ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SUPERCOMPUTING CENTRE COMMITTEE

Committee Members

• Simon CHAN Sai-ming

  Committee Chairman

  

  Mr Simon Chan has 40 years’ experience in banking, finance and information technology industries. He has served in many different positions in these sectors, having assumed the positions of the Vice Chairman, the Executive Director, the Chief Executive and other senior roles in Nanyang Commercial Bank, Limited and Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited. He has also served as the directors of Nanyang Commercial Bank (China), Limited, Cinda Financial Holdings Company Limited, Hong Kong Interbank Clearing Limited (“HKICL”), HKICL Services Limited, and Hong Kong Trade Finance Platform Company Limited. Mr Chan has also actively participated in relevant professional bodies and commercial organisations, as a long-serving member of the Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association, the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong, and the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce. Mr Chan has garnered extensive experience from his exposure to a wide range of areas, including information technology, corporate governance, organisational reform, risk management, group operations and IT security, for both long-term strategic development and project implementation.

  Riding on his rich experience and professional knowledge, Mr Chan has been appointed and elected to senior roles in various public organisations and industry entities over the years. He is appointed by the HKSAR Government as the Chairman of Hong Kong Internet Registration Corporation Limited, a Member of the Committee on Innovation, Technology and Industry Development, a Member of the Steering Committee of the Research, Academic and Industry Sectors One-plus Scheme, a Member of the Banking Industry Training Advisory Committee of the Education Bureau, and a Member of the Finance Committee of the Housing Authority, and also serves as the Vice-President of the Council for the Promotion of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Cooperation, a Member of Hong Kong Trade Development Council Belt and Road and Greater Bay Area Committee, the Chairman of the Banking & Finance Training Board of the Vocational Training Council of Hong Kong, and more. He is the past President of Information Systems Audit and Control Association China Hong Kong Chapter, and is the Vice-chairman of Hong Kong Information Technology Joint Council Limited. He also serves as an advisor of Our Hong Kong Foundation.

  Mr Chan graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor’s degree in Social Science, and obtained a Master’s degree in Science from the University of Ulster and a Master’s degree in Commerce in Accounting from the University of New South Wales. He is also a Certified Information Systems Auditor and a Certified Internal Auditor.

  

• Michael LEUNG Kin-man

  

  Dr Michael Leung is the CEO of BOA International Financial Group with experience in banking operations and IT. He was previously the CIO and COO of China CITIC Bank International, Deputy CEO of Bank of America cum China Construction Bank (Asia), and a senior manager at Standard Chartered Bank.

  In addition to his engagements at Cyberport, Dr Leung is a member of the Banking & Finance Training Board of the Vocational Training Council, Professional Standard & Examination Board of the Institute of Bankers (“HKIB”) and founding chair of its FinTech Committee. He is an Adjunct Professor and Chair of the Information Systems Departmental Advisory Committee of The City University of Hong Kong (“CityU”), member of the several advisory committees at The University of Hong Kong, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (“CUHK”), the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (“HKUST”) and the Hong Kong Baptist University (“HKBU”).

  Previously Dr Leung served as the president of the Hong Kong Computer Society, member of Executive Committee of HKIB, chairman of the Down Syndrome Association, as well as a member of the Research Assessment Exercise 2020 Business & Economics Panel of the University Grants Committee, among others.

  Dr Leung received the Engineering Faculty’s Distinguished Alumni Award from CUHK and completed his Master’s degree in the Netherlands on a Philips Scholarship. He holds a Graduate Diploma in Bank Management from the University of Virginia, and Doctor of Business Administration from CityU.

  

• Derrick PANG Yat-bond

  

  Ir Pang Yat Bond, Derrick, JP serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Asia Allied Infrastructure Holdings Limited, a conglomerate with diversified businesses. At the same time, he holds a number of important public offices, including a member of the Henan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, a council member of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, a non-executive director of the Insurance Authority, and a member of the Aviation Development and Three-runway System Advisory Committee.

  Ir Dr Pang has over 24 years of geotechnical design and construction experience in the United States and Hong Kong. Ir Dr Pang received a Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, the United Kingdom and the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers and a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of California, United States.

  

• Ken WONG Kin-hang

  

  Mr Ken Wong is the Executive Vice President and President of Lenovo Solutions & Services Group. In this role, he spearheads the company’s transformation from the world’s largest PC company into a global leader in IT solutions and services, leading the company’s business worldwide in smart verticals, attached services, managed services and “as a service” offerings under the TruScale™ brand including Device as a Service.

  Mr Wong also served as the President of Lenovo Asia Pacific, Chairman of NEC Lenovo Japan Group and Chairman of Fujitsu Client Computing Limited. He is actively involved in the IT industry in Hong Kong, where’s based, and holds Director roles in the Hong Kong Computer Society and the Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association, and the Innovation and Technology Training Board of the Hong Kong Vocational Training Council.

  Mr Wong graduated from The University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor of Engineering in computer science and also holds an Executive MBA jointly awarded by The University of Hong Kong, Columbia University and the London Business School.

  

• Rocky CHENG Chung-ngam

  Non-voting

  

  As Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Cyberport, Dr Rocky Cheng leads Hong Kong’s digital technology flagship to advance the public missions of talent cultivation, technology industry development, and digital transformation of society and business, injecting new impetus into Hong Kong’s digital economy with innovation and technology (I&T).

  Dr Cheng brings over 30 years of rich experience in the information technology and financial industries, with a solid background in planning and governing development of I&T. Before joining Cyberport, Dr Cheng held key positions in large corporations, drove multi-faceted business development, aptly applied technology to innovate financial products and services, and to enhance operational processes. To steer application of FinTech and corporate digital transformation, Dr Cheng has profound experiences in strategy formulation and execution of drives. Meanwhile, he has been supporting the development of entrepreneurial ecosystem at Cyberport, and served as a Member of Entrepreneurship Committee Advisory Group to offer advice on nurturing innovative and entrepreneurial talents. Dr Cheng is also dedicated to contributing to the I&T industry and education in various relevant public service positions. Currently, he is a Member of the Digital Economy Development Committee, the Advisory Committee on the Northern Metropolis, the Green Technology and Finance Development Committee, and the Advisory Committee on Attracting Strategic Enterprises of the HKSAR Government, a Member of the Technology and Innovation Subsector of the Election Committee from 2021 to 2026, a Co-Chairman of the Hospital Authority Information Technology Technical Advisory Committee, a Member of Cybercrime Policing Advisory Panel, a Member of the Steering Committee on eHealth, a Member of the Vocational Training Council, a Member of Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications, and the President of the Hong Kong Computer Society, committed to promoting I&T development and talent cultivation in Hong Kong.

  Dr Cheng holds a Doctorate in Business Administration from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, an Executive Master of Public Administration from Beijing Tsinghua University, an Executive Master of Business Administration from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and a Master of Computer Science from the City University of Hong Kong. He also studied business leadership programmes at the University of Cambridge and London Business School in the UK.