member of the Board in December 2022.

He is currently a partner of Squire Patton Boggs. Mr. Chan graduated from the University of Melbourne with a degree of Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) and a degree of Bachelor of Laws in March 1997, and he was admitted as a solicitor in the High Court of Hong Kong in May 1999. Mr. Chan has been elected to serve as a member of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region from January 2026. He was also awarded with the Medal of Bronze Bauhinia Star (BBS) from the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on 1 July 2024. Mr. Chan was awarded with the Medal of Honour (MH) from the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 2016 and was appointed as a Justice of the Peace in July 2021. Mr. Chan has been re-appointed to serve as a council member of The Chinese University of Hong Kong for a period of three years from 1 June 2025. Since May 2022, he has been appointed to serve as the director of AALCO Hong Kong Regional Arbitration Centre, a regional arbitration centre established by an international intergovernmental legal consultative organisation. He is also the Hong Kong Deputy to the 13th and 14th National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China. From 30 December 2014 to 30 May 2019, Mr. Chan was a council member of the Law Society of Hong Kong, and for six years from 1 April 2016, he served as a council member of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Mr. Chan was also appointed as the Vice Chairman of the China Committee of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce for a period of one year from 11 July 2025. He was also re-elected as the Vice Chairman of Fu Hong Society for a term of one year from October 2025. He was also re-elected as a non-club-linked director of the board of the Football Association of Hong Kong, China Limited for a term of 4 years from July 2025 to June 2029. Also, since 16 June 2025, he was re-appointed as the Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Innovation and Technology Venture Fund for a period of two years. Mr. Chan was re-appointed as a member of the Social Development Expert Group of the Chief Executive’s Policy Unit Expert Group for a period of one year from 30 May 2025. He was also re-appointed as a member of each of the Broadcast Complaints Committee and Telecommunications Affairs Committee of the Communications Authority respectively, each for a period of two years from 1 April 2025. He was also appointed by the Secretary for Justice to serve as a member of the Expert Advisory Group on Legal and Dispute Resolution Services for a term of three years from 4 October 2024. He was also appointed as a member of the Competition Commission for a term of two years from 1 May 2024.

Since 17 May 2024, Mr. Chan was appointed as the Chairman of the Risk Management Subcommittee of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Since 1 April 2026, Mr. Chan was re-appointed as the director to the Board of Directors of the Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited and the Chairman of the Knowledge Transfer Committee, a member of the Executive Committee of the Council and a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee of The Chinese University of Hong Kong respectively, each for a period of two years. Mr. Chan was appointed as a member of the Communications Authority since 1 April 2023. Mr. Chan is currently an honorary legal advisor of Hong Kong Information Technology Federation, an honorary legal advisor of Hong Kong Internet Service Providers Association, an honorary legal advisor of International Federation of Creativity and Technology and an honorary legal advisor of BEAM Society. Mr. Chan was previously a member of the Hospital Governing Committee of Castle Peak Hospital and Siu Lam Hospital, and a member of Committee on Innovation, Technology and Industry Development of The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. 

Since 15 October 2025, Mr. Chan was appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director and a member of each of the Related Party Transaction Control and Consumer Rights Protection Committee and the Strategy and Investment Committee of Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd.. Mr. Chan is also an Independent Non-executive Director and a member of each of the Audit Committee and the Remuneration Committee of Sa Sa International Holdings Limited, an Independent Non-executive Director, the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee, and a member of each of the Audit Committee, Nomination Committee and Risk Management Committee of Q P Group Holdings Limited and an Independent Non-executive Director and a member of the Nomination Committee of Genertec Universal Medical Group Company Limited. Shares of the above four companies are listed on the HKSE.

Mr. Chan was an Independent Non-executive Director of Million Cities Holdings Limited and Pangaea Connectivity Technology Limited. Shares of the above two companies are listed on the HKSE.