Victor Lap-Lik Chu

Victor Chu was born in Canton, China and came to Hong Kong at the age of four. He received his early education in Hong Kong and England, and took his law degree at University College, London.

Mr. Chu is the Founder and Chairman of First Eastern Investment Group, a leading regional investment firm channeling over HK$4 billion for direct investments in China and the Asean region. He is also Chair man of FE Securities Limited, Guangdong Development Fund Limited and CMEC GE Capital China Industrial Holdings Limited, and a founding director of China Merchants Direct Investments Limited, China Canton Investments Limited and Siam Select Fund Limited.

Victor Chu has served as Director and Council Member of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Advisory Committee Member of the Securities and Futures Commission and Member of the Hong Kong Takeovers and Mergers Panel. He has also served, before and after Hong Kong's changeover in 1997, as a part-time member of Hong Kong Government's Central Policy Unit. Mr. Chu is currently a Council Member of the World Economic Forum in Geneva and Chairman of the Paris-based ICC Commission on Financial Services and Insurance. He was elected a "Global Leader for Tomorrow" by the World Economic Forum in 1998.

Mr. Chu is admitted to practise law in England, Hong Kong and Singapore. Since 1982 he has practised in the field of corporate, commercial and securities laws, with special emphasis on China and regional investment transactions. He is Senior Partner of Victor Chu & Co. and has served as Deputy Secretary-General of the International Bar Association (IBA) from 1995 to 2000.

Victor Chu is a Trustee of the International Crisis Group in Brussels and WWF Hong Kong. His other civic association include service on the advisory boards of the Asia Society, Asia House, Institute of International Education and the East Asia Institute of Cambridge University.