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Group Chairman, Fung Group
Member of the Board, Boao Forum for Asia
Dr. Victor K. Fung is Group Chairman of the Fung Group, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Asia Global Institute at the University of Hong Kong, and was Chairman of the Paris-based International Chamber of Commerce from 2008 to 2010.Dr. Fung is an independent non-executive Director of China Petrochemical Corporation (People’s Republic of China), Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Limited (Hong Kong), and Koc Holding A.S. (Turkey). He is also Chairman of the Asia Advisory Board of Prudential Financial, Inc (USA). Dr. Fung holds a number of civic and professional appointments. He is a member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, a member of the International Business Leaders Advisory Council for the Mayor of Beijing, an economic advisor to the People’s Government of Nanjing, a member of the Economic Development Commission of the Hong Kong Government, and the Chairman of the Steering Committee on the Hong Kong Scholarship for Excellence Scheme. Born and raised in Hong Kong, Dr. Fung holds Bachelor and Master Degrees in Electrical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Doctorate in Business Economics from Harvard University. He was a professor at Harvard Business School for four years before returning to Hong Kong in 1976.