Raymond K. F. Ch’ien

Member of the Board of Directors (non-executive, independent)

Raymond K. F. Ch’ien, a Chinese citizen born in 1952, has been chairman of CDC Corporation since 1999. He served as chief executive officer of the company in 2005 and as acting chief executive officer in 2004. From 1984 to 1997, he was group managing director of Lam Soon Hong Kong Group.

Mr Ch’ien also serves as chairman of the boards of directors of MTR Corporation Limited, Hang Seng Bank Limited and HSBC Private Equity (Asia) Limited. He is also a member of the board of directors of Inchcape plc, the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Convenience Retail Asia Limited and The Wharf (Holdings) Limited. In addition, Mr Ch’ien holds positions in several public service institutions: he is chairman of the Hong Kong / European Union Business Cooperation Committee, a member of the APEC Business Advisory Council, Hong Kong, and honorary president of the Federation of Hong Kong Industries and a member of the Standing Committee of the Tianjin Municipal Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.

Mr Ch’ien was elected to Swiss Re’s Board of Directors at the Annual General Meeting of 18 April 2008 for a three-year term of office. Mr Ch’ien studied at Rockford College and the University of Pennsylvania, graduating with a PhD in economics in 1978. He became a Trustee of the University of Pennsylvania in 2006.

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