Ms. Cheng Chi-Man, Sonia

Appointed as an Executive Director in March 2012. Ms. Cheng is a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company. She currently oversees the hotel division of the Group. She is a director of New World China Land Limited and certain subsidiaries of the Group. Ms. Cheng is a vice-chairman and executive director of Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Limited, and a non-executive director of Giordano International Limited, both are listed public companies in Hong Kong. She was an independent director of Primavera Capital Acquisition Corporation, a company previously listed on the New York Stock Exchange, up until her resignation in December 2022. She is also the chief executive officer of Rosewood Hotel Group and an independent non-executive director of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited. Before joining the Group in 2008, Ms. Cheng worked in a major international investment bank and a global US private equity firm specialising in real estate investments. Ms. Cheng holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Applied Mathematics with a concentration in Economics from Harvard University in the U.S.A. Ms. Cheng is a member of the Hong Kong Tourism Board and chairman of its Marketing and Business Development Committee. She is a member of the Council of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, a member of Human Resources Planning Commission and The Standing Committee on Disciplined Services Salaries and Conditions of Service of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. She is also the Vice-Governor of Guangdong Youth Development Foundation. Ms. Cheng is a member of the Thirteenth Guangdong Provincial Committee of The Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference of The People’s Republic of China and a member of the Election Committee 2021 of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Hotel Subsector). Ms. Cheng is the daughter of Dr. Cheng Kar-Shun, Henry, the sister of Dr. Cheng Chi-Kong, Adrian and Mr. Cheng Chi-Ming, Brian, the niece of Mr. Doo Wai-Hoi, William and Mr. Cheng Kar-Shing, Peter, and the cousin of Mr. Cheng Chi-Heng.