Iain Ferguson Bruce  
 

Iain Ferguson Bruce

Iain Ferguson Bruce is our independent non-executive Director. Mr. Bruce joined KPMG in Hong Kong in 1964 and was elected to its partnership in 1971. He was the senior partner of KPMG from 1991 until his retirement in 1996 and served as chairman of KPMG Asia Pacific from 1993 to 1997. He has been a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland since 1964 and is a fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is also a fellow of The Hong Kong Institute of Directors and a member of The Hong Kong Securities Institute. Mr. Bruce is currently an independent non-executive director of Paul Y. Engineering Group Limited, Tencent Holdings Limited, Vitasoy International Holdings Limited and Wing On Company International Limited, all listed on the Stock Exchange. Mr. Bruce is also a non-executive director of Noble Group Limited, a company listed on the Singapore Exchange Limited, of China Medical Technologies, Inc., a company listed on NASDAQ, and of Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited, a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Bruce is a steward of The Hong Kong Jockey Club, an independent nonexecutive director of Citibank (Hong Kong) Limited and is the Chairman of KCS Limited. Mr. Bruce was appointed as our independent non-executive Director on October 14, 2009. Mr. Bruce has over 44 years of experience in the accounting profession and possesses the accounting and related financial management expertise required under rule 3.10(2) of the Listing Rules.