Meet Jack So, Chairman of Airport Authority Hong Kong

Meet Jack So, Chairman of Airport Authority Hong Kong
This experience has ended. It collected 136 volunteer hours.
Meet Jack, current Chairman of the Hong Kong International Airport and former executive-level management of HKTDC, PCCW and MTR Corporation.

About

Mr Jack So Chak Kwong assumed the Chairmanship of the Airport Authority Hong Kong on 1st June, 2015. Mr So began his career with the Hong Kong Government and joined the private sector in 1978, having held various senior positions in stockbroking, banking and property development. He served as Executive Director of the HKTDC from 1985 to 1992 and its Chairman from 2007 to 2015. He was Chairman and Chief Executive of the MTR Corporation from 1995 to 2003 and Deputy Chairman and Group Managing Director of PCCW from 2003 to 2007. Mr So is an independent non-executive Director of AIA Group Ltd and China Resources Power Holdings Company Ltd. He is also a senior advisor to Credit Suisse, Greater China. He was an independent Director of HSBC from 2000 to 2007 and Cathay Pacific Airways Limited from 2002 to 2015.

In October 2013, Mr So was appointed Chairman of the Committee on Economic Co-operation with the Mainland. In January of the same year, he was appointed a non-official member of the Economic Development Commission, and Convenor of its Working Group on Convention and Exhibition Industries and Tourism. Mr So is the Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Society. He is also the Chairman of Harrow International School Hong Kong. He served as Chairman of the Hong Kong Film Development Council from April 2007 to March 2013. Mr So has been a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference since 2008 and was an International Business Advisor to the Mayor of Beijing. He has been appointed Honorary Consultant to the Mayor of San Francisco in May 2013. A Justice of the Peace, Mr So was awarded the Golden Bauhinia Star and the Grand Bauhinia Medal by the Hong Kong SAR Government in 2011 and 2017 respectively. He received an Honorary Doctorate in Social Science from the University of Hong Kong in 2011.

Meet Jack So, Chairman of Airport Authority Hong Kong
Dinner with Jack So (17 April)

17 Apr 6:45pm

All places taken.

Dinner will be held at Wynd in Central at 6:45pm on 17 April.


Requirements

All volunteer hours must be completed from 5 November 2017 to 5 April 2018.

Dinner will be held at Wynd in Central at 6:45pm on 17 April 2018.

The cost will be HK$250 per person to cover the running cost of the program.

Venue Sponsor:
Wynd co-working space (http://www.wynd.hk/) - located in Central district to synergize the talents and opportunities offered by the city for entrepreneurs, innovators, and pioneers alike.

Dinner with Jack So (17 April)

17 Apr 6:45pm

All places taken.

Dinner will be held at Wynd in Central at 6:45pm on 17 April.


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