Board changes

Swire Properties Limited

Yan YanYan Yan has been appointed Independent Non-Executive Director of Swire Properties Limited with effect from 7th May 2024. Ms Yan, aged 60, is currently Managing Director of Rava Partners, an investment company that works with entrepreneurs to build physical infrastructure in the growing sectors of Asia’s economy. From 2018 to 2020, she was Managing Director of Blackstone Asia. Prior to that, Ms Yan held various positions with SOHO China, a commercial real estate developer in the Chinese Mainland from 1996 to 2018 where she served as the company’s President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer.


Cathay Pacific Airways Limited

Lily Ka Lai ChengLily Cheng has been appointed Independent Non-Executive Director of Cathay Pacific Airways Limited with effect from 20th May 2024. Ms Cheng, aged 45, is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Limited, Octopus Cards Limited and SUNeVision Holdings Ltd. She is also an advisor and board observer to HBX Group, a global council member of Herbert Smith Freehills LLP and an Executive Director of Hubel Labs Limited. Between 2008 and 2016, she had held various senior executive roles within the online travel industry, including serving as the President of TripAdvisor Asia Pacific between 2014 and 2016 and Senior Director at Expedia Inc. prior to 2010. She was an Independent Non-Executive Director of Swire Properties Limited from March 2017 to May 2024. Ms Cheng has more than ten years’ experience as a corporate executive of listed technology companies providing consumer-facing software and internet services, including implementation of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity protocols.

Wang Xiao Bin has been appointed Independent Non-Executive Director of Cathay Pacific Airways Limited with effect from 20th May 2024. Ms Wang, aged 56, is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Hang Seng Bank Limited and Worley Limited. She was a senior executive at China Resources Power Holdings Company Limited from 2003 to 2023, and an Executive Director of the company from 2006 to 2023, holding positions that included Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President. From 1995 to 2003, Ms Wang was a Director of Corporate Finance at ING Investment Banking, where she had responsibility for the execution of capital markets and merger and acquisition transactions in the Asia Pacific region. From 1990 to 1995 she worked in the audit and business advisory division of Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) in Australia.

John Harrison and Andrew Tung have both resigned as Independent Non-Executive Directors of Cathay Pacific Airways Limited with effect from 20th May 2024. Both have completed nine years of service with the company.
Board changes

Board changes

Senior management appointment

Senior management appointment

Boao Forum

Boao Forum

Beijing visits

Beijing visits

2023 Annual Results

2023 Annual Results

Swire Pacific Sustainability update

Swire Pacific Sustainability update

Interpretive panels

Interpretive panels

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