David Michael NORMAN

Mr. David Michael NORMAN, aged 66, an Independent Non-executive Director since July 2013 and a member of both the Board Audit and Risk Management Committee and the Board Nomination Committee of Guoco Group Limited (“Guoco”).  He was appointed as a member of both the Takeovers Appeal Committee and the Takeovers and Mergers Panel of the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong (“SFC”) for a term from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2024.  He was the chairman of the Share Registrars’ Disciplinary Committee of the SFC from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2021.

Mr. Norman studied philosophy and psychology at Oxford University in the United Kingdom and was admitted as a solicitor in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong in 1981 and 1984 respectively.  He was a partner of an international law firm until he resigned in 2010.  Mr. Norman was a non-executive director of South China Holdings Company Limited, listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, up to 31 December 2022.  Mr. Norman has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance.