Paul Jeremy BROUGH

Mr. Paul Jeremy BROUGH, aged 66, an Independent Non-executive Director of Guoco Group Limited (“Guoco”) since November 2021 and Chairman of the Board Audit and Risk Management Committee and a member of each of the Board Remuneration Committee and Board Nomination Committee of Guoco.

Mr. Brough graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree (Honours) in Business Studies.  He is an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Brough joined KPMG Hong Kong in 1983 and held appointments as Head of Consulting in 1995 and as Head of Financial Advisory Services in 1997.  In 1999, he was appointed the Asia Pacific Head of KPMG’s Financial Advisory Services and a member of its global advisory steering group.  He held the position of Regional Senior Partner of KPMG Hong Kong from 2009 before retiring in March 2012.

Mr. Brough is currently an independent non-executive director and the chairman of the audit committee of Vitasoy International Holdings Limited (listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited). He is also an independent non-executive director and a member of the audit committee and risk committee of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited. He is also an independent non-executive director and the chairman of the audit committee of The Executive Centre Limited; an independent non-executive director of Eagle Investments Holdco (the investment holding company of The LYCRA Company) and Pacific Primary Health Care Holdings Limited as well as a director of Blue Willow Limited, all being privately-owned companies. He also serves as a director of Run Hong Kong Limited, a Hong Kong-based non-profit organisation serving the needs of refugees and asylum seekers.

Mr. Brough was an independent non-executive director of GL Limited (“GL”, Guoco’s subsidiary), which was privatised and delisted from the Official List of Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited on 14 June 2021, up to 17 April 2021.  During the tenure, he was also the chairman of both the remuneration committee and the nominating committee, as well as a member of the audit and risk management committee of GL. He was also an independent non-executive director and the chairman of the board risk and credit committee of Habib Bank Zurich (Hong Kong) Limited (a Hong Kong based restricted-licence bank) up to 28 February 2023 and the chairman of the general committee of The Hong Kong Club up to 11 May 2023. He was also  an independent non-executive director of Toshiba Corporation, which was delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. and the Nagoya Stock Exchange, Inc. on 20 December 2023, up to 22 December 2023.